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Abbatiale Saints-Pierre-et-Paul d'Ottmarsheim: an 11th-century Romanesque jewel on the Alsace Romanesque Route, waiting to be discovered!
Standing proudly on Alsace's Romanesque Route, Ottmarsheim's Saints-Pierre-et-Paul abbey church has defied the test of time. Born at the instigation of Rodolphe d'Altenbourg, ancestor of the Habsburgs, it was consecrated in 1049 by an Alsatian pope, Leo IX. Its octagonal architecture, inspired by Aachen, blends early Christian, Byzantine and Ottonian influences. Devastated, pillaged, rebuilt, it is constantly being reborn. Today, its stones whisper a thousand years of history, and its theatrical tours plunge you into the heart of a fascinating past.
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Erbaut zwischen 1030 und 1040 von Graf Rudolf von Altenburg (einem Mitbegründer der Habsburger Dynastie), 1049 geweiht von Papst Leo IX. (welcher aus dem Elsass stammte).
Oktogonalbau, der in Formen und Materialien zwar schlichter aber insgesamt sehr nahe am direkten Vorbild der karolingischen Pfalzkapelle Karls des Großen in Aachen ist.
Wandmalereien ab 1460, Kapellen 15. und 16. Jahrhundert.
the expo with the statues is outstanding