Germany:11 Merseburg

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Cathedral
The front of the cathedral is somewhat plain, as many German churches are, but it has some decoration

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Simple but beautiful entrance

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Funerary memorials are often highly decorative

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This memorial is simpler and more direct

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Nicely carved baptismal font

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Bas-relief of some saints

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And another

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Looking down the nave

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Another funerary memorial

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The pulpit, with great carved oak

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The pulpit from the other side

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Another funerary memorial

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The outside of the choir wall, with portraits of 40 of the bishops

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One of the choir stalls

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And the other

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Grave of Rudolph von Schwaben. In case his name doesn't ring a bell, he died in 1080, challenging Emperor Henry IV. This makes him a big Saxon hero.

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The highly Baroque altar

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Some more nice wood carving

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Some of the original seating

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The cloister

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