what secrets lie behind this was to discover new adventures in 360 degree. and explore major world heritage sites. w world heritage 363 get enough now. i'm standing above the danube over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town

and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the 12th century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge and germany. i mean reagan's very and very. to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely restored over the past few years after all ransford has a title to defend since 2006 its old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site today i want to get to know regensburg what attract visitors to this unesco world heritage site and what does the constant influx of tourists mean for the city this much is certain it's going to be a journey through 2000 years of history and. we'll also show you nearby belgium book abbey. to find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for reagan's burg. and we'll catch up with our globe trotter in the city of

kharkiv in colombia. the fact that reagan's berg is such an old and well deserved city is largely thanks to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance as an imperial city in path centuries. a testimony to its former significance is the gothic cathedral construction began in the 13th century. and the cathedral tells us a lot about that time as the facade also depicts the crueler side of the middle ages. the church vilified jews. this culture shows them suckling from a pig a deliberate insult and humiliation as pigs are considered unclean in judaism.

even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument. next to the one in cologne regensburg cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral. reagan's burg was not only important because it became a bishop seed fairly early on the danube was a significant trade and traffic route and here on its banks in the old town hall the perpetual diet or ride stock was held for over 140 years. to find out more about what that was and what it meant for the city i'm meeting the director of the reagans for museums told. gas still.

hanging in that. bus at what exactly was the perpetual diet book from the 17th to the early 19th century and reagan spoke was actually the capital of europe a bit like brussels today that was the natural diet was convened in 16 $63.00 just a few years after the 30 years war. representatives from all countries from all cities gathered here they were supposed to discuss taxes and military issues but the talks then dragged on for so long that they never came to a final agreement and wanted to horror at least not for 143 years until 186 years tim yatta not takes the whole not. be instead why was it set up in regensburg latest book passion in the several big gatherings had already taken place in the reagan spoke to the city is located on the danube that the one also the emperor was able to travel to vienna along the river this is one

that infrastructure was unique and offered short travel times messages could reach the chancery in vienna within 3 days and vice versa. the next to the infrastructure there was a 2nd key factor namely that reagan's book was an imperial city. that it was not part of the surrounding duchy of the various but was directly subordinate to the emperor and more or less belonged to him. because it so him. i must have a daughter what the rice talk mean for reagan the bird again i know i imagine so many powerful people coming here when money was being spent and it probably brought the city some other perks to. stop over in the to leave of course pickens book was a prosperous city and an international meeting place. almost every aspect was rented out to diet envoys or to their entourages the city was booming a lot of diplomats held negotiations with other countries here because it was

a shorter distance to travel. and sac then the city had international play. that's i. guess still calls my attention to an interesting your all the bird on the wall is standing on one foot and holding a stone in its claw it's meant to remind the envoys to pay close attention to the debates whoever falls asleep is dropping the ball or hear the stone and disturbing the diet. and minutely there is no way for me to know how the envoy spend their free time all those years ago but my guess would be that more than once they found themselves just a couple of kilometers of the river at the danube gorge it's where belton book convents stands it's home to one of germany's oldest breweries and up to this day well worth a visit. the most beautiful root of a timber abbey takes you across the river through the danube between limestone

walls up to 70 meters high. for the full experience up on exhibit the traditional dose of the danube fisherman. good world and once upon a time rowing was the only option but no one goes there anymore it's now we have a motor but we often turn it off to give people the full experience of rooms you can hear the silence it's very special but it's. well you know when you hear nothing you can see a lot. for example you can see the rock formation the 3 warring brothers. alternatively you could hike. like haiti and haven't the money for them hiking is not recreation its work the couple runs the small restaurant i know you'd like your style or little hermitage which you can only

reach by foot it's worth the journey the building complex used to be a franciscan monastery founded by hermit. the unique church has no proper ruth only the cliff which curves of a head. the frescoes with biblical scenes from the 16th century. hammond the man found out by chance that the historic hermitage was for sale and turned it into a heritage site. is the window one of his enclosure this is a beautiful rockwell church had been closed for years so i wanted to put it back in the spotlight and open it to the public starts. with. the 1st guests arrive early in the morning and are given a tour of the caves right next to the church. as are here you know

who got off from this cave is called gold oven as an alchemy just once lived here before these pits in the rocks were carved by hand and housed wooden beams used probably to support a wooden house as. we reach our destination veteran book abbey. an impressive building right on the danube much settled here and around the years 617 that makes it the oldest monastery in bavaria. over the years the benedictine monks kept on building the abbey. the 18th century church owes it splendid to the us some brothers who designed many churches in bavaria. but for many guests the reason they came is the big garden this has been proved in the monastery for more than 1000 years another reason why more than half a 1000000 people come to vote in the abbey every year. not

