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| Essential
Architecture- Hanseatic city of Rostock Rostock Town Library |
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architect |
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location |
Kröpeliner Straße 82, Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, north-eastern Germany |
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date |
late 15th century |
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style |
Hanseatic Brick Gothic |
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construction |
Brick |
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type |
library |
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The building which was constructed in the late 15th century provides one
of the truly outstanding and artistically most accomplished examples for
medieval residences in Rostock. The gable is structured by multi-storey
blind elements, and the corbie gable has battlements and five bipartite
blind openings. The brickwork of the façade is characterised by
alternating courses and richly decorated with relief ornaments like
medallions depicting biblical scenes and a decorative frieze of shaped
bricks (lions and rosettes). The building has accommodated the town’s
main library since 1961. |
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