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Ely Cathedral was called "Lantern of the North" and is situated close to Oliver Cromwell's birthplace. This circumstance might have rescued it from being destroyed - like many others - by Cromwell's troops.
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St. Peter in Altenburg (San Pietro a Castelvecchio). Ruin of one of the oldest remaining buildings in Northern Italy. Erected somewhere between the 4th and the 6th century, it was used until the 1782 before it was abandoned and became a ruin.
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Michaelsberg, Siegburg, seen from the southeast.
The place was fortified from about AD 800. In 1064, it was transformed into a Benedictinian abbey by Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne ('St. Anno'), who is buried in the abbey.
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Michaelsberg, Siegburg, seen from the southeast.
The place was fortified from about AD 800. In 1064, it was transformed into a Benedictinian abbey by Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne ('St. Anno'), who is buried in the abbey.
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Michaelsberg, Siegburg, seen from the southeast.
The place was fortified from about AD 800. In 1064, it was transformed into a Benedictinian abbey by Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne ('St. Anno'), who is buried in the abbey.
Tags: x2018-06 100x Siegburg Michaelsberg Benediktiner Benedictinian Abbey Rheinland Germany Rhein-Sieg-Kreis
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