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This famous place was built 1721-1725 by the architects Francesco de Sanctis and Alessandro Specchi. The name derives from the Spanish embassy close by. But it might be worth noting that the Italian name is Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti and there is nothing Spanish about it at all.
The church at the top of the Spanish steps is really called Santissima Trinità dei Monti, though more commonly just called Trinità dei Monti. So it is from this church the steps have their Italian name. But the church also has the French name La Trinité-des-Monts - because this church actually belongs to the French state. The work on the building of the church had begun in 1502 - but it was not consecrated until 1585. And since fashion change, what had been intended as a church in late Gothic style, ended up being made in the Renaissance style instead.
The obelisk in front of the church might look Egyptian, but is actually Roman - made for the Horti Sallustiani in the city of Rome in the later years of the 1st century B.C.
Another interior view of St joseph church in Holzkirchen. A modern styled church building, construction was completed and the church was consecrated in 2018.
This building replaced a church of the same name from 1962, that had to be closed due to construction defects and risk of collapse in 2011, profanated in 2012 and finally demolished in 2014.
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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 Kyiv Pechersk Lavra contains numerous architectural monuments, ranging from bell towers to cathedrals to cave systems and to strong stone fortification walls. The main attractions of the Lavra include the Great Lavra Belltower, and the Dormition Cathedral.
Built in the 11th century, the main church of the monastery was destroyed during the World War II, a couple of months after the Nazi Germany troops occupied the city of Kyiv.
In 1928, the monastery was converted into a museum park by the Soviet authorities and after its return no efforts were provided to restore the church. The temple was finally restored in 1995 after Ukraine obtained its independence and the construction was accomplished in two years. The new Dormition Church was consecrated in 2000.
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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.
The neo-Gothic Votivkirche in Vienna was consecrated in 1879. The high altar was created by the sculptor Josef Gasser.
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One of the two 'twin churches' at Piazza del Popolo, Rome (the other being Santa Maria in Montesanto). The order to build this church came from Pope Alexander VII in 1661, but the actual work was not begun until 1675. The work was finished in 1679 but the church was not consecrated for another two years.
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.
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Colourful light effect from a stained glass window in a side chapel.
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 a small valley in the Luberon hills surrounded by forests in Provence sits the beautiful abbey of Sénanque. This shot was taken standing inside the Abbeys cloisters in 2018
The abbey was consecrated in 1178. Amongst its surviving structures, arefine examples of Romanesque architecture including the abbey church, cloister, dormitory and chapter house. The abbey is a remarkably untouched by time the architecture is quite severe , not to offer sensual distraction.
In the 13th and 14th centuries, Sénanque reached its apogee, operating four mills, seven farms and possessing large estates in Provence. In 1509 the community at Sénanque had shrunk to about a dozen monks. 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 nationalised, 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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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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Kaufhaus Konrad und Herz-Jesu-Kirche in Pfersee, einem Stadtteil von Augsburg
In Pfersee, which "is a part of the city of Augsburg, Bavaria with some 25.000 inhabitants. [...] In 1911 Pfersee was incorporated to Augsburg." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfersee
In the second half of the 19th century, industry settled in the small village of Pfersee and the population grew at a rapid pace. The old parish church quickly became much too small, and so the construction of a new, large parish church became necessary. The Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Church of the Sacred Heart) with its 72 meter high tower, visible from afar and towering over factory chimneys, was consecrated in 1910. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herz-Jesu-Kirche_(Augsburg)
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.
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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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A grave for an unknown American soldier buried at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery.
This American war cemetery from the First World War has 6012 graves (597 of which are over unknown persons) and commemorates 241 soldiers who died in the area, but whose remains have never been identified.
The soldiers here mainly lost their lives in the Second Battle of the Marne (15 July - 6 August 1918) and the American Oise-Aisne campaign (18 August - 11 November 1918). The cemetery was at first just a temporary solution, but was properly consecrated in 1921.
Confusingly enough, in French the name of the cemetery is (in translation) The American cemetery of Seringes-et-Nesles.
Kloster St. Blasien, St. Blasien, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland.
La abadía de San Blas (en alemán: Kloster St. Blasien) fue una antigua abadía benedictina del Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico fundada al final del siglo X en la Selva Negra, junto a la localidad de St. Blasien (hoy perteneciente al estado federado de Baden-Wurtemberg, Alemania). La abadía fue disuelta en el curso de la secularización de 1806, siendo utilizados sus edificios como una de las primeras fábricas mecanizadas en Alemania. Desde 1934, los edificios que se conservaban fueron destinados a una universidad de los jesuitas, el Kolleg St. Blasien.
