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Basilika St. Kastor (Koblenz)

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Basilika St. Kastor (Koblenz)

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    July 17, 2017

    The Basilica of St. Kastor, also called Kastorkirche, is a Catholic church in the old town of Koblenz. The basilica, whose first construction was completed in the first half of the 9th century and whose current appearance dates from the 12th and 19th centuries, is the oldest preserved church building in the city and stands behind the Deutsches Eck on the headland between the Rhine and Moselle . The church is a prominent Romanesque building on the Middle Rhine and is of great historical importance because of its extensively preserved building stock and the largely preserved furnishings. Together with the other two Romanesque churches, the Liebfrauenkirche and the Florinskirche, it characterizes the silhouette of the old town. On the forecourt of the basilica is the so-called Castor Fountain, a curious testament to the Napoleonic Wars. On July 30, 1991, Pope John Paul II elevated the Castor Church to the status of a minor basilica. She wears the patron saint of Saint Castor von Karden.

    Source: Wikipedia (in extracts) "de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Kastor_(Koblenz)"

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      September 15, 2017

      The basilica of St. Kastor is the oldest surviving church in Koblenz. The collegiate church consecrated in 836 was the scene of important historical events. The Stift St. Kastor was a meeting place and mediation place of the emperors and kings as well as their descendants. In the Romanesque church in 842 the negotiations of the sons of Emperor Louis the Pious took place, which in the following year led to the division of the Frankish Empire in the Treaty of Verdun.

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        September 11, 2021

        Beautiful Romanesque basilica with a magnificent stone-faced facade. Appointed "basilica minor" by the Pope.

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          Location: Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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