where you're from here. up on the line of fire that promise prayer years back there are now we are. from south korea to sun. very much this close up it's present this here. back in the slightly rainy reagan's burg i have an appointment with my ts paetec at the 95 flats he shows me the outlines of the former jewish synagogue. reagan's burg is like many many evil cities if you dig here it's likely you'll discover something in 1905 traces of the 2000 year history of the city were uncovered during construction work on a knife op that's. what. it was and as you've probably noticed we're underground now what's exciting here is that you can see recognizable old remains to the wall with that's classical middle

ages about 700 to 800 years old. it's in synch with now if you take a step forward and look down over the parapet you see those stone. they may not look that special but they're from roman thomas 2000 years ago taos and. then if we go through this arc we come to a 2nd seller who gets here. and. what is interesting here is that all the cellars in the documentation center come from the former jewish quarter innovations book since care learn this. in the next book . so what we're seeing here are traces of the jewish families innovations borg. they lived in the city for 500 years. then that they were the end of the middle ages when reagan's book was an offer and needed a scapegoat exclusion and discrimination of jews began to increase. their

fist does the something. that all culminated in 15 night when the approximately 500 people living here were driven out. simply expelled from the city using the. data they demolished the abandoned buildings just a few days later probably so that no one would ask what had been there before. and on the resulting square they built a church which is the noise. which is why it's called noise or new noise plots. above the surface today there's nothing to see of those demolished houses but the sellers are preserved underground. the excavations at $95.00 plots took 3 years during which time archaeologists even found a gold treasure the documentation center doesn't have signs or a big mess on send the structure can only be accessed on guided visits but don't

let that scare you off it's really worth it it was. time to hop on over to the other side of the pond to meet our globe trotters steve hanus he's been visiting colombia's caribbean coast off we go to got. to start things off here in qatar you know we take part in a free tour to get an overview of the old town and all the things he needs to see except. concertino was founded in 1533 by a spanish commander and became the main port for trade between spain and its overseas empire in 1904 contests janus port fortress and other monuments including the walled old town were designated a unesco world heritage site. the cool thing to do when you cover him is to walk

the old city wall which is it is especially cool in the afternoon when you have the best light to take some awesome photographs and it's also where you can see the contrast of the old city and the new york spot. and how to finish off an awesome walk on the old city wall that's the copy to my which is probably one of the best spots to watch the sunset. today we drove for an hour up the coast from have been out to do more. this is a book and on film was hamas and we're basically here. to take it off and. i must look at those 23 meters high and has a depth of 2300 meters so i mean not that much but you can in general.

when i walk in certain neighborhoods where we stay ok if they're marking and it's a really cool area it's the up and coming neighborhood right next to the old town. have some breakfast here coming in and. then with the bus and then with the motor taxi and me leaving on their own. leaving. the booth of the right of center not good and now we're taking. this step stuff for a time and come back he was actually a little fishing village street hours south of the clean up to get a taste of the local life and to be in a spot with way less tourists and e-mailing from them are totally his father's

or that. the prices for good food straight from the source were low and the beach was simply perfect with nobody trying to sell you souvenirs this was truly a place to enjoy. what have you got in colombia. right next to be a story stonebridge you'll find the worst cuckold that sausage kitchen a true vegan very classic. in the 12th century the building was used as a storage room for construction equipment later it was turned into an eatery and since the beginning of the 19th century it's where reagan's bergs most famous bratwurst or charcoal grills sausages are made.

good i've been told that your restaurant isn't to be missed what's so special about it but these are little bits on this as one situation here i also suggest which we make plus some are khattala which we also make ourselves. out 6 on sauerkraut is the name of the typical dish simple but really good and just right if you're feeling packaged on your tour. after being declared a unesco world heritage site in 2006 the reagans were experience of full blown tourism boom numbers of visitors have soared ever since and one of the main reasons for that is the growing popularity of river cruises on the dam you some of the locals on the other hand aren't too enthusiastic about their new found fame.

