Lyngby Church, Genarp, Sweden

The Neoclassical Lyngby Church was built in 1882 to the site of demolished medieval brick church. It was designed by August Lindvall. The altar wall (17th century) and late-medieval triumph cruficix origin from the older church. The altar was painted by Freulein Marie Davids of Weimar and is a copy of painting made by Florence artist Carlo Dolci (1616-1688).

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Klara Klara (2 years ago)
A beautiful place

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Beautiful place

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I passed but I haven't seen it. I looked at the cellphone instead. It is well Christian so. It is good

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