A photo from open sources
This huge eleven meter fresco depicting the Savior St. Mark’s Church of the British city of Coventry for more than fifty years was hidden from view by a brick wall. And just the other day unique The wall picture was blured.
We will clarify that the building of this English church was built in 1868 year, however, in the seventies of the last century it was located hospital, so you don’t need to think that only in the Soviet Union churches were closed and used for other purposes. Usually, spiritual people at all times tried to save in the “defiled” temple most valuable. In the church of St. Mark, such a heritage of mankind turned out to be a magnificent fresco of Jesus Christ. And the churchmen decided brick it with a brick wall in order to preserve this work art for posterity.
Currently, the hospital building has been reassigned to the church, and as the temple complex returned to its original religious mission, decided to return to people and picturesque the work of Hans Feibush – his unique mural depicting crucified Jesus, at the time of his ascension to heaven.
Church ministers believe that this painting will produce on believers a strong impression, will attract the flock to the temple, but art experts and even experts in the tourism industry sure that now not only believers will be drawn to the church of St. Mark, but also everyone who knows a lot about wall painting and understands how much interesting and valuable for art this mural, for half a century hidden from human eyes …