La abadía tuvo temporalmente el estatus de abadía imperial, de 1125 a 1250. El príncipe-abad (Fürstabt) de San Blas ostentó desde 1609 nuevamente el estatus principesco (Reichsfürst) no por la abadía en sí, sino porque la abadía había adquirido el condado de Bonndorf que llevaba consigo el estatus principesco.
La iglesia de la abadía se quemó en 1768 y fue reconstruida como un templo circular de estilo neoclásico diseñado por el arquitecto Pierre Michel d'Ixnard, con una enorme cúpula de 36 metros de diámetro y 63 metros de alto (la tercera más grande de Europa al norte de los Alpes), a partir del año 1781 bajo el mandato del Príncipe-Abad Martin Gerbert. Recibió el nombre de Dom St. Blasius, siendo también conocida como "Catedral de San Blas" (así llamada por su gran tamaño y magnificencia, no por ser una catedral en sentido eclesiástico o administrativo). Fue consagrada en 1784.
Los efectos de otro incendio catastrófico en 1874 fueron finalmente remediados en la década de 1980.
St. Blaise's Abbey (German: Kloster St. Blasien) was a former Benedictine abbey of the Holy Roman Empire founded in the late 10th century in the Black Forest near the town of St. Blasien (today in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany). The abbey was dissolved during the secularisation of 1806, and its buildings were used as one of the first mechanised factories in Germany. From 1934, the surviving buildings were used as a Jesuit university, the Kolleg St. Blasien.
The abbey temporarily had the status of an imperial abbey from 1125 to 1250. The prince-abbot (Fürstabt) of St. Blaise held princely status (Reichsfürst) again from 1609, not because of the abbey itself, but because the abbey had acquired the county of Bonndorf, which carried with it princely status.
The abbey church burned down in 1768 and was rebuilt as a circular neoclassical church designed by the architect Pierre Michel d'Ixnard with a huge dome measuring 36 metres in diameter and 63 metres high (the third largest in Europe north of the Alps) from 1781 under Prince-Abbot Martin Gerbert. It was named Dom St. Blasius, and is also known as "St. Blaise's Cathedral" (so called because of its great size and magnificence, not because it is a cathedral in the ecclesiastical or administrative sense). It was consecrated in 1784.
The effects of another catastrophic fire in 1874 were finally remedied in the 1980s.
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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The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Constanţa, located at 25 Arhiepiscopiei Street, Constanţa, Romania, is the seat of the Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Tomis, as well as a monastery. Situated between Ovid Square and the Black Sea in front of the Archbishop's Palace, it was built on the city's peninsular zone in 1883-85 following plans by architect Ion Mincu. The cornerstone was laid on 4 September 1883, during the reign of Iosif Gheorghian, Metropolitan of All Romania. The church was consecrated on 22 May 1895.
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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 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.
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Azimut 64.4°, 1.6 km ver.
Adres: Avenue Henri Conscience, 156 - 1140 Evere (Brussels)
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Kristiansand Cathedral (Norwegian: Kristiansand domkirke) is a cathedral in Kristiansand municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Kvadraturen area in the central part of the city of Kristiansand. The church is the main church for the Kristiansand domkirken parish and it is the seat of the Kristiansand arch-deanery within the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The cathedral is also the seat of the Bishop of Agder and Telemark. The brick church was completed in 1885 and is one of the largest cathedrals in Norway. This cathedral is the fourth church and third cathedral to be located on this site over the centuries.
The cathedral is in the same location as three previous buildings. The first, called Trefoldigetskirken (Trinity Church), a small wooden church, was built in 1645. When Kristiansand was appointed the seat of the diocese in 1682, construction began on the town's first cathedral, called Vor Frelsers Kirke (Our Saviour's Church). That first cathedral, built in stone, was consecrated in 1696, but burned down in 1734. The second cathedral, consecrated in 1738, was destroyed by a fire that affected the whole city, on 18 December 1880. The current cathedral, which is larger than its predecessor, was consecrated in 1885. When the 1940 Nazi attack on Kristiansand took place early in the morning of 9 April 1940, the 70-metre (230 ft)-tall cathedral tower was hit by an artillery shell, which damaged the upper part
Very few churches in Cornwall have spires or steeples and one of the exceptions is the Grade I-listed Church of St Germanus at Rame in the far south-east of Cornwall. This was consecrated in 1259, possibly on earlier foundations. A Norman tympanum was discovered here during a restoration in the 1880s.
