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How to Invent a Country

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Catholicism and Beer in Bavaria

In 16 32, Ingolstadt came under siege by the catholics. The city was burned to the ground in a massacre known as 'the inferno' This is what happens if europe becomes dominated by the hapsburg empire. If you head south into bavaria, and oncurrently in the main square of ingalstadt, you're struck by two things. Catholicism and beer. They're two very, very different cultures.

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