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The oldest parts of the cathedral date from the Romanesque period (begun 1170). Around 1300 there was a Gothic remodeling: the choir was rebuilt and the nave was heightened. Brick piers were placed in front of the Romanesque walls of the nave.
The great fame of the cathedral is based on the sculptural decoration of its rood screen (the part that separates the nave from the choir). The rood screen was built around 1400 - from money that came from the pilgrimage to the neighboring church of Wilsnack to the miracle of the holy blood. The reliefs depict scenes from the Passion of Christ. They extent to the sides which are directed to the aisles. There another 12 reliefs and 6 sculptures are placed (not visible here).
High above the rood screen is a crucifixion group from around 1270: Christ, Mary and John the Evangelist.
Also remarkable are the stained glass windows: in the panorama to be seen are windows in the northern aisle (left of the rood screen) with scenes of Christ from the early 15th Century, and right of the rood screen a window with scenes from the life of Mary from 1470.
The panorama shots were taken handheld.
To the panorama of the choir: here
Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.Text by Steve Smith.
