The West Tower of the Moritzburg

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The mighty west tower of the Moritzburg, built from 1484 as a late-Gothic residence for the Archbishops of Magdeburg: the round defensive tower with massive rubble-stone walls and a conical roof of red beaver-tail tiles rises against a sky streaked with delicate cirrus clouds. Gothic cross-mullion windows pierce the walls, and a verdigris finial crowns the roof peak. To the left, autumn-tinted foliage frames the tower. The deep depth of field at ƒ/7.1 documents every stone of the medieval castle complex, which today serves as an art museum.

West tower of the Moritzburg with rubble-stone walls and red conical tile roof against a blue sky with cirrus clouds in Halle (Saale)
Canon EOS 5DS R EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM 45mm · ƒ/7.1 · 1/250s · ISO 100

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