Chagall’s splash of color in Zurich’s Fraumünster

By Kimberly Sullivan | February 18, 2025 |
Chagall painted glass, Zurich / Kimberly Sullivan

On a recent trip to Zurich, I returned to see the Chagall painted windows I hadn’t seen in years. Russian-Jewsih artist Marc Chagall (Moishe Segal/Mark Zacharovič Šagal, 1887-1985) began a new phase of his career with stained glass and painted windows for churches. Zurich’s Fraumünster church, founded in 853 by Louis the German for his…

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Macabre memories in Sedlec, Czech Republic

By Kimberly Sullivan | January 5, 2016 |

Close to the pretty town of Kutna Hora, an oft-visited town close to Prague and famous for its spectacular Gothic church – Svata Barbora (Saint Barbara), see my earlier post – lies another impressive must-see. Only two kilometers northeast of Kutna Hora lies the suburb of Sedlec. While the town is nothing special, it’s a destination…

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