Bamberg in Germany’s Franconia region is an amazing UNESCO village. The centerpiece is a stunning building that straddles the river – and although it’s not usual to find churches and cathedrals this old, in fact the Altes Rathaus dates back to the fifteenth century, which is quite amazing for a building.
Here is one view:
And here is the much more impressive view:
And here is the final view, showing the stunning painted facade:
An historian once told me that painted buildings like this only came into fashion in the eighteen century in Europe, when the paint technology was sufficiently advanced to allow them to do this.