There can be no doubt about the status of BAMBERG as one of the most beautiful small cities in Europe. Brought to prominence by the saintly eleventh-century Emperor Heinrich II, who wanted to turn it into a German metropolis to rival Rome, it never grew to be particularly big, but nonetheless has a sense of spacious grandeur which belies its actual size. Its relative geographical isolation, some 60km north of Nürnberg and 50km south of Coburg, has been a key factor in preserv... [More]