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Day 1 started at 2 am in order to wake up, pick up and get to Luton Airport for the 7 am flight. We finally flew at 9 am due to a passenger having medical issues on the runway.
Having booked the rest of the day was spent at La Segrada Familia Church. Impressive, modern but old if that makes sense. After a paella meal, Tim Hortons doughnuts and hot chocolate were consumed before falling asleep at 8 pm!
I've worked a lot on this picture and am still not 100% happy. Any help would be great . Just be kind!
This is an amazing place. But you can only photographs the outside and NO PHOTOGRAPHY INSIDE.
The is an amazing chapel. Shame you cannot photograph the amazing inside. The guide and the history of the place is brilliant.
You would not be able to photograph because you are packed in like sardines. There are that many people visiting the chapel.
Day 1 started at 2 am in order to wake up, pick up and get to Luton Airport for the 7 am flight. We finally flew at 9 am due to a passenger having medical issues on the runway.
Having booked the rest of the day was spent at La Segrada Familia Church. Impressive, modern but old if that makes sense. After a paella meal, Tim Hortons doughnuts and hot chocolate were consumed before falling asleep at 8 pm!
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 Wales.
Day Nine .. Dolgellau making our way to Liverpool where we are staying the night.
St Mary’s Church, Dolgellau stands on the site of a medieval one, dating back to at least 1254 when it was mentioned in records. The current church is rare (for Wales) being Early Georgian, it was built AROUND the old one, which still continued to hold services. The old church was only demolished when the new one was completed (around 1716-1723) and then the old building was removed from within it.
The font from the original church, built circa 1250, is on display near the entrance. This was placed during the time of John Ellis, who was Rector from 1646-1665 and was also founder of the Dolgellau Grammar School. A chantry alter is recorded as having been located in the church in 1558.
The church contains a 14th century Effigy of Meurig ap Ynyr Fychan, an ancestor of Hywel Sele and the Nanney/Vaughan families of nearby Nannau. This used to lay in the chancel of the old church, but was moved to one of the north windows. A piece of the wall was removed to accommodate his feet. His sword is dated 1723, when the nave was completed.
The nave was constructed using dressed slate stones and the wooden posts were brought over the hills from Dinas Mawddy using oxen. They used to have brass coffin plates nailed to them, which was a custom at the time, but these have now been removed.
The tower was probably begun around 1727. The churchyard was extended to the north-west by ten roods in 1792.
There was also major restoration in 1864 and the chancel arch dates to this time. A central window was inserted in 1901.
The upper room (on the western end) was added in 1992 by Roy Olsen of Dolgellau. It is bow-fronted with arched windows.
For More Info: dolgellau.wales/town/st-marys-church.php
We arrived in Amboise to heavy rain our first stop on our way to Bordeaux, from Paris. Day 12 of our Cosmos tour, October 11, 2012 France. By the time out tour was ended the rain stopped and the sun came out!
The royal Château at Amboise is a château located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in the 15th century, it became a favoured royal residence and was extensively rebuilt. King Charles VIII died at the château in 1498 after hitting his head on a door lintel. It has been recognised as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1840.
Château d'Amboise was built on a spur above the River Loire. The strategic qualities of the site were recognised before the medieval construction of the castle, and a Gallic oppidum was built there.In the late 9th century Ingelgarius was made viscount of Orléans and through his mother was related to Hugh the Abbot, tutors to the French kings. Ingelgarius married Adelais, a member of a prominent family (a bishop and archbishop were her uncles) who controlled Château d'Amboise. He was later made Count of the Angevins and his rise can be attributed to his political connections and reputation as a soldier. Château d'Amboise would pass through Ingelgarius and Adelais' heirs, and he was succeeded by their son, Fulk the Red. As Fulk the Red expanded his territory, Amboise, Loches, and Villentrois formed the core of his possessions. Amboise lay on the eastern frontier of the Angevins holdings.
Amboise and its castle descended through the family to Fulke Nerra in 987. Fulk had to contend with the ambitions of Odo I, Count of Blois who wanted to expand his own territory into Anjou. Odo I could call on the support of many followers and instructed Conan, Count of Rennes, Gelduin of Saumr, and Abbot Robert of Saint-Florent de Saumur to harass Fulk's properties. While Conan was busy on Anjou's western border, Gelduin and Robert attempted to isolate the easternmost castles of Amboise and Loches by raiding the Saumurois and disrupting communications. To further threaten Amboise fortifications were erected at Chaumont and Montsoreau, while Saint-Aignan was garrisoned.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%c3%a2teau_d'Amboise
Eglise Saint-Etienne-du-Mont
Le vitrail du Pressoir mystique (galerie du cloître) - détail
Window of the Mystical Wine-press (cloister gallery) - detail
Ancestors of Lowther 1200 have been here over 800 years. Their name is taken from the river that runs below the castle. 1390 Sir Hugh Lowther builds a peel here. It is a fortified tower and a family home but with a beacon on top to warn of impending invaders. Scottish Armies tried often to take these land by force. 1630 Around this time the tower is upgraded to a large coutry house by Sir John Lowther. The tower becomes a corner stone. Construction takes 30 years but after andother 30 years it is demolished. 1691 is it the First Viscount John who has the house taken apart. He imagines a sandstone mansion and make that reality. Disaster in 1718 the upper storey and last wind is destroyed by fire. 1805 William the 1st Earl of Lonsdale has the remains of the mansion demolished. They are replaced by a majestic Castle. shining and new it nonetheless conveys the fact that Lowthers have lived here for centuries. 1937 The End of the Lowther Castle as a family seat. The 5th Earl's life style brings financial difficulties to a point at which it is Abandoned. The gate are locked and the garden hidden for over half a century. 1942 During world war II The British Army requistion Lowther. Their mission to test a secret weapon concreting huge areas for Armoured tanks to traverse. The grounds are battered. 1957. the castle is unstable and dangerous. 2012 A charity and volunteers take over the place. www.lowthercastle.org/
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾaðə fəˈmiɫiə]; English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Although incomplete, the church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,[5] and in November 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it a minor basilica,[6][7][8] as distinct from a cathedral which must be the seat of a bishop.
