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The Holstentor is one of the most well-known landmarks for
the Hanseatic city of Lübeck - marking off the western boundary of
the old center of the city. The building has - together with the old
city centre (Altstadt) of Lübeck - been a UNESCO World Heritage Site
since 1987.
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The Holstentor in Lübeck.
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One of the large bronze lions outside the Holstentor in Lübeck.
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A small World War II memorial outside the Holstentor in Lübeck.
Lübeck was liberated on the 2nd of May 1945 by the British forces -
thereby preventing the Russian forces to go any further west.
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The entrance thru the Holstentor in Lübeck.
The inscription "Concordia Domi Foris Pax" means “Harmony within,
Peace without”.
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One of the vintage canons outside the Holstentor in Lübeck.
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The Holstentor in Lübeck - with some of the many towers of Lübeck in
the background.
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Photo: euro-t-guide.com - October 2010
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refer to "euro-t-guide.com" as the photographer.
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