The Town Hall of Bremen stands on the market square of the old Hanseatic city. The Gothic building was constructed in the early fifteenth century, in about 1405 to 1410, to express the confidence and independence of a prosperous trading city. In the early seventeenth century, the building was given a rich Weser Renaissance facade, with arcades and sculpture, and the interior includes a large hall decorated with ship models and the Upper Hall. Next to it stands the stone statue of Roland, a symbol of the town's freedoms, from 1404. The ensemble was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004, and the building survived the Second World War largely intact.
Before and after
- from 1397 to 1523Kalmar Union
- 15 November 1397Birth of Nicholas V
- 1398Construction of Ferapontov Monastery
- 12 August 1399Battle of the Vorskla River
- c. 1400sConstruction of Town Hall of Bremen
- 1400Rise of Renaissance music
- 14th centuryOrigins of Songo Mnara
- 14th centuryConstruction of Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
- from 14th century to 17th centuryRenaissance
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The era
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