The Restoration of the paintings in Zillis has been completed

7 September 2024

The Carolingian church in Zillis (canton of Grisons) was built around 800. The church is famous for the Romanesque ceiling paintings from 1109-1114 and the monumental fresco of Christoforus by the Waltensburger Meister around 1320-1340. The frescoes on the ceiling consist of 153 images of the Bible.

Although Zillis converted to the Protestant faith in 1530, the frescoes remained intact because they depicted the Bible and did not idolize saints.

The restoration work on the more than 900-year-old ceiling paintings in the church of St. Martin has been successfully completed.

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