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Friday, August 7, 2009

The Steipe House

This is a remarkable building on the Town Square. It is named after the portals at the bottom, which are called Steipe in local dialect. You see two Knights of Roland on the second floor on each side of the building. On the lower levels you will be able to see the 4 city saints, Peter, Paul, Helen the mother of Constantine and (can't remember the other person). It is truly beautiful as you will see when you double click on it to enlarge it. The orginal figures were removed during WWII and hidden away to keep them from being destroyed. The original are now in the Simeon Museum next to the Porta Nigra. These are replicas.

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