Kloster Michaelsberg, Bamberg

Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 1 November 2009 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Romanesque in its core (the first church at this location was built in the 11th century, its successor was consecrated in 1121), renovated after a burning in 1617 (including the two steeples), the Baroque facade was begun in 1696, and the terrace is from 1723. (We've already seen it from the rose garden, and were looking at its interior and ceiling.)

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Comments (14)

Japanalia from Yokohama, Japan

Just wonderful!!! Even the very modern cars do not look alien in this composition! A feeling of <time travelling>!

1 Nov 2009 6:13am

@Japanalia: Fortunately just a few cars! If this would be Düsseldorf, you would have a parking place with several hundred cars right in front of the church.

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Gorgeous church.

1 Nov 2009 9:56am

@Ana Lúcia: Very effectively located on a hill, quite dominant.

António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal

In the view from the rose garden it is apparent the Romanesque origin of this church. In here the contrast of styles strikes, with the exuberance of the Baroque.

1 Nov 2009 11:39am

@António Pires: And the result is quite harmonious, as the different styles seem to respect each over. With Baroque, it's often a bit problematic, especially in the interior, when Baroque altars are placed into Romanesque or Gothic churches, because most of the time these altars don't match the architecture very well. But with church I didn't have that impression.

MARIANA from Waterloo, Canada

Excellent shot !

1 Nov 2009 2:47pm

@MARIANA: Thanks very much!

Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France

A perfect sharpness and a great light for so much details !! Just a pity the cars just in front of a such beautiful monument, i don't understand why it's allowed !!!

1 Nov 2009 5:21pm

@Evelyne Dubos: My thoughts exactly, but people working there don't want to come by foot every day, I think. :-)

B.Held from Santa Fe, United States

just superb ;-)

1 Nov 2009 5:21pm

@B.Held: Cheers, Brittany!

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

What a cracking quality photograph . . and a splendid building with that almost-residential scale alongside.

1 Nov 2009 5:52pm

@Ronnie 2¢: Thanks a lot, this ego-boost comes in time! :-) Yes, a great church that keeps its promises from outside also inside.

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Oh, a church, not a banksters house.

1 Nov 2009 6:28pm

@Twelvebit: Banksters would end up in smoke in places like this.

Michael from Shell village, United Kingdom

Buy one.. get one free...! An outstanding image MS, from the cobbled street to the tiles on the towers the detail is fantastic..!

1 Nov 2009 7:41pm

@Michael: It would only be half the fun with just one steeple. :-)

Philip from Cowbridge, United Kingdom

I believe that 2 steeples is greedy but in this case I believe we should make an exception for this beautiful building. The picture is very sharp but in a nice way. Very tidy parking as well.

1 Nov 2009 10:31pm

@Philip: Sure, it's Bavaria! ;-)

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

A beautiful church that you have taken from a good point of vue. I notice that you have hidden the car number...

2 Nov 2009 12:04am

@akarui: Just for preventing somebody to get into trouble if there was something that shouldn't have been... :-)

dj.tigersprout from New York City, United States

very proud towers here MS!! :)

2 Nov 2009 3:45pm

@dj.tigersprout: Two means double fun! :-)

Cricket-TammyWarren from somewhere, United States

Great image! I think I like the look of the cars in front of the structure. It does show that we can live amongst old structures without tearing them down to install better parking.

3 Nov 2009 4:17pm

@Cricket-TammyWarren: This happened much too often; cities are losing their faces and their character this way.