This fascinating and enchanting city has many corners to explore and most visitors begin at the Old Town, which is surrounded by water with seven towers and five churches that bring over 1,000 years of history to life. The whole town is UNESCO protected as the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque and Neo-Classical buildings, narrow alleyways and streets, churches and abbeys, merchant houses and fortifications form a remarkable whole. A jewel of brick-Gothic architecture, the Church of St. Mary, is Lubeck's finest ecclesiastical building and the inspiration for at least 70 other churches around the Baltic. The church sits at the highest point of the town and its brick-vaulted roof, which is the highest in the world, is a remarkable feat of architecture. Of course, no visitor should miss out on tasting and appreciating a delicacy that the city is world renowned for — Lubeck Marzipan, which has been around to tempt visitors ever since almonds were first ground into paste.