Peterskirche
Oldest church in the old town, its walls lined with some 150 epitaphs of professors and courtiers.
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This guide to the Peterskirche in Heidelberg follows Olympia Morata, a young scholar from Ferrara who grew up at the court of the d'Este dukes and was praised across Europe as the little Sappho. It begins on the day soldiers sack the Franconian town of Schweinfurt and she runs for the gate with almost nothing. You will also hear about the count and countess who took her in, and the Greek post waiting for her here. Best heard near the southern side chapel.
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