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At the ruins of the former abbey of Jumièges. This place was founded already back in the 7th century, but was burnt down by marauding Vikings. The place was rebuilt in the 10th and 11th century with the abbey church consecrated again in 1067. The church was later reworked 1267-1278 in the Gothic style.
It was finally abandoned during the French Revolution.
The tall tower remains to the left is parts of the abbey church Notre Dame, while the walls closest to the camera, including the wall to the right with the big window is the church St Pierre.
Chapel on Zakopane of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was designed by Stanislaw Witkiewicz. Construction began in 1904, and was consecrated in 1907.
The chapel is a typical example of Zakopane style. The temple with a visible framework is based on a high stone foundation. The front has arcades.
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Kaplica na Jaszczurówce p.w. Najświętszego Serca Jezusa została zaprojektowana przez Stanisława Witkiewicza. Budowę rozpoczęto w roku 1904, a poświęcono w 1907.
Kaplica jest typowym przykładem stylu zakopiańskiego. Świątynia o widocznej konstrukcji zrębowej opiera się na wysokiej, kamiennej podmurówce. Z przodu posiada arkadowe podcienie.
The baroque Mariensäule is a monument located on the Hauptplatz in Wiener Neustadt.
It was donated by the local bishop Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch in 1678 on the occasion of the marriage of two half-sisters of emperor Leopold I in the St.-Georgs church of the castle in Wiener Neustadt.
The same bishop consecrated the column after completion in 1679.
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In the city with much Baroque architecture, the St. Peters church nonetheless stands out by its elegance. The current building was started in 1701, but not completed for decades, finally consecrated in 1733. It is now known for its concerts and the organ from 1750-ies. I personally love the black statues on the white mound above the portal. Looks just like a cake, yum :-)
St Josephs Catholic Church, Pauatahanui, Wellington, New Zealand. Consecrated on Sunday April 28th 1878, St Josephs was the second catholic church built in the greater Wellington region and is the oldest still in use today. Built in a Gothic style (seating up to 100) from native Matai and Rimu timber milled locally. At the time the church served a small isolated farming district. Today St Josephs is listed as a Historic Place Category 1 building being of outstanding historical or cultural significance.
After I did consecrate myself more to the big range of the landscapes, I want to step a bit closer now. This here is a tiny section of a large corn field. In the middle of a field of barley (more next to the edge, because I cant fly) is standing an unblenching oat plant.
As a photographer I'm often looking for the outsiders. The tree, standing alone in the middle of the field or the flower what is looking so different than the others around it. Maybe it is because I am one by myself. Compared with this here, most of them can be found much more easily. For that photo, luck was responsible in the most part.
Nachdem ich mich in den letzten Tagen mehr der Weite der Landschaften gewidmet habe, möchte ich nun wieder einmal etwas näher treten. Dies ist eine winziger Ausschnitt aus einem großen Getreidefeld. Mitten in einem Meer aus Gerste (eher mehr am Rand davon, ich kann ja nicht fliegen) steht da völlig unerschrocken eine Haferpflanze.
Als Fotograf bin ich häufig auf der Suche nach dem Aussenseiter. Dem Baum, der allein auf dem Feld steht oder der Blüte, die so ganz anders aussieht als alle um ihn herum. Wahrscheinlich, weil ich selbst einer bin. Im Gegensatz zu dem hier sind die meisten deutlich leichter zu finden. Für dieses Bild war größtenteils das Glück verantwortlich.
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The cathedral Notre Dame in Bayeux. It was originally in Romanesque style but later rebuilt in Gothic style (as evident here). 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 and mostly finished in the 15th century.
St. Francis of Assisi Church in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna. The Catholic church was consecrated in 1913.
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.
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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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.
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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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"The Dominican Church [...] is an early Baroque parish church [...] in the historic center of Vienna [...]." It was consecrated in 1634.
St Andrew's Church (Andriivska tserkva) is 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 who is recognized as the "Apostle of Rus′". 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 Rus′.
The uniqueness of St. Andrew's Church in Kyiv (1748–1767) is in its unusual location and architecture. The temple was built on an artificial hill, and the foundation for it is the terrace of a two-story building - a stylobate, to which a large cast-iron staircase leads.
