Gargoyles at St. Mauritius (Ebersmunster) - Alsace / France
N 48° 18.657 E 007° 31.596
32U E 390754 N 5351910
Two Gargoyles in front of Ebersmunster.
Waymark Code: WMR5MV
Location: Grand-Est, France
Date Posted: 05/13/2016
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At the frontsite of St. Mauritius between towers and center section we could see two gargoyles made from metal. It was raining when we was there but no water runs down from this nice gargoyles.
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"Die dreitürmige ehemalige Abteikirche St. Mauritius (Französisch: Abbatiale Saint-Maurice) ist die Hauptsehenswürdigkeit des Dorfes Ebersmünster bei Schlettstadt. Das 1727 vollendete Gotteshaus, ein Werk des Vorarlberger Architekten Peter Thumb, gilt als eine der schönsten Barockkirchen im Osten Frankreichs."
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"The three-towered (French: Abbatiale Saint-Maurice) is the main attraction of the village Ebersmünster at Schlettstadt The 1727 completed house of worship, a work by the Vorarlberg architect Peter Thumb, considered one of the most beautiful baroque churches in eastern France.."