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Walhalla temple

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Sep 062009
 

Walhalla temple

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The Walhalla is a corridor of fame meant for “laudable plus distinguished Germans” resp. “prominent personalities inwards German chronicle politicians, monarchs, scientists as well as artists” “of the German tongue”, housed inwards a more than the east of Regensburg, taking part in Bavaria, Germany. It was conceived in 1807 before Crown Prince Ludwig I of Bavaria, while he had be converted into Ruler, plus was built stuck between 1830 along with 1842 by means of the creator Leo von Klenze. The Walhalla hosts vis-??-vis 65 placques also 130 busts of people, casing 2000 years of chronicle; the same as the oldest qualities pleased is Arminius, vanquisher into the Contest of the Teutoburg Afforest within year 9.
GPS coordinates: 49° 1′ 53.35″ N, 12° 13′ 26.72″ E

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The pilgrimage church of Wies

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Nov 042008
 
The pilgrimage church of Wies

The of Wies

The church of Wies () is an oval rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann, who spent the last eleven years of his life in a nearby dwelling. It is located in the foothills of the Alps, the Steingaden municipality of the -Schongau district, Bavaria, Germany. In 1738 tears were seen on a dilapidated wooden figure of the Scourged Saviour. This miracle resulted in a pilgrimage rush to see the sculpture. In 1740 a small chapel was built to house the statue, but it was soon realized that the building would be too small for the number of pilgrims it attracted, and thus Steingaden Abbey decided to commission a separate shrine. Many people who have prayed in front of the statue of Jesus on the altar have claimed that people have been miraculously cured of their diseases, which has made this church even more of a . German sightseeing tours.
GPS travel destinations: 47° 41′ 0″ N, 10° 54′ 0″ E

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