Architectural, Cultural sights in Freiburg
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Museum für Stadtgeschichte
The sculptor Christian Wentzinger's baroque town house, east of the Kaufhaus, now shelters the Museum für Stadtgeschichte, spelling out in artefacts Freiburg's eventful past. Inside a wrought-iron staircase guides the eye to an elaborate ceiling fresco.
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Historisches Kaufhaus
Facing the Münster's south side is the arcaded brick-red Historisches Kaufhaus, a 16th-century merchants' hall. The coats of arms on the oriels and the four figures above the balcony symbolise Freiburg's allegiance to the House of Habsburg.
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Haus zum Walfisch
Across the street from Martinskirche is its architectural antithesis, the marvellously extravagant Haus zum Walfisch, whose late-Gothic oriel is garnished with two impish gargoyles.
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