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Die römisch-katholische St.-Hedwigs-Kathedrale ist die Bischofskirche des Erzbistums Berlin . ,Der Rundbau wurde ab 1747 im Auftrag von Friedrich dem Großen nach Plänen von Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff im Stil des Friderizianischen Rokoko errichtet. Der erste katholische Kirchenbau in Berlin nach der Reformation wurde besonders für die neuen römisch-katholischen Einwohner Berlins aus Schlesien errichtet und deshalb dem Patrozinium der als Schutzpatronin Schlesiens verehrten Hedwig von Andechs unterstellt. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg ausgebrannt, wurde die Kathedrale 1952–1963 nach Plänen von Hans Schwippert im Stil der Nachkriegsmoderne wiederhergestellt. In den Jahren 1952 bis 1963 wurde die nunmehr in der Hauptstadt der DDR gelegene Kathedrale wiederhergestellt. Den Innenraum gestaltete der (westdeutsche) Architekt Hans Schwippert in Zusammenarbeit mit Künstlern neu. Er schuf eine außergewöhnliche Raumaufteilung. In dem durch den Bombenabwurf zerstörten Sakralbau wurde ein Zugang zur Unterkirche mit den neugeschaffenen acht Kapellen angelegt. Die in der Substanz weitgehend erhaltene Außenarchitektur des Zentralbaus wurde in Anlehnung an das historische Erscheinungsbild wiederhergestellt. Die Kuppel wurde jedoch im Umriss verändert und erhielt eine mit Kupfer verkleidete, paraboloide Betonschalenkonstruktion aus 84 Segmenten. Sie hat einen Innendurchmesser von 33 Metern. Im November 2013 schrieb das Erzbistum Berlin einen Architektenwettbewerb zur Neugestaltung des Innenraumes und des baulichen Umfelds aus. Die Notwendigkeit begründete das Erzbistum damit, dass die Entwicklungen in Liturgie und Theologie infolge des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils (1962–1965) entsprechende bauliche Weiterentwicklungen und Anpassungen verlangen würden. Vor allem durch die Bodenöffnung zur Krypta wäre der Priester zu sehr von der Gemeinde getrennt. Den Architekturwettbewerb gewann der Entwurf des Architekturbüros Sichau & Walter Architekten GmbH aus Fulda mit Leo Zogmayer aus Wien. Von 2018 bis Ende November 2024 war die Kathedrale dannwegen Sanierung und Umbaus geschlossen. Der neue Altar, ein Gussstein, in den nach einer Idee von Leo Zogmayer von Gemeindemitgliedern gespendete Steine aller Art aus allen Gegenden des Erzbistums, das bis nach Mecklenburg-Vorpommern reicht, eingeschlossen sind, wurde am 1. November 2023, dem 250. Jahrestag der ursprünglichen Kirchweihe, geweiht. Auch nach einer Idee von Zogmayer sind in die matten Fenster Luftblasen eingearbeitet, die den Sternenhimmel über Berlin zum Zeitpunkt von Christi Geburt zeigen. Bei dem trüben Licht des Tages, an dem ich in der Kirche war, waren sie allerdings nicht zu erkennen. Die Wiedereröffnung der umgestalteten Kathedrale fand am Christkönigsfest, dem 24. November 2024, statt. Der Umbau war heftig umstritten gewesen, zumal die Nachkriegsgestaltung eigentlich unter Denkmalschutz stand. Auf mich persönlich wirkte die neue Gestaltung sehr kühl und steril, auch fand ich die Kuppelgestaltung mit sichtbaren Betonrippen sehr viel interessanter als die neue glatte Kuppeldecke mit netzartigen Strukturen.
