Yesterday, we took a brief tour of Bamberg, which is a representative example of an early medieval town in central Europe.  This town is famous for its artistic heritage, and its buildings have been so well-preserved.   During its period of greatest prosperity, from the 12th century on, the architecture of Bamberg strongly influenced northern Germany and Hungary.  In the late 18th century, it was the center of the Enlightenment in Southern Germany with the philosopher George Wilhelm Friederick Hegel  and the writer and composer E.T.A. Hoffman both living there.

On our tour, we had the opportunity to go inside the cathedral of St. Peter and St. George, which combines the late Romanseque and early French-Gothic styles.  Here are some photos of the cathedral.

I wish we could have stayed longer in Bamberg!  Today, we tour Munich and in the afternoon we head to Kloster Andechs, a Benedictine abbey of Andechs.  Andechs Abbey is famous for its Baroque church (1712) and its brewery.