The tower and the spire both date from the 13th century, which is earlier than the spires of many churches in this country. It is a landmark that can be seen from many miles around.
Remarkably, the church has no electricity and it is lit by candles.
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
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.
The San Michele Cemetery has been Venice’s principal cemetery since its creation in 1807. The cemetery is located on the island of Isola di San Michele between Venice and Murano.
In addition to the main consecrated Catholic burial ground, there are separate Protestant and Eastern Orthodox sections catering to non-Catholics. The Jewish cemetery of Venice is located on the island of Lido. Both the cemetery and the island are named after the church of San Michele in Isola built in the 15th century on the island, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel.
Established in 1807, San Michele has been under continuous use as the main burial ground of Venice for over 200 years. Space is tight, and therefore cemetery management puts graves up for lease for 12 years, recycling communal plots following lease expiration by removing skeletal remains to be transferred to an ossuary.
Church of Reverend Agapit Pecherskyi.
Церква преподобного Агапіта Печерського у Києво-Печерській Лаврі.
Venerable Agapitos the Unmercenary Healer (+1095) was a native of Kyiv and one of the most famous monks of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The saint became famous for having the gift of healing people through prayer. Venerable Agapitos of the Kyiv Caves is considered the founder of national medicine, he is the patron saint of doctors and patients. St. Agapitos Church is located in the building of the former monastery hospital, built in 1910-1912. The church was revived in 2016-2021. On December 7, 2021, the new church was consecrated by Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Onufriy (Berezovsky).
Преподобний Агапіт Цілитель Безмилосердний (+1095) був киянином, одним із найвідоміших ченців Києво-Печерської Лаври. Святий прославився тим, що мав дар зцілювати людей молитвою. Преподобний Агапіт Києво-Печерський вважається засновником вітчизняної медицини, він є покровителем лікарів і хворих. Церква Святого Агапіта розташована в будівлі колишньої монастирської лікарні, побудованої в 1910-1912 роках. Церква була відроджена у 2016-2021 роках. 7 грудня 2021 року новий храм освятив Митрополит Київський і всієї України Онуфрій (Березовський).
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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...
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. The most important religious building in Vienna, St. Stephen's Cathedral, has witnessed many important events in Habsburg and Austrian history and has become one of the city's most recognizable symbols with its multi-colored tile roof. It has 256 stairs from the top to the bottom
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 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.
All Saints was built at the instigation of Isabella Lear, widow of the Dean of Salisbury, on land donated by Viscount Folkestone, and consecrated in 1854. Designed by architect Thomas Wyatt, it is built in stone and cut flint in the decorated style, and comprises chancel with north vestry, nave, south porch, and stone gable belfry at the west end containing a single bell. The interior is simple with only a handful of memorial tablets; a brass and marble tablet on the north wall commemorates the men of the parish who lost their lives in the 1914-18 War. The east window (1959) is by Christopher Webb
St. Francis of Assisi Church, also known as the Emperor's Jubilee Church, is a Basilica-style Catholic church in Vienna, Austria. Built between 1898 and 1910, it was consecrated in 1913. It is located on the Mexikoplatz in Vienna's Second District and is administered by the Order of the Holy 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.
Brompton is one of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries and is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful. It was consecrated in 1839 and is stil in use today with over 35,000 gravestones and monuments.
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.
La cathédrale marque son originalité par l'ampleur de la façade occidentale avec ses cinq portails. Ils sont consacrés, dans l'ordre et de gauche à droite, à : Guillaume de Bourges, la Vierge Marie, le Jugement Dernier (portail central), au martyr Étienne et à Ursin de Bourges. L'absence de transept a probablement conduit à une conception relativement simple des portails latéraux.
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.
Spathyphyllum
Common name: "Peace Lily" or "White Flag"
Latin name: Spathiphyllum 'Lynise
Aspiration for Purity
Purity is perfect sincerity and one can obtain it only when the being
is entirely consecrated to the Divine.
[We can, simply by a sincere aspiration, open a sealed door in us and
find...that Something which will change the whole significance of
life, reply to all our questions, solve all our problems and lead us
to the perfection we aspire for without knowing it, to that reality we
alone can satisfy us and give us lasting joy, eqilibrium, strength,
life.
THE MOTHER]