Historical and Commemorative Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss

BONN CATHEDRAL

WIENER, Jacques: Germany, 1855, Bronze, 59 mm
Obv: View of exterior of cathedral    MUNSTERKIRCHE ZU BONN
Rev: View of interior
Exergue: ERBAUT VOM PROSTE GERHARD VON SAIN 1130-1180 BEENDET XIII JAHRH:
Signed: J. WIENER F. BRUSSEL
Ref: Van Hoydonck 121;  Europese Penningen # 75l;  Reinecke 23; Bouhy 11; Ross M149; Weiss BW251

The Munster (cathedral) of Bonn is situated in the central part of the city. It is built of gray stone in Romanesque and Transitional styles (12th and 13th centuries). It is surmounted by five towers, of which the central is a landmark in the Rhine valley. Bonn was the capital of the German Federal Republic and Beethoven's birthplace. Its finest building is the famous old university founded in 1786 by the archbishop elector Maximilian.

LINK to History of  Ecclesiastic Architecture (from World History at KMLA)

LINK to Sculptures of the heads of Saints Cassius and  Florentius

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