Naumburg at the Saale
Here on the Saale, where two important trade routes already crossed in the Middle Ages, the margraves of Meissen decided to build a castle. Only a few years later, in 1028, the bishop's seat of Zeitz was moved here. Soon after, the construction of the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul began. The church building, consecrated before the year 1044, underwent many architectural changes in the course of its history and today it skillfully combines elements of the late Romanesque as well as the early and high Gothic periods.
medieval town at the river Saale
Through the Marian Gate the pilgrim enters the city
with St. Wenceslas City Church
Picture by Lucas Cranach in the Wenceslas Church
as we see it today, it dates largely from the first half of the 13th century.
is one of the most important cultural monuments from the time of the European High Middle Ages. 
Detail
of the Mary altar
seen from the cloister
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