Sweden - Åhus, Sankta Maria kyrka

Sankta Maria kyrka (St. Mary"s Church) was built in the 12th century - and enlarged a century later - in a style like the German brick Gothic; it is one of the oldest buildings of Åhus. The church was enlarged a century later and has been restored and rebuilt several times. The bell tower was added in late Middle Ages.

The interior with the blue coloured pews is quite large and offers several treasures. The retable has beautiful carvings and offers after a restoration its original colours. The Renaissance style pulpit dates from the 1600s and is decorated with images of St. Paul and the four evangelists.

MaggsMep, Fred Fouarge, Ulrich John, gezginruh and 38 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Christiane ♥.•*¨`*•✿

Thanks for the explanations, Jaap.
The interior of this church is very beautiful.
Your four pictures are perfect !

9 years ago.

Fantasyfan

Nice touch on the design

9 years ago.

Ecobird ^club

This is a really lovely building Jaap, - quite an edgy design to it for a church of that age. I love tit

9 years ago.

Esther ^club

A lovely exterior, but an even more gorgeous interior.

9 years ago.

Polyrus

A good composition on what appears to be a very dull day.
I find it amazing that the building dates from C12 as to me it looks like a contemporary reproduction of something built no earlier than C19.

9 years ago.

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