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Old Olden Church (Norwegian: Olden gamle kyrkje) is a historic parish church in Stryn Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It is located in the village of Olden at the north end of the Oldedalen valley. The church is part of the Olden parish in the Nordfjord deanery in the Diocese of Bjørgvin.
The white, wooden, cruciform church was built in 1759 after the old stave church was demolished in 1746. It was the only church in the Oldedalen valley until 1934 when the new Olden Church was completed. The church seats about 250 people.
In 1969, there was a major restoration of the church building. Old Olden Church is no longer used as parish church but remains a tourist destination. Religious paintings and statues are featured in the church. Displays include a Holy Bible which dated from the reign of King Christian III of Denmark.
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After almost a year of "flickrworld hibernation", I think I am back :) I will be in a "catch-up mode" probably in the next few days so please bear with me :)
The picture above was taken back in 2010. Saw it while I was cleaning up my hard drive and decided to process it :)
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Busy day today with Elie. Both tired! Bicycle riding. Lots of photography. Met an old friend. Cool photos to follow.
Misha and I decided to go out for a walk on a (rarely seen!) sunny summer day to discover the city we live it. Came across this relatively small church the sun at the perfect angle.
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St Botolph's church, Hardham, West Sussex.
Built 1050, Saxon origin. Unique in having the earliest nearly complete series of wall paintings in the whole of UK, dating from c. 1100.
Position: The church of St. Juame is a Roman Catholic church in Alcudia, Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Spain. The land was given up for the building of the Church in 1302 by the King of Majorca Jaume II. The first stone was laid on 8 December 1675 and the works finished in 1697. The construction is neo-Gothic with a major reconstruction of part of the building being completed in 1893.
Christ Church Cathedral is located in the former heart of medieval Dublin, next to Wood Quay at the end of Lord Edward. The cathedral was founded probably sometime after 1028 when King Sitric Silkenbeard, the Hiberno-Norse king of Dublin made a pilgrimage to Rome. Street.
In the 1180s, Strongbow and other Norman magnates helped to fund a complete rebuilding of Christ Church, initially a wooden building, in stone, comprising the construction of a choir, choir aisles and transepts, the crypt and chapels to St. Edmund and St. Mary and St. Lô.
In 1539, King Henry VIII converted the priory to a cathedral with a dean and chapter and worked to ensure Christ Church adhered to his new church structure. His immediate successor, Edward VI of England, in 1547, provided funds for an increase in cathedral staffing and annual royal funding for the choir school.
The cathedral was extensively renovated and rebuilt from 1871 to 1878 by George Edmund Street. Street built the adjacent Synod Hall, taking in the last remnant of St Michael and All Angels's Church, including the bell tower. The synod house is linked to the cathedral by Street's iconic covered footbridge.
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They say it is spring today!!!Using this fresh occasion let's travel back to summer when I was in Gotland island...The island is very cozy, cool and nice, with medieval city of Visby, lots of green and rocks.One of the thing I noticed while traveling around such a relatively small island was a lot of churches. And I mean a lot ( ~90) for ~60 000 inhabitants.So in next couple of weeks, we will visit some of them as the new theme: "Churches of Gotland".
Beautiful and tranquil ruins of the church of St Dunstan in the East- the church that has certainly suffered during its long history.
Like so much of the City, it was badly damaged by the Great Fire of London in 1666. As a consolation prize, it got a new tower built by Sir Christopher Wren, but that wasn't the and of its misfortunes. The tower and steeple, along with the north and south walls, are the only parts that still stand today – the rest having been wiped out during Blitz in 1941.
In 1967 the City of London turned the ruins of St Dunstan into a public park and now trees grow inside and out while benches provide a place to rest and enjot the surroundings.
St Michael's Church is situated on an industrial site between gas holders and a railway line in Church Road, Garston, a district of Liverpool .
The first church on the site was built in 1225 , and the second in 1715 . The present church was built between 1875 and 1877 and was designed by Thomas D. Berry and Son . The church has a historical connection with the Norris and the Watt families of Speke Hall.
Heddal Stave Church is Norway's largest stave church and it was constructed in the beginning of the 13th century. Sony a7r + Canon 24-105 - single exposure
St Peters Church in Aston-by-Sutton Cheshire dating from 1695 and built on the site of a previous chapel. Internally the nave was reconstructed 1736-40 with external additions during the 1800s. The building was damaged during a German air raid in 1940 when a land mine came through the roof, the church was derelict by 1949 but restored to use in 1950.
Hallgrímskirkja is a Lutheran (Church of Iceland) parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 m (244 ft) tall, it is the largest church in Iceland and among the tallest structures in the country. Known for its distinctively curved spire and side wings, it has been described as having become an important symbol for Iceland's national identity since its completion in 1986. The church is named after the Icelandic poet and cleric Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614–1674), author of the Passion Hymns.
Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design of the church was commissioned in 1937. He is said to have designed it to resemble the trap rocks, mountains and glaciers of Iceland's landscape, in particular its columnar basalt "organ pipe" formations. (Wikipedia)
While I was sitting in the car waiting for Ian and Johnny I took this shot of the beautiful Church in Howick Street Bathurst.
This is (the upper floor) of one of two churches of a small semi-alpine village, counting just over 1K inhabitants.
Initially erected in 1414, but later in part rebuild a number of times due to earthquakes, fires and storms and located in a remote, very rural area it still has it all, iconography in gold, oil paintings causally sitting on the floor, rugs, books laying around, even a small organ.
This was mid summer and afternoon, a couple of years ago, very hot outside and I was surprised that the church was even open. I'm not religious and certainly not in favour of ideology generally, but I grew into liking churches, if nothing else but for their historic significance.
Entering was a weirdly intense experience somehow, it was cool inside and felt kind of private; it was obvious that there is literally nothing going on, no mass no tourists no nothing, and the traditional tiled stained glass windows bathed the inside in a warm soft light creating beautiful shadows along the arched sides and ceiling.
I really like how these turned out in the equirectangular projection, and that's why I didn't add the respective tag for Flickr to make it interactive. (Well, Flickr does it anyway :|, ..c'est la vie.)
It was a truly special atmosphere and the silence was magnificent, so I did take my time to enjoy just that (after the panorama work).
Technically this is complete spherical panorama, consisting of 12 individual photos and a equirectangular projection yielded 10580 x 5290px, ~56MP. And I again did it with f/3.5, not sure why, except for one reason, which isn't really a good or necessariy one.
For getting a closer look without jumping into this interactive viewing modality, hit 'L' first and then '+' resp. left mouse button..
Nikon D90 (APS-C crop sensor / DX)
Samyang 8mm f/3.5 UMC FE CSII
ISO320, 8mm, f/3.5, 1/13sec (-0.3EV)
(thus 12mm full frame equivalent)
tripod with panorama head, remote
Vaulted Gothic Revival-style, Church of the Immaculate Conception Farm Street as seen from the organ and choir loft. With a capacity of 475, this place of Catholic worship opened in 1849. The golden mosaics of the High Altar are opposite.
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The view above the classic church in Hallstatt taken behind the trees, but i missed my focus luckily you cant really notice.