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In English, it is the Basilica of the Sacred Heart. This is located at the highest point of the city of Paris. Looking out to west from this facade is a good view of Paris city center. The façade with its triple-arched portico is surmounted by two bronze equestrian statues of St. Louis by H. Lefebvre(Left) and St. Joan of Arc(Right). Construction of this Basilica would start in 1875, and would be finished only after about 30 years. The left bronze statue is that of Joan of Arc -- a movie was made about her. She led the French army to several victories in the Hundred Years war. She was captured, tried in an ecclesiastical court, was sentenced to death and was burned at the stake at age 19, in the year 1491. Then, just 24 years later, the Pope found her innocent after reviewing the decision of the ecclesiastical court. She was then regarded as a martyr from then on. She was beatified, and then canonized just about 90 years ago(in 1920), and became one of the patron Saints of France.
I've got to admit, I heard about this basilica name "Sacré-Cœur", and I don't even know how it is pronounced or what's the meaning of it. I would later learn that "Sacré" is a French term for Sacred. "Cœur" is for heart. Interestingly the following are the translations for sacred and heart in the neighboring countries...
Sacred means: Sagrado in Spanish, sacro in Italian, Heilig german, Sanctus in Latin. Heart means: Herz in German, Corazón Spanish, Cuore Italiancuore Italian, viscus in Latin. For those residing in the Philippines, you probably have heard of the term "Sagrado Corazon" many times -- that was for "Sacred Heart" in Spanish.
For some reason, the structure reminds me of the fictitious Minas Tirith -- that structure, the scene of the final battle of the trilogy of the Lord of the Rings.
Basilique du Sacré-Cœur
Butte Montmartre,
Paris, France
i actually like this second image better than the first -- there are so few brick buildings around here, not sure what this would have been used for originally?
nrhp # 91000311- Built between 1904 and 1907, the Severs Block at 101 E. 6th St. in Okmulgee, Oklahoma is a two-story generally rectangular brick building which incorporates an earlier two-story stone building (now the west wall and a part of the rear wall). The 1882 F.B. Severs’ General Store was a Romanesque structure, the second stone building in all of Okmulgee and the first two-story stone building. Frederick Severs himself expanded his building with the new construction that included storefronts and office space. The canted corner entrance faces the Creek National Capitol. The building was rehabilitated in 1989; that renovation reversed extensive remodeling efforts made in 1954, reconstructed the entry from historical photographs, and generally returned the building to its appearance at the time of its construction.
Severs Block is significant in the area’s history. The original Severs Building was the primary supplier of general goods in the Creek Nation from 1882 until the turn of the century, and the Severs Block played a significant role In Okmulgee’s commercial development through the first half of the 20th Century. It is also an excellent example of pre-Statehood commercial buildings.
The Severs Block was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1991.
It was further included on the National Register again as a contributing building in the 1992 listing of the Okmulgee Downtown Historic District.
from Wikipedia
One of the largest necropolises in the world, with a diameter of approximately 8 kilometers, Makli Hill is supposed to be the burial place of some 125,000 Sufi saints. It is located on the outskirts of Thatta, the capital of lower Sind until the seventeenth century, in what is the southeastern province of present-day Pakistan. [1]
Legends abound about its inception, but it is generally believed that the cemetery grew around the shrine of the fourteenth-century Sufi, Hamad Jamali. The tombs and gravestones spread over the cemetery are material documents marking the social and political history of Sind.
Imperial mausoleums are divided into two major groups, those from the Samma (1352–1520) and Tarkhan (1556–1592) periods. The tomb of the Samma king, Jam Nizam al-Din (reigned 1461–1509), is an impressive square structure built of sandstone and decorated with floral and geometric medallions. Similar to this is the mausoleum of Isa Khan Tarkhan II (d. 1651), a two-story stone building with majestic cupolas and balconies. In contrast to the syncretic architecture of these two monuments, which integrate Hindu and Islamic motifs, are mausoleums that clearly show the Central Asian roots of the later dynasty. An example is the tomb of Jan Beg Tarkhan (d. 1600), a typical octagonal brick structure whose dome is covered in blue and turquoise glazed tiles. Today, Makli Hill is a United Nations World Heritage Site that is visited by both pilgrims and tourists.
This tornado warned storm would drop a bunch of hail and eventually produce a tornado west of Ovid, CO. Very nice structure here, though.
An inbound New Haven Line train crosses the Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge in Westport, CT. The bridge features a pedestrian walkway, which affords some very neat views of the infrastructure and trains. Note here how the employee crossing on the bridge is supported by old rail sections!
M8 (Kawasaki, 2011)
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge
New Haven Line - MNR
Overwhelmed by the huge structure of the Refa'i Mosque and the tiny details of the decorations on its exterior walls, and by the large marble columns that are a part of the entrance portal. The designers and builders of this grand mosque paid considerable attention to every single detail of its ornamentation
Taken @Cairo, Egypt