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Extract from the Amorbach Travel Guides:
AMORBACH
, 10km south of Miltenberg, is nowadays an official health resort. In the mid-seventeenth century the court architect Maximilian von Welsch was commissioned to transform its Romanesque
Abtei
into something more in keeping with the times. He responded with a design which is restrained by Bavarian standards - he went as far as preserving the original towers - yet which is none the worse for that, being a masterly exercise in late Baroque grandeur. Outstanding features of the
Abteikirche
are the ceiling frescoes, the wrought-iron screen dividing the nave from the transept and the sweet-toned organ....
read the whole Amorbach Travel Guides...
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