Romanesque Provence
In June we drove down to the French Riviera to see one of our kids who works there, and on the way back, we visited some wonderful Romanesque churches.
This was not really a seriously planned and prepared trip, and therefore most of the churches were closed and could only be photographed from the outside.
Likewise, I had to forfeit the Thoronet abbey because they do not allow tripods unless one has obtained a special clearance in advance, which I hadn’t. It was nevertheless very enjoyable and, as always, “We shall have to come back!”
The Saint-Donat chapel not very far from the village of Montfort is a splendid example of the “first Romanesque art”. The church is supposed to be part of a hermitage where saint Donat had lived until his death in 535. It is a large church that was built around Year 1000. Very rustic, simple and unadorned, it is one of the best preserved in the whole of Provence.
The façade is equally impressive with its beautiful double window and the ample arch that once marked the entrance.
Having no room to step back (the slope goes down quite sharply just behind where my tripod was standing), I had to stitch two exposures taken with the 19mm tilt-shift lens. That is why the EXIF are incomplete, as they somehow get stripped off when stitching the exposures in PTGui.
Romanesque Provence
In June we drove down to the French Riviera to see one of our kids who works there, and on the way back, we visited some wonderful Romanesque churches.
This was not really a seriously planned and prepared trip, and therefore most of the churches were closed and could only be photographed from the outside.
Likewise, I had to forfeit the Thoronet abbey because they do not allow tripods unless one has obtained a special clearance in advance, which I hadn’t. It was nevertheless very enjoyable and, as always, “We shall have to come back!”
The Saint-Donat chapel not very far from the village of Montfort is a splendid example of the “first Romanesque art”. The church is supposed to be part of a hermitage where saint Donat had lived until his death in 535. It is a large church that was built around Year 1000. Very rustic, simple and unadorned, it is one of the best preserved in the whole of Provence.
The façade is equally impressive with its beautiful double window and the ample arch that once marked the entrance.
Having no room to step back (the slope goes down quite sharply just behind where my tripod was standing), I had to stitch two exposures taken with the 19mm tilt-shift lens. That is why the EXIF are incomplete, as they somehow get stripped off when stitching the exposures in PTGui.