Knowing from my own experience, everything that is modest on the outside often has a rich interior. Although there are exceptions. Looking at this first photo, you will probably understand the admiration that the beautiful interior of the church of St. Paulinus evokes. By the way, we spent very little time visiting this church, since our train was already leaving, but such luxury put an unusually beautiful final point in our trip to Trier.
The glass interior door was adorned with an ornate handle. Well, there was something to see!
The Church of St. Paulinus has pilgrimage status, because it is here, in the crypt, that the tomb of St. Paulinus and the remains of executed soldiers of the Theban Legion, transferred here at the end of the 3rd century from Egypt, are located.
According to legend, during Diocletian's persecution of Christians, more than 6,000 fearless soldiers, led by their commander Mauritius, professing the Christian faith, refused to sacrifice to pagan gods, for which they were beheaded with a sword. This happened in ancient Trier, the terrible execution of the soldiers lasted three days (October 4-6, 286) and took place on the Field of Mars, and the bloody bodies were thrown into the Moselle. This place is located next to the Church of St. Paulinus
The vaults are decorated with a microcosm of paintings.
In reality, at the place of the soldiers' execution, today there is a memorial stone cross with the following inscription in Latin: "I and all of us together are invincible." It is also depicted on the fresco.
The church was built from 1734 to 1751 according to designs by architect Johannes Seitz and the brilliant German architect Balthasar Neumann. In 2007, the church celebrated its 250th anniversary.
Very beautiful organ of the church of St. Paulinus.
So, not all that glitters is gold and there is always room for discovery in life!
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Source: travel.ru