Since we are within the octave of the Assumption, today we interrupt our series of Nicola’s photos of Ravenna for those of a very beautiful Gothic church dedicated to the Assumption. This is in the city of Bozen (“Bolzano” in Italian), the capital of the region known as South Tyrol (Südtirol) to Germans, and the Upper Adige (Alto-Adige) to Italians. Before the end of World War I, it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and German speakers are still the majority (62%) of the population; the cultural and artistic influences of the German world are very strong in this area, and with no other information, one might well guess that this church was in Austrian or Bavaria. Last year, we published his photos of another church dedicated to the Assumption in Brixen (Bressanone), about 25 miles to the northeast of Bozen.
New Liturgical Movement: The Cathedral of the Assumption in Bozen, Italy
New Liturgical Movement: The Cathedral of the Assumption in Bozen, Italy
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