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The Roman Catholic St Hedwig's Cathedral is the episcopal church of the Archdiocese of Berlin. The circular building was commissioned by Frederick the Great in 1747 and built in the Friderician Rococo style according to plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff. The first Catholic church building in Berlin after the Reformation was erected especially for the new Roman Catholic inhabitants of Berlin from Silesia and was therefore placed under the patronage of Hedwig of Andechs, who was honoured as the patron saint of Silesia. Burnt out during the Second World War, the cathedral was rebuilt in 1952-1963 according to plans by Hans Schwippert in the style of post-war modernism. The cathedral, now located in the capital of the GDR (East Germany), was rebuilt between 1952 and 1963. The interior was redesigned by the (West German) architect Hans Schwippert in collaboration with artists. He created an unusual room layout. An entrance to the lower church with the newly created eight chapels was created in the sacred building, which had been destroyed by the bombing. The exterior architecture of the building with central disposition, the substance of which was largely preserved, was restored to its historical appearance. However, the outline of the dome was changed and it was given a copper-clad, paraboloid concrete shell construction consisting of 84 segments. It has an internal diameter of 33 metres. In November 2013, the Archdiocese of Berlin announced an architectural competition to redesign the interior and the structural surroundings. It justified the need for this by stating that developments in liturgy and theology as a result of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) would require corresponding structural developments and adaptations. In particular, the floor opening to the crypt would separate the priest too much from the congregation. The architectural competition was won by Sichau & Walter Architekten GmbH from Fulda with Leo Zogmayer from Vienna. The cathedral was then closed from 2018 until the end of November 2024 for renovation and conversion work. The new altar, a cast stone that incorporates stones of all kinds donated by parishioners from all parts of the archdiocese, which extends as far as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, was consecrated on 1 November 2023, the 250th anniversary of the original consecration of the church. Also based on an idea by Zogmayer, air bubbles are incorporated into the frosted windows, showing the starry sky over Berlin at the time of Christ's birth. However, in the dim light of the day when I was in the church, they were not visible. The reopening of the remodelled cathedral took place on the Feast of Christ the King, 24 November 2024. The remodelling had been highly controversial, especially as the post-war design was actually a listed building. I personally found the new design very cool and sterile, and I also found the dome design with visible concrete ribs much more interesting than the new smooth dome ceiling with mesh-like structures.
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Eine Vergleichsaufnahme des Nachkriegsinnenraum findet sich hier:
Here you can see a photo from the post-war interior architecture:
OTD 24 years ago. 46229 "Duchess of Hamilton" at Bury Bolton St station during an organised night shoot. Sadly the "Semi" is now stuffed and mounted and re streamlined in the NRM. Friday 16 February 1996.
The Convent of St. Cajetan and Church of Divine Providence, Old Goa, Goa
The large and beautiful Church of St. Cajetan, lies about half a kilometer away to the north east of the Se Cathedral, and quite near the ruins of the Viceregal Palace. This church, which is said to have been modelled on the original design of the Basilica of St.Peter in Rome, is architecturally Corinthian both externally and internally while the gilded altars with rich carvings are in rich Baroque style. The Church building itself is built of laterite blocks which are lime plastered.alt
The Church of St. Cajetan as it is popularly known, (originally called The Church of Our Lady of Divine Providence) and the Convent of St. Cajetan were built by Italian friars of the Order of Theatines, (known in Portuguese as Clérigos Regulares da Divina Providência). Although the church altar is dedicated to Our Lady of Divine Providence, the church is named after the founder of the Theatine order, St. Cajetan, a contemporary of St Francis Xavier.
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ECD 9530 met ICNG-B 3311 door St Mariaburg vanuit Rotterdam naar Brussel.
ECD 9530 by ICNG-B 3311 passing St Mariaburg from Rotterdam to Brussels.
It was pretty cool to see it live and up close. You can definitely feel the jet landing and taking off! It is actually called the "Princess Juliana International Airport". I actually saw some people get blown off from the beach when the jumbo jet took off. It was quite funny since no one was hurt :o)
From Wikipedia:
Princess Juliana International Airport (IATA: SXM, ICAO: TNCM) (also known as Sint Maarten International Airport) serves the Dutch part of the island of Saint Martin. In 2007, the airport handled 1,647,824 passengers and 103,650 aircraft movements.[2] The airport serves as a hub for Windward Islands Airways and is the major gateway for the smaller Leeward Islands, including Anguilla, Saba, St. Barthélemy and St. Eustatius. It is named after Juliana of the Netherlands, who as crown princess landed here in 1944, the year after the airport opened. There is also an airport on the French side of the island, called Aéroport de Grand Case or L'Espérance Airport. The airport is perhaps best known for very low-altitude flyover landing approaches due to one end of its runway being extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach.
