The Byzantine and Christian Museum in Athens is a national museum of Greece. Its assets contain artifacts from Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, post-Byzantine and later periods. With over 25,000 assets, the museum’s collection dates from the 3rd century. One interesting carving is a double-sided panel that depicts a gorgoneion on the front and a cross […]
St Peter’s Abbey was founded in 696 by Saint Rupert at the site of a Late Antique church stemming from the first Christianization in the area. In the Middle Ages, St Peter’s was known for its exceptional writing school. In 1926, the Benedictine college (“Kolleg St. Benedikt”) was founded, on which later the re-foundation of […]
The Kollegienkirche (Collegiate Church) in Salzburg, Austria, is the church of the University of Salzburg. It was built in Baroque style. Dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Salzburg. It is now both the parish church of people connected to the university and a venue […]
The Franciscan Church is one of the oldest churches in Salzburg. The first church on this site was erected in the eighth century. Between 1408 and 1450, a Gothic choir replaced the Romanesque choir. A slender Gothic tower was added between 1468 and 1498. The church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and served as […]
Salzburg Cathedral (Salzburger Dom) is the seventeenth-century Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg, dedicated to Saint Rupert and Saint Vergilius. Saint Rupert founded the church in 774 on the remnants of a Roman town. The cathedral was rebuilt in 1181 after a fire. In the seventeenth century, the cathedral was completely rebuilt […]
