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The Cathedral of the Holy Cross Description
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Nordhausen, founded by Queen Mathilde in 962 as the church of a nunnery which in 1220 was converted by the Emperor Frederick II into a house of secular canons, is a Gothic hall-church (14thC.) with reticulated vaulting (16th C.) and octagonal pillars. It has a finely furnished interior, with a Baroque high altar (1726), 14th and 15th C grave-slabs and a tabernacle of 1455.
Hobbies & Activities category: Architecture - Gothic;  Christian sites;  Architecture - Baroque or Rococo;  Standalone sculpture, statue or fountain;  Tombs, burial site
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