Inns [ Residences & Lodgings ]
… attached to a building but could also hang above the street to draw attention to an establishment, belonged to the inn's architecture and provided a visual reference to its name. 6 The print also shows several vehicles, among them a stage … an institution in the past. Truly old inns that can be traced back to the Middle Ages often possess several layers of architecture because older buildings were expanded, fitted with new fronts, refurbished, or partly rebuilt. The George …
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