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A photograph of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and his mistress Eva Braun (1912-45). Taken in June 1942 at the Nazi leader's private retreat the Berghof near Berchtesgaden, Bavaria.

Detail of a presentation miniature with Christine de Pizan presenting her book to Queen Isabeau of Bavaria. Illuminated miniature from The Book of the Queen (various works by Christine de Pizan...

A photograph showing the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) and Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the leader of Nazi Germany at Berchtesgaden, Bavaria on 15 September 1938 during the Sudentenland crisis...

The Imperial Castle is Nuremberg's landmark, a symbol for the power and importance of the Holy Roman Empire. Nuremberg (Nürnberg), first documented as a royal estate in 1050, was an important base for the domestic power politics...

A reconstruction of the inhabited area of the Manching Iron Age oppidum (hilltop fort) in Bavaria, Germany. The site was inhabited from the 3rd to 1st century BCE. (Keltenmuseum Manching)

A stoneware portrait bust of Prince Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine and Duke of Bavaria (l. 1619-1682). Rupert was the nephew of Charles I of England (r. 1625-1649) and led the Royalist cavalry during the English Civil...

Johannisburg Palace, the second residence of the Electoral Archbishops of Mainz until 1803, is located in the centre of Aschaffenburg on the banks of the Main, Bavaria. The mighty four-wing complex, built between 1605 and...

A painting by John Wootton showing George II of Great Britain (r. 1727-1760) leading an army to victory at the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria in 1743 during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). The king is shown...

Vetoniana is a Roman cohort camp near Pfünz in Bavaria, Germany. Probably constructed around 90 CE as a wooden and earth structure and later rebuilt in stone, Fort Vetoniana was garrisoned by a unit of 500 men...

Official signpost of the German Limes Road (German: Deutsche Limes-Straße), a tourist route for motorists, cyclists and hikers that follows the course of the UNESCO - World Heritage Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes...