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Great piece. Thanks for posting the details about the church and Maas, which I find fascinating. Travel IS about story and exploration. Why else travel if not to learn?

That's a fascinating bit of history, PHeymont. I'm not sure I know of another church that was literally physically divided to serve two congregations. Anyone else know of any?

Actually, I do know of another, and it’s been featured on TravelGumbo! But that was a different sort of division. St. Helen’s Bishopsgate, in London, has two parallel naves; one was used by the lay parish congregation, and the other by the nuns of the adjoining convent. The division there was by a ceiling-high curtain running the length of the church. The original blog was for Where in the World #23, almost a year and a half ago! Here's the LINK

The Heiliggeistkirche, to give it its German name, is the most imposing church in Heidelberg; it stands out above the Altstadt (Old City) section of the city so distinctively that I dared not include an exterior view among the clues. I make amends...

    Aerial views of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne , Northumberland, England.  

In the aftermath of the attacks in Paris and threats made against Rome and the Vatican by an ISIS magazine 'Dabiq,' Italy has tightened security, especially in view of the upcoming Catholic Jubilee or Holy Year that begins December 8.   The...

DrFumblefinger came across this Memorial and Monument somewhat unexpectedly when exploring the older areas of Copenhagen.

DrFumblefinger visits this church in Milan, best known for the painting of the Last Supper in its adjoining convent.

Jonathan L visits Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and its oldest church

Beautiful place -- well captured!

Thanks

DrFumblefinger visits the Shrine of Fatima, where apparitions of the Virgin Mary were said to have appeared to three shepherd children in 1917

t  The Schatzkammer, or Imperial Treasury, is part of the Hapsburg Palace complex (adjoining the Swiss Court) in central Vienna.  Here you'll find the Crown jewels and other fascinating treasures of Austria (including an...