München - St. Lukas 1
St. Lukas is a Neoromanogothic church, in an eclectic style very popular in the second half of the 19th C. I drive by every day, and spent my break time once for taking a closer look.
It’s a monumental Protestant church, but it differs from other Protestant churches by being accessible also when there are no services.
Watch the rosette on the right: it will return several times in the series.
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Taken on Wednesday February 20, 2008
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Posted on Sunday February 24, 2008
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Kees replied to :
The copper roof? The first impression is swell enough, but I see traces of rust, and I’m pretty sure the greenish patina is just paint.
After the war, the cheapest solutions were good enough to cover damaged buildings. The Munich Residence, where I work, was rebuilt in the 50ies with a very similar roof; it took until the late 80ies before it was replaced with one out of real copper. In the meanwhile, it has turned from “shiny copper” to black, and I wonder if I’ll live long enough to see green patina appear.
It truly is an exotic church. King Ludwig I, who had begun to create a classicist Bavarian Athens (Briennerstraße, Ludwigstraße etc.), wouldn’t have liked the “medieval” developments under his successors (Town Hall, Maximilianstraße etc.).