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The Church of St. Nicholas in Latsch
Cultural site nr. 009
The church can only be viewed from the outside
Tourist office Latsch-Martell
Tel. +39 0473 623109
Fax: +39 0473 622042 
 www.latsch-martell.it 
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This treasure, built before 1200 as a “tour de choeur” i.e. a tower on a cross-shaped church, and mentioned in documents for the first time in 1326, originally belonged to the Order of the Knights of Malta. The tower is low and massive; the coupled circular windows are equipped with dividing pillars, cushion capitals and springers. A square masonry spire closes it off at the top. The choir has barrel vaulting. The flat-ceilinged nave has a number of oylets. On the south façade there is a Descent from the Cross, only preserved in fragments. Its iconography suggests execution in c. 1210.