Church · Bavaria
Regensburg Cathedral
Regensburg Cathedral, the Cathedral of St. Peter, is the Gothic Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Regensburg in the city's old town.
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Germany•City
Regensburg
Regensburg is a city on the Danube in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria. Its tourism board says the Old Town with Stadtamhof has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2006 and that in 2021 the Roman Danube Limes was added to the 'Frontiers of the Roman Empire' World Heritage Site; XTOUR maps the cathedral, the Stone Bridge, St. Emmeram's Palace and the Porta Praetoria in the city.
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Germany
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City
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Archaeological site · Bavaria
Porta Praetoria (Regensburg)
The Porta Praetoria is the surviving remains of the north gate of Castra Regina, the Roman legionary fortress at Regensburg, preserved in the walls of the bishop's court near the cathedral.
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Bridge · Bavaria
Stone Bridge (Regensburg)
The Stone Bridge (Steinerne Brücke) is the medieval stone arch bridge across the Danube in Regensburg, begun in 1135.
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Historic site · Bavaria
St. Emmeram's Palace
St. Emmeram's Palace (Schloss St. Emmeram) is the residence of the princely family of Thurn und Taxis in the south of Regensburg's old town, created from the former imperial abbey of St. Emmeram.
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Monument · Bavaria
Walhalla
The Walhalla is a neoclassical hall of remembrance in the form of a columned temple above the Danube at Donaustauf near Regensburg, built for King Ludwig I of Bavaria and opened in 1842.
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Museum · Bavaria
Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds
The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds is the Nuremberg Municipal Museums' documentation centre on the Nazi Party rallies, in the northern wing of the unfinished Congress Hall on the former rally grounds in south-east Nuremberg.
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Guides to Regensburg
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Travel Guide01
Germany travel guide: choosing your cities and bases
XTOUR's Germany coverage is built around twelve cities and towns, from Berlin and Potsdam to Munich, Füssen, Dresden, Cologne, Nuremberg, Heidelberg and the Hanseatic north. This guide sets out what each base is for on XTOUR, which sights reached from a base are not in it, and which country-wide guides apply wherever you stay.
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Travel Guide02
Germany's UNESCO World Heritage sites: the 55 on the list and the ones XTOUR covers
The German Commission for UNESCO counts 55 World Heritage sites in Germany, from Aachen Cathedral in 1978 to King Ludwig II's palaces in 2025. This article lists all 55 as the Commission records them, says what the inscribed area actually covers at the sites XTOUR has guides for, and notes where the Commission's own pages, the city of Dresden and UNESCO's own Dresden decision give different years.
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Destination information last verified: October 9, 2026
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