The Old Stone Bridge and Museum

The best perspectives of Regensburg are from the 310 meter-lengthy Old Stone Bridge an excellent 12^th century shape that has straddled the Danube for extra than 900 years. This masterpiece of medieval engineering - the oldest of its type in Europe and now for pedestrian use best additionally offers splendid perspectives of the Danube and the numerous visitor and pleasure vessels that skip under. Be certain to go to the Bridge Tower Museum seemingly the city's smallest museum in the Bruckturm, the final surviving of the bridge's three towers. Highlights encompass artifacts and files regarding the development of the bridge, in addition to its 17^th century tower clock, whose reliable timepiece has been retaining time when you consider that 1652 terrific perspectives can be loved from the pinnacle of the tower.

Be certain to additionally seek out the metropolis's oldest tower, Porte Praetorian, built in AD 179 by means of the Romans and nevertheless connected to a segment of the old town partitions from this period. Two other buildings worth finding out near the bridge: the Sausage Kitchen which has reputedly offered its great treats right here since the twelfth-century; and the historic Salt Warehouse built in 1620, now fully restored and used for community activities.