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Today is the feast of St Mary Magdalene who Christ sent to his Apostles to announce his Resurrection. Thus she is called 'apostle to the Apostles', and she's patroness of the Order of Preachers. This window is in St Lawrence Jewry, London.
The morning started off full of promise when I arrived at St Lawrence church at Hungerford with plenty of mist coming off the Avon canal which soon disappeared.
But after thinking it was going to be not the best of mornings for landscape photography the smoke from one of the canal boats drifted in front of the church where it was highlighted by the rays of the rising sun.
The Church of St Mary in the village of Brook in Kent.
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The main structure of the church dates from between 1070 and 1120, and the wall paintings here in the Chancel date from about 1280.
The wall-painting colours have changed and faded with the passing of the centuries; what are now blacks and browns were once bright colours and gold, and for a long time whitewashed over. Much care has been taken in more recent times to rediscover and protect them. The lancet-style east window in the centre has been added or enlarged at some time, thus causing destructon of the central parts of the wall-painting roundel designs.
- image © Phil Brandon Hunter - www.philbhu.com - P9120010a
Churches of the Canterbury Diocese: www.flickr.com/photos/191876035@N02/albums/72177720306105...
St. Catharines Transit 0804, a 2008 hybrid New Flyer DE40LFR, on Carlisle Street on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021.
From 1712 until 1918, St. Petersburg was the capital of the Russian Empire. Peter I (the Great) began the construction of the city as his "Window on the West" in 1703. During the subsequent three centuries, St. Petersburg was identified with the three major forces shaping Russian history: Westernization, industrialization, and revolution. The city was renamed Petrograd in 1914, at the beginning of World War I, because it sounded less German, was then named Leningrad after the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924, and again became St. Petersburg in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. Confusingly, the surrounding region (oblast) is still known as Leningrad.
View from Piz Nair. At 10,030 feet, Piz Nair is the highest peak in Corviglia, the main ski area in St. Moritz. It is reachable first by funicular to 8,155 feet, then cable car to the top. The highest peaks to the north are Piz Calderas (11,145) and Piz Err (11,082).
As from 1976 the St.-Felix Depot is one of the protected monuments of Antwerp. During the renovation of the building much attention was spent to keep as close as possible to the original building.
As from 2006 the Antwerp City Archives are preserved in the former Depot. Furthermore one can also find archives of companies, associations, private persons and families.
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Het Sint-Felixpakhuis ligt tussen de Godefriduskaai en de Oude Leeuwenrui op het Eilandje. Het staat sinds 1976 op de lijst van beschermde monumenten. Daarom ging er tijdens de restauratiewerken veel aandacht naar de oorspronkelijke architectuur van het gebouw. De stad heeft er alles aan gedaan om in het nieuwe FelixArchief het authentieke karakter van het pakhuis zoveel mogelijk te bewaren. Eén van de blikvangers is een 70 meter lange lichtstraat door het gebouw die de verbinding vormt tussen de historische binnenstad en het Eilandje.
In het voormalig pakhuis worden sinds de renovatie de stadsarchieven van Antwerpen bewaard.
Het stadsarchief bewaart alle documenten van de stedelijke administratie sinds de 13de eeuw. U vindt er ook archieven terug van een aantal instellingen, bedrijven, verenigingen, particulieren en families. Dit alles is goed voor meer dan 20 kilometer archieven of ruim 100.000 archiefdozen. Na 50 jaar werd het de hoogste tijd om te verhuizen uit de oude archiefgebouwen in de Venusstraat. De bewaaromstandigheden van de documenten waren niet meer aangepast aan de moderne archiefnormen, de magazijnen waren overvol en ook de leeszaal was te klein voor het groeiende aantal bezoekers.