Caption

Built between 1446 and 1448 outside the penultimate city fortifications, it was used for three days during Holy Week to house and feed lepers. Behind it the hangman's bridge and water tower

Date

Aug 16, 2009

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Florian Monheim

Reference

BRK25G94_449

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32,2Mb (2,9Mb) / 13,2in x 9,5in / 3963 x 2843 (300dpi)

Keywords

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