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The Torn Temple Veil

Artist: Max von Mühlenen
Year: 1963
Material: Painted glass (glass wall behind the altar)
Location: Elisabethenkapelle (Roman Catholic Insel Chapel), choir wall
Access: Inside a building – open only at certain times. Elisabethenkapelle of the Inselspital, open to everyone.

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Elisabethenkapelle (Roman Catholic Insel Chapel), choir wall

Nearby

Saint Elizabeth20 m Choir windows of the Reformed Insel Chapel20 m Heraldic panes of the Reformed Insel Chapel20 m Rodogune140 m Tomb of Eugen Huber170 m

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