between 1514 and 1521. The huge altar – 12.60 meters/42 feet high – depicts sixteen scenes fromChrist’s Passionwith a total of more than 400 finely carved unpainted figures. The altar was originally made forBordesholmAbbey, then in the Duchy of Holstein. After the abbey’s...
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They provided light into the lowest floors of the surrounding buildings, they provide a degree of security for the churchyard to prevent the churchyard being used for “various and improper purposes”, and as a benefit for the houses, they prevented “soakage” from the graves into the houses....
We have kept in touch for nearly 42 years, but haven’t seen each other since her wedding in Ireland, 29 years ago. As I have mentioned before, one of the best things about retirement is the time to go and re-connect with people face to face, last year Dave in Cyprus, and Helen ...