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Brückenstraße 2
(Haus Venedig)

Sankt Johannes der Täufer

Saint John the Baptist

c. 6 BC- c. 36 AD
itinerant preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River. He baptized Jesus at "Bethany beyond the Jordan."
(Wikipedia)

1656-58

Description

Statue of St. John the Baptist with a shell in is outstretched hand and a sheep at his feet. Placed in a corner niche, with coat of arms of the Carové family.

Annotation

The Haus Venedig (House Venice) was built 1656-1658 by Ambrose Carové, son of an immigrant merchant from Lenno on Lake Como over a Romanesque cellar.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Kulturdenkmäler in Trier-Kernstadt.

Locatie (N 49°45'14" - E 6°38'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: derp028; Photograph: 17 June 2011
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