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Rh H-. IV. cu. VI. CIVIL AliCHITECTUIlE. S5 a. tower-like fragment of a town-hall, botli Iniilt in the best age of archi- tecture ; and in some of the other Rlienish towns there are fragments of art more or less beautiful according to the age of their details, but none tliat will bear comparison with the B.^lgian edifices of the same class. Some of the cas- tles ill which the feudal aristocracy of the day resided are certainly fine and pictui-esque build- ings, but thevare sel- doni remarkable for architectural beauty either of desisfn or detail. The same remarks a])ply to the domestic i"esidences. Many of the old high- gabled houses in the streets are most elab- orately ornament- ed, and produce ])ic- turesque combina- tions in themselves and with one an- other ; but as works of art, few have any claims to notice, and neither in form nor <letail are they wor- thy of admiration. Among more miscellaneous monu- ments may be named the weigh-tower at Andernach, with its immense crane, ^ showing how any ob- ject may be made architectural if de- signed with taste. 529. Schone Bruiiiien at Nureiiilierg. (From Chapuy.) The Schone Brunnen, or "Beautiful Fountains," in the market-place at Nuremberg, is one of the most unexceptionable pieces of German design in existence. It much resembles the contemporary crosses erected by our Edward T. to the memory of his beloved queen