Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Landkreis Trier-Saarburg
Saarburg
St. Laurentius Church
Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate
Landkreis Trier-Saarburg
Saarburg
St. Laurentius Church
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The St. Laurentius Church is a Roman Catholic parish church dedicated to St. Laurentius in the Rhineland-Palatinate Saarburg, district of Trier-Saarburg. It replaced the Holy Cross Chapel built here in the 13th century. The church building is a cultural monument and, together with Saarburg Castle, forms one of the main accents of the city skyline.
The neo-Gothic church building, which draws on styles from the 13th century, is a monumental slate quarry stone building.
The tower, made of sandstone rubble and squared at the corners, is the oldest part of the church. It was doubled into a facade tower in 1563 and raised in 1854 by a fourth floor in the style of the early Gothic. In addition, the tower received the distinctive twin pyramid helmet.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Laurentius_(Saarburg)
I found the view of the ceiling interesting, which shows a cross vault in one aisle, but a simple wooden ceiling in the main and other aisles.
July 20, 2019
The St. Laurentius Church is a Roman Catholic parish church dedicated to St. Laurentius in Saarburg in Rhineland-Palatinate in the Trier-Saarburg district. It replaced the Holy Cross Chapel built here in the 13th century. The church building is a cultural monument [1] and, together with Saarburg Castle, forms one of the main accents of the city skyline.
December 19, 2021
the old town of Saarburg with the waterfall is worth seeing
September 10, 2018
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