Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Cathedral of the Marshes
The 15th Century bench ends of the Cathedral of the Marshes are carved with the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice sits on a pile of money; Gluttony is bursting out of his shirt; Sloth is lying in his bed. They are watched from above by eleven angels flying across the ceiling. While wealthy people (and monks and priests) are buried in crypts in the cathedral floor, the wealthiest were buried closest to the altar. The oldest graves in this floor date from the early 1700s.
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