There is a majesty of the withdrawn, the noble, the conspicuously inconspicuous: Anyone standing in front of the tomb of Otto I in the choir of the imposing Gothic Magdeburg Cathedral cannot help but admire the noble modesty of the man who was crowned Roman Emperor in Rome in 962. An extraordinarily beautiful large marble slab covers the sarcophagus beyond its walls, that is all. One can guess what effect this elegant simplicity has had and can still have.
Magdeburg celebrates Emperor Otto I in a grandiose exhibition – culture
