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Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
STA. CRUZ CHURCH, MANILA
The church was first established by the Jesuit Order on June 20, 1619, made of stone and wood. Then, the Jesuits brought the Image of Our Lady of Pilar to the place where its population was predominantly Chinese-Filipino people. After the Second World War, the church was left in ruins except for its bell tower and pieces of its facade.
But, the Jesuits together with concerned citizens were able to restore the church to its present state in 1957, which was designed to reflect the Spanish baroque style. Architects Juan Nakpil and Sons generously donated their services to remodel the sanctuary. Today, the church is undergoing renovation.
Medium: Canon EOS 4000D
Date Taken: December 9, 2023
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Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Chapel of St John Sarkander
Olomouc
(kaple svatého Jana Sarkandra)
Neo-Baroque chapel built in the early 20th century: "The chapel was built in 1908 - 1912 in the Neo-Baroque style and was consecrated by the Archbishop of Olomouc Bauer."
highlighted by the dominant central dome, reaching a height of 27 meters.
The chapel used to be the site of the town prison and torture chamber, where St. John Sarkander was martyred in 1620.
The four statues : St Ignatius of Loyola, St Hedwig, St Pauline and St, Clement
Eduard Sochor, architect
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Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Church of San Francisco de Asis
Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
On the facade, there is a depiction of Saint James fighting the Moors, cutting the head off of one.
Mexico 2015 2530
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Doorcase with broken pediment and bust on the staircase landing at Ham House. The core of the house was built by Thomas Vavasour, a naval captain, between 1608 and 1610. It had an H-plan and was of standard Jacobean type, built of brick with stone dressings, but was much altered in the later seventeenth century. In 1626 the house was acquired by William Murray, a courtier close to Charles I, who modernised it in 1637-39. The staircase and suite of first floor rooms leading from it date from this period (the Round Gallery, North Drawing Room, Long Gallery and Green Closet). The design and furnishing of these rooms was directed by Franz Cleyn, the Danish artist who worked for Charles I. The woodwork of the hall and staircase is decorated with panels containing trophies of arms, such as halbards, muskets and blunderbusses. The newel posts have baskets of fruit. The doorcases with broken pediments and busts are by the joiner, Thomas Carter. Murray supported the king during the Civil War and was created earl of Dysart in 1651 but died in 1655 before the Restoration. Following the death of Murray's wife, Katherine Bruce, in 1649, the house passed to their eldest daughter, Elizabeth Dysart, who had married Sir Lionel Tollemache in 1648. After his death in 1669 she married John Maitland, 2nd earl of Lauderdale, a member of Charles II's cabal, and Secretary of State for Scotland. Between 1672 and 1674 they employed the gentleman architect Sir William Samwell to add a new south front to Ham with matching suites of apartments for themselves on the ground floor and a state apartment for Catherine of Braganza on the floor above.
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
A canted bay with sash windows of 1672-74 added to the core of the earlier building with mullion and transom windows at Ham House. The house was built by Thomas Vavasour, a naval captain, between 1608 and 1610. It had an H-plan and was of standard Jacobean type, built of brick with stone dressings, but was much altered in the later seventeenth century. In 1626 the house was acquired by William Murray, a courtier close to Charles I, who modernised it in 1637-39. The staircase and suite of first floor rooms leading from it date from this period (the Round Gallery, North Drawing Room, Long Gallery and Green Closet). Murray supported the king during the Civil War and was created earl of Dysart in 1651 but died in 1655 before the Restoration. Following the death of Murray's wife, Katherine Bruce, in 1649, the house passed to their eldest daughter, Elizabeth Dysart, who had married Sir Lionel Tollemache in 1648. After his death in 1669 she married John Maitland, 2nd earl of Lauderdale, a member of Charles II's cabal, and Secretary of State for Scotland. Between 1672 and 1674 they employed the gentleman architect Sir William Samwell to add a new south front to Ham with matching suites of apartments for themselves on the ground floor and a state apartment for Catherine of Braganza on the floor above. Some of Vavasour's house remains visible on the north front. Some of the windows on the north front retain their stone mullions and transoms. The modillion cornice replaced the original gables. The canted bays (that replaced earlier turrets ending with ogee caps) on this front have sash windows, as does the south front (1672-74) which has sashes dating from the 1730s.
