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Pilgrimage Church of Wies

Germany
Date of Inscription: 1983
Criteria: (i)(iii)
Town of Steingaden, District of Weilheim-Schongau, Region of Upper Bavaria, State of Bavaria (Bayern)
N47 40 52.6 E10 54 00.5
Ref: 271

Brief Description

Miraculously preserved in the beautiful setting of an Alpine valley, the Church of Wies (1745–54), the work of architect Dominikus Zimmermann, is a masterpiece of Bavarian Rococo – exuberant, colourful and joyful.

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