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King's College, Cambridge, from the back (or more accurately, from The Backs), with King's College Chapel - one of the most famous sights in the town (a Gothic chapel the size of a grand church, consecrated in 1443), and Clare college to the left.
The first church in Lusowo in this place was built in 1244. According to the oldest documents, it was a wooden church. A historic event was the establishment of a parish in Lusów on July 15, 1288. Over the years, the wooden church has been damaged. The new temple was consecrated in 1499. It has undergone several renovations. The present appearance of the church dates from 1913 - 1916. The Gothic chancel with a stellar vault and a rood arch has remained from the old 15th century church. It is the chapel of the new church dedicated to St. Jadwiga and St. James the Apostle (shown on the right).
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Pierwszy kościół w Lusowie w tym miejscu wybudowano w 1244 roku. Jak podają najdawniejsze dokumenty był to drewniany kościół. Wydarzeniem historycznym było utworzenie w Lusowie parafii w dniu 15 lipca 1288 roku. Z biegiem lat drewniany kościół uległ zniszczeniu. Nową świątynię konsekrowano w 1499 roku. Ulegała ona kilkakrotnym renowacjom. Obecny wygląd kościoła pochodzi z roku 1913 - 1916. Ze starego XV wiecznego kościoła pozostało gotyckie prezbiterium z gwiaździstym sklepieniem i łukiem tęczowym. Stanowi ono kaplicę nowej świątyni pod wezwaniem św. Jadwigi i św. Jakuba Apostoła (widoczne po prawej stronie).
Luckily I had my boots with me as you need to walk in through a soggy field.
Completed in 1462, and consecrated by Donatus O’Connor-Sligo, a Dominican monk, and member of a noble family which gave more than one bishop to the See of Killala, it is told, Moyne was to rise to prominence within Irish Franciscan circles, with Provincial Chapters of the order being held there on several occasions between 1464 and 1550. At its zenith the monastery boasted a valuable library, infirmary, two mills for grinding corn, excellent pasturage, pools for fish, a water-mill and a never-failing spring of wholesome water. The community including priests, professors, students and lay-brothers, would have numbered upwards of 50.
According to a local legend reminiscent of the selection of the site of the church of ‘Sancta Maria ad Nives’ in Rome, the monks had their choice of all of the lands owned by their benefactor, and having examined several likely sites, O Donoghue, the Provincial, in the company of a Father Chilvart, settled on Moyne (Maighin translated as a small plain), apparently with the help of either a little robin or wren. The little robin was held in high regard by the Irish as this bird was said to have got its red breast through its efforts to stanch the blood on the brow of the crucified Christ. Conversely, the wren is a maligned bird as it was regarded as promiscuous, which would not have endeared it to the more puritanical of Christian preachers. Apparently the upright tail of the wren was viewed as sexual imagery, as was the black chafer, which raises its tail when threatened. The chafer (known in Irish as daradaol or deargadaol ) also had an anti-Christian representation as it was believed that it informed on Christ, thereby leading to His arrest.
In any case, the intervention of the robin was taken as a divine gesture, after which the Provincial exclaimed: ‘God has shown us and that is the site of our monastery,’ and further referred to the location as:
The abbey stands on the site of an earlier oratory attributed to St. Muinchin/Mucna, a local folk-saint. He is reputed to have been a disciple of St. Patrick’s who ruled a church which is called Maighin; that he lived until about 520AD and that his birthday was celebrated at Moyne on the 4 March.
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Interior from the cathedral Notre Dame in Bayeux. It was originally in Romanesque style but later rebuilt in Gothic style. The cathedral was consecrated in 1077 in the presence of William the Conqueror (who was also the Duke of Normandy) - but the build had started already around 1040. It was mostly finished in the 15th century.
IN EXPLORE 29-11-2022 St Matthew's Church was consecrated in 1837 to be the parish church for the new parish of Richhill. The building itself was repurposed from its prior existence as the market house for the village, which had been built in 1752.
Macugnaga bell tower (consecrated in 1717, when tourism was not yet developed ) in early spring after a heavy vernal snowfall.
The birth of tourism in Macugnaga traditionally coincides with the visit of the Genevan naturalist De Saussure, who
arrived in the village in 1789, was hosted in the tavern of Antonio Maria del Prato (who thus becomes the first hotelier of Macugnaga), then climbed to the Pedriola and to the smaller peak of Pizzo Bianco.
He will be followed by numerous travelers, mostly English, who will introduce Macugnaga and Monte Rosa with their stories and their engravings.
(source: "Archeologando - Notiziario del gruppo archeologico Luinese" ----- www.archeoluino.it/testi/Archeologando-25.pdf)
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The baroque pearl - St Andrew's Church, one of the most famous churches in Kyiv and Ukraine.
St Andrew's Church, an Orthodox church in Kyiv, constructed between 1747 and 1754 to a design by the Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli, a rare example of Elizabethan Baroque in Ukraine. Situated on a steep hill, where Andrew the Apostle is believed to have foretold the great future of the place as the cradle of Christianity in the Slavic lands, the church overlooks the historic Podil neighborhood. Since 1968, the building has been a museum, part of the National Sanctuary "Sophia of Kyiv" as a landmark of cultural heritage.
