1. From Caves to Cathedrals A German Odyssey May 4 th - 15 th 2009 www.mun.ca/artsfriends/cathedrals

5. From Caves to Cathedrals, May 4 th – 15 th 2009 From the Caves in the Neanderthal to Cologne Cathedral

8. From Caves to Cathedrals, May 4 th – 15 th 2009 From medieval to modern architecture: Münster cityscape & Düsseldorf Harbour

9. View on the city of Essen in 1647, European Culture Capital 2010 From Caves to Cathedrals, May 4 th – 15 th 2009

14. From Caves to Cathedrals, May 4 th – 15 th 2009 Bonn university and Bonn’s skyline with the river Rhine

15. From Caves to Cathedrals, May 4 th – 15 th 2009 Aachen: the town in which Charlemagne was crowned in 786 and which became the political center of his empire. Aachen cathedral dates from 792, making it the oldest cathedral in northern Europe.

16. From Caves to Cathedrals, May 4 th – 15 th 2009 Discover Münster, where the Treaty of Westphalia was signed.

17. From Caves to Cathedrals, May 4 th – 15 th 2009 Wewelsburg: the only surviving triangular castle in Germany from the Renaissance. Under the Nazi regime the castle was supposed to become the central SS-cult site and later even the “centre of the world.”

18. From Caves to Cathedrals, May 4 th – 15 th 2009 We will visit the Archaeological Park Kalkriese where the legendary Battle of the Teutoburg Forest is supposed to have taken place. The Roman legions led by Quinctilius Varus were defeated here by Germanic tribes in the year 9 A.D. This ultimately led the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus to give up plans for the conquest of Germania east of the Rhine.

19. From Caves to Cathedrals, May 4 th – 15 th 2009 Discover the region‘s Roman heritage: Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in Latin, Cologne in English, Köln in German