Caption

Marian altar with sacrificial candles in the monastery church, Cistercian Abbey Klosterstift St. Marienthal an der Neisse, gergr.1234, oldest woman's monastery of the order in Germany, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany

Date

Jul 31, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Helmut Meyer zur Capellen

Reference

BRK26H60_416

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

34.5Mb (11.5Mb) / 9.4in x 14.2in / 2832 x 4256 (300dpi)

Keywords

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