Salvo Micciché
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A Baroque door wearing a Gothic arch.
The pointed brick arch in Lüneburg dates to the city's medieval salt-trade era. The Rococo-inflected door surround (pilasters, cartouche panel) came later, probably the 18th century. The two stone relief roundels flanking the garden gate are likely late Baroque garden ornaments. The pale sky blue color is a northern German tradition: in Low German brick Gothic regions, blue-painted woodwork against warm red brick has centuries of precedent.
Three architectural eras in one frame, and the whole thing still functions as someone's front gate.
