After first filming "The Duelists," starring Harvey Keitel, in the southwestern French town in 1977, the British director returned for 2021’s medieval tale ... morning light touches its buttercream ...

Some of the limestone used as building material was quarried from here. Roads into the town through gates to the north, east and south, leading from the cliff to the harbour, date to the Viking era.

It has been a prosperous trading town since the Middle Ages. The number and high quality of the timber-framed buildings make Quedlinburg an exceptional example of a medieval European town. The ...