File:Vipiteno St. Margaret Church 08.JPG

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This media shows the cultural heritage monument with the number 17433 in South Tyrol.
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English: Italy Italy, South Tyrol, Sterzing, St. Margarethenkirche. The present church was built on the initiative of the Bishop Paulinus Mayr in early Tyrolean baroque on project of Peter Delai in 1678. The old church, mentioned for the first time in 1337, was restored and enlarged between 1459 and 1463 in gothic. In 1678 was completely demolished, rebuilt and consecrated in 1681. The bell tower is detached from the church and it comes from the previous church, in 1624 the Romanic tower was demolished and built the present. The façade was inspired to renaissance with the characteristic Palladian tripartite windows. In the niches are placed the wooden sculptures of Saint Margaret and Saint Agnes and above the portal is a fresco showing the Last Supper. The imposing interior has one nave, large windows and a vaulted ceiling with lunettes. The great high altar has six columns and an altarpiece representing the Coronation of Mary painted by Joseph Renzler in 1822, beside are two wood-carving of the Saints Francis Xavier and John of Nepomuk. Above the altar on the right is placed a statue of the Madonna with Child of 17th century bordered by the Rosary formed by fifteen painted discs. The altar-piece by Josef Renzler (1822), at the top of the painting the coat-of-arms of A. von Mohr.
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Object location46° 53′ 55.32″ N, 11° 25′ 45.69″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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