The church was consecrated in honor of Andrew the Apostle. According to the chronicle The Tale of Bygone Years, Saint Andrew came to the Dnipro River's slopes in the 1st century AD and erected a cross on the current location of the church. He prophesied that the sparsely inhabited area would become a great city. As he predicted, the site arose to become the city of Kiev, a center of the Eastern Orthodox faith in Kyivan Rus.
La Cappella del Barolo is a never-consecrated building located in La Morra, in the Langhe region. It was reinterpreted in 1999 by the artists Sol LeWitt and David Tremlett.
The building was originally built around 1914 by some farmers working in the surrounding countryside and vineyards as a place of refuge and temporary shelter in case of storms or other weather.
In 1971 the building was bought, together with the surrounding land, by the Ceretto family. After falling into disuse and years of neglect, in 1999 the Ceretto family entrusted a modernist reinterpretation to the genius of artists Sol LeWitt, who did the external renovation, and David Tremlett, who repainted the entire interior.
On the outside, the building is characterized by geometric shapes in strong, vivid colors designed by Sol LeWitt, a master of conceptual art.
Text adapted from Wiki (italian version).
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Neo-Gothic church, designed in 1852 by the architect Joseph Poelaert. Consecrated in 1872, it was built in several phases between 1854 and the First World War. It serves as a necropolis for the Belgian royal family.
Photo shot in 2010 from the top of the Brusilia Residence.
Azimuth 312.4°, 2.25 km away (1.4 mi), height 99 m (325 ft).
Address: Parvis Notre Dame - 1020 Brussels
FR : Eglise Notre Dame de Laeken
Église de style néogothique, conçue en 1852 par l’architecte Joseph Poelaert. Consacrée en 1872, elle a été érigée en plusieurs phases entre 1854 et la Première Guerre mondiale. Elle sert de nécropole à la famille royale belge.
Photo prise en 2010 du haut de la Résidence Brusilia.
Azimut 312.4°, distance 2.25 km, hauteur 99 m.
Adresse : Parvis Notre Dame - 1020 Brussels
NL: Kerk Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Laeken
Neogotische kerk, in 1852 ontworpen door architect Joseph Poelaert. Het werd in 1872 ingewijd en tussen 1854 en de Eerste Wereldoorlog in verschillende fasen gebouwd. Het doet dienst als necropolis voor de Belgische koninklijke familie.
Foto genomen in 2010 vanaf de top van de Brusilia Residentie.
Azimut 312.4°, 2.25 km ver, 99 m hoog.
Adres: Parvis Notre Dame - 1020 Brussels
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Peel Chapel, Overton, Wrexham, North Wales.
Peel Chapel Coordinates...52.96901° N, -2.935075° E
Peel Mortuary Chapel graveyard.
Peel chapel The cemetery and “mortuary chapel” were consecrated on the 17th June 1872, a short distance from the village along the road to Wrexham (A528). The Mortuary Chapel was built in memory of Anna Maria Peel who died in 1860, the first wife of Edmund Peel of Bryn y Pys. Before the trees grew high, there were views over the river valley. The chapel was vandalised and burnt in the 1960s.
The Peel Mortuary Chapel and Cemetery in Overton on Dee
The Sad Story is that Edmund Peel aged 24 bought Bryn y Pys in 1848, married Anna Maria Lethbridge in 1854 and she died in 1860. She was initially buried in Overton Church graveyard before the Bishop gave permission for her to be moved to the new site.
His grief in losing his young wife resulted in his building of the mortuary chapel and cemetery, consecrated in June 1872 which was then given to the parishioners of Overton.This grief, however, may have been only part of the overall picture if we look at the context of Victorian history.
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Consecrated in 1852 and built on the site of an earlier ruin this Anglican church in Gothic Revival Style was designed by Architect Sir George Gilbert Scott.
I knocked the settings on my Canon EOS 7D and bleached out all the exposures on my visit to Halton Castle Hill. All but two were unsalvageable. (Thank goodness I also took a few shots on my Nikon pocket camera and I posted those yesterday.) This was one of the two salvaged shots from the 7D and I was surprised to get this interesting image by running the bleached out almost invisible original through Adobe Photoshop plug-in Google Nik suite. The "Darker Contrasts" filter gave this result.
Old Catholic Church consecrated in 2012 and named after the female apostle Junia. Here you can see it with the Campanile, which was only erected in 2017.
The church is located on the site of the former American Sheridan Barracks, now known as Sheridan-Park in Augsburg.
Junia is only mentioned once in the Bible, in Romans 16:7. Depending on the English or German Bible translation, older versions either make her a male apostle called Junias or a woman who was not an apostle. However the New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE), which was released in 2011, and the Einheitsübersetzung 2016, a German translation of the Bible for liturgical use in Roman Catholic worship, make Junia a woman AND an apostle in their versions of the text.
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The Cathedral of the Annunciation of Blessed Virgin Mary was consecrated in 1088. It is a three-nave temple in the Romanesque style with Byzantine and early Christian elements.
The most characteristic feature is the mosaic floor of the entire nave and presbytery from the 12th century, as well as the richly decorated ceiling.
The right nave of the cathedral ends with the Chapel of the Martyrs. Seven large glass niches contain the bones of Otranto's citizens. They were murdered by beheading by the Turks on August 14, 1480, after they refused to convert to Islam. Behind the altar there is the "Rock of Martyrdom", on which the heads of about 800 inhabitants of Otranto were beheaded.
On May 12, 2013, Pope Francis proclaimed saints 800 martyrs of Otranto.