This is the only known monument of history, architecture and painting of the 18th century on the territory of Ukraine, created in the imperial baroque style according to the project of the outstanding Italian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli.
Андріївська гора - узвишшя на правому березі Дніпра. У районі Андріївської гори знаходилося слов'янське язичницьке капище, зокрема – головного слов'янського бога Перуна. Легенда пов'язує назву гори з освяченням її в I столітті н.е. апостолом Андрієм Первозванним, який передбачив виникнення Києва. У XI столітті на Андріївській горі був побудований Андріївський, або Янчин, монастир (Янка - дочка київського князя Всеволода Ярославіча), в якому була заснована перша в Русі жіноча школа з вишивальною майстернею. У 1212 князь Мстислав Молодецький спорудив на Андріївській горі Крестовоздвіженськую церкву, що проіснувала до 1560. Згодом на її місці існували інші дерев'яні храми. У XVIII столітті на схилах Андріївської гори розміщувався Аптекарський сад. У середині XVII століття на Андріївській горі було споруджено Андріївську церкву.
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.
In a small valley in the Luberon hills in Provence sits the beautiful abbey of Sénanque. The abbey is surrounded by forests we visited the site in September, however the best time to visit is July when the field around the abbey are full of lavender it must be quite a sight .
The abbey church, consecrated in 1178. Other structures at Sénanque followed, laid out according to the rule of Cîteaux Abbey, mother house of the Cistercians. Among its existing structures, famed examples of Romanesque architecture, are the abbey church, cloister, dormitory, chapter house and the small calefactory, the one heated space in the austere surroundings, so that the monks could write, for this was their scriptorium. A refectory was added in the 17th century, when some minimal rebuilding of existing walls was undertaken, but the abbey is a remarkably untouched survival, of rare beauty and severity: the capitals of the paired columns in the cloister arcades are reduced to the simplest leaf forms, not to offer sensual distraction.
The abbey church is in the form of a tau cross with an apse projecting beyond the abbey's outer walls. Somewhat unusually, its liturgical east end faces north, as the narrow and secluded valley offered no space for the conventional arrangement.
In the 13th and 14th centuries, Sénanque reached its apogee, operating four mills, seven granges and possessing large estates in Provence. In 1509, when the first abbot in commendam was named, a sure sign of the decline of vocation, the community at Sénanque had shrunk to about a dozen. During the Wars of Religion the quarters for the lay brothers were destroyed and the abbey was ransacked by Huguenots. At the French Revolution the abbey's lands were nationalized, the one remaining monk was expelled and Sénanque itself was sold to a private individual. It was only in 1854 that the Abbey returned to its traditional role
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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 Rock of Cashel (Irish: Carraig Phádraig, also known as Cashel of the Kings and St. Patrick's Rock, is a historic site located at Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland.
According to local mythology, the Rock of Cashel originated in the Devil's Bit, a mountain 30 km north of Cashel when St. Patrick banished Satan from a cave, resulting in the Rock's landing in Cashel. Cashel is reputed to be the site of the conversion of the King of Munster by St. Patrick in the 5th century.
The Rock of Cashel was the traditional seat of the kings of Munster for several hundred years prior to the Norman invasion. In 1101, the King of Munster, Muirchertach Ua Briain, donated his fortress on the Rock to the Church. The picturesque complex has a character of its own and is one of the most remarkable collections of Celtic art and medieval architecture to be found anywhere in Europe. Few remnants of the early structures survive; the majority of buildings on the current site date from the 12th and 13th centuries...
Cormac's Chapel, the chapel of King Cormac Mac Carthaigh, was begun in 1127 and consecrated in 1134 - Wikipedia
This is the first organ consecrated in 1844, Built by Gray and Davison. This organ was originally at Chester Cathedral. England.
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.
The construction of this Art Deco church, consecrated on 4 June 1933, started in May 1932.
Photo shot in 2011 from the top of the Brusilia Residence.
Azimuth 64.4°, 1.6 km away (0.99 mi).
