Caption

Former Cistercian nunnery Himmelthal in Spessart. Founded in 1232, the present church dates from 1753 and is now the Elsava School. Relief of St Nicholas from the 13th century, St, Saint, Saint

Date

Nov 05, 2009

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Florian Monheim

Reference

BRK25C19_219

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No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65,1Mb (4,7Mb) / 14,0in x 18,0in / 4202 x 5411 (300dpi)

Keywords

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