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My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 Scotland.
Day Eighteen .. having a look around Glasgow in the morning before heading south to England.
The awe-inspiring building dedicated to St Kentigern, also known as St Mungo, was built in the 1100s and drew countless pilgrims to his shrine. Today, it’s the most complete medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland, having survived the Protestant Reformation almost intact.
Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Kentigern's or St Mungo's Cathedral, is the oldest cathedral on mainland Scotland and is the oldest building in Glasgow. Since the Reformation the cathedral continues in public ownership, within the responsibility of Historic Environment Scotland. The congregation is part of the established Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Glasgow and its services and associations are open to all. The cathedral and its kirkyard are at the top of High Street, at Cathedral Street. Immediately neighbouring it are Glasgow Royal Infirmary, opened in 1794, and the elevated Glasgow Necropolis, opened in 1833. Nearby are the Provand's Lordship, Glasgow's oldest house and its herbal medical gardens, the Barony Hall (Barony Church), University of Strathclyde, Cathedral Square, Glasgow Evangelical Church (North Barony Church), and St Mungo Museum.
The history of the cathedral is linked with that of the city, and is allegedly located where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. The tomb of the saint is in the lower crypt. Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy gives an account of the kirk.
Built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards and serving as the seat of the Bishop and later the Archbishop of Glasgow, the building is a superb example of Scottish Gothic architecture. It is also one of the few Scottish medieval churches (and the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland) to have survived the Reformation not unroofed.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Cathedral
Light from a stain glass window falls on a wall constructed of limestone with numerous hollow impressions of gastropod fossils. This wall is in one of several chapels around the periphery of the cathedral.
St Giles Cathedral is a famous landmark on Edinburgh's Royal Mile. The cathedral has many beautiful and colourful stained glass windows such as the one photographed here.
This is a fairly recent addition to the church and unlike most of the windows, does not carry a religious theme, but is designed to commemorate the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns.
The recently restored stain glass window. This rose window is an unusual installation for a civic building. The window was originally installed in 1871 by Samuel West of the Ecclesiastical Stained Glass Works of Boston. The window is 5 feet, 6 inches in diameter with the glass sections surrounded by sandstone pieces.
L'hiver arrive
j'ai besoin de lumière -
couleurs
(Dame Kay Nho)
taken from broken stainglass windows.
a new life for this pieces of artwork
eternity
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!
Montreal (Westmount), Qc.
Photo prise d'un vitrail, Montreal est une ville remplie des plus beaux vitraux d'Antique en Amerique du Nord. D'apres les collectionneurs et Antiquaires
Shot taken of a stainglass window. Montreal is reknown for it's best looking antique stainglass windows in North America. According to the Antique Dealers and colelctors.
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 Scotland.
Day Eighteen .. having a look around Glasgow in the morning before heading south to England.
The awe-inspiring building dedicated to St Kentigern, also known as St Mungo, was built in the 1100s and drew countless pilgrims to his shrine. Today, it’s the most complete medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland, having survived the Protestant Reformation almost intact.
Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow or St Kentigern's or St Mungo's Cathedral, is the oldest cathedral on mainland Scotland and is the oldest building in Glasgow. Since the Reformation the cathedral continues in public ownership, within the responsibility of Historic Environment Scotland. The congregation is part of the established Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Glasgow and its services and associations are open to all. The cathedral and its kirkyard are at the top of High Street, at Cathedral Street. Immediately neighbouring it are Glasgow Royal Infirmary, opened in 1794, and the elevated Glasgow Necropolis, opened in 1833. Nearby are the Provand's Lordship, Glasgow's oldest house and its herbal medical gardens, the Barony Hall (Barony Church), University of Strathclyde, Cathedral Square, Glasgow Evangelical Church (North Barony Church), and St Mungo Museum.
The history of the cathedral is linked with that of the city, and is allegedly located where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. The tomb of the saint is in the lower crypt. Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy gives an account of the kirk.
Built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards and serving as the seat of the Bishop and later the Archbishop of Glasgow, the building is a superb example of Scottish Gothic architecture. It is also one of the few Scottish medieval churches (and the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland) to have survived the Reformation not unroofed.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Cathedral
Taken 22nd july 07, inside of St michael's parish church in linlithgow west Lothian. (next to Linlithgow palce)
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 England.
Day Eleven .. Visit to Liverpool Cathedral before making our way to the Lakes District.
Located in Britain’s largest cathedral, Liverpool Cathedral, the artwork called ‘Gaia’ (meaning the personification of the earth), will hang majestically in the Grade I listed building and features accurate and detailed NASA imagery of the earth.
The installation, by renowned British artist Luke Jerram, will be complemented with a sound composition created by BAFTA and Ivor Novello award-winning composer Dan Jones.
For More Info: www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/43/section.aspx/37/youve_se...
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral is Britain's biggest Cathedral, and took 74 years to build from the foundation stone being laid in 1904. Sir John Betjeman called it 'one of the great buildings of the world.' The Cathedral has a full programme of events and hosts many conferences, large-scale gala dinners and functions.
The BasÃlica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada FamÃlia (Catalan pronunciation: [səˈɣɾaðə fəˈmiÉ«iÉ™]; English: Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudà (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 FamÃlia had commenced in 1882 and Gaudà 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. Gaudà 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 FamÃlia'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 GaudÃ's death.
The basÃlica has a long history of dividing the citizens of Barcelona: over the initial possibility it might compete with Barcelona's cathedral, over GaudÃ's design itself,[10] over the possibility that work after GaudÃ'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 FamÃlia, 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]