Raphael Kadushin’s article about his tour through the historic Franconia region of Germany contains an unexpected insight about a city’s assets.
The tour included stops in Wϋrzburg, Rothenburg, Bamberg and Nuremberg. For Kadushin the “treasure house is Bamberg, a World Heritage site that claims a stellar collection of medieval and baroque buildings.”
Bamberg (population 70,063) was not the largest city on the tour but “it is the spot where the beauty and exuberance of Franconia spill out of the landmarks and onto the streets.” Such a statement about a city describes a place where anyone would like to visit or live.
This cultural tour had been planned by London-based Martin Randall. Their motto provides an excellent beginning for a checklist of the assets of Bamberg or any other five-figure city: “Art, Architecture, Gastronomy, Archaeology, History, Music.”
To read more about the assets of Bamberg and the Franconia region see National Geographic Traveler, May/June 2009, page 92.
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