Franziskanerkirche
On the Franziskanerplatz in Germany stands the Franziskanerkirche, a basilica built in the Early Gothic style. Work began around the year 1249, and the church has kept its place on the square ever since.
Julius Echter later had the building remodelled, and the vaulted ceiling went up in 1614 and 1615. Inside waits a Pietà, a depiction of Mary holding the dead Jesus. Tilman Riemenschneider's workshop produced the figure around the year 1515. Numerous tomb monuments from different centuries share the space with it. Together, the sculpture and those monuments define the character of the interior.
Few interiors show their timeline this plainly: stonework begun around 1249, a Pietà carved around 1515, vaulting completed in 1615. With a camera, you get several centuries of craft in a single frame.
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