Bold colours for a humble and unique housing complex – welcome to this week's #Doorsday!
This #door is one of the entrances of the #Fuggerei in #Augsburg. It is a walled public housing complex with 67 houses (containing 140 apartments in total) that was founded by Jakob Fugger the Rich in 1516 as a place for needy citizens. You need to be a citizen of Augsburg, of the Catholic faith, and have become indigent without debt in order to qualify for one of the Fuggerei housing units. If you tick all the boxes, you still pay only 1 Rhenish gulden rent per month (equivalent to €0.88) like in the good old times. Well, plus utilities (around €85/month in 2013), and you have to make three prayers a day for the current owners. The gates are locked at night and the 150 residents have to pay the watchman a small fee if they return later than 10pm.
The Fuggerei was destroyed twice (Thirty Year's War + WWII), but always restored. Today, you can visit the complex and its museum, the entrance fee goes towards the upkeep. A charitable trust, established by the wealthy founder in 1520, supports the project and is carefully managed by the #Fugger family to this day.
#historicBuilding #oldBuilding #architecture #Architektur #doorPhotography #dailyDoor #doorsOfMastodon #doors #Tür #Türen #Tor #gate #AdoorableThursday
This #door is one of the entrances of the #Fuggerei in #Augsburg. It is a walled public housing complex with 67 houses (containing 140 apartments in total) that was founded by Jakob Fugger the Rich in 1516 as a place for needy citizens. You need to be a citizen of Augsburg, of the Catholic faith, and have become indigent without debt in order to qualify for one of the Fuggerei housing units. If you tick all the boxes, you still pay only 1 Rhenish gulden rent per month (equivalent to €0.88) like in the good old times. Well, plus utilities (around €85/month in 2013), and you have to make three prayers a day for the current owners. The gates are locked at night and the 150 residents have to pay the watchman a small fee if they return later than 10pm.
The Fuggerei was destroyed twice (Thirty Year's War + WWII), but always restored. Today, you can visit the complex and its museum, the entrance fee goes towards the upkeep. A charitable trust, established by the wealthy founder in 1520, supports the project and is carefully managed by the #Fugger family to this day.
#historicBuilding #oldBuilding #architecture #Architektur #doorPhotography #dailyDoor #doorsOfMastodon #doors #Tür #Türen #Tor #gate #AdoorableThursday
