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You can seem to make a building metamorphose just by walking around it. Quite interesting. St. Peter's, Monkwearmouth is interesting in itself: A Saxon monastery, almost totally rebuilt by the Victorians (apart from the west tower & wall). Unusually for the Victorians, (who were so full of their own sense of creativity)they rebuilt on the original Saxon foundations, consequently this Victorian rebuild has the same proportions (& feel) of the original Saxon building. I do like this set of six.......even though I say it myself. Startling blue skies helped!
I will do my best to go back and take all the Saints and the other ceiling details. I only noticed how stunning it was when we were about to leave.
Thank you everyone for the favourites. :O)
Yaroslavl, Russia
This is the church portion of the church-chapel-refectory ensemble. See description titled "Church of the Ascension of Christ" at www.spectrum-russia.com/countries/geography/geo_2414.shtml