Peter and Paulus Parish Church in Sesto/Sexten

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Church & Abbey, Via Dolomiti /Dolomitenstr. 45, 39030 Sexten / Sesto
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Peter and Paulus Parish Church in Sesto/Sexten

In the center of Sexten/Sesto


Parish Church in Sesto/Sexten The parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Sesto will impress you with its artistic masterpiece, the "Danse Macabre", carved at the entrance to the cemetery by the South Tyrolean sculptor Rudolf Stolz. Peter and Paulus Parish Church in Sesto/Sexten The church was constructed around 1824/26 and hosts altar sheets by the Venetian painter C. Dusi. Ceiling frescoes and the Stations of the Cross are a masterpiece by Albert Stolz. On the well looked-after cemetery, are not only the graveyards of Sesto mountaineers, but also wood and sandstone sculptures by South Tyrolean artists. The frescoes by the painter brothers Ignaz, Alber and Rudolf Stolz are very impressive, whereby Rudolf Stolz also realised the beautiful "danse macabre" at the entry to the cemetery. Furthermore, you can admire a baptismal font dating back to 1650, and the beautiful cemetery with arcades.

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The sightseeing Peter and Paulus Parish Church in Sesto/Sexten is located in Sexten / Sesto.

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