Kirche Sogn Balun e Sontga Madleina, Tersnaus

The church is open from 09.00 - 17.00.

The northeast-facing complex consists of a three-bay Baroque nave without chapels and a choir closed on three sides, which is covered with a combination of half-dome and cross vault. The tower with the bells stands on the northwest side of the choir, with the outer wall of the tower running in the extension of the nave.

Apollinaris was the founder of the Christian community in Ravenna, who as bishop was martyred, probably around 70 AD. The picture in the high altar shows his stoning (2). The two statues represent Mary Magdalene (3) on the left and Apollinaris on the right (4).

On the left side next to the door to the tower, the wall tabernacle built in 1478 with tracery gable and an iron lattice door stands out (5). The frescoes next to it were not uncovered until 1980. Hans Ardüser painted the two saints Philip and Bartholomew (6), Hans Jakob Greutter supplemented in 1621 with a figure of Christ with kneeling religious (7). The Rosary altar with the 15 medallions (8) is striking for the painter Eggert. They all have old, carved frames (9).

Text and images: Walter Müller (wmueller@hispeed.com) in cooperation with Surselva Tourismus

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