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Massacre of the Innocents, Wall-Painting, Bochum-Stiepel Church, Germany, 12th century.
Bochum-Stiepel, Protestant Village Church, north apse, wall painting, The Massacre of the Innocents, detail. Photo: LWL/Dülberg.
Building data
Previous building dates from early 11th century. Around 1170/80 new construction of a triple-naved basilica with west tower, single-bay central nave, transept with eastern side apses and choir with semi-circular partition. In 1476 new construction of choir and vestry. Around 1500 remodelled into a hall by extension of the narrow side aisles of the basilica to the width and height of the transept.
Source: Romanesque Wall Painting in Westphalia