reichenau
states: [germany]
category: cultural
year: 2000
location: District of Freiburg, State of Baden-Württemberg
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 47.6987222200, 9.0613055560
visited: 2015
The island of Reichenau on Lake Constance preserves the traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724, which exercised remarkable spiritual, intellectual and artistic influence. The churches of St Mary and Marcus, St Peter and St Paul, and St George, mainly built between the 9th and 11th centuries, provide a panorama of early medieval monastic architecture in central Europe. Their wall paintings bear witness to impressive artistic activity.
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