in summer of 2006 the old town of higgins book becomes a unesco's will tear attach site for it's fantastic i hope for this for a long time before. they were euphoric celebrations in the city. you know we did it to the world heritage status is a rare distinction but today. god says it will share were happy that you and we were proud of but things have gotten out of hand to us all to me what nobody every wanted to be a world heritage site of the consequence nobody really thought about the consequences. just wanted to get in the tourist brochures and there was a big boom back then what's going to take at 1st it was nice to see so many people come but now it's turned a little bit like it was going to. put some of it in school because the on stores has become too much. the city continues to attract masses.

every year the tourism office and else is new records for overnight stays day trip this and cruise line is his passengers stroll through the old town. if they can they sometimes don't even remember what city they're in by the evening he bought. the number of giant river cruise ships has skyrocketed the danube trip is especially popular among senior american and australian citizens which is great for the city but rather annoying to some locals. you know the many are sick of the roaring diesel engines and the constant coming and going of the water when hotels. give money that should probably can't get much more than this but do we have to reach that maximum point considering what it costs residents of the one eye if people living over there don't like it either like most

of work in. the city recently limited the number of cruise ships to $1500.00 landings pay year but the boom since the unesco title has also brought other consequences it's lit investors and new construction projects are shooting up everywhere. real estate prices have exploded and the gentrification of the old town is progressing. to keep you know by the book at the now they also want more guided tours and hotels and while residents hardly live there anymore. there are a few students who like to party with others but you can't imagine a family or an old couple there anymore they're being forced out unfortunately even for the things. the number of tourists increased again last year but now they can spoke has put forward a new tourism town which tries to consider both visitors needs and the quality of life of those people who live there.

on the banks of the danube which during peak season is lined with cruise ships i meet with peter i'm lost but he has the organization friends of reagan's birds oldtown it's one of the oldest citizens initiatives in germany and as the name implies it's concerned with preserving the city's historical heritage their most recent coup was to prevent the construction of a convention center in the old town to hide from the rain we seek cover in a former royal villa which today houses the bavarian monument office and was based on the most valuable really worked as a tourist guide in reagan's work what's your take on this tourism boom. i think it's very positive because i experienced the humble beginnings when there were 600 guided tours for year or year and now we have more than 6000 guided tours before that makes me happy every time i walk through the city and see people from all over the world enjoying drakensberg festooned it does do you also understand more critical voices those who say it's too much for regensburg it can i know these

voices but i don't quite understand them because as in many cities and tourism here moves along specific paths just as in prague where it goes from the old town square to the charles bridge to prague castle here it's just over the stone bridge to the cathedral to the old town hall way to the left and right of this it's called i don't have to walk right through the crowd when it's busy i can also choose a side street and so i can go survey and tell me a bit about the organization you lead and your work there we kind of pushed in. you know i just before and this is friends of the old town is a group that was founded in 1966 and it has no political mandate and no direct power would you choose one top top kind of market it's committed to raising the alarm whenever the old town is threatened with any danger to you and if opt out who gave a concrete example was in the early 1970 s. when there were plans to build a major road along the danube from one end of the old town to the other under the window in planning for an item into the which we simply held a protest there and prevented it from happening to protest or not just on the whole

clicking on them tell you weren't born in regensburg but you've lived here for a long time what makes regensburg so unique. this is a that's a good question if you're stuck i have a very strong emotional bond to the city and i feel at home here for being so but i always have we could it was like when i stepped off the train in rome the 1st time and felt i'd been there before your martial law or i'm just now i'm half and half roman sort of. this city is very much worth living in because it's preserved its historical structure both in stone and in spirit. the whole world was in reagan's book during the perpetual diet but he comes across this mixture of presidential and cosmopolitan is really something that beautiful is there any process for us and your working hard to keep it that way. what would you say to the 1st time visitor here and i think for whether they come by cruise ship or from somewhere else in

germany where would you send them what's your top recommendation. it was under saddam i would put it differently i wouldn't give any tips you know instead i'd recommend just coming here staying a week and going where the wind takes you he stops with discover the city on foot onto his it's not like there's any other way to get around town and just drift along and let the city work its magic and then follow your interests you know are you looking for gothic architecture in the cathedral heat or are you after something romantic or do you just want to sit in elegant cafes or experience the beauty of the river or take a boat just let it happen. thanks for the talking point. what secrets lie behind these. find out if any of them are city experience and explore. cultural heritage sites. w world

heritage 360. if you're ever in regensburg and. looking for a really great place to eat this is the right spot are fake and the very heart of the city is a reagan's very institution the former brewery was taken over by students in 1977 and turned into a french style beast. what i loved about reagan's burg is the fact that there is an interesting story waiting around every corner from the romans to the middle ages of to the efforts of solving

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