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Katedra Zwiastowania NMP została konsekrowana w 1088 roku. Jest to świątynia trójnawowa w stylu romańskim z elementami bizantyjskimi i wczesnochrześcijańskimi.
Najbardziej charakterystyczną cechą jest pochodząca z XII wieku mozaika podłogowa całej nawy i prezbiterium oraz bogato zdobiony sufit.
Prawa nawa nawa katedry kończy się Kaplicą Męczenników. W siedmiu dużych przeszklonych wnękach znajdują się kości obywateli Otranto. Zostali oni zamordowani ścięciem głowy przez Turków 14 sierpnia 1480 roku, po tym jak odmówili przejścia na Islam. Za ołtarzem znajduje się kamień "Skała Męczeństwa”, na którym odcięto głowy około 800 mieszkańcom Otranto.
Papież Franciszek 12 maja 2013 ogłosił świętymi 800 męczenników z 1480 w Otranto.
Consecrated to the Assumption of Mary, the Cistercian monastery dates back to its foundation in 1240 by the Lords of Hohenfels and Ehrenfels. In the course of secularization in Bavaria, the monastery was dissolved in 1803. The monastery church became a parish church. In 1806, the Carmelite nuns from Munich and Neuburg on the Danube moved into the convent complex as their central monastery. In 1838, the Salesian Sisters bought the convent and established an institute for higher daughters there. This developed into a lyceum, which existed until 1980. From 1981 to 2013, Pielenhofen was home to the elementary school of the Regensburger Domspatzen with its adjoining boarding school.
In 2010, the convent was abandoned by the sisters for lack of personnel. The last five remaining sisters moved to the Zangberg convent. In 2013, the convent buildings were sold to the Herder School Association. The association now runs a secondary school and a technical college for design in the buildings. This garden belongs to the convent.
Das Maria Himmelfahrt geweihte Kloster der Zisterzienserinnen geht auf die Gründung 1240 durch die Herren von Hohenfels und von Ehrenfels zurück. Im Zuge der Säkularisation in Bayern wurde das Kloster 1803 aufgelöst. Die Klosterkirche wurde zur Pfarrkirche. 1806 bezogen die Karmelitinnen aus München und Neuburg an der Donau die Klosteranlage als ihr Zentralkloster. 1838 kauften die Salesianerinnen das Kloster und richteten darin ein Institut für Höhere Töchter ein. Daraus entwickelte sich ein Lyzeum, das bis 1980 bestand. Von 1981 bis zum Jahr 2013 war in Pielenhofen die Grundschule der Regensburger Domspatzen mit dem angeschlossenen Internat untergebracht.
Im Jahr 2010 wurde das Kloster von den Schwestern aus Personalmangel aufgegeben. Die letzten fünf noch verbliebenen Schwestern zogen in das Kloster Zangberg um. Im Jahr 2013 wurden die Klostergebäude an den Herder-Schulverein verkauft. Der Verein betreibt in den Gebäuden nun eine Realschule sowie eine Fachoberschule für Gestaltung. Zum Kloster gehört dieser Garten.
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Havana Cathedral (Catedral de San Cristobal) is one of eleven Catholic cathedrals on the island. It is located in the Plaza de la Catedral on Calle Empedrado, between San Ignacio y Mercaderes, Old Havana. The thirty by forty-nine meters rectangular church serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Cristobal de la Habana. Christopher Columbus’ remains were kept in the cathedral between 1796 and 1898 before they were taken to Seville Cathedral.[2]
It was built between 1748-1777 and was consecrated in 1782.
This beautiful Neo-Renaissance church was consecrated in 1895, the eye-sore bell tower was added in 1966. www.pfarrekaisermuehlen.at/cms/index.php?id=25 de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfarrkirche_Kaiserm%C3%BChlen
Kaisermühlen is part of the 22th district of Vienna. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiserm%C3%BChlen
The Resurrection Smolny Cathedral is an active Orthodox church and an outstanding architectural monument of the XVIII century/
It was founded in 1748 by the will of empress Elizabeth Petrovna and was consecrated on July 20, 1835.
The project of the cathedral was created by the outstanding architect Franchesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the interior of the church was made by another famous architect Vasily Stasov.
Sanctuary of Meritxell
On September 8th, the national holiday of Andorra, commemorates the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell, patroness of Andorra from October 24, 1873, year in which the General Council officially declared it as "patron and special protector of the Principality ». During the Day there is an assembly attended by numerous people attracted by their great devotion for this Virgin.
The current sanctuary consecrated to the Virgin of Meritxell, as everyone knows, is not the original. The old one, a 16th century building of Romanesque origin, was burned, along with the Romanesque stature of the Virgin, this one from the twelfth century, from the night of the 8th to the 9th of September 1972. The image that venerates It is currently a replica of the original.
As you emerge onto the hand-levelled platform atop the ridge, the sense of exposure after the climb is suddenly liberating. The High Place of Sacrifice (al-Madhbah in Arabic) is one of the highest easily accessible points in Petra, perched on cliffs that drop an almost sheer 170m to the Wadi Musa below. It’s just one of dozens of High Places perched on ridges and mountain-tops around Petra, all of which are of similar design and function. A platform about 15m long and 6m wide served as the venue for religious ceremonies, oriented towards an altar, set up on four steps, with a basin to one side and a socket into which may have slotted a stone representation of the god. Within the courtyard is a small dais, on which probably stood a table of (bloodless) offerings.
What exactly took place up here – probably in honour of Dushara – can only be guessed at, but there were almost certainly libations, smoking of frankincense and animal sacrifice. What is less sure is whether human sacrifice took place, although boys and girls were known to have been sacrificed to al-Uzza elsewhere: the second-century philosopher Porphyrius reports that a boy’s throat was cut annually at the Nabatean town of Dunat, 300km from Petra. At Hegra, a Nabatean city in the Arabian interior, an inscription states explicitly: “Abd-Wadd, priest of Wadd, and his son Salim… have consecrated the young man Salim to be immolated to Dhu Gabat. Their double happiness!” If such sacrifices took place in Petra, the High Place would surely have seen at least some of them.
It’s also been suggested that Nabatean religion incorporated ritual exposure of the dead, as practised among the Zoroastrians of Persia; if so, the High Place would also have been an obvious choice as an exposure platform. You can survey the vastness of Petra’s mountain terrain from here, and the tomb of Aaron atop Jabal Haroun is in clear sight in the distance.
The ridge extends a short distance north of the High Place, nosing out directly above the theatre, with the tombs of the Outer Siq minuscule below. From here, it’s easy to see that the city of Petra lay in a broad valley, about a kilometre wide and hemmed in to east and west by mountain barriers. North, the valley extends to Beidha, south to Sabra. It looks tempting to scramble down the front of the ridge, but there is no easily manageable path this way; it would be dangerous to try it.
In 1208, a dispute between King John and the Pope meant that burials in consecrated ground were forbidden for about 6 years. During this time, the townspeople of Basingstoke buried their dead on the slope north of the town. Later, the ground was consecrated, and became the town’s burial ground for the next 700 years, until the new cemetery opened in Worting Road in 1913.
The first chapel was built by 1280, with a Guild of Townsmen to oversee the site and collect offerings of money and land, left as bequests in return for prayers for life after death. What we see of the earlier chapel today is part of the west wall.
This photo shows the distinctive remains, tower and window arches of another chapel, added to the original one and built around 1525 by William Lord Sandys of The Vyne as a grand burial place for his parents and family [see Ian Richard’s Flashback, Gazette 10/12/2020]. The chapel was widely known for its great beauty, for its roof and above all for its painted glass windows. It was dedicated to the Holy Trinity. Sandys’ family emblems are visible on the parapet and grave slabs. These include the hemp-breaker and cross raggulé.
Why did it fall into ruin? In the 1540s, Sandys’ chapel was caught up in the English Reformation, which saw the closure of all chantry chapels. Statues and other items used in worship were removed in what must have been a puzzling time for people. After the death of Edward VI, his sister Mary revived Catholic worship. In 1556 a charter was drawn up by Queen Mary, which established a school in the chapel. The schoolroom was attached to the west wall of the early chapel. Known as Queen Mary’s School, it survived as Queen Mary’s Grammar School for Boys and then, with comprehensive education, the name and endowment moved to Queen Mary’s College.
Mostly copied from an article in the Basingstoke Gazette 1st January 2021. www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/18981455.history-holy-g...
BASILICA of St. Peter consecrated in 1626, SQUARE St. Peter and COLONNADE by Bernini finished in 1667, a part. UNESCO, VATICAN CITY. (Lazio, Rome, ITALY). EXPLORE 05-04-2025.
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The newly consecrated National Cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church, still under construction in Bucharest
Orthodox Patriarchs of Constantinople and Bucharest consecrate Cathedral
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The Cathedral was consecrated on 25 November 2018 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, Patriarch Daniel of Romania and Metropolitan Chrysostomos (gr) of Patras from the Greek Orthodox Church.
The town was founded during the 12th century in several stages: bishop Gebhard von Würzburg consecrated the recently built Michael's church and installed the Michaelis market in 1156. Since the second half of the 12th century, the Heller coins were minted in Hall that were rather inferior yet replaced the better money, becoming a very widespread currency. A document of 1204 mentions Hall for the first time as a town; since 1280, the immediacy of supremacy remained uncontested that in the years before had been wrestled from the neighbouring Schenk von Limpurg clan.
Emperor Ludwig the Bavarian had to intervene into the internal affairs of the town in 1340, and he had to reform the structure of the council, the authoritative committee of the town's politics. From 1340 to 1512 it would consist now of twelve aristocrats, six middle-class citizens and eight craftsmen. As a result of the Great Discord from 1510 to 1512, the nobility of the town lost its supremacy. Subsequently, the council was dominated by a group of rather bourgeois, increasingly academically educated families that developed into a new upper class.
The newly consecrated National Cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church, still under construction in Bucharest
Orthodox Patriarchs of Constantinople and Bucharest consecrate Cathedral
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The Cathedral was consecrated on 25 November 2018 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, Patriarch Daniel of Romania and Metropolitan Chrysostomos (gr) of Patras from the Greek Orthodox Church.
The parish church Saint Sebastian is the parish church of Ramsau nearby Berchtesgaden . It is consecrated to the saints Sebastian and Fabian. Particularly from the "Malerwinkel" with the Ramsauer Ache and the Ertlsteg in the foreground and the Reiteralpe in the background the church is a popular picture and photo motive.
It was built in 1512 under provost Gregor Rainer and was extended in 1692 in the baroque style. It has a tower with baroque onion shaped tower which is covered like the whole church with wooden shingles.
