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Oloir Stalls >
The Baroque choir stalls
(1763- 70),madeofwalnut
and decorated with paintings
and gilding, are by Franz
Joseph An ton Feuchtmayer
and F ranz Joseph St.'!tzer.
A C rypt
Benea th the cathedral is the
t;il Confessionals crypt of the earlier church. lts
The 11 Baroque confessionals walls retain fragments of 1Oth-
in the nave are crowned with century frescoes above the altar.
medallions featuring reliefs
by F ranz J oseph Anton
Feuchtmayer and Anton
Dirr dating from 1761- 3.

High Altar>-

Ceiling Frescoes >
The ceiling is decorated
with frescoes by Joseph
Wannenmacher.

Pulpit>
The fine Rococo pulpit.
decorated with figures of
the Evangelists and of
angels, was made by
Anton Dirr in 1786.

KEY DATES
c. 720 8Hi- 37 1529 1755-67 1758-67 1805 1824 1983
An abbey Is founded A Benedictine abbey The people of St. Galien The Baroque Episcopal The abbey llbr ary Is Under Napoleon's The Episcopal church is St. Galien Monastery
by a priest named with a basilica is expel the monks. They church is built w~h an built to house the influence, the eiE'llaled to the status becomes a UNE SCO
Otmar to preserve constructed. return in 1 532. opulent nave and priceless collectbn of monastery is dissolved. of a cathedraL World H eritage S ite.
St. Gall's relics. stuccowork. illu mlnated manuscripts.