2009.06: Erfurter Dom, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

Location: Erfurter Dom, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

Date: 2009.06

Photographer: Jesen

Camera: Nikon

Retouch: Adobe Photoshop

Copyright: www.haomingxiong.com

Erfurt’s cathedral, where Martin Luther was ordained a priest, grew over the centuries from a simple 8th-century chapel into the stately Gothic pile of today. Standouts in its treasure-filled interior include the stained-glass windows; the ‘Wolfram’ (an 850-year-old bronze candelabrum in the shape of a man); the ‘Gloriosa’ (the world’s largest free-swinging medieval bell); a Romanesque stucco Madonna; Cranach’s The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine; and the intricately carved choir stalls.

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