Braunschweig Gallery

Balloons are attached to a street sign as a decoration for the carnival in the empty

Balloons are attached to a street sign as a decoration for the carnival in the empty street of the northern German town of Braunschweig, February 15, 2015. A carnival parade in Braunschweig planned for Sunday lunchtime has been cancelled at short notice due to a concrete threat of an Islamist attack, police said. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski (GERMANY - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Road signs on the Autobahn near Braunschweig, Germany

Road signs near Braunschweig (Brunswick) leading from the Autobahn (motorway), Lower Saxony, Germany. The letter Y is the sign of the 5th Division, British Army of the Rhine. Date: circa 1946

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1940s, 1946, 2nd, 40s, 5th, Army, Autobahn, Baor, Braunschweig, British, Brunswick, Division, Forties, German, Germany, Ii, Letter, Motorway, Postwar, Rhine, Road, Sign, Signs, War, World, Ww2, Wwii

Medieval wall painting, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Medieval wall painting, (1898). 'Figs 1 and 2: From the apsis of the Basilica di S. Angelo in Formis near Capua, 11th century. Figs 3-5: From the chapter-house of the former Benedictine-abbey Brauweiler near Cologne, 11th century. Figs 6-9: From the lower church at Schwarz-Rheindorf near Bonn, mid 12th century. Figs 10, 11 and 15: From the choir of the cathedral at Braunschweig, 12th century. Fig 12: From the former abbey-church at Marcigny, 12th century. Figs 13 and 14: From the church at Anzy, 12th century. Figs 16 and 17: From the lower church S. Francesco at Assisi'. Plate 36 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

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