Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt

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Interior view of the altar of the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (Stadtpfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt) in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany.

This huge 15th-century church with its slender bell tower was built by Matthäus von Ensingen, architect of Bern Cathedral. The barrel nave is stuccoed to baroque perfection, while a cast of saints populates columns and alcoves above the pews. Gothic-era stained glass casts rainbow hues on the church's most valuable work of art, the 15th-century Madonna with Child by local sculptor Lorenz Luidl.

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