The picturesque UNESCO World Heritage-listed sections of Luxembourg City (Photo-essay)

Upon returning from my recent European vacation, I had chops in my passsport showing that I had entered Germany on December 6th and left the country on December 14th.  Actually, I also had left Germany and re-entered it midway through my stay -- but because of the Schengen Agreement, my passport was not looked at, never mind chopped, when I entered Luxembourg from Germany and re-entered Germany from there.

This was my first visit to the landlocked Grand Duchy -- and, as it so happened, my German friend's too!  Despite its proximity to her home country, she confessed to not knowing that much about Luxembourg and even only realized after I told her that its capital city's Old Quarters and Fortifications are on the UNESCO World Heritage list.  

Post visiting the area, we can see and understand full why.  As I hope the following photo-essay will show, the Old City of Luxembourg and its Fortifications are physically impressive and located in a natural setting that accentuates their visual splendor, and strategic location at various points in history:-

A scale model of the Old City of Luxembourg and a blown up photo

on display at the superb Luxembourg City History Museum

View of Luxembourg City, with the Centre Culturel de 

Renconre Abbaye de Neumuenster in the centre of the picture

Another view, this one with the Centre Culturel de Renconre Abbaye 

de Neumuenster on the lower right and St Michael's Church 

(the city's oldest church) on the upper left

 Interior view of St Michael's Church -- and yes, like

many places we visited in Luxembourg City and Trier,

we were the only people there when we visited!

Even on a gray day, the views are scenic thanks to the 

combination of the fortifications and bridges as well as 

buildings and dramatic natural setting

 I wish we spent more time exploring the lower sections of the city 

that line the Alzette River than we did, if nothing else than

because they did look so very picturesque

Still, it's not like the upper sections of the city 

aren't nice to look at either... :b

So, of course Puppet Ponyo wanted to have her photo 

taken amidst such splendid surroundings! :)