Wurzburg - 5/13/2025

We took a tour of The Residence in Wurzburg which was built by Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp Franz. It looked a lot like Versaille inside. The artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo from Italy did several important frescos. The building was damaged in the WW2 bombing but the frescos were still intact. An american covered the roof above the frescos and saved them.

Entry fresco at the Residence

Entry fresco at the Residence

Entry fresco at the Residence

Entry fresco at the Residence

Another Fresco by Teipolo

Another Fresco by Teipolo

Rooms at the Residence

Residence Mirror room

Rooms at the Residence

Gardens at the Residence

Gardens at the Residence

Gardens at the Residence

Gardens at the Residence

Gardens at the Residence

Front entrance of the Residence

Front entrance of the Residence

Once we finished with the tour we had some free time to walk around town and find out way back to the boat which was docked nearby. There was a pedestrian bridge where you could walk and have a glass of wine overlooking the city. We walked the bridge but decided that a glass or beer would be nicer on this hot afternoon.

Views from the bridge

Views from the bridge

On the way to the ship we took some pictures of these buildings high up on the hill above Wurzburg

And Marienberg Fortress a prominent landmark on the left bank of the Main river in Würzburg. It served as the home of the local prince-bishops for nearly five centuries. until Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp Franz decided that he needed a more opulent place to live and built the residence.

Marienberg Fortress

We also walked by The Käppele ('Little Chapel') Wallfahrtskirche Mariä Heimsuchung ('Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of Mary'), located on a hill above Würzburg, in Germany.

Little Chapel.

We found a little pub across the street from where the boat was docked and sat and had a beer and a sandwich and did some people watching.

A beer that we really enjoyed