Fulda Cathedral
Fulda Cathedral is the former abbey church of Fulda Abbey and the burial place of Saint Boniface. The abbey was dissolved in 1802 but the diocese and its cathedral have continued. The Baroque district of Fulda, and is the symbol of the area. Great German Baroque Architect Johann Dientzenhofer drew plans of the new church in 1700, who was commissioned by the Prince-Abbot.
Like the Ratgar Basilica before it, Fulda Cathedral is oriented to the west. The main facade onto the cathedral square is the east front, and the choir is located at the west end of the nave. The cathedral is 325 feet long 128 feet high into the top of the dome. The main frontage is flanked by two towers 214 feet high.
Four massive three-quarter columns accompanied by half pilasters stand to either side of the main portal and support the architrave, the frieze with its triglyphs and heavy cornices. On the architrave over segment of a round arch sit two large angels, supporting the arms of the Prince-Abbot Adalbert von Schleifras.
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