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The old city of Bamberg is built on seven hills, like ancient Rome although
many centuries later.
Emperor Heinrich II (973-1024) lived in Bamberg with his wife Kunigunde, where he founded the
Bishopric and built the Imperial Cathedral, making the city, for a short period of time,
the capital of the Holy Roman Empire.
In the following centuries Bamberg was the seat of a powerful Prince-Bishopric.
Bamberg was shaped in the early 18th century, making it the baroque city of today,
and in the late 18th century it was a center of Enlightenment for southern Germany.
In 1802 the city was secularised and became part of Bavaria.
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