Architectural, Cultural sights in Nuremberg
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Tiergärtnerplatz
Ringed by charming half-timbered houses, the eastern edge of Tiergärtnerplatz is graced by the beautiful Pilatushaus. Out front is Jürgen Goertz's 1984 bronze sculpture Der Hase - Hommage á Dürer (The Hare - A Tribute to Dürer). This nod to Dürer's watercolour original called Junger Feldhase (1502) shows the dire results of tampering with nature.
During WWII, prescient officials moved key artworks to the Historischer Kunstbunker (historical art shelter), a network of caves underneath the Kaiserburg, as early as 1940. This was technically a form of resistance, since Hitler forbade such 'defeatist' thinking. There's also a film of the bombing of Nuremberg. Tours also …
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Felsengänge
Under the Albrecht Dürer Monument on Albrecht-Dürer-Platz are four storeys of dank passageways called the Felsengänge. Burrowed into the sandstone in the 14th century to house a brewery and beer cellar, they also served as an air-raid shelter during WWII. Down in the tunnels, which can only be seen on a tour, things can get pretty chilly even in summer, so take a jacket. Buy tickets from the brewpub Hausbrauerei Altstadthof.
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