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Gurk - Dom
In 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.
The southern portal has the basilica´s probably oldest tympanum. Christ in a blessing gesture holds a book "EG/O S/VM HO/STI/VM" (= "I am the Entrance"). The inscription of the frame is hard to read. The lower part on the lintel is mirror inverted.
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.
The southern portal has the basilica´s probably oldest tympanum. Christ in a blessing gesture holds a book "EG/O S/VM HO/STI/VM" (= "I am the Entrance"). The inscription of the frame is hard to read. The lower part on the lintel is mirror inverted.
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