Church Nossadunna e Sogn Gion Battesta, Vrin

The church is open.

The mighty high altar by Johannes Ritz from Selkingen in Goms draws the eye to the choir (2). In the center is the late Gothic Madonna with the infant Jesus (3). The altar in the side chapel on the right is interesting. In the Lugnez, we repeatedly find the image of the Madonna handing out a rosary to St. Dominic and St. Catherine of Siena (4). She is surrounded by the 15 medallions with the mysteries of the rosary. The predella is the remnant of an altar from the workshop of Ivo Strigel. Christ with the gesture of blessing and the globe is surrounded by the 12 disciples (5).

Another work from the Gothic period is located opposite on the altar of St. Joseph. Here stands the Pietà, which presumably also comes from the Strigel workshop (6). Equally impressive is the crucifix hanging high above with the martyred body of Jesus.

The ossuary contains further works of art, with its frieze of skulls (8) indicating its function as a mortuary chapel. Inside there is another rosary altar. A separately hung late Gothic altarpiece (9) again shows the mysteries of the rosary.

Text and pictures: Walter Müller (wmueller@hispeed.com)

The forces are high in almost the entire church, which is an exception. In the choir area you will find neutral power qualities, as they were used for cult purposes in the past. There is a high probability that the chapel was built on a pre-Christian cult site.

(Source text: Book Places of Magic)

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