A prime venue for Leipzig visitors looking for night time entertainment and in search of a little nostalgia is Moritzbastei, a youth and student club in the former city battlements extending three storeys underground.
This former fortification directly adjacent to the university is the only remaining part of medieval city defences. It was designed by Hieronymus Lotter between 1551 and 1553, the same person who had built the Old City Hall by Elector Moritz. For many years it lay abandoned but in 1974 and 1976 students from the University excavated it in their spare time and turned into a club.
Today, events take place in several vaults and rooms which allow for a wide range of activities ranging from concerts to exhibitions. In the summer, even the roof is put to use used for theatre performances, concerts and open-air movie shows.
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