Gothic Churches
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Wow - this one really took off! The correct answer: Chapel of the Holy Trinity, inside Lublin Castle, Poland 🇵🇱 A Gothic shell with Orthodox-style frescoes, a rare East-meets-West gem. Let me show you around in this short thread 🧵
You probably haven’t seen this one - it’s from my hometown. A Gothic chapel hiding Rutheno-Byzantine frescoes, inside a castle. Know where this is? 📍 As always - No googling, no AI.
A Zeppelin floating over Ulm Minster - the tallest church in the world at 161.5 m. Captured in the early 20th century, it’s a surreal meeting of medieval verticality and modern ambition. Ever seen a more unexpected combo?
Agnolo Gaddi’s Legend of the True Cross in Santa Croce, Florence - a late 1300s fresco cycle bursting with narrative detail. Dozens of figures, layers of action, and gold accents that still catch light. Zoom in on this one. There’s a whole world in the details. 📷Kotomi_
Once the tallest building in the world , St. Nikolai in Hamburg now stands as a haunting ruin. Destroyed during WWII bombings, its spire survived - now a memorial against war and fascism.
Looking east at the main portal of Florence’s Duomo - the Emilio De Fabris façade, completed in 1887. Bronze doors added in 1903 finish the vision in Neo-Gothic style, echoing the grandeur of the earlier baptistery gates nearby.
Its apse holds 14th-century frescoes by Agnolo Gaddi, telling the Legend of the True Cross. Gothic in plan, but already leaning into Renaissance . 📍 Santa Croce, Florence
Does this count as a #AccidentalWesAnderson? @AccidentalWes 📍Notre Dame, Paris
Metz Cathedral - nicknamed “God’s Lantern” for a reason. It holds the largest expanse of stained glass in any Gothic church: over 6,000 m². Some of it medieval, some by Chagall.
Saint John the Evangelist - Lamentation over the dead Christ, by Niccolò dell’Arca
Boys: “Lol aesthetics are for gay dudes, I’m too edgy for that.” Men: “Construct me the most breathtaking building on Earth. I need a proper place to stash relics I bought overseas”
The Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral. The largest reliquary of the Middle Ages - said to hold the bones of the Magi. Made around 1180-1225, it's a masterpiece of Mosan goldsmithing. 📷profzucker
The eastern façade of Marienkirche in Prenzlau is a one-of-a-kind in Brick Gothic. Inspired by Cologne Cathedral’s plans, but adapted to brick, with sloped window reveals and glazed stone tracery. 📍Prenzlau, Brandenburg, Germany.
