Luther's monument in the City Square (above)
Luther's
colleague and friend,
Philipp Melanchthon (above)
Entrance into Lutherhaus (above)
Mrs. Martin
Luther -
Katharina von Bora (above)
Bust of
Martin Luther (above)
Lutherhaus Museum - formerly
the
Black Cloister, Luther's monastery.
The Council
of Trent (above)
Lutherhaus Museum
Walking
towards City Church
where Luther preached. (above)
Inside
the City Church. (above)
This altarpiece,
located in the left transcept was
painted
by their good friend, Lucas Cranach.
Besides
pastoring, he and Katharina were married here.
Lucas Cranach's studio press - Luther's work (above)
Lucas Cranach's
apparel. (above)
(This is the robe I want to wear for Biola's graduations.)
On the
sidewalk in front of Lucas Cranach's work studio. (above)
Cranach painted several altar pieces and portraits, plus was
also
the printer who produced several copies of Luther's protests
against indulgences and many of his other biblical writings.
The book of Matthew (above)
Walking
from City Church near the square
towards Castle Church (above)
Castle
Church Gate where Luther
posted
his 95 Theses in 1517. (above)
This is the replacement gate--
the original was burned.
The left
side of the gate
with first half of the 95 Theses (above)
The right
side with
the other half of the 95 Theses. (above)
Inside the Castle Church (above)
The Choir (above)
Castle Church nave altar (above)
Lower portion of the altar (above)
The
Luther Rose (above)
Luther's
portrait just after his death
painted by Lucas Cranach. Cause of
death
was due to illness. (above)
Luther's tomb (above)
Prince
Friedrich the Wise, (above)
Elector of Wittenberg.
He was Luther's protector
and
supporter of the Reformers.
This portrait also by Cranach.
To the
right of Castle Church,
the old castle. (above)