Monday 25 October 2010

269 CH - Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair (1983)

Brief Description

"The Convent of Müstair, which stands in a valley in the Grisons, is a good example of Christian monastic renovation during the Carolingian period. It has Switzerland's greatest series of figurative murals, painted c. A.D. 800, along with Romanesque frescoes and stuccoes."

米兹泰尔的木笃会圣约翰女修道院

"米兹泰尔的木笃会圣约翰女修道院位于格里森州的一个山谷中,是卡洛林王朝时期极具基督教革新运动特征的修道院的典范。修道院内保存有具像壁画,于公元800年绘制完成,并保存有罗马时期的水彩绘画,堪称瑞士最伟大的艺术杰作。"

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/269

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