The Restoration of the paintings in Zillis has been completed

7 September 2024

The Carolingian church in Zillis (canton of Grisons) was built around 800. The church is famous for the Romanesque ceiling paintings from 1109-1114 and the monumental fresco of Christoforus by the Waltensburger Meister around 1320-1340. The frescoes on the ceiling consist of 153 images of the Bible. Although Zillis converted to the Protestant faith in 1530, … Read more » “The Restoration of the paintings in Zillis has been completed”

Le Corbusier, das Mundaneum and Switzerland

14 July 2024

One of Switzerland’s most famous architects, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, started his career at the School of Art in La Chaux-de-Fonds. He adopted the pseudonym Le Corbusier in 1920 and was born in 1887 in La Chaux-de-Fonds (Canton Neuchatel). He died in 1965. The Pavillon Le Corbusier in Zurich (www.pavillon-le-corbusier.ch) and the Maison Blanche in La Chaux-de-Fonds … Read more » “Le Corbusier, das Mundaneum and Switzerland”

Maria-Rickenbach Monastery, pilgrims and America

19 June 2024

Rickenbach (Commune of Niederrickenbach) in the canton of Nidwalden was first mentioned in 1314. The late Gothic statue of Mary with the infant Jesus dates from the period (around 1350). According to legend, the statue was rescued in 1528 during the iconoclasm of the Reformation in the Bernese Oberland and brought to Rickenbach, where the … Read more » “Maria-Rickenbach Monastery, pilgrims and America”