The Marktkitrhe in Hanover’s Old Town (Germany).The Market Church of Sts. George and James is
The Marktkitrhe in Hanover’s Old Town (Germany).The Market Church of Sts. George and James is the main Lutheranchurch in Hanover, and was built during the 1300s. The roof and thevaults of the naves were destroyed during an air raid in 1943, andwere restored in 1952.The Marktkitche is a hallenkirche (hall church) – a churchwhose nave and side aisles are about the same length, and are oftencovered by a single roof. A hallenkirche is lit throughwindows in the side walls that usually span the full length of theinterior.Above the nave and aisles rises a monumental saddleback roof – aroof with a ridge and two sloping sides, producing a gable at eacheach end. The high western tower of the church is one of the highesttowers in Lower Saxony, and one of Hanover’s landmarks. -- source link
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