page_title: St. James's Church, Kastelaz
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: St. James's Church, Kastelaz / History
caption_attribution_description: &#160;&#160;This media shows the protected monument with the number 17712 in South Tyrol. English: Tramin ( South Tyrol ). Saint James church in Kastelaz: Apse with romanesque frescos ( 1210s )&#160;: Majestas Domini with apostles. Deutsch: Tramin ( Südtirol ). St. Jakob in Kastelaz: Apsis mit romanischen Fresken ( 1215/20 ): Majestas Domini mit Aposteln.
context_page_description: St. James's Church is a church on the Kastelaz hill in Tramin an der Weinstraße, South Tyrol, which is known foremost for its Romanesque frescos.
  The church is sometimes mistakenly called St. Jacob's. The confusion arises because German, like many other languages, uses the same word for both James and Jacob.
context_section_description: The church was built at the beginning of the 13th century. Before the church was built there was an ancient Roman place of worship dedicated to the goddess Isis on the spot. The first church consisted of a rectangular nave and an apse. A Gothic southern aisle was added in 1440 and only in 1500 was the sacristy on the northern side of the church added.
caption: The apse, decorated with some of the oldest Romanesque frescos in the German sprachraum
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