Bamberg Sights

  1. Neue Residenz

    Home to Bamberg's prince-bishops from 1703 until secularisation in 1802, the Neue Residenz has some 40 stuccoed rooms stuffed with furniture and tapestries from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Altstadt's sea of red rooftops spread out below the residence's small but exquisite baroque Rosengarten (Rose Garden).

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  2. St Stephanskirche

    Much of Franconia is Protestant (whereas the rest of Bavaria is predominantly Catholic). Bamberg's main Protestant church, St Stephanskirche was consecrated in 1020 by Pope Benedikt VIII and turned baroque in the 17th century at the hands of Giovanni Bonalino and Antonio Petrini.

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