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St. John's Chapel in Pürgg

St. John's Chapel in Pürgg

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St. John's Chapel in Pürgg

Name: St. John's Chapel in Pürgg
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Location: Stainach-Pürgg, Liezen, Styria, Austria

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1. Himmelsleiter Wooden Staircase – Gindlhorn Summit Cross loop from Pürgg

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460m

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2. St. John's Chapel in Pürgg – Gasthof Dachsteinblick loop from Pürgg

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730m

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3. Johanneskapelle (11th century) – Himmelsleiter Wooden Staircase loop from Pürgg

7.98km

03:34

590m

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Manfred Riegel

August 30, 2016

The Johanneskapelle of Pürgg stands on a free hill east of the village and is built in Romanesque style. In contrast to the parish church of Pürgg, the Johanneskapelle is first mentioned in a documentary from 1350. Although no previous records exist, it can be safely assumed that the construction of the chapel was directly related to the settlement of the Traungau market counts at the castle Grauscharn. Presumably, it served as a princely Palatine chapel and was integrated into the architectural complex of the castle complex. There are no structural indications for this.
The most well-known and certainly most enigmatic motive is the cat-mice-war, which is based on the Aesopischen animal-fables of the antique one. The unequal fight between cats and mice employed poets as well as visual artists up until the Middle Ages

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Christina

December 19, 2023

Particularly unusual is the depiction of the cat-mouse war on the Romanesque frescoes in the St. John's Chapel, which was interpreted, among other things, as a battle between imperial power and the papacy of the time: The "castle" symbolizes the power of the pope, represented by the physically weak Mice. The secular power over the papacy begins to break down, the cats are repelled.

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Henribln

August 1, 2024

Great paintings. You wouldn't suspect it.

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Location: Stainach-Pürgg, Liezen, Styria, Austria

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St. John's Chapel in Pürgg

1. Himmelsleiter Wooden Staircase – Gindlhorn Summit Cross loop from Pürgg

2. St. John's Chapel in Pürgg – Gasthof Dachsteinblick loop from Pürgg

3. Johanneskapelle (11th century) – Himmelsleiter Wooden Staircase loop from Pürgg

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