Museum Schnutgen in the Church of St. Cecilia (Schnuetgen) description and photos - Germany: Cologne (Topic)

Schnuetgen Museum in the Church of St. Cecilia (Schnuetgen) description and photos - Germany: Cologne. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Schnuetgen.

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The Schnutgen Museum is located in the building of the Church of St. Cecilia. This is one of the oldest basilicas in Cologne, built in the X century and is a unique and beautiful monument of Romanesque architecture. The museum got its name thanks to one of the residents of the city, who decided to donate his collection of various paintings, tapestries, as well as special decorative ornaments and other interesting items for the museum exposition.

Currently, an exhibition, including in itself exhibits made more than ten centuries ago. In the Schnutgen Museum, you can see both stone and wood sculptures, as well as masterpieces of jewelry, textile samples and stained glass windows made of ivory. A feature of the exhibitions is that that almost all of their objects have a religious orientation, and the available paintings illustrate numerous scenes of the Bible.

Each visitor has the opportunity to look at the magnificent clothes worn by the ministers of the church. Although the fabrics may look tattered, they are characterized by rather intricate and textured embroidery. The location of the museum in the building of the Church of St. Cecilia gives all the expositions an extraordinary atmosphere filled with spirituality and purity.

The church building is made in the Romanesque architectural style, as evidenced by the towers of incredible beauty, as well as a huge number of lancet windows that are located along the entire perimeter of the building. The external appearance can be called truly majestic and unusually impressive, but such emotions are caused not only by the appearance of the building from the outside, indoors are also lovely and delightful.

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