The Benedictine monastery of Weltenburg , one of the best examples of Bavarian Rococo, overlooking the Danube and is completely surrounded by meadows, woods and narrow rocky the so-called "Danube Gorge".
It 's the oldest monastery in Bavaria: we have news of a community of monks already around the year 600, around the year 1000, built a large monastery and a church side, then completely renovated in the first half of 1700 by brothers Cosmas and Damian Egid Quirin Asam. The frescoes and gold decorations of the side chapels and dome is a hymn to opulence and wealth typical of the Baroque-Rococo.
Some people overlook the golden balustrade that runs around the magnificent fresco of the dome, which is at the center as the heart of the Holy Spirit Church and God the Father and Jesus and Mary crown: it is a series of cherubs and the same Egid Quirin Asam , plasterer of the church. Dominates the high altar is a large statue depicting St George slaying the dragon.
Around the church is a vast complex of buildings housing the cells of the Benedictine monastery and the oldest brewery in the world where it is produced, following the original recipe compiled by monks in 1058, an excellent dark beer.
It 's the oldest monastery in Bavaria: we have news of a community of monks already around the year 600, around the year 1000, built a large monastery and a church side, then completely renovated in the first half of 1700 by brothers Cosmas and Damian Egid Quirin Asam. The frescoes and gold decorations of the side chapels and dome is a hymn to opulence and wealth typical of the Baroque-Rococo.
Some people overlook the golden balustrade that runs around the magnificent fresco of the dome, which is at the center as the heart of the Holy Spirit Church and God the Father and Jesus and Mary crown: it is a series of cherubs and the same Egid Quirin Asam , plasterer of the church. Dominates the high altar is a large statue depicting St George slaying the dragon.
Around the church is a vast complex of buildings housing the cells of the Benedictine monastery and the oldest brewery in the world where it is produced, following the original recipe compiled by monks in 1058, an excellent dark beer.
0 comments:
Post a Comment