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Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg City

 

It was a cold rainy spring day when we visited Luxembourg City, admiring it's tremendous ramparts and fortified walls and enjoying its historic charm.  As we strolled about the city, we came across this interesting old fountain which was featured in last week's One Clue Mystery.  The "Lion Fountain" was recognized by George G, Michael Fong II and GarryRF.

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Backing up a bit, it became apparent that we had come across a rather large church and as we were wet and cold, thought it might be a good opportunity to go inside, look around some, and dry out a bit.

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03 Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg

There is a lovely statue of Virgin and Child positioned between the doors which you'll see as you enter the cathedral, a statue which had a "newish" feel to it, although I'm not certain when it was crafted.

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05 Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg

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This was the Notre-Dame Cathedral (also called the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin), which was built between 1613 - 1621 by the Jesuits as the church to their adjoining college (which today is the National Library).  The church is built in the late Gothic style, but has Renaissance decorative elements.  Today it is the only cathedral in Luxembourg.

The Jesuits left the city in 1773 and Empress Maria Theresa gifted the church to the city.  It became a parish church.  Pope Pius IX elevated the church making it Notre-Dame Cathedral in 1870.  The church was enlarged just before the second world war.

It's an attractive church, certainly not grand on the scale of many of Europe's great Cathedrals, but about what you'd expect for this smaller city and country.  The Gothic features are evident in the Nave,

Luxembourg_Cathedral_HDR. Courtesy Benh LIEU SO and Wikimedia

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The crypts contain the remains of many of the Grand Dukes and Duchesses of Luxembourg.  It also contains the tomb of John the Blind, king of Bohemia and count of Luxembourg from 1310 to 1346. 

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Luxembourg American Cemetery photos from our trip there with General Patton marker.  Snowed so hard in the city we had to pop an umbrella from the car.  Upon leaving the city a local driver ran a stop sign and hit our new Volvo which dampened the trip even more than the heavy snow.Luxembourg American Military Cemetery #2Luxembourg American Military Cemetery #3

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