Construction of Sagrada Família had commenced in 1882 and Gaudí became involved in 1883,[5] taking over the project and transforming it with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted his last years to the project, and at the time of his death at age 73 in 1926 less than a quarter of the project was complete.[9] Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly, as it relied on private donations and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, only to resume intermittent progress in the 1950s. Construction passed the midpoint in 2010 with some of the project's greatest challenges remaining[9] and an anticipated completion date of 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death.
The basílica has a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona: over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over Gaudí's design itself,[10] over the possibility that work after Gaudí's death disregarded his design,[10] and the recent proposal to build an underground tunnel of Spain's high-speed rail link to France which could disturb its stability.[11] Describing Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said, "It is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art"[12] and Paul Goldberger called it, "The most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages."[13]
This was taken inside the chapel of Saint-Hubert where Leonardo da Vinci is buried.
We arrived in Amboise to heavy rain our first stop on our way to Bordeaux, from Paris. Day 12 of our Cosmos tour, October 11, 2012 France.
After France captured Milan, Italy in December of 1515, Leonardo da Vinci, who was living at the Vatican, was commissioned by King Francis I to design and develop a rather interesting, if not bizarre, prototype. It was a mechanical lion that could walk, stop, rear on its hind legs, and open its chest to present a cluster of lilies. I’m not sure how serious this was, because the design never got past one sketch by the master. However, Leonardo da Vinci accepted the job as the philosopher, architect, engineer, and painter, and moved to Amboise in the Loire Valley of central France in 1516.
By this time, Mr. da Vinci was 64 years old, and had lived a fulfilling life with the creation of many notable works of art, design, inventions, and writings. He was paid handsomely and was given the residence, Clos-Lucé, which was nearby the Royal Château of Amboise. If you haven’t seen it yet, please read my first post from this part of France, Finding Leonardo Da Vinci, My Visit to the Château d’Amboise.
For More Info: www.caminomyway.com/leonardo-da-vinci-tomb-chapel-saint-h...
The royal Château at Amboise is a château located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in the 15th century, it became a favoured royal residence and was extensively rebuilt. King Charles VIII died at the château in 1498 after hitting his head on a door lintel. It has been recognised as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1840.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Amboise
I have transformed one of my photo
I think I've already post this picture but I wanted a transition between the blue et the green.
detail (the entire stainglass is above)
one of my favourite - in a chapel in ruin - such beauties soon lost for ever.......
This was taken inside the chapel of Saint-Hubert where Leonardo da Vinci is buried.
We arrived in Amboise to heavy rain our first stop on our way to Bordeaux, from Paris. Day 12 of our Cosmos tour, October 11, 2012 France.
After France captured Milan, Italy in December of 1515, Leonardo da Vinci, who was living at the Vatican, was commissioned by King Francis I to design and develop a rather interesting, if not bizarre, prototype. It was a mechanical lion that could walk, stop, rear on its hind legs, and open its chest to present a cluster of lilies. I’m not sure how serious this was, because the design never got past one sketch by the master. However, Leonardo da Vinci accepted the job as the philosopher, architect, engineer, and painter, and moved to Amboise in the Loire Valley of central France in 1516.
By this time, Mr. da Vinci was 64 years old, and had lived a fulfilling life with the creation of many notable works of art, design, inventions, and writings. He was paid handsomely and was given the residence, Clos-Lucé, which was nearby the Royal Château of Amboise. If you haven’t seen it yet, please read my first post from this part of France, Finding Leonardo Da Vinci, My Visit to the Château d’Amboise.
For More Info: www.caminomyway.com/leonardo-da-vinci-tomb-chapel-saint-h...
The royal Château at Amboise is a château located in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loire département of the Loire Valley in France. Confiscated by the monarchy in the 15th century, it became a favoured royal residence and was extensively rebuilt. King Charles VIII died at the château in 1498 after hitting his head on a door lintel. It has been recognised as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1840.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_d%27Amboise