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View from the top level of the village of Rocamadour with its château, down to the second level with the ecclesial buildings and the bottom level near the Alzou river, Lot, Occitania, France
Some background information:
Rocamadour is a commune and pilgrimage site in the department of Lot in southwestern France. The village , which has more than 600 residents, is nestled to a steep rock above the gorge of the Alzou river, a tributary of the Dordogene river. The town is located in the far north of the Occitania region and at the heart of the natural preserve Causses du Quercy, about 60 km (37 miles) to the south of the city of Brive-la-Gaillarde and about 166 km (103 miles) to the north of the city of Toulouse.
Rocamadour and its many caves already housed people in the Paleolithic as shown in the cave drawings of the Grotte des Merveilles. The Grotte de Linars cave and its porch served as an underground necropolis and a habitat in the Bronze Age. During the Iron Age, the Cadurques people arrived from middle Germany. In the 8th century BC., they colonised the current department of Lot while using their iron weapons.
In the Middle Ages, Rocamadour as it still exists today, was erected on three levels. These levels reflect the three orders of medieval society: the knights on top, linked to religious clerics in the middle and the lay workers at the foot of the rock near the river. Documents mention that in 1105 a small chapel was built in a shelter of the cliff at a place called Rupis Amatoris, at the limit of the territories of the Benedictine abbeys of Saint-Martin at Tulle and Saint-Pierre at Marcilhac-sur-Célé.
In 1112, Eble de Turenne, Abbot of Tulle settled in Rocamadour. In 1119, a first donation was made by Eudes, Comte de la Marche. In 1148, the first miracle of Rocamadour was announced and the location began to attract pilgrims to the Virgin Mary of Rocamadour. The 12th-century book Livre des Miracles written by a monk from the sanctuary illustrates that at that time Rocamadour had already become famous as a place of pilgrimage.
In 1159, King Henry II of England, husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine, came to Rocamadour to thank the Virgin Mary for the healing of his wife. The statue of the Black Madonna dates from the 12th century. Géraud d'Escorailles , who was Rocamadour’s abbot from 1152 to 1188, built the religious buildings, which still can be seen today on Rocamadour’s second level, financed by many donations from visitors. These works were finished at the end of the 12th century.
In 1166, an excavation for a grave in front of the entrance to the chapel of the Virgin uncovered an intact body, presented as that of Saint Amadour. Rocamadour had finally found its patron saint. At least four stories, more or less tinged with legend, presented Saint Amadour as being close to Jesus. The body was burned during the French Wars of Religion and today only fragments of bones remain, on view in the crypt of Saint-Amadour. Saint Amadour is also the saint, from whom the place derives ist name, as "Roca de Amadour" simply means "Rock of Amadour" in English.
In 1211, the pontifical legate during the Albigensian Crusade, Arnaud Amalric, came to spend the winter in Rocamadour. In addition, in 1291, Pope Nicholas IV granted three bulls and forty day indulgences for site visitors. The end of the 13th century saw the height of Rocamadour's influence and the completion of the buildings. At that time, the castle was protected by three towers, a wide moat and numerous lookouts. And at that time, Rocamadour had also become one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Western Europe.
But the 14th century saw Rocamadour’s decline. In 1317, the monks left Rocamadour. The site was then administered by a chapter of canons appointed by the bishop. In the fourteenth century, a cooling climate, famines, epidemics like the Black Death ravaged Europe and hence, also the area of Rocamadour. In 1427, reconstruction was started, but without financial or human resources. A huge rock crushed the chapel of Notre-Dame, which was rebuilt in 1479 by Denys de Bar, Bishop of Tulle.
Subsequently, during the French Wars of Religion, the iconoclastic passage of Protestant mercenaries in 1562 caused the destruction of religious buildings and their relics. Rocamadour was burned and looted, while many statues, paintings, bells, ornaments and jewels were destroyed. Even the relics were desecrated and destroyed, including the body of Saint Amadour. According to witnesses, the Protestant captain Jean Bessonia broke it with a blacksmith's hammer, saying: "I am going to break you, since you did not want to burn". During the French Revolution, the site was looted once again.
The Via Averna, a byway of the Via Podiensis and hence, one of the Ways of St James to Santiago de Compostela, leads through Rocamadour. For that reason, Rocamadour was also listed by UNESCO in 1998 as part of the World Heritage Site "Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France".
Since the early 20th century, Rocamadour has become more of a tourist destination than a pilgrimage center, although pilgrimage continues and remains important. The site's gravity-defying churches and the Black Madonna statue remain a spiritual draw for both Catholic pilgrims and for visitors who practice earth-based or New Age religions, being drawn to stories of Rocamadour's "strange energies" and pre-Christian origins.
