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While imprisoned on Orkney during World War II, Italian prisoners of war built this chapel: Mediterranean Catholic church in front, quonset hut in back.
Shot on my Samsung Galaxy S7 as we walked into the town centre mid-afternoon. Edited in Lightroom, Photoshop CC and HDR Efex Pro.
Torzhok (Торжок), Tver Oblast, Russia
Architect: N.A. Lvov (1753-1803) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Lvov
Dymock church, in Gloucestershire, England, started as a Saxon chapel (ie before 1066) and was substantialy expanded in norman times and bears evidence of alterations, changes and additions in the centuries that followed. This small sculpture is early 20th century.
The Richardsonian phase of the Romanesque Revival extended to smaller cities and towns. Examples were often of brick, with simple or standardized detail. They usually - but not always - included a compact Protestant preaching hall. As the 20th century progressed, the "liturgical movement" brought on elongated structures, accommodating a narrower nave and a distinct chancel.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sarita
140 S Main Street, Sarita, Texas, Kenedy County, US
Roman Catholic Parish Church, Diocese of Corpus Christi
The demolition of St. Agatha's Church, with the sign of "CVS," for the CVS pharmacy that will be constructed on the site of the historic structure
Ellwood City, Pa.
Feb. 23, 2016
Photo Credit: Debbie Youngblood Morton
Yaroslavl, Russia
Old Russian paint weathers to a muted watercolor appearance. This muted watercolor look is seen in this straight photo.
A fine example of Perpendicular Gothic Architecture. Built between 1410 and 1430.
One of my favourite churches
The Alpine region of Switzerland, conventionally referred to as the Swiss Alps, represents a major natural feature of the country and is, along with the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss portion of the Jura Mountains, one of its three main physiographic regions. The Swiss Alps extend over both the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps, encompassing an area sometimes called Central Alps. While the northern ranges from the Bernese Alps to the Appenzell Alps are entirely in Switzerland, the southern ranges from the Mont Blanc massif to the Bernina massif are shared with other countries such as France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein.
The Swiss Alps comprise almost all the highest mountains of the Alps, such as Dufourspitze (4,634 m), the Dom (4,545 m), the Liskamm (4,527 m), the Weisshorn (4,506 m) and the Matterhorn (4,478 m). The other following major summits can be found in this list of mountains of Switzerland.
Since the Middle Ages, transit across the Alps played an important role in history. The region north of St Gotthard Pass became the nucleus of the Swiss Confederacy in the early 14th century.
The Alps cover 60% of Switzerland's total 41,285 square kilometres (15,940 sq mi) surface area, making it one of the most alpine countries. Despite the fact that Switzerland covers only 14% of the Alps total 192,753 square kilometres (74,422 sq mi) area, 48 out of 82 alpine four-thousanders are located in the Swiss Alps and practically all of the remaining 34 are within 20 kilometres (12 mi) of the country's border.
The glaciers of the Swiss Alps cover an area of 1,220 square kilometres (470 sq mi) — 3% of the Swiss territory, representing 44% of the total glaciated area in the Alps i.e. 2,800 square kilometres (1,100 sq mi).
The Swiss Alps are situated south of the Swiss Plateau and north of the national border. The limit between the Alps and the plateau runs from Vevey on the shores of Lake Geneva to Rorschach on the shores of Lake Constance, passing close to the cities of Thun and Lucerne. The not well defined regions in Switzerland that lie on the margin of the Alps, especially those on the north side, are called the Swiss Prealps (Préalpes in French, Voralpen in German, Prealpi in Italian). The Swiss Prealps are mainly made of limestone and they generally do not exceed 2,500 metres (8,200 ft).