Well done, the lot of them. And long may it last, this excellent tradition.
Chris
On 22 Nov 2009, at 13:40, Philippe Amard wrote:
> These Angels live in Engleberg i.e. the Angel Mountain - people have
> got(ten) used to having their place associated with Angels since the
> 14th century I guess.
> Here, one of the jewels of the village is a Catholic monastery in the
> midst of the otherwise non catholic Germanic part of the country.
> And it needed repairs - incredibly expensive even for the Swiss. The
> Church holds one of the largest organs in Eurpoe BTW.
> So they decided to offer 'sponsors' the possibility to purchase plain
> angels, and decorate them to their tastes, and then put them back on
> auction so that they might make profits for the restoration of the
> monastery buildings.
> So far as I know, most sponsors not only paid for the statues once, but
> bought then them back when on auction ...
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