When I arrived the church it was bitter cold and almost dark and so the most photographed site from the "Malerwinkel" was already too dark to take a good photo. But as always I was looking for my perspective and view and so I went to the cemetery at the back of the church and realized a wonderful light from a big floodlight that illuminated not only St. Sebastian but also the cemetery with the graves and crosses and the beautiful snow hills in the front...
Die Pfarrkirche St. Sebastian ist die Pfarrkirche von Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden . Sie ist den Heiligen Sebastian und Fabian geweiht. Besonders vom Malerwinkel aus mit der Ramsauer Ache und dem Ertlsteg im Vordergrund und der Reiteralpe im Hintergrund ist die Kirche ein beliebtes Bild- und Fotomotiv.
Sie wurde 1512 unter Fürstpropst Gregor Rainer erbaut und 1692 im barocken Stil erweitert. Sie hat einen Turm mit barocken Zwiebelhauben, der wie die gesamte Kirche mit Holzschindeln gedeckt ist.
Als ich die Kirche erreichte, war es bitter kalt und schon fast dunkel und so war die meistfotografierte Ansicht vom Malerwinkel zu dunkel, um ein gutes Foto zu schießen...
Aber wie immer war ich eh auf der Suche nach meiner eigenen Perspektive, als ich das Scheinwerferlicht im Friedhof bemerkte, welches nicht nur St. Sebastian, sondern auch den Friedhof mit seinen Gräbern und Kreuzen und die schönen Schneehügel beleuchtete...
The first church, which had been destroyed, was later rebuilt and enlarged and was consecrated to Saint Peter, who was also the patron saint of the cathedral of Worms and of the diocese. From then on, the church was part of an influential chancel chapter, whose provost was also arch-deacon of Worms and held the clerical court between Heidelberg and Kirchheim/Neckar. The noblemen who made up the chapter were laymen, but lived temporarily in a kind of monastery community. During the 13th century a moral decline seemed to take place, which necessitated an energetic reform by dean Richard von Deidesheim. It was also he who, in 1269, began rebuilding St. Peter's church in the Gothic style for which he employed a civil engineer from France. Today the church of St. Peter of the Knights' Chapter in Wimpfen in the valley with its unique juxtaposition of Romanesque westwork and the Gothic chancel and south side with rich sculptural decoration, is one of the most valuable sacred buildings in the country.
In the shadow of this free chapter, the town in the valley developed quickly into a market town with walls, customs rights and fishing rights. The “Talmarkt” which takes place on the feast of Peter and Paul every year goes back to the beginning of the chapter, making it one of the oldest in Germany. From the 14th century onwards, the town distanced itself more and more from the chapter, but lost its finally achieved independence 100 years later, as the city on the hill, by now more powerful, subsumed it. The chapter itself remained free until its secularisation, which, as it was situated within the boundaries of Wimpfen, led to renewed controversies with the town authorities.
St. Luke’s and Christ Church
Christchurch Street, London, SW3 4AS
The church was consecrated in 1839 due to the expansion of London. Prior to this Chelsea was open countryside. The church was essentially for working class people employed in the many grand houses in the vicinity.
The church was built in the traditional style, The Nave, Aisles and a gallery over the Aisles. It had a large pulpit in the centre but no place for a choir. A bit austere.
The church was designed by Edward Blore a very well-known individual. He designed the main front of Buckingham Palace in 1846.
In 1876 the church was gifted firstly an organ from St Michael, Queenhithe and secondly the pulpit from an unknown city church. Both these were gifts from churches that were demolished due to reconstruction of the City. In 1890 there were alterations, the nave roof was completely rebuilt, and there was further renovation to the supporting pillars between aisles and the nave. Both the west and east ends of the church were extended. Finally the western gallery and most of the old pews were removed. New larger pews were installed.
It has some lovely windows; one particularly is designed from The Creation to honour William Wilberforce and the Earl of Shaftsbury with their efforts to bring social justice into the main stream of life.
D’où vient la tradition du muguet ?
En France, la tradition d'offrir du muguet remonte au Moyen Âge. À l'époque, on considère le muguet comme une plante sacrée, associée à la déesse romaine de la fertilité, Flora. Cette fleur blanche, symbole de pureté, était utilisée pour honorer la déesse au printemps, sa période de sa floraison.
Au fil des années, la tradition se transforme, et la plante est de plus en plus offerte comme un porte-bonheur.
Offrir du muguet à quelqu'un est donc une manière de lui souhaiter du bonheur et de la prospérité pour l'année à venir. En plus de cela, le muguet symbolise aussi le renouveau souvent associé à l'amour et à la romance.
Le muguet et la Fête du 1er mai, origines
La fête du Travail est célébrée dans de nombreux pays à travers le monde, mais son origine remonte à la fin du 19ème siècle en Europe, en particulier en France.
À cette époque, les travailleurs se battent pour de meilleures conditions de travail, des salaires décents, des droits sociaux et politiques. Les premières manifestations du 1er mai ont eu lieu aux États-Unis en 1886, où des travailleurs organisent des grèves massives pour réclamer la journée de travail de huit heures.
En France, la fête du Travail est instaurée le 1er mai 1890. Cette journée consacre la reconnaissance des droits des travailleurs, la solidarité entre les travailleurs et travailleuses, et la journée de 8 heures.