By the way, if you look up in Rocamadour’s monastic second level, you will most likely see a sword stuck in the rocks. It is said, that this sword is Durendal, the sword of Roland, a legendary paladin and partially historical officer of Charlemagne in French epic literature. The sword is famous for its hardness and sharpness. Legend has it that in an attempt to break Durendal, Roland cut a huge gash in the mountainside with just one blow.
Another local legend holds that instead of dying in Iberia with Durendal hidden under his body, Roland called on the Archangel Michael for assistance and with the help of the Archangel, was able to throw the sword several hundred kilometres across the border into France, where it came to rest in Rocamadour. Unfortunately the sword was stolen in 2024, not for the first time in history.
The commune of Rocamadour has also become a member of the association "The most beautiful villages of France" (in French: "Les Plus Beaux Villages de France"), which promotes small and picturesque French villages of quality heritage. Currently 176 villages throughout France are pooled under the umbrella of the organisation. Furthermore, Rocamadour is also known for its goat cheese of the same name.
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The Tectonic Arena Sardona offers a unique view into the formation of alpine mountains and valleys. The collision of Africa and Europe caused the Alps to tower up over millions of years.
Ancient rock layers folded, fractured and were thrust on top of each other. A rich variety of evidence and traces of this enormous force are remarkably visible in the World Heritage Sardona.
For more than two centuries scientists from around the world have studied the geologic structures and processes of mountain formation. In the Tectonic Arena Sardona they attempted to solve the secrets of the emergence of mountains.
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Fahrt mit dem Panoramazug Bernina-Express ist Teil der Grand Train Tour of Switzerland. Ein Blick aus dem Zugfenster ist wie fahrendes Kino - atemberaubende Landschaften.
Foto: der BEX nähert sich der Kontinental-Wasserscheide.
Das Mausoleum Gur Emir ist die Begräbnisstätte Timurs. Das Mausoleum wurde zu Lebzeiten Timurs für seinen, unerwartet verstorbenen, designierten Nachfolger Mohammed Sultan Anfang des 15. Jhdts errichtet. Timur wollte eigentlich nicht in Samarkand begraben werden, aber im Thronfolgekrieg bestand der Sieger Khalil Sultan für seine eigene Legitimation auf ein Grab Timurs in Samarkand.
Samarkand wurde etwa 750 v. Chr. gegründet. Der mongolische Herrscher Timur machte Samarkand zur 1369 zur Hauptstadt seines Großreichs und baute die Stadt zu einer der schönsten und bedeutendsten Metropolen seiner Zeit aus.
Die Altstadt von Samarkand ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Correr museum in Venice, Italy.
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Eine Wanderung von Compatsch auf den Schlern, von dort zum Tierseralpl und über die Rosszahnscharte zurück auf Compatsch.
Die Kathedrale wurde in den Jahren 1401 bis 1519 auf den Überresten der im 12. Jahrhundert errichteten arabischen Mezquita Mayor gebaut. Sie ist die weltweit größte gotische Kathedrale und eine der größten Kirchen der Welt Ihre Länge beträgt zusammen mit der Königskapelle 145 m, ihre Breite 82 m. Die Höhe des mittleren Kirchenschiffes beträgt 42 m.
Die Kathedrale ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
"Each man a halfopen door leading to a room for everyone."
Heilig nest, Pottenmakersstraat, Bruges, Belgium.
Abstraction of the picture: "STOP - Underneath the High Seat - An Easter Paseo at Lange Lacke, UNESCO World Heritage Site Neusiedlersee". An Easter Paseo at Lange Lacke, UNESCO World Heritage Site Neusiedlersee".
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The Bargis mountain valley is located between the Flimserstein and Piz Mirutta, close to the Ringelspitz, which is traversed by the Aua da Mulins stream that rises from the Trinserhorn or Piz Dolf. At Bargis, it flows into the Aua da Lavadignas, and a little further on the Aua da Mulins opens out into the Turniglabach. The Bargis glacier modelled the valley of the same name, and since then has gradually retreated. Behind the Stutz rock barrier there was once a lake that contained melted glacier water. It was then filled with glacial milk and tiny pebbles that carved the Turnigla canyon.
Below the Flimserstein is a huge karst system, through which part of the water from the drainage basin flowed, swelling into springs between Vallorca and Trin Mulin. It is believed that water flows from this karst system towards the adjacent system of Vorab-Sur Crap-Lag Tiert. The water meanders over the surface of the Bargis flood plain, caulked with fine particles, to create a striking landscape.
Inmitten des Naturparks Schlern – Rosengarten, zwischen dem Nigerpass und St. Zyprian bei Tiers, finden Sie die Plafötsch-Alm. Die Hütte liegt auf 1570 m Meereshöhe, inmitten von Almwiesen und Wäldern direkt unterhalb des beeindruckenden Bergpanoramas des Rosengartens und der Vajolettürme.
