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Death lantern

This chapel stands in the cemetery between the Parish church and the church of Our Lady.

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Am Friedhof, Kitzbühel   ·  
Eine kleine Kapelle mit einem schrägen Dach und einem Gittertor. An der Fassade sind alte Fresken sichtbar.
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Death lantern

This chapel stands in the cemetery between the Parish church and the church of Our Lady.

Infrastructure   ·   Sightseeing
Am Friedhof, Kitzbühel   ·  

Description

It is built in the shape of a square death lantern, like the wayside shrines in which the light for the dead used to be placed. The chapel in its present form dates from 1450, and the frescos from the second half of the 16th century.


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Totenleuchte, Am Friedhof, Kitzbühel, Austria