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Special tours led by an actress dressed as Agnes take place at 6pm Thursday, 3pm
Saturday and 11am Sunday; there's an English-language tour at 2pm on Saturday.
HISTORIC BUILDING
Altes Rathaus
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(Rathausplatz 2) Beneath the Altes Rathaus (1616-22), a hulk of a building with lovely
Renaissance-style interiors, you'll find the macabre Lochgefängnisse Offline map
Google map (Medieval Dungeons; Click here ; 231 2690; adult/concession €3.50/
1.50; tours 10am-4.30pm Tue-Sun Apr-Oct) . This 12-cell death row and torture cham-
ber must be seen on a 30-minute guided tour (held every half-hour) and might easily put
you off lunch.
Stadtmuseum Fembohaus
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( 231 2595; Burgstrasse 15; museum adult/child €5/3, Noricama €4/2.50;
10am-5pm Tue-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat & Sun) Offering an entertaining overview of the city's
history, highlights of the Stadtmuseum Fembohaus include the restored historic rooms of
this 16th-century merchant's house. Also here, Noricama takes you on a flashy Holly-
woodesque multimedia journey (in German and English) through Nuremberg's history.
MUSEUM
Jüdisches Museum Franken
( 770 577; www.juedisches-museum.org ; Königstrasse 89; adult/concession €3/2;
10am-5pm Wed-Sun, to 8pm Tue) A quick U-Bahn ride away in the neighbouring town of
Fürth is the Jüdisches Museum Franken. Fürth once had the largest Jewish congregation
of any city in southern Germany and this museum, housed in a handsomely restored build-
ing, chronicles the history of Jewish life in the region from the Middle Ages to today. To
reach the museum, take the U1 to the Rathaus stop in Fürth.
JEWISH, MUSEUM
St Sebalduskirche
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( www.sebalduskirche.de ; Albrecht-Dürer -Platz 1; from 9.30am) Nuremberg's oldest
church was built in rusty pink-veined sandstone in the 13th century. Its exterior is replete
with religious sculptures and symbols ; check out the ornate carvings over the Bridal
Doorway to the north, showing the Wise and Foolish Virgins. Inside, the bronze shrine of
St Sebald (Nuremberg's own saint) is a Gothic and Renaissance masterpiece that took its
CHURCH
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