Pour célébrer cette victoire, les travailleurs et travailleuses organisent une grande manifestation, le 1er mai. Pendant la manifestation, on distribue des brins de muguet, qui symbolisent la solidarité et l'espoir. Depuis lors, la tradition du muguet au 1er mai est devenue une coutume populaire en France. De même que la vente de muguets est une tradition populaire, elle est officiellement reconnue par le gouvernement français en 1941.
(d'après le site Rouchette.com sur Google)
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Where does the tradition of giving lilies of the valley come from?
In France, the tradition of giving lilies of the valley dates back to the Middle Ages. At the time, the lily of the valley was considered a sacred plant, associated with the Roman goddess of fertility, Flora. This white flower, a symbol of purity, was used to honour the goddess in spring, when she was in flower.
Over the years, the tradition has changed, and the plant is increasingly given as a good luck charm.
Giving someone a lily of the valley is a way of wishing them happiness and prosperity for the coming year. As well as this, the lily of the valley also symbolises renewal, often associated with love and romance.
Lily of the valley and 1st May, origins
Labour Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, but its origins date back to the end of the 19th century in Europe, particularly in France.
At that time, workers were fighting for better working conditions, decent wages and social and political rights. The first May Day demonstrations took place in the United States in 1886, when workers organised mass strikes to demand the eight-hour working day.
In France, Labour Day was introduced on 1 May 1890. This day consecrated the recognition of workers' rights, solidarity between workers and the 8-hour working day.
To celebrate this victory, workers organised a major demonstration on 1 May. During the demonstration, lilies of the valley were distributed, symbolising solidarity and hope. Since then, the tradition of lilies of the valley on 1 May has become a popular custom in France. Just as selling lilies of the valley is a popular tradition, it was officially recognised by the French government in 1941.
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Consecrated on September 1, 1853, the ruined “Old Church Dunlewy” located at the foot of Errigal overlooks the beautiful Poisoned Glen. Some believe this beautiful building to be haunted.
Dalsfjord Church, in Volda municipality, was built in 1910 and consecrated the following year. It is a wooden long church with a striking red spire, designed by architect Niels Stockfleth Darre Eckhoff. The church was erected after the people of Dalsfjord gained their own parish, marking a milestone in local independence and community life.
The church stands beautifully by the fjord, continuing a centuries-long tradition of rural parish churches in Western Norway.
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Fairford, Gloucestershire, is a well-preserved English parish church. Funded by a wool merchant and consecrated in 1497, this Cotswolds church boasts the most complete set of medieval stained glass windows remaining in Britain, along with a fine set of misericords.
A misericord is a small wooden structure formed on the underside of a folding seat in a church which, when the seat is folded up, is intended to act as a shelf to support a person in a partially standing position during long periods of prayer.
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This neo-Byzantine basilica was built dedicated to the saint St. Thérèse of Lisieux in her home town. She lived 1873-1897, was beatified in 1923 and canonized in 1925 (and have you ever been inside a French church you will have seen her sculpture, she is very popular).
The work on the church was begun in 1929, and despite the financial hardships of the 1930s and the second world war the church was finished in 1954 (and consecrated in 1951). The church is a minor basilica, built by the architects Louis-Marie Cordonnier, Louis-Stanislas Cordonnier and Louis Cordonnier, can hold 4000 people and measures 105 x 65 metres with a maximum height of 90 metres (in other words, it's gigantic!). It is the second most popular pilgrimage site in France (the most popular being Lourdes).
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The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, North Yorkshire, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the third-highest office of the Church of England (after the monarch as Supreme Governor and the Archbishop of Canterbury) and is the mother church for the Diocese of York and the Province of York.
The Gothic style in cathedrals had arrived in the mid 12th century. Walter de Gray was made archbishop in 1215 and ordered the construction of a Gothic structure to rival Canterbury; building began in 1220. The north and south transepts were the first new structures; completed in the 1250s, both were built in the Early English Gothic style but had markedly different wall elevations. A substantial central tower was also completed, with a wooden spire. Building continued into the 15th century.
The Chapter House was begun in the 1260s and was completed before 1296. The wide nave was constructed from the 1280s on the Norman foundations. The outer roof was completed in the 1330s, but the vaulting was not finished until 1360. Construction then moved on to the eastern arm and chapels, with the last Norman structure, the choir, being demolished in the 1390s. Work here finished around 1405. In 1407 the central tower collapsed; the piers were then reinforced, and a new tower was built from 1420. The western towers were added between 1433 and 1472. The cathedral was declared complete and consecrated in 1472.
The temple in honor of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is in Dnipro city, Ukraine. Its construction was started in 2007. The temple is built in the form of a Greek cross. The height of the temple building reaches 30 m, its area with the adjacent territory is 180 sq.m.
The church is crowned by a bronze sculpture of John the Baptist in height of 7.5 meters and weighing 4 tons. The sculpture was consecrated in 2010. On the bell tower of the church there is a unique belfry with computer control.
In the basement of the building is the lower temple in honor of the prophet Zechariah and righteous Elizabeth. To the lower part of the temple there is a pantone bridge equipped with a baptistery, in which residents can dive into the waters of the Dnipro River on January 19 for the feast of Epiphany.
Inside the temple can accommodate more than three hundred people, and on the square near the temple - up to three thousand.
