Guebwiller - Eglise Saint-Léger

The construction of the church Saint-Léger (= Leodegar, Ludger) in Guebwiller started in 1182 and took about 100 years. The church was built from local red sandstone in a style between late romanesque and early gothic. The most interesting point I found is, that the architects of this church obviously spent a lot of time in Rosheim, about 70kms north. They studied the church Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, that is only about 30 years older.

The triangel on the roof between nave and transept gives room for a remarkable large sculpture in Rosheim. This idea was copied here, as it even seems to be the same old man, holding his long beard. A medieval "copy and paste". Actually the copy is a bit clumsy, compared to the original.

Here is the original
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