Not a very exciting morning…got up late, had breakfast, organised some accommodation in Munich, put on some washing, got the dishwasher going, overloaded the power supply and tripped the safety switch. Time to make a move, so we walked to the Cathedral of St Martin (the Duomo), a huge edifice built in the 13thcentury and in incredibly good condition. Fantastic sculptures and paintings from 16th Century & earlier, including Tintoretto's famous "Last Supper". There is a wooden sculpture, the Volto Santo, purportedly carved by Nicodemus, whose claim to fame was that his burial chamber was used to lay the body of Christ. While the claim regarding Nicodemus is highly unlikely to be true, this ancient art work is very striking and well worth visiting the cathedral just to see this. Also exceptional was the Tomb of
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