Address: Avenue Henri Conscience, 156 - 1140 Evere (Brussels)
FR : Eglise Notre-Dame Immaculée à Evere (Bruxelles)
La construction de cette église Art déco, consacrée le 4 juin 1933, a commencé en mai 1932.
Photo prise en 2011 du haut de la Résidence Brusilia.
Azimut 64.4°, distance 1.6 km.
Adresse : Avenue Henri Conscience, 156 - 1140 Evere (Brussels)
NL: Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Onbevlekt kerk in Evere (Brussel)
De bouw van deze Art Deco kerk, ingewijd op 4 juni 1933, begon in mei 1932.
Foto genomen in 2011 vanaf de top van de Brusilia Residentie.
Azimut 64.4°, 1.6 km ver.
Adres: Avenue Henri Conscience, 156 - 1140 Evere (Brussels)
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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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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
Amsterdam : Begijnhof and their garden
In a sort of vast courtyard with a delightful lawn in the center, surrounded by dozens of small neat and well-kept houses. Elderly ladies who stroll or have tea in their home garden, flowers everywhere, an atmosphere of incredible serenity and two chapels facing each other: this is the Begijnhof. It was founded in 1346 by some women who aspired to live in a religious community without binding to the strict rules of the conventual cloister. They did not take their vows and behaved like lay sisters: each kept her own house, small personal properties and her own freedoms, but consecrated their lives to the poor and the sick.
In una sorta di vasto cortile con al centro un delizioso prato attorniato da decine di piccole case ordinate e curatissime .
Anziane signore che passeggiano o prendono il tè nel giardino di casa , fiori ovunque ,un'atmosfera di incredibile serenità e due cappelle che si fronteggiano : questo è il Begijnhof . Venne fondato nel 1346 da alcune donne che aspiravano a vivere in una comunità religiosa senza legarsi alle rigide regole della clausura conventuale . Non prendevano i voti e si comportavano come sorelle laiche : ognuna manteneva la sua casetta ,le piccole proprietà personali e le proprie libertà ,ma consacravano la loro vita ai poveri e ai malati .
Sur le plan architectural, l'édifice est remarquable aussi bien par ses proportions harmonieuses, liées à l'unité de sa conception, que par la qualité de ses tympans, de ses sculptures et de ses vitraux. Elle se distingue notamment des autres grandes cathédrales de l'époque par une recherche toute nouvelle d'un espace intérieur unifié. Cas exceptionnel en France pour une cathédrale gothique, elle ne possède pas de transept.
La cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges est une cathédrale gothique construite entre la fin du XIIe et la fin du XIIIe siècle.
Architecturally, the building is remarkable both for its harmonious proportions, linked to the unity of its design, and for the quality of its tympanums, sculptures and stained glass windows. It differs in particular from the other great cathedrals of the time by a completely new search for a unified interior space. Exceptional case in France for a Gothic cathedral, it does not have a transept.
The Saint-Étienne de Bourges cathedral is a Gothic cathedral built between the end of the 12th and the end of the 13th century.
The cathedral marks its originality by the size of the western facade with its five portals. They are consecrated, in order and from left to right, to: Guillaume de Bourges, the Virgin Mary, the Last Judgment (central portal), to the martyr Étienne and to Ursin de Bourges. The lack of a transept probably led to a relatively simple design of the side portals.
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.
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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.
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...
Interior from the church in Mörlunda, Småland, southern Sweden.
The church was built in 1840 (though not consecrated until 1843!). But there has been a church here long before that, probably since before 1329. This church was not a replacement of that one, however, since that one got destroyed in 1567 during hostilities of what is now known as the Northern Seven Years' War (1563-1570).
The altar-piece is a copy of The Descent from the Cross painted by Rubens 1612–1614, which you can see in the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium. This copy dates to 1840 and was made by the local talent Salomon Andersson (who made many pieces for churches in the area). It is a copy, but I have to admit it is a rather crude one, if you compare this one to the original.
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Stephansdom
is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna
The current Romanesque and Gothic form of the cathedral, seen today in the Stephansplatz, was largely initiated by Duke Rudolf IV (1339–1365) and stands on the ruins of two earlier churches, the first a parish church consecrated in 1147.