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Door from the Round Gallery into the North Drawing Room at Ham House. The core of the house was built by Thomas Vavasour, a naval captain, between 1608 and 1610. It had an H-plan and was of standard Jacobean type, built of brick with stone dressings, but was much altered in the later seventeenth century. In 1626 the house was acquired by William Murray, a courtier close to Charles I, who modernised it in 1637-39. The staircase and suite of first floor rooms leading from it date from this period (the Round Gallery, North Drawing Room, Long Gallery and Green Closet). The design and furnishing of these rooms was directed by Franz Cleyn, the Danish artist who worked for Charles I. Murray supported the king during the Civil War and was created earl of Dysart in 1651 but died in 1655 before the Restoration. Following the death of Murray's wife, Katherine Bruce, in 1649, the house passed to their eldest daughter, Elizabeth Dysart, who had married Sir Lionel Tollemache in 1648. After his death in 1669 she married John Maitland, 2nd earl of Lauderdale, a member of Charles II's cabal, and Secretary of State for Scotland. Between 1672 and 1674 they employed the gentleman architect Sir William Samwell to add a new south front to Ham with matching suites of apartments for themselves on the ground floor and a state apartment for Catherine of Braganza on the floor above.
Limestone statue of a lion devouring a horse by Peter Scheemakers, 1743. Part of the landscape garden of 1733 to 1740 by William Kent at Rousham House, Oxfordshire, built for General James Dormer. On an ashlar pedestal with moulded cornice. The prototype is a famous Roman statue (Musei Capitolini), formerly on the Capitol and taken to the Palazzo dei Conservatori in 1594 where it remained until the twentieth century.
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Triumph Arch and gatehouse at Holkham, Norfolk, built by Matthew Brettingham in 1747-48 to a design by William Kent. Tripartite design (see here in section) with one large and two narrow openings with plain pediments. String course at impost level of main arch. Gault brick with flint rustication and stone dressings.
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
5 White's Row, Spitafields, dates from around 1733-35 but the builder is not known. At this period houses on the south side of the street were owned by Nathaniel Shepherd of St Albans. In 1743 and 1759 the occupant was Thomas Jervis. The house is of yellow brick, double fronted and five bays wide. It has three storeys with a semi-basement and an attic with dormer windows in the mansard roof. The main windows have flush frames with red brick gauged segmental arches. At first floor level, flanking the door, the windows are wider and have a tripartite division. The wooden doorcase follows designs published by James Gibbs and Batty Langley. It is decorated with a carved mask of a bearded man below a scallop shell and has an architrave supported by carved scrolls. The door has four fielded panels. It is reached by stone steps. There is a lamp arch and the front areas have wrought-iron railings with urn finials.
Valletta Harbour. Beautiful place and a huge very deep water harbour. You can see why us British used is as a base for the HQ for the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet back in the day
Next up onto Rue Mignet and past Chapelle St Catherine.
There was road works going on down here (big holes in the road).
This is Chapelle des Ursulines Sainte-Catherine.
This monastery was built between 1647 and 1652 based on an unusual blueprint which deliberately altered the traditional two-story layout. Viewed from the outside, it is set above a raised 13-step staircase which accentuates the upward momentum of the facade. This front is a remarkable example of baroque architecture, elaborately decorated with sculpted accents and figures.
On the left is a sign about it's history (in French).
Now it is used as Espace Musical.
Cappellone di Sant'Antonio / Chapel of Saint Anthony
left transept of the
Basilica di San Lorenzo Maggiore
Naples, Italy
Cosimo Fanzago, architect and designer
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Altstadt the historic centre of Salzburg, Austria.
It corresponds with the historic city centre, situated on the left and right banks of the Salzach river. It is renowned for its Baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centres north of the Alps.
Salzburg lies on the site of the Roman settlement of Iuvavum. In 696 it became a seat of the archbishop in 798. Its main sources of income were salt extraction, trade, and gold mining. The fortress of Hohensalzburg, one of the largest medieval fortresses in Europe, dates from the 11th century. In the 17th century, Salzburg became a centre of the Counter-Reformation, with monasteries and numerous Baroque churches built.
It has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop.
Salzburg's Flamboyant Gothic art attracted many craftsmen and artists before the city became even better known through the work of the Italian architects Vincenzo Scamozzi and Santini Solari, to whom the centre of Salzburg owes much of its Baroque appearance.
Information sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Centre_of_the_City_of_Salz...
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site