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St Michael's Church

Rank:

UNESCO

Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Germany

Best of: Architecture, Christianity, Church, Romanesque

Description:

St Michael's Church was built between 1010 and 1020 on a symmetrical plan with two apses that was characteristic of Ottonian Romanesque art in Old Saxony. Its interior, in particular the wooden ceiling and painted stucco-work, its famous bronze doors and the Bernward bronze column, are – together with the treasures of St Mary's Cathedral – of exceptional interest as examples of the Romanesque churches of the Holy Roman Empire. [More Details]

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