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Church or chapel · 1350

Lüganuse Church

German: Luggenhusen

Lüganuse Church

St John the Baptist's in Lüganuse follows the austere building programme of the Dominicans: a plain box with thin walls, never meant to be vaulted. In the 15th century a narrower choir and sacristy were added, along with a seven-storey west tower, square below and round above, and Tallinn masters vaulted the nave into two aisles; the vaults were probably lost in the Livonian War and never rebuilt. Its gables are unusually decorated, each with a large recessed cross whose arms carry smaller crossbars, and beneath it a painted line of Gothic minuscule text invoking God and Mary, now hidden under the roof.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Lüganuse Ristija Johannese kirik järgib dominiiklaste kasinat ruumiprogrammi: lihtne õhukeste seintega kastehitis, mida algselt ei kavatsetudki võlvida. 15. sajandil lisati kitsam kooriruum ja käärkamber ning seitsmekorruseline, alt nelinurkne ja ülevalt ümar läänetorn, ning Tallinna meistrid võlvisid pikihoone kahelööviliseks; võlvid hävisid arvatavasti Liivi sõjas ja neid ei taastatud. Otsaviilud on erandlikult kaunistatud: mõlema keskel on suur süvendrist, mille harusid läbivad väiksemad ristpalgid, ja selle all maalitud minusklites tekstirida, mis praegu jääb katuse alla.

Map of the area around Lüganuse Church
59.37886° N, 27.04045° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCganuse_kirik ↗

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