Freelance Copywriting & Original Photography
Freelance Copywriting & Original Photography
Graz’s cathedral stands on the shadow of a 12th century Romanesque church dedicated to St. Ägydius (St. Giles). 300 years later, in 1438, the long-lived Frederick III decided to use the site for his parish church. Frederick’s castle – the Burg – and his mysterious imprimatur are right across the street.
Originally, the Dom’s exterior would have been covered in Gothic frescoes such as the famous Landplagenbild.
The Black Death, Turks, locusts. It was tough staying alive in the medieval world. A.D. 1480 was – to put it mildly – not a good year for Graz. Barbarians were at the gates of the city, locusts had decimated the harvest, and bubonic plague was stalking the streets. Death
