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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Been there


 That's about a hundred miles south of where I was stationed and I stumbled upon it on one of my wanderings. It struck me as kind of gaudy - as soon as you walk in, you're overwhelmed and you can't really appreciate everything there because there's just so much, you know what I mean?

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  1. Bright EyesOctober 27, 2021 at 3:26 AM

    Just a tad busy.

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  2. DoonhamerOctober 27, 2021 at 6:22 AM

    And that is just the gent's wash room.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 27, 2021 at 6:26 AM

    Been there too. The late baroque churches in Bavaria are indeed a bit "over the top" for our modern taste, although they are often true masterpieces of art and craftsmanship. Early baroque is less OTT.

    I got a pleasant contrasting surprise in the other direction when I stumbled on a non-Baroque basilica in Bavaria, St. Michael's in Altenstadt. Pure, simple retro-Roman architecture and furnishing. So "cool", it could almost be a Scandinavian Lutheran church.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altenstadt,_Upper_Bavaria

    https://architecturephotography.nu/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/10/Basilika-St-Michael-Altenstadt-Bayern-Bavaria-Germany-Deutschland-2018-04-1.jpg

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    1. Mike_COctober 27, 2021 at 10:45 AM

      Thanks for posting that. St Michael's is lovely. Puts me in mind of some Cistercian architecture.

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  4. bogsidebunnyOctober 27, 2021 at 6:38 AM

    Maybe the architect was a Romanian gypsy.

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  5. Bright EyesOctober 27, 2021 at 6:46 AM

    Also, I'd be walking round in there thinking shit was gonna break off and fall on my head. Sure I'm willin to go meet the gods that be, just not today.

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  6. CavguyOctober 27, 2021 at 6:55 AM

    Looks like the africans left there mark in Bavaria? You do know that only africans can accomplish these kinds of amazing and marvelous achievements?

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  7. DTGOctober 27, 2021 at 7:07 AM

    Went there in 87...

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  8. Paul VOctober 27, 2021 at 7:22 AM

    Those religious types can sure spend the dough on fancy instead of taking care of the poor. Or is it making the poor, poorer?

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  9. waitingForTheStormOctober 27, 2021 at 8:38 AM

    I know what you mean. I spent some time in Britain, the cathedrals were more austere but very impressive. I wandered into a small church that dated from the 13th century. It was small and the masonry crude but effective, but the total effect was intimate and humbling. I was more at peace there than any other church I had ever entered.

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  10. WDSOctober 27, 2021 at 8:53 AM

    Cleaning lady every day: FML.

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  11. AnonymousOctober 27, 2021 at 12:48 PM

    I'll bet you saw crazy Ludwig's castle .... dedicated opium/hash room

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    1. wirecutterOctober 27, 2021 at 2:06 PM

      I've been there 4 times, I think, from the time I was 7. I think I was 21 the last time I visited Neuschwanstein.

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