The newly consecrated National Cathedral of the Romanian Orthodox Church, still under construction in Bucharest
Orthodox Patriarchs of Constantinople and Bucharest consecrate Cathedral
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The Cathedral was consecrated on 25 November 2018 by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, Patriarch Daniel of Romania and Metropolitan Chrysostomos (gr) of Patras from the Greek Orthodox Church.
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The stone church was built in the 12th century, and was consecrated to the Virgin Mary.
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The collegiate church was consecrated from the start. Later (perhaps at the inauguration of the new building of 1082) the patronal feast of St. Agapitus of Praeneste. After several previous buildings had been destroyed by fire, the construction of today's church began in 1232. In 1277 Abbot Friedrich von Aich was able to inaugurate the nave for the five -hundredth anniversary of the foundation; Another 200 years passed until the Gothic Church (towers) was completed.
The church has been baroque in several phases since the beginning of the 17th century and thus changed sustainably. Under Abbot Anton Wolfradt, one was mainly limited to the conversion of the choir room, the church was subjected to comprehensive baroqueization under the direction of Carlone, by Giovanni Battista Colomba and Giovanni Battista Barberini (1625–1691). At first they removed the cloakplates set up in the early 17th century and covered the entire interior with stucco work, for which Giovanni Battista Colomba and Giovanni Battista Barberini were responsible. The west facade of the church from 1681 also comes from the latter. For the fresco equipment inside, the scenes from the Old Testament, the Grabenberger brothers from Krems were won, of which Michael Christoph was particularly characterized. This second phase of baroqueization was completed after twelve years of work.
Under Abbot Alexander Strasser (1709–1731), the redesign of the collegiate church came to an end. In this third phase, the high altarpiece and the tabernacle, the pulpit, the wide staircase up to the presbytery and the side altars fall. Particularly noteworthy are the baroque angel made of marble by Johann Michael Zürn the younger one, who, in addition to the numerous side altar knees and stand, impressive examples of the Austrian baroque. The collegiate church of St. Agapitus has remarkable dimensions. It is 78 meters long and 21 meters wide. The main ship is 18 meters, the side aisles are 12 meters high.
L'église collégiale a été consacrée dès le début. Plus tard (peut-être à l'inauguration du nouveau bâtiment de 1082) la fête patronale de St. Agapitus de Praeneste. Après que plusieurs bâtiments précédents aient été détruits par le feu, la construction de l'église d'aujourd'hui a commencé en 1232. En 1277, l'abbé Friedrich von Aich a pu inaugurer la nef pour le cinq centième anniversaire de la Fondation; De plus 200 ans ont passé jusqu'à ce que l'église gothique (tours) soit terminée.
L'église est baroque en plusieurs phases depuis le début du XVIIe siècle et a donc changé de manière durable. Sous l'abbé Anton Wolfradt, l'un était principalement limité à la conversion de la salle de chorale, l'église a été soumise à une baroqueisation complète sous la direction de Carlone, par Giovanni Battista Colomba et Giovanni Battista Barberini (1625-1691). Au début, ils ont retiré les calculs installés au début du XVIIe siècle et couvraient l'intérieur de l'intérieur avec des travaux de stuc, pour lesquels Giovanni Battista Colomba et Giovanni Battista Barberini étaient responsables. La façade ouest de l'église de 1681 vient également de ce dernier. Pour l'équipement de fresque à l'intérieur, les scènes de l'Ancien Testament, les frères Grabenberger de Krems ont été gagnés, dont Michael Christoph a été particulièrement caractérisé. Cette deuxième phase de baroqueisation a été achevée après douze ans de travail.
Sous l'abbé Alexander Strasser (1709-1731), la refonte de l'église collégiale a pris fin. Dans cette troisième phase, le compte rendu haut et le tabernacle, la chaire, l'escalier large jusqu'au presbytère et les autels latéraux tombent. L'ange baroque est particulièrement remarquable en marbre par Johann Michael Zürn le plus jeune, qui, en plus des nombreux genoux de l'autel d'équipe, des exemples impressionnants du baroque autrichien. L'église collégiale de Saint-Agapitus a des dimensions remarquables. Il mesure 78 mètres de long et 21 mètres de large. Le navire principal est de 18 mètres, les allées latérales mesurent 12 mètres de haut.
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The chapel, consecrated in 1617, is also part of the museum. It is the best preserved part of the Renaissance complex, having largely escaped damage in the 1859 fire. The chapel extends along the entire length of the west wing with a long nave and a two-storey gallery. The richly decorated six-vaulted stucco ceiling is borne by pillars rising from the galleries.
The pillars bear grisaille frescos of Biblical figures, painted in the 1690s. The galleries were decorated during the reign of Frederick III (1648–1670) as can be seen from his arms.
The Chapel's most significant artifact is the organ, built by Esajas Compenius in 1610. It was installed by Compenius himself shortly before his death in Hillerød in 1617. The oldest organ in Denmark, it has 1,001 wooden pipes. Its original manually driven blower has been preserved. The instrument is richly decorated with ebony, ivory and silver.
The altarpiece and pulpit from the early 17th century are the work of the silversmith Jacob Mores from Hamburg. In the king's prayer chamber adjoining the Chapel, there is a small silver altar crafted by the goldsmith Matthäus Wallbaum from Augsburg in 1600.
“When Father Damien consecrated his life to Christ and buried himself in the leper settlement of Kalawao, he little thought that the echoes of his self-sacrifice would not only be the bugle call to quicken the divine life in thousands of souls . . . but that they would rouse an Empire. . . . No one can measure the results of the simplest act performed with a single eye from love to God and man.”
