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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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Long exposure of St Giles Cathedral, Taken last night (25/03). I like the car trails going down the Royal Mile, But i feel that the lights on the right of the frame sort of ruins the image.
St Katherine Cree, Leadenhall Street, London
Early 20th Century postcard bought on ebay. A sepia version of a Charles Flowers painting for Raphael Tuck & Co. Posted in an envelope with a message that reads:
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How are you all. by now
the ink runs on this so will use pencil. I wrote to Mrs a but got the enclosed as she has moved away but took my letter to Mrs Cherry too. so am writing to her to say will take so that's settled and very good. best think to do it all in a fortnight say yes or I'll chastise you severely suppose you are in bed, guessed so. How are Mum & Dad quite A1 so am I think you felt quite A1 now the [ ] are settled. Am just off to work so cannot stop any longer for am late had a very busy morning. Give my love to Mum & Dad & others & yourself Best wishes to [ ] YAW
Suggestions welcome for the two missing words.
St Katherine Cree is a very unusual church for London, unusual for England, for it was one of the very few churches to be built during the Laudian years at the start of the 17th Century. More than this, it can proudly claim that the new church was consecrated by Archbishop Laud himself. Even more, the vestments he wore and the ceremony he oversaw on the occasion were both used in evidence against him at his trial before he was summarily beheaded by the Puritans. You don't get a much higher pedigree than that.
Under the circumstances then, it is perhaps a little disappointing that the church is rather traditional, rebuilt on the exact foundations of its medieval predecessor, and perhaps doesn't really reflect what we know of Laudian worship at all. As Elizabeth and Wayland Young observed, it answers no questions about its time, informing one only that it was a time of change and indecision.
The dedication is an abbreviation of St Katherine Creechurch or Christchurch, for this was the site of the Augustinian Priory of Holy Trinity Aldgate, the parish of which was known as Christchurch. The people of the parish used the Priory church, which the monks seem to have found something of a nuisance, so in the 14th Century they gave the parish its own church, which Simon Bradley suggests may have been the former cemetery chapel. As the parish of Christchurch had been made up of four earlier medieval parishes, the new church took its dedication from one of them, St Katherine.
At the dissolution the parish was offered the Priory church, but they turned it down, probably because it was in a poor state of repair, or perhaps they were merely proud of the new tower built against their own church some thirty years earlier. Instead, St Katherine Cree was rebuilt against the tower, and consecrated in 1628. The floor was raised up higher than the old church, the ceilings vaulted, the east window in its Catherine wheel style one of the most memorable in London. The church survived the Great Fire, and Samuel Pepys described how it was used by the Corporation as a meeting place in the days after it. This part of Leadenhall Street survived the Blitz, and so St Katherine Cree remains in all its singularity.
(c) Simon Knott, December 2015
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ABOUT ST. AUGUSTINE:
Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in the United States. Today, the old city is a unique tourist destination due to its abundance of authentic and recreated historic sites, varied museums, romantic bed and breakfast inns, and nearby ocean beaches.
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A view of St. Andrew Chapel, a small sanctuary that is open to visitors for quiet meditation during daytime hours through the week.
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If you are a fan of authentic Arts and Crafts interiors, this cathedral is pure heaven. It is spectacularly detailed, and has a richness of textures that makes for a uniquely warm and lovely environment. You'll also love the church if you enjoy the music of a powerful pipe organ. When I visited, the organist was practicing LOUD and it was awesome to hear it :-)
This building was designed by architects Clarke and Faulkner, and it opened on October 9, 1875. Artist E.J. Neville Stent of New York, known for his English Arts and Crafts-style church interiors, added the cathedral's elaborate stenciling to the sanctuary interior in 1888-89.
Fire Station 30, that used to be the town hall of St-Louis du mile-end before it got merged to montreal
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St Patrick's Cathedral at Parramatta. Both hand held panos. The interior shot is a bit of a shocker with stitching but there was a small service on so I threw the camera in the door in electronic shutter mode and most of the shots failed due to the flickering of the fluorescent lights.
I'll be back for a proper shoot here one day.
St George, Bradfield St George, Suffolk
The church was open daily before covid, but is locked now. Or, at least, the sign says it is. But as I approached I could see that the south doorway was open and the church security alarm was going off. A van with 'Historic Building Restorations' on the side in the churchyard explained what had happened - the workmen had set it off. Soon after, the churchwarden came to turn it off.
The workmen are obviously working on the church's drainage system, because two 17th Century headstones that had for many years lain flat, partly covered with earth, have been resurrected to clear a path for the drain. They now stand against the churchyard wall. Both appear to have different mason's marks at the base, and the date on the one with a legible inscription appears to be 1675, an early date for such a grand headstone in Suffolk.
More about the church: www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/bradgeorge.html
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Had to journey to London for work, so took the opportunity to go and take a picture of St Paul's cathedral as it's literally round the corner from the office.
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St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, Englanda, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing.
St. John Frizell one of the owners of Gage & Tollner and Sunken Harbor Club
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Wednesday Nov 3, 2021 photographed by Daniel Krieger for The New York Times