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People leaving 1 Sometimes people come out of the church door. Sometimes they are wearing costumes and carrying old-fashioned rifles. |
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People leaving 2 Another shot of these two men in their blue coats and light-coloured socks. |
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The church sign Welcome to the Metropolitan Church of Our Lady [more...] |
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Church interior 1 With a stained glass East Window, and a torture device with an effigy of a dying man on it, in agony. earlier gothic cathedrals had narrow arches because the weight of the stone was too great. [...] [more...] |
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Church interior 2 Another wide-angle shot of the Nave. |
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Church interior 3: Chancel The altar. |
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Kaiser Memorial Caption DAS KAISERKENORAPH The latest date mentioned seems to be 1468. |
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Kaiser Memorial 1 It’s actually harder than it looks to photograph a dark object in a dimly-lit church, without using flash. Especially if your lens is limited to f/4. [more...] |
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Inscription 1 A beautifully made inscription in the church. It dates, I think, from 1488. |
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Inscription 2 A beautifully made inscription in the church. It dates, I think, from 1488. |
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Another inscription A monument, perhaps to a musician, and dated mcccclxxiii, which is 1473; this art was made over 500 years ago. The bas-relief sculpture depicts a man wearing (of course) mediaeval costume (OK, medieval costume), playing perhaps a hand organ, and surrounded by other instruments, including harp and lyre. If you can work out who is to be remembered, please let me know and I will add that here. The various [...] [more...] |
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Kaiser Memorial 2 A better shot of this 15th century tomb. It is guarded by sculpted knights, giving a good idea of how soldiers dressed in the late 1400s. [more...] |