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Here's an unusual take on this iconic building :-) hehe!
The Cathedral of Florence, officially known as Cattedrale Santa Maria del Fiore but better known as the Duomo, was originally planned in 1296 as a Gothic cathedral by Arnolfo di Cambio. It replaced the church of Santa Reparata, a cathedral church with a history going back to the early Middle Ages. Construction of the church would last until 1436 when it was consecrated by pope Eugene IV.
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.
Czech Republic. Kostel Svateho Jiri (St. George’s Church) was finished and consecrated in 1352, but over the next 300 years it experienced decidedly more than its fair share of devastating fires and other spooky (according to locals) events. When, in 1968, part of the roof collapsed during a funeral service, it proved to be the final straw for the fleeing congregation. They decided to go ahead and admit what they’d known all along – the place was haunted as shit.
The Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God (other name is the Old Ascension Church)
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The Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God (other name is the Old Ascension Church) is a wooden Orthodox church in the city of Torzhok, Tver Region of Russia.
The first mention of the temple in the clerical record dates back to 1653. The wooden building was built on the right, high, bank of Tvertsa. The height of the temple is 34 meters. Since the temple was wooden, it was redone many times. In the 1780s, a foundation of white old stone was laid under the building (on one of them the year 1782 was knocked out). In 1783, the back roof was replaced by iron, in 1806 the porch was built, and in 1828 the head was redone. By 1854, the temple was dilapidated and it was decided to build a new stone one in return.
In the middle of the XIX century, parishioners decided to build a new stone Ascension Church near the wooden church. It was supposed to destroy the old church, and use the material from it in a new one or sell it in another parish. But the Archbishop of Tver Filofei (Uspensky) forbade the demolition of "such a wonderful church both in antiquity and in architecture." As a result, a new stone Ascension Church was built, in 1858 the warm Zosimo-Savvatievskaya church was demolished, but the old wooden Ascension Church remained standing.
However, the temple was not demolished, but was transferred to the Staritsky tract. By 1883, the temple was reconstructed and on October 5 it was re-consecrated in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God.
In Soviet times, church services ceased in 1929. There was a plan to transfer the temple to the Museum of Wooden Architecture in Vasilevo near Torzhok.
In the mid-1970s and early 1980s, restoration and research work was carried out. In the 2000s, worship services resumed in the summer.
The temple preserved painting of the XVIII century, and in the lower tiers of the painting of the second half of the XIX century. In the ceiling of the upper tier is an octagonal niche with the image of the New Testament Trinity.
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.
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.
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.
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
1085 De la Cathedrale Street, Montreal
The Cathedral is the third largest church in Quebec and is Catholic denomination. It was built to replace the former St. Jacques Cathedral which had burned in 1852. Work began in 1875 it was completed in 1894 and consecrated as St. James Cathedral being the patron of the parish that it served.
However in 1955 at the request of Cardinal Paul-Emile Leger it was rededicated by Pope Benedict XV to Mary, Queen of the world. There have been a number of restoration works. In 2003 the enclosed porch and esplanade were restored. Another restoration in 2005 was the work done to Bishop Ignace Bourget’s statue on the outside of the building.
The Bishop’s Mortuary was completed in 1935, this was dedicated to Bishop Bourget where lays his tomb. The walls and floors are made from Italian marble.
The Chapel of the Assumption has a beautiful wood carved altar with gold leaf decoration. There is a wonderful painting of Our Lady painted in the 17th cent by a Spanish monk (unknown). The altar itself was discovered by Rololphe Messmer, an Austrian architect in France. He donated to the cathedral in 1994.
The Ciborium which covers the altar and is located under the dome was created in Rome in 1900 by Joseph-Arthur Vincent and is a reproduction of the famous one in St. Peter’s in Rome.
The Statues which atop the roof of the Cathedral represent the thirteen parishes of Montreal and again imitate those on St. Peter’s in Rome.
There are many treasures to see whilst there, there are many paintings, beautiful stained glass window and panels. The Great Organ was built by Casavant Freres and installed in 1893. The company also did the maintenance work in the 1950’s.
A truly wonderful Cathedral to visit.