Beer, bratwurst and lederhosen are an undeniable part of German culture. But so too is the country’s brutal 20th century history. SPIEGEL ONLINE takes you to 10 of the country’s most unsettling sites:
The Vogelsang Fortress — Ideology Cast in Stone
Bundestrasse 266, starting at the German town of Gemünd not far from the border with Belgium, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘history’
27 Oct
A Guide to Germany’s Darkest Places
12 Oct
World Monuments Fund 2010 Watch
Afghanistan
OLD CITY OF HERAT
Herat, Afghanistan
Argentina
BUENOS AIRES HISTORIC CENTER
Buenos Aires, Argentina
TEATRO COLÓN
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Armenia
AGHJOTS MONASTERY
Garni Village, Armenia
Austria
WIENER WERKBUNDSIEDLUNG
Vienna, Austria
Bahrain
SUQ AL-QAYSARIYA
Muharraq, Bahrain
Belgium
SANATORIUM JOSEPH LEMAIRE
Tombeek, Belgium
Bhutan
PHAJODING
Thimphu, Bhutan
Bolivia
CONVENTO-MUSEO SANTA TERESA
Cochabamba, Bolivia
MISIONES JESUÍTICAS DE CHIQUITOS (JESUIT MISSIONS OF CHIQUITOS)
Santa Cruz department, Bolivia
Chile
IGLESIAS DE ARICA PARINACOTA (CHURCHES OF ARICA PARINACOTA)
Municipios de Arica y Putre, Chile
Colombia
SAN FERNANDO AND SAN JOSE FORTRESSES
Cartagena [...]
11 Sep
Greatest Zapoteca ballgame court in Atzompa restored
Four kilometers away from Monte Alban Archaeological Zone, in Oaxaca, experts from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) restored the largest Zapoteca ballgame court found to present, which has special features are niches on its corners. The 70 meters long structure is located in Atzompa, area where Zapoteca elite of Monte Alban settled [...]
4 Sep
Angkor and The Khmer Empire
National Geographic recently featured an article by Richard Stone on the Angkor and the Khmer Empire.
[...Angkor is the scene of one of the greatest vanishing acts of all time. The Khmer kingdom lasted from the 9th to the 15th centuries, and at its height dominated a wide swath of Southeast Asia, from Myanmar (Burma) in [...]
28 Aug
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
In September 9 AD, Germanic tribesmen slaughtered three Roman legions in a battle that marked the “big bang” of the German nation and created its first hero — Hermann. The country is marking the 2,000th anniversary with restraint because the myth of Hermann remains tainted by the militant nationalism that would later be associated with [...]
