Einsiedeln Abbey

Einsiedeln Abbey

Markus Bamert, Georges Descoeudres, P. Gregor Jäggi

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FörlagGesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte
ISBN9783037977798

The Abbey of Einsiedeln is one of the most important baroque monastic sites. On the site of the cell of the hermit Meinrad a Benedictine monastery was built in the early Middle Ages. Over the course of time, a pilgrimage developed, first to the chapel built on the site of Meinrad’s cell, then to the