church of Vierzehnheiligen

church, Germany

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design by Neumann

  • Würzburg Residenz, designed by Balthasar Neumann, 18th century, Würzburg, Germany.
    In Balthasar Neumann

    …masterpiece, the pilgrimage church at Vierzehnheiligen (1743–53), as well as the pilgrimage church known as the Käppele (1740–52) near Würzburg and the abbey church at Neresheim (1747–53).

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Rococo style

  • Jean-Honoré Fragonard: The Swing
    In Rococo

    …Rococo pilgrimage churches are the Vierzehnheiligen (1743–72), near Lichtenfels, in Bavaria, designed by Balthasar Neumann, and the Wieskirche (begun 1745–54), near Munich, built by Dominikus Zimmermann and decorated by his elder brother Johann Baptist Zimmermann. Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff and Johann Michael Fischer also created notable buildings in the style,

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