Rathaus (Old Town Hall) by Audrey118
This Old Town Hall was built around 1405-1410. Look at the north ern Gothic architecture. The Rathaus and the Marketplatz have been officially nominated to be World Heritage Sight.
The 560-year-old Rathaus has seen several periods of transformation. But the original Gothic foundations of the Rathaus remain basically unchanged, but the upper section reflects the 17th-century Weser Renaissance style in the facade; the tall windows alternate with relief statues of Charlemagne and the electors of the Holy Roman Empire. The upper hall, part of the original structure, contains a beautifully carved early 17th-century oak staircase. A mural of The Judgment of Solomon (1537) reminds us that the hall was originally a council chamber and courtroom. Below the lower hall lies the historic wine cellar, the "good Ratskeller of Bremen".
