Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

42083

Type

chapter

Titre

Preliminary investigations for the restoration of the Wies church

Langues

English

Auteurs

Petzet, Michael

Lieu de publication

Washington

Pays de publication

United States

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS United States

Date

1987

Pages

p. 447-452

Titre de la source

Old cultures in new worlds. 8th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium. Programme report - Compte rendu

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 8th General Assembly: Old Cultures in New Worlds

Lieu de conférence

Washington D.C., United States

Date de conférence

10-15 October 1987

Mots-clés

deterioration / restoration / preliminary work / historic monuments / conservation of historic monuments / historic buildings / churches / damage assessment

Pays mentionnés

Germany

Monuments et sites

Wies Church, Bavaria, Germany

N° Patrimoine mondial

271

Résumé en anglais

Together with the Palace of Würzburg by Balthasar Neumann, the Wies Church is one of two buildings in Bavaria to be recorded oon the World Heritage List by UNESCO. Built by Dominikus Zimmermann between 1746 and 1754,this pilgrimage church in its special setting at the foot of the Alps represents the culmination of Bavarian Rococo: a unique "Gesamtkunstwerk" that attracts more than a million visitors a year. In 1984 the Wies Church had to be closed because of serious deterioration of the interior shell of the domed, centrally-planned building: sectionf of plaster and stucco are dangerously loose and even the famous ceiling frescoes by Johann Baptist Zimmermann have cracks and cavities.

URL

http://international.icomos.org/publications/wash60.pdf

Document joint

wash60.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)