Aegidien Kirche

The Church of Aegidien is one of Hanover's big medieval Houses of God. It is likely that as early as in the 10th century a small chapel stood in this place. In the 12th century this chapel was replaced by an Roman basilica, whose Western wall is still preserved to some extend. In the year 1347 the construction of the Gothic hall church began. By the way, this church was the heart of the Reformation movement in Hanover.
In 1943 the church was destroyed during heavy air bombardments and only its outer walls survived. Today, the impressive ruins are a memorial for the victims of wars and violence. The Hanoverian sculptor Professor Lehmann created the sculpture "Kneeling Woman" now visible within the confines of the outer walls. The Bell of Peace in the passage way is a present made by the Twin Town Hiroshima in 1985.
(text by chancay)

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[bowlingballout]

I've been reading about geological eras, and it makes me giggle at mankind thinking 1000 years is very long. We Americans are the worst when it comes to assigning value to buildings that are 70 to 100 years old, thinking they are some kind of Land Mark.

[NewBrazdolph]

@bowlingballout >> :-D

[phekwig]

Fabulous architecture even without a roof!

[TheGiantRobot]

It doesn't look ruthless to me. That's a great statue, I like the artistic feeling of it. I love the vines creeping up the walls. I love how they used to build things to last. They should roof it and keep the vines.

[AntaresInScorpius]

this ancient place is very interesting. Hope you are doing well jana. Saw a movie about sao paulo last nite called "manda bala". very scary. I bet a lot of ghosts are in that church.