Travel Reference
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At the far end of the church, don't disturb the woman peering toward the
grave in the apse. This eerily lifelike statue from 2005, called
Mary (The
Return),
capturesJesus'motherlaterinlife,wearingascarfandtimelessgarb.
The chapel she's looking at once housed a shrine to her, but for more than 300
years after the Reformation, images of Mary were downplayed in this church.
In keeping with the Protestant spirit here, this new version of Mary is shown
not as an exalted queen, but as an everywoman, saddened by the loss of her
child and seeking solace—or answers—in the church.
