Nuremberg, Germany Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Nothing more magnificent or splendid is to be found in the whole of Europe. When one perceives this glorious city from afar, its splendour is truly dazzling. When one enters it, one's original impression is confirmed by the beauty of the streets and the comeliness of the houses. The burghers' dwellings seem to have been built for princes. In truth, the kings of Scotland would be glad to be housed so luxuriously as the ordinary citizen of Nürnberg . This mid-fifteenth-century eulogy, written by the future Pope Pius II, shows the esteem in which medieval NÜRNBERG was held. As the favourite royal … more »