Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . Fig. 69. Laach The abbey church of Laach (Fig. 70), near Nieder-mendig and Andernach, picturesquely placed at the headof a lake and surrounded by wooded hills, dates from themiddle of the 12th century having been founded in 1093,but not consecrated till 1156. The church is built chieflyof lava, the product of the volcanic district in which it issituated. It is much smaller than the preceding churches buthas the full complement of two apses, two transeptsand six towers, and though the design has been muchpraised, it seems to me overdone with too many feat
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . Fig. 69. Laach The abbey church of Laach (Fig. 70), near Nieder-mendig and Andernach, picturesquely placed at the headof a lake and surrounded by wooded hills, dates from themiddle of the 12th century having been founded in 1093,but not consecrated till 1156. The church is built chieflyof lava, the product of the volcanic district in which it issituated. It is much smaller than the preceding churches buthas the full complement of two apses, two transeptsand six towers, and though the design has been muchpraised, it seems to me overdone with too many features(Plate XC). The west end is crowned with a squaretower over the centre of the transept and has two roundtowers at the ends of it. Pilaster strips run up them, Plate LXXXlX. MAINZ CATHEDRAL ? \ Plate XC
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