Hamburg has two zoos, except for the one that is very close to the city, and the more distinctive is the safari park located in the suburbs, which is quite inaccessible without a car, at least 2 car transfers from the city center, and the whole zoo has very few barriers and cages, and all animals can move around the park of more than 50 hectares. ”

"If you are interested, you can take a look, I won't go into more detail, there are common animals, and many parents like to take their children to the zoo to see. ”

"At the next stop, I'll discuss with Head Xia Yuxiang to see where it's better to go, everyone is also tired, go back to the hotel to sleep first!"

Xia Yuxiang and Robin discussed it and decided to take everyone to the next stop, Quedlinburg Old Street is located in Anhalt, Saxony, central Germany, on the edge of the Harz Mountains, near the Bode River, on the banks of the Bode River.

Robin explains, "Founded in the 10th century as the capital and trading center of the Empire, King Henry I built the castle on one of the two mountain ranges of Quedlinburg, which later became the palace of the Saxon royal palaces. ”

"The architecture here is very different from other places, Quedlinburg is a model of a medieval European city, the city retains a large number of high-quality wooden buildings, which is a unique feature here, and you can feel the medieval history and human feelings of Germany when you walk here. ”

Qu Lihua is also very curious, she is the first time to come to this kind of central German city, everything is very new, compared with the Oriental architecture, European architecture is also very distinctive, especially this kind of medieval architecture, with some ancient, but also can show the history and culture of that era.

After Heinrich's death, Princess Mathilde built the famous monastery of the noble women of Saxony, which had the privilege of opening a market and minting coins, so it was very prosperous for a time.

Quedlinburg has two settlements, one is a merchant settlement and the other is a refugee settlement, and Quedlinburg has a double Markt Square, a church and other places for different residents.

The church of St. Serbatius Monastery in Quedlinburg is a landmark of Quedlinburg, once the royal family of Quedlinburg, it is a typical Romanesque building, the church has a three-gallery underground sacrificial chamber, with the tombs of kings and princesses and monuments to the abbots.

The side aisles of the church also house the treasures of the church, the most precious of which are the reliquary chest of St. Serbatius and the manuscript of the Gospel of Samuel.

"Here, since there are merchant settlements, that is, relatively wealthy places, and refugee settlements, it can be said that there are two heavens of ice and fire, and there is a feeling of an urban village, some places look magnificent and particularly developed, and in some places, you can see poverty and hunger!"

Listening to Robin's explanation, Qu Lihua's heart also sank, and she sighed a little emotionally, a city is rich on the one hand and lives an enviable life, and on the other side is poor and backward.

This picture is impressive and very emotional.

The moat presents an irregular outline along the defensive walls, part of the walls are protected, the narrow, winding lanes in the old city, dating back to the 10th century AD, and the new part of the city has a unified plan, built in the 12th century, forming a medieval pattern.

The center of the old town, close to the city's main square, is known as the market, and the castle is built on the hill, and the buildings surrounding the castle form the unique core of the city.

Qu Lihua's impression is that the city is still extremely German, and some common European architectural styles can be found here, such as Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque buildings are scattered throughout the city, forming a peculiar architectural landscape, and a large number of exquisite and shiny wooden houses border the city square along the curving streets of the city.

Qu Lihua was very curious and asked Robin: "Why did medieval buildings use wood instead of cement and marble as the main materials?"

Robin thought for a moment and answered the question.

"When we came to Europe, a lot of the buildings we saw, many of them were Gothic, and I had taken you to many places before, and many of the buildings you saw were Gothic, which was a style of architecture that flourished at the peak and end of the Middle Ages. "It developed from Romanesque architecture, inherited by Renaissance architecture, originated in France in the 12th century and lasted until the 16th century, and Gothic architecture is generally referred to as French in modern times. ”

The word Gothic appeared in the late Renaissance, and the characteristics of Gothic architecture include pointed arches, ribbed vaults and flying arches, which are obvious features, and are often used in architecture, and we see many arches in this style. ”

"At that time in the Middle Ages, the level of architecture was far less developed than it is now, people cut wood from the forest as a building material, because wood was easier to obtain, cement and steel with the development of science and technology, in the following many years, it was flourished, and a large number of modern buildings, and the buildings at that time in the Middle Ages were far less developed than now. ”

"Let me introduce the benefits of the application of wood in construction engineering, wood is widely used in construction engineering, such as trusses, beams, columns, doors and windows, floors, parapets, ceilings, formwork, scaffolding, etc. ”

"As a building material, wood has the advantages of light weight, high strength, good elasticity and toughness, strong impact resistance, low thermal conductivity, easy processing, good appearance and good durability. ”

"Religion is still highly valued in Europe, and I have taken you to visit many places, churches can be seen everywhere, which shows that religion has a very important position in Europe. ”

"The church of the priests of St. Cervetitus, built between the 10th and 12th centuries AD, is an extremely important building in the city, with a large number of semi-exposed wooden dwellings belonging to the 15th and 17th centuries, architecturally very detailed, bordering the city square along the city's curving streets. ”

"From the 5th to the 10th centuries, the architecture of Europe was extremely underdeveloped, and in the small, closed feudal territories, the large public buildings and religious buildings of Rome were not needed, and the corresponding structural technology and artistic experience were lost, and the monastery was the only building of good quality at that time, and it was also very crude. ”

"The construction has also entered a new phase. The city's freelance artisans mastered a much more skilled craft than the slaves of ancient Rome. The economy of manpower and material resources in architecture is much higher than that of ancient Rome. ”