Architecture Tuesday

The Marian Altar

The Marian altar, or altar of repose, is made of Italian marble. It contains a predella of Botticino marble and a frontal of Fleur de Peche with inserted panels of Botticino. The statue of Mary is carved in Oberammergau, and is flanked on the right and left by paintings of two adoring angels, as well as St. Anne and St. Joachim.