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Rhein-Erft-KreisKerpenPope's Hill and Marien Chapel, Marienfeld
DiscoverPlaces to seeGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Cologne District
Rhein-Erft-KreisKerpenPope's Hill and Marien Chapel, Marienfeld
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Pope's Hill and Marien Chapel, Marienfeld
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Jo
March 1, 2018
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"Three Kings' Way" by the Düsseldorf painter, sculptor and architect Professor Thomas Kesseler.
At the side entrance to the papal hill, Kesseler has set up three 2.20 meter high figures cast from crude steel, each about one hundred meters apart, which represent the three holy kings.
Each of the figures is surrounded by three protective steles made of basaltic lava. You can see a young, a middle-aged and an elderly saint.
This is intended not least as a symbol for the cross-generational radiance of World Youth Day.
Source: Cologne City Gazette
At the side entrance to the papal hill, Kesseler has set up three 2.20 meter high figures cast from crude steel, each about one hundred meters apart, which represent the three holy kings.
Each of the figures is surrounded by three protective steles made of basaltic lava. You can see a young, a middle-aged and an elderly saint.
This is intended not least as a symbol for the cross-generational radiance of World Youth Day.
Source: Cologne City Gazette
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Mike 🇪🇺
March 11, 2018
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This way you should have just gone once and let the memory of 2005 on you.
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JakobusPilger
May 16, 2021
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The statues of the Three Kings (Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar), which line the rear entrance to the so-called Pope Hill on Marienfeld, are mainly represented here because the XX. World Youth …
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