St. Margareth (Lana)
The St. Margareth Church is a three-apse church above Mitterlana in South Tyrol . With its extensive fresco cycle, the church is one of the most important testimonies of the early Romanesque period in South Tyrol.
history
According to legend, the church, which dates back to the end of the 10th century, was founded by the Byzantine Empress Theophanu , the wife of Emperor Otto II . In 1215 the church was donated to the Teutonic Order by Emperor Frederick II . Due to its original floor plan, the church has similarities with the Church of St. Peter in Mistail in Graubünden and identifies it as a Carolingian hall church. The round apses are still preserved from the early Romanesque predecessor building. In 1896 the church was renovated in a historicizing way. Another restoration took place in 1969 and 1982.
Furnishing
The extensive fresco cycle in the apses in the church interior dates from the beginning of the 13th century and is one of the most important examples of early Romanesque wall painting in South Tyrol.
Web links
- Entry in the monument browser on the website of the South Tyrolean Monuments Office
- Photos on romanische-schaetze.blogspot.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Stampfer , Thomas Steppan: The Romanesque wall painting in Tyrol: Tyrol, South Tyrol, Trentino . Schnell + Steiner, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-1574-7 ( google.de [accessed October 15, 2017]).
- ^ Hans Otzen, Barbara Otzen: Travel Know-How South Tyrol: Travel guide for individual discovery . Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rump, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8317-4188-5 ( google.de [accessed on October 15, 2017]).
Coordinates: 46 ° 36 ′ 15.5 ″ N , 11 ° 9 ′ 23.1 ″ E