In the beginning, the later cathedral of Halle was a church built by the Dominican. Traditionally churches of a mendicant order don’t have a tower. The lovely gables were added by Cardinal Albert of Brandenburg. Today it is just a church again but people of Halle still call the edifice a Dom (cathedral).
The photo was taken on a foggy morning from the roof of the Francke Foundations.
Sources / More info
- Dom zu Halle (Stiftung Dome und Schlösser)
- Dom zu Halle (Wikipedia)