-Edward Clifford, quoted in Gavan Daws, Holy Man: Father Damien of Molokai (New York: Harper and Row, 1973), p. 221.
St Mary & St Finnan's (Catholic) church, Glenfinnan. The church was consecrated in 1873. Designed by E Welby Pugin in the Gothic style, the church enjoys an elevated and commanding position overlooking Loch Shiel with a spectacular view of the loch and surrounding hills. The church is a memorial chapel to the MacDonalds of Glenaladale, the family with whom Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed prior to the raising of the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan in August 1745. The church contains a memorial to the Prince and headstones of members of the MacDonald family. Near the altar is the burial place of Father Donald MacDonald, the first parish priest, also one of the family who built the church.
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The church was consecrated in 1839 due to the expansion of London. Prior to this Chelsea was open countryside. The church was essentially for working class people employed in the many grand houses in the vicinity.
The church was built in the traditional style, The Nave, Aisles and a gallery over the Aisles. It had a large pulpit in the centre but no place for a choir. A bit austere.
The church was designed by Edward Blore a very well-known individual. He designed the main front of Buckingham Palace in 1846.
In 1876 the church was gifted firstly an organ from St Michael, Queenhithe and secondly the pulpit from an unknown city church. Both these were gifts from churches that were demolished due to reconstruction of the City. In 1890 there were alterations, the nave roof was completely rebuilt, and there was further renovation to the supporting pillars between aisles and the nave. Both the west and east ends of the church were extended. Finally the western gallery and most of the old pews were removed. New larger pews were installed.
It has some lovely windows; one particularly is designed from The Creation to honour William Wilberforce and the Earl of Shaftsbury with their efforts to bring social justice into the main stream of life.
The Palatine Chapel, consecrated on Palm Sunday, 28 April, 1140, is on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The mosaics in the Palatine Chapel were probably made by the same craftsmen that made the mosaics in the Martorana and the central apse of the Cathedral in Cefalù.
The Chapel is part of the architectural complex of the Norman Palace. We don't know for certain when the mosaics were made, but the mosaics of the nave and aisles were most likely made during the rule of William I (1154-1166).
.The Palatine Chapel is the royal chapel of the Norman kings of Kingdom of Sicily situated on the first floor at the center of the Norman Palace in Palermo. The chapel is a great symbol of multi-cultural cooperation. Craftsmen of three different religious traditions worked alongside each other.
The madonna below Christ Pantocrator is an addition from the 18th century. Originally there was a window there. The Chapel had 50 windows (later blocked) designed to illuminate at all times of the day the stories told on the wall.
The texts in the chapel are written in Greek, Arabic and Latin.
The Cathedral of the Annunciation of Blessed Virgin Mary was consecrated in 1088. It is a three-nave temple in the Romanesque style with Byzantine and early Christian elements.
The most characteristic feature is the mosaic floor of the entire nave and presbytery from the 12th century, as well as the richly decorated ceiling.
The right nave of the cathedral ends with the Chapel of the Martyrs. Seven large glass niches contain the bones of Otranto's citizens. They were murdered by beheading by the Turks on August 14, 1480, after they refused to convert to Islam. Behind the altar there is the "Rock of Martyrdom", on which the heads of about 800 inhabitants of Otranto were beheaded.
On May 12, 2013, Pope Francis proclaimed saints 800 martyrs of Otranto.
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Katedra Zwiastowania NMP została konsekrowana w 1088 roku. Jest to świątynia trójnawowa w stylu romańskim z elementami bizantyjskimi i wczesnochrześcijańskimi.
Najbardziej charakterystyczną cechą jest pochodząca z XII wieku mozika podłogowa całej nawy i prezbiterium oraz bogato zdobiony sufit.
Prawa nawa nawa katedry kończy się Kaplicą Męczenników. W siedmiu dużych przeszklonych wnękach znajdują się kości obywateli Otranto. zostali oni zamordowani ścięciem głowy przez Turków 14 sierpnia 1480 roku, po tym jak odmówili przejścia na Islam. Za ołtarzem znajduje się kamień "Skała Męczeństwa”, na którym odcięto głowy około 800 mieszkańcom Otranto.
Papież Franciszek 12 maja 2013 ogłosił świętymi 800 męczenników z 1480 w Otranto.
I already posted a summer version of Maria Eich (see comments) and I'll just insert the same text here:
The pilgrimage church Maria Eich has quite a history of miracles:
In 1710 the blacksmith sons Franz and Kaspar Thallmayr from Planegg placed a Loreto image of Mary in a hollow oak. Twenty two years later a day laborer made a pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary in the oak tree and recovered from an injury. As early as 1734, the influx of those in need was so great that a hut was built that surrounded the tree with the miraculous image. In 1742 a brick church building was built around the oak, which was consecrated on May 18, 1768. A hermitage was built in 1745, which also served as a school from 1790 to 1804.
Maria Eich gained supraregional importance in 1775 when the Bavarian Elector Max III. Joseph held a par force hunt in the forest. A hunted deer sought refuge by the chapel. The elector saw the miraculous image and spared the animal. To commemorate this event, a memorial plaque was attached to the chapel after the elector's death.
Maria Eich is still a popular pilgrimage destination, no pilgrims today though.