Campanar supervivient / Lonely survivor
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
A Sentmenat, el campanar està separat de l'església unes desenes de metres, fent pensar en la costum italiana en aquest sentit. Però aquí la historia és diferent. A l'edat mitjana, tota l'església romànica de Sant Menna estaba al costat del seu campanar, però al s. XVII s'esfondrà. La nova església barroca es construí a l'altre cantó del carrer, però es conservà el campanar llombard original.
Per afegir-hi complexitat, la seva base aprofita les estructures de l'església tardo antiga del s. V. De fet és logic, ja que Sant Menna és un sant tardo-romà i poc usual per aquestes contrades.
Foto feta amb una Folmer & Schwing Graflex 1A, fabricada cap al 1916; objectiu Cooke Anastigmat f4.5; Fomapan 100 revelat amb HC110. Deuria fer alguna cosa malament al revelat, per sortir-me aquestes aigues a l'emulsió...
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanar_de_Sant_Menna
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menna_d%27Egipte
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In the Catalan town of Sentmenat, the bell tower is separated from the church by a few tens of meters, suggesting the Italian custom in this regard. But here the story is different. In the Middle Ages, the entire Romanesque church of Sant Menas was next to its bell tower, but in the 18th century this temple collapsed. The new Baroque church was built on the other side of the street, but the original romanesque bell tower was preserved, and is still in use.
To add complexity, its base leverages the structures of the V Century Late-Roman church. In fact, it is quite logical, since Saint Menna is a late-Roman saint and not very common in these areas unless a church was linked to a Roman site. By the way, the current name of the town is Sentmenat, obviusly derived from it's unusual devotion to this exotic saint.
Photo taken with a Folmer & Schwing Graflex 1A camera, manufactured around 1916; Cooke Anastigmat f4.5 lens; Fomapan 100 developed with HC110. This camera uses 116 film, but I have used 120 format with adaptors. I should have done something wrong during development, to get these "waves" to the emulsion ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Menas
Campanar supervivient / Lonely survivor
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
A Sentmenat, el campanar està separat de l'església unes desenes de metres, fent pensar en la costum italiana en aquest sentit. Però aquí la historia és diferent. A l'edat mitjana, tota l'església romànica de Sant Menna estaba al costat del seu campanar, però al s. XVII s'esfondrà. La nova església barroca es construí a l'altre cantó del carrer, però es conservà el campanar llombard original.
Per afegir-hi complexitat, la seva base aprofita les estructures de l'església tardo antiga del s. V. De fet és logic, ja que Sant Menna és un sant tardo-romà i poc usual per aquestes contrades.
Foto feta amb una Folmer & Schwing Graflex 1A, fabricada cap al 1916; objectiu Cooke Anastigmat f4.5; Fomapan 100 revelat amb HC110. Deuria fer alguna cosa malament al revelat, per sortir-me aquestes aigues a l'emulsió...
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanar_de_Sant_Menna
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menna_d%27Egipte
====================
In the Catalan town of Sentmenat, the bell tower is separated from the church by a few tens of meters, suggesting the Italian custom in this regard. But here the story is different. In the Middle Ages, the entire Romanesque church of Sant Menas was next to its bell tower, but in the 18th century this temple collapsed. The new Baroque church was built on the other side of the street, but the original romanesque bell tower was preserved, and is still in use.
To add complexity, its base leverages the structures of the V Century Late-Roman church. In fact, it is quite logical, since Saint Menna is a late-Roman saint and not very common in these areas unless a church was linked to a Roman site. By the way, the current name of the town is Sentmenat, obviusly derived from it's unusual devotion to this exotic saint.
Photo taken with a Folmer & Schwing Graflex 1A camera, manufactured around 1916; Cooke Anastigmat f4.5 lens; Fomapan 100 developed with HC110. This camera uses 116 film, but I have used 120 format with adaptors. I should have done something wrong during development, to get these "waves" to the emulsion ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Menas