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In 919 CE, the King of the Holy Roman Empire was crowned on a hill above the town of Quedlinburg, Germany. Quedlinburg escaped major wartime destruction, so much of its medieval core is intact — still standing, nearly untouched for over a thousand years. How was it preserved for so long? It survived because it was poor. One of Europe’s best-preserved medieval towns is still standing after a thousand years because no one could afford to tear it down.

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