Ehemaliges Schlachthaus der Stadt Bamberg aus dem 18 Jhd. an den Ufern der Regnitz. Heute beherbergt das Haus die Bibliothek der Universität Bamberg. Rechts der Kranen.
Former slaughterhouse of Bamberg from the 18th century on the banks of the river Regnitz. Today the building houses the library of the University of Bamberg. On the right side the Kranen
The gilded dome of Saint Isaac's Cathedral with the Bronze Horseman, a statue of Peter the Great, in the foreground, seen from the River Neva, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Some background information:
Saint Isaac's Cathedral resp. Isaakievskiy Sobor is a large architectural landmark cathedral in the city of Saint Petersburg that currently functions as a museum with occasional church services. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the feast day of that saint.
The church on Saint Isaac's Square was ordered by Tsar Alexander I. It was already the fourth consecutive church standing at this place. A specially appointed commission examined several designs, including that of the French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand, who had studied in the atelier of Napoleon's architect Charles Percier. His design was criticised by some members of the commission for the dry and allegedly boring rhythm of its four identical pedimented octastyle porticos and it was also suggested that despite its gigantic dimensions, the edifice would look squat and not very impressive. Hence, the emperor had to step in and solve the dispute in Montferrand's favour.
The construction of the cathedral took 40 years, from 1818 to 1858. To secure it, the foundation had to be strengthened by driving 25,000 piles into the fenland of Saint Petersburg. The costs of the whole building project totalled an incredible sum of one million gold roubles, which would equate to approx. 386 million € resp. 471 million US-$ today. In 1931, under Soviet government, the cathedral was turned into a "Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism", but already one year later, the museum moved to Kazan Cathedral. In 1937, a museum of Saint Isaac's Cathedral was established in the building. During World War II, the dome was painted over in gray to avoid attracting attention from enemy aircraft. On its top, in the skylight, a geodesical intersection point was placed, to determine the positions of German artillery batteries.
With the fall of communism, the museum was removed. Regular worship activity has resumed in the cathedral, but only in the left-hand side chapel, while the main body of the cathedral is used for services on feast days only. In 2017, the Governor of Saint Petersburg offered to transfer the cathedral back to the Russian Orthodox Church, but this was not accomplished yet due to the protests of St Petersburg citizens opposing the offer and defending the building’s status as a museum.
Saint Petersburg (in Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with currently 5.3 million inhabitants, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal city. Saint Petersburg is also the fourth-largest city in Europe, only excelled by Istanbul, London and Moscow. Other famous European cities like Paris, Berlin, Rome and Madrid are smaller. Furthermore, Saint Petersburg is the world’s northernmost megapolis and called "The Venice of the North", due to its many channels that traverse the city.
Situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, it was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27th May 1703. On 1st September 1914, the name was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd, on 26 January 1924 to Leningrad, and on 7 September 1991 back to Saint Petersburg. Between 1713 and 1728 and again between 1732 and 1918, Saint Petersburg was the capital of Imperial Russia. In 1918, the central government bodies moved to Moscow, which is located about 625 kilometres (388 miles) to the south-east.
Saint Petersburg is also the cultural capital of Russia. Today, the city is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as an area with 36 historical architectural complexes and around 4000 outstanding individual monuments of architecture, history and culture. It has 221 museums, 2,000 libraries, more than 80 theaters, 100 concert organizations, 45 galleries and exhibition halls, 62 cinemas and around 80 other cultural establishments. Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world. Every year the city hosts around 100 festivals and various competitions of art and culture, including more than 50 international ones. In 2017, the city was visited by 7.2 million tourists and it is expected that in the years ahead the number of tourists will still be on the rise.
Die Kathedrale wurde in den Jahren 1401 bis 1519 auf den Überresten der im 12. Jahrhundert errichteten arabischen Mezquita Mayor gebaut. Sie ist die weltweit größte gotische Kathedrale und eine der größten Kirchen der Welt Ihre Länge beträgt zusammen mit der Königskapelle 145 m, ihre Breite 82 m. Die Höhe des mittleren Kirchenschiffes beträgt 42 m.
Die Kathedrale ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Wartburg castle near Eisenach in the Thüringer Wald (Thuringian Forest), Thüringen (Thuringia), Germany.
View from southeast.
Around 1207, Wartburg was the venue of the Sängerkrieg (Minstrel's Contest).
Saint Elisabeth of Hungary lived at Wartburg from 1211 to 1228.
Martin Luther, the initiator of the Protestant Reformation, stayed at Wartburg from 1521 to 1522 under the name of Junker Jörg (Knight George) after he had been excommunicated by Pope Leo X. During this time he translated the New Testament into German.
Wartburg is inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO.
