Rare Church Vault

Rare Church Vault. The Elisabethenkirche has a unique construction feature: its Kreuzrippengewölbe is made of backsteen, a rare and expensive material in 19th-…

Location: Elisabethenkirche, Basel, Switzerland

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Category: weird

The Elisabethenkirche has a unique construction feature: its Kreuzrippengewölbe is made of backsteen, a rare and expensive material in 19th-century Switzerland. The church's benefactor, Christoph Merian, spared no expense in building the church as a 'monument against the spirit of the times'.

Source: Elisabethenkirche (Basel)

Rare Church Vault — Basel, Canton of Zurich

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