Comments on Gurk - Domtag:ipernity.com,2024-03-28:comments/doc-45079180http://cdn.ipernity.com/p/105/57/EF/323415.buddy.jpgIn 1043 Hemma of Gurk (canonized in 1938) founded the Benedictine double monastery of Gurk Abbey, where she withdrew during the last years of her life. After Saint Hemma´s death, the abbey was dissolved by the Archbishop of Salzburg, who instead set up the Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt in 1072. The "Gurk Cathedral" is a large Romanesque basilica, built 1140 - 1220. The crypt got consecrated already in 1174 and since then hosts the grave of Saint Hemma of Gurk, still a place of pilgrimage. Rib vaults over the nave.2024-03-28T21:42:11+00:00ipernity.com