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Round 1 · 1901 AD
Opening of the Wuppertal Schwebebahn
Emperor Wilhelm II was an early passenger on this engineering marvel: an electric suspension railway that hangs entirely upside down, snaking its way above the Wupper river.
Round 2 · 1835 AD
First Trip of the Adler Locomotive
The 'Adler' was the first commercially successful railway locomotive to run in Germany, transporting paying passengers and barrels of beer along a 6-kilometer track to Fürth.
Round 3 · 170 AD
Construction of the Porta Nigra
The Romans built this monumental city gate using massive sandstone blocks held together not by mortar, but by iron clamps that were sealed with molten lead.
Round 4 · 1727 AD
Bach Premieres St. Matthew Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach directed the premiere of his masterpiece with two choirs and orchestras in Leipzig's St. Thomas Church, establishing a pinnacle of Western sacred music.
Round 5 · 798 AD
Construction of the Palatine Chapel
Charlemagne ordered the construction of this octagonal masterpiece as the center of his empire, importing antique marble columns directly over the Alps from Rome and Ravenna.