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"Wartburg Castle blends superbly into its forest surroundings and is in many ways 'the ideal castle'. Although it has retained some original sections from the feudal period, the form it acquired during the 19th-century reconstitution gives a good idea of what this fortress might have been at the height of its military and seigneurial power. It was during his exile at Wartburg Castle that Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German. "
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Thüringen Easter short trip April 2015
Der 1870 vom Dombaumeister Richard Voigtel geschaffene und von der preußischen Königen Augusta der Stadt gestiftete neugotische Brunnen stand ursprünglich am Ostchor der Kirche. Seit Juni 2010 hat er seine Platz auf der Papstterrasse an der Südseite des Doms.
The gothic fountain was build by cathedral architect Richard Voigtel in 1870. It was donated to the city of cologne by the Prussian kings Augusta. Since 2010 it stands on the Pope Terrace on the south side of the cathedral.
Die Burg Klopp ist eine Burg auf einer Anhöhe in der Stadt Bingen am Rhein im Landkreis Mainz-Bingen in Rheinland-Pfalz.
Seit 2002 ist die Burg Klopp Teil des UNESCO-Welterbes Oberes Mittelrheintal.
Die Höhenburg ist wohl in der Zeit zwischen 1240 (Kloppberg als Wohnsitz eines Klerikers erwähnt) und 1277 (ab da taucht die Erwähnung als Burg Clopp auf) erbaut worden. Äußerst unwahrscheinlich ist ein römischer Ursprung, da das römische Kastell Bingium nach neueren Untersuchungen den Kloppberg nicht mit einbezog. Zweck des Baus war die Verstärkung der Kurmainzer Zollbarriere, die Burg Klopp mit Burg Ehrenfels am anderen Ufer und dem im 14. Jahrhundert hinzugekommenen Binger Mäuseturm bildete.
Nachdem der Mainzer Erzbischof Dietrich Schenk von Erbach Stadt und Burg 1438 an das Mainzer Domkapitel verkauft hatte, diente sie auch als Zwingburg, welche die nach Unabhängigkeit strebenden Städter kontrollierte. Nach der Zerstörung im Dreißigjährigen Krieg erfolgte 1653 ein Wiederaufbau, doch schon 1689 wurde die Burg im Pfälzischen Erbfolgekrieg durch französische Truppen wieder zerstört. 1711/12 sprengte die Mainzer Besatzung die Reste während des Spanischen Erbfolgekriegs, um die Nutzung durch den Gegner zu verhindern.
Klopp Castle (German: Burg Klopp) is a castle in the town of Bingen am Rhein in the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In the nineteenth century, the bergfried or keep from the original medieval fortified castle was restored and a new building added which houses the town's administration.
The last medieval castle on the site was built in the 13th century: possibly around 1281,[possibly between 1240, when Kloppberg (Klopp Hill) is mentioned as the residence of a churchman, and 1277, the first mention of Burg Clopp. Together with Ehrenfels Castle on the opposite side of the Rhine and later the Mouse Tower, it enabled the Archbishopric of Mainz to exact tolls on river trade. In 1438 the archbishop sold the town and the castle to the cathedral chapter and the townspeople effectively controlled it. The castle was already decaying in the 16th century and was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, but was rebuilt in 1653. The French destroyed it again in 1689 in the War of the Palatine Succession, and in the final phase of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1713, the Mainz forces themselves blew up what was left to prevent its use by the enemy.[8] Early 19th-century paintings show ruined walls, one connecting the castle to the town, but the castle itself levelled.
A visit to Cologne and its outstanding architectural points of interest.
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Cologne Cathedral ("Kölner Dom" or simply "Dom") is one of the largest churches on the planet. Construction started in 1248 on top of the remains of the former cathedral and several other buildings. The place had been occupied by Christian churches from the 4th century onwards. It took until 1880 to finish it completely. However, continuous repairs and replacements of fragile parts are necessary to keep it intact.
It stands 157.22m (515.81ft) tall
Cologne Cathedral was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996 (ref. 0292).
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Gross St. Martin was built on top of remains of Roman buildings which date back to the first century. A first church - part of a Benedictinian monastery - was existing in the 10th century, some records make an earlier church possible but there's no definite proof. After a devastating fire in 1150, the existing church was built and consecrated in 1172. Gross St. Martin is one of the twelve large romanic churches ("Colonia Romanica").
Die Mezquita ist eine mittelalterliche Moschee mit einer christlichen Kathedrale in der Mitte.
Seine architektonische Weltgeltung besitzt das Bauwerk als ehemalige Hauptmoschee aus der Epoche des maurischen Spaniens Die Moschee wurde durch die Emire und Kalifen von Córdoba in mehreren Bauabschnitten immer wieder erweitert. Das Bauwerk gehört mit ca. 23.000 m² zu den größten ehemaligen Moscheebauten weltweit. Im 16. Jahrhundert wurde ein gotisches Kirchenschiff in die Halle hineingebaut und das