baroque altar of st. laurentius, ainring

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yesterdays visit to ainring provided some more photos. perhaps not so creative as it is just a picture of someone else's art but this maybe is more a question of amour propre. those statues to the left and right of the baroque altar had something overwhelming for me - when i saw them on the monitor.

the church itself was open, but visitors are restricted to a very small place at the entrance, separated from the room by a heavy cast iron grid. a reasonnable reaction to the many thefts of objects of art in the 60s and 70s of last century. therefore i needed the camera as an extension of the eye to fully percieve the details of the statues and the altar.

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maria gern in the evening

always good for a postcard-quality picture, the church of maria gern is located on a very powerful place just over the street coming from berchtesgaden. evening is an excellent time to go there as it is almost abandoned then and the noise from the surroundings and the streets has pretty much died down. the mountains in the background - untersberg - are still and proud in their serenity and watch over the place.

sounds to much like a cliche? it just is as it is, maybe you have to experience it to believe.

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St. Johann Nepomuk (Asamkirche) in Munich

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I love the overwhelming impression that the interior of this church imposes on the visitor through its narrowness and height.

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