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22-Mar-2025

Strasbourg. Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg

The five lower bays on the north side contain some of the oldest stained glass of the cathedral, installed in the old Romanesque cathedral in about 1180. When the nave was rebuilt in Gothic style in the 13th century, the old windows were reinstalled in random locations. In 1877, architect Gustave Klotz reconstituted the windows in their original arrangement. The windows are devoted to nine Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. Each holds a sceptre in his right hand and an orb in the left hand, symbols of their responsibility as both sovereigns and religious figures. Some of the windows were assembled with glass from different periods: in the windows devoted to the Emperors Frederick II and Henry II of Bamberg, the heads were made between 1250 and 1275, but in 1522 were remounted onto the bodies of other kings from earlier windows made in about 1180. The small circular windows above the Emperors depict scenes from the life of Christ

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Date/Time22-Mar-2025 09:09:19
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larose forest photos30-Jun-2025 01:12
Very good capture of those beautiful windows. Well done! V
Dennis Hoyne30-Jun-2025 00:14
A fine image of these lovely windows.
Nick Paoni29-Jun-2025 22:58
So ornate and beautiful.
Raymond29-Jun-2025 22:48
Nice work, I'm sure there isn't a single Catholic church in Europe you haven't been to!
Marwan Habib29-Jun-2025 22:20
Impressive stained glass windows. V.
Helen Betts29-Jun-2025 20:45
Beautiful stained glass windows, and a great shot of them. V.
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