Hanover is the capital of Lower Saxony in north central Germany. it is a city that has gained remarkable prominence in 2000 for her place in the last World Exposition of the millennium.
This thriving city of commerce and vibrant cultural life has half a million inhabitants and a dynamic aspect of anything reminiscent of dark days of World War II, when all the central part was flattened.
Museums
The city of Hanover is an open-air museum, where the beautiful sculptures abound, including modern and colorful Nanas.
Kestner-Museum: Abundant ancient coins, works of ancient Egypt and Rome and interesting items of decorative art. And crafts from the Middle Ages to today.
Sprengel Museum: fine paintings of the twentieth century: Picasso, Leger, Klee, Kandinsky, Kokoschka, etc. It is one of the best in the world in the twentieth century art.
Landesmuseum Niedersächsisches: excellent collection of remains of primitive civilizations of the territory, and Renaissance paintings of primitive Germans (Holbein, Cranach), as well as Flemish and Italian painting, until the eighteenth. It also has later painting, mainly German.
The city of Hannover, capital of Lower Saxony, is located in north central Germany.
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Hanover retains traditional details in a modern environment.
It has half a million inhabitants and it is accessed via highways 7 and BAB2 BAB as well as Langenhagen Airport. It is also the key rail junction of North Germany.
Hanover is famous for its trade fairs. It also has a reputation as a congress city. In 2000, hosts the World Expo.
Pet of the Hanover EXPO2000
It has a traditional old town that contrasts with the modernity of its further development. Noted for its cultural dynamism.
The city is located on the River Leine. Hanover had a important princely family since the seventeenth century, who came to hold rights to the English crown. In World War II suffered a terrible punishment. The entire hospital was destroyed.
A red line marked on the street, in the central part of the city used to take visitors along the most emblematic monuments of the city.
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Hannover has a vocation of modernity.
Along this route are over thirty monuments which collect the most significant of Hannover, where the visitor can find various buildings, numerous statues, notable museums and historic gardens.