St William's Church, Strasbourg
Brick Gothic parish church topped by a boatmen's anchor, with medieval glass and a carved double tomb inside.
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This guide to St William's Church in Strasbourg starts with an ordinary pint in a local bar, tracing the anchor stamped on the glass back to the boatmen who took over this fourteenth-century convent church in 1331 and marked its spire with their emblem. You'll hear about the building's earlier life as a quiet Hermits of Saint William convent, said to be founded by a crusader knight, plus the medieval stained glass glowing inside from around 1310 and a red sandstone double tomb holding two landgraves. The guide also lingers on a 2021 discovery beneath the nave floor, made while workers were laying new heating pipes.
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