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Pilgrimage Church of Wies
(1983)
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.
Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
(1984)
Set in an idyllic garden landscape, Augustusburg Castle (the sumptuous
residence of the prince-archbishops of Cologne) and the Falkenlust hunting
lodge (a small rural folly) are among the earliest examples of Rococo
architecture in 18th-century Germany.
St Mary’s Cathedral and St Michael’s Church
at Hildesheim
(1985)
St Michael’s Church was built between 1010 and 1020 on a symmetrical
plan with two apses that was characteristic of Ottonian Romanesque art in
Old Saxony. Its interior, in particular the wooden ceiling and painted stuccowork,
its famous bronze doors and the Bernward bronze column, are –
together with the treasures of St Mary’s Cathedral – of exceptional interest
as examples of the Romanesque churches of the Holy Roman Empire.
Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and
Church of Our Lady in Trier
(1986)
Trier, which stands on the Moselle river, was a Roman colony from the 1st
century A.D. and then a great trading centre beginning in the next century.
It became one of the capitals of the Tetrarchy at the end of the 3rd century,
when it was known as the ‘second Rome’. The number and quality of the
surviving monuments are an outstanding testimony to Roman civilization.
1982
2nd World Conference
on Cultural
Policies. The ministerial
conference
held in Mexico City
welcomes 129 states
between 26th July and
8th August. The Conference
creates a new definition
of culture and initiates a
World Decade for Cultural Development.
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