BASILICA OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LADY
(ALTEN KAPELLE)

REGENSBURG

GERMANY

The oldest place of Christian worship in Bavaria renovated in the baroque style and one of the places connected with Pope Benedict XVI.

"This venerable house of God, the Basilica of “Our Lady of the Old Chapel”, has been splendidly refurbished - as we can see - and today receives a new organ, which will now be blessed and solemnly dedicated to its proper aim: the glorification of God and the strengthening of faith.”

- Pope Benedict XVI in the Old Chapel basilica on September 13, 2006

I visited it twice, ten years apart. The first time, I stepped in exactly in the middle of a mass in a small chapel used as an entrance and hosting the icon of our lady. The second time, I came in early morning and planned to arrive on time for the mass in the same place. I had the impression of visiting the true spiritual heart of the city.

VISITS

November 21, 2013

January 9, 2023

MATERIALS

Minor basilica since March 5, 1964. Visited by pope Benedict XVI on September 13, 2006 (organ blessing in English).