Paderborn - Bartholomew Chapel

What looks like one of the many small romanesque chapels from outside is the first hallchurch
(three naves!) north of the Alps. The kind of vaults used here are totally new, forming domes.
The pillars are very elegant - and there is light! Lots of light. Obviously the craftsmen from Byzanz
did a little masterpiece, a kind of sample item to impress their employer.

The "Vita Meinwerci", written 1165, states about the building, that it was "per graecos operarios construxit" - built by greek workers. Probably greek here means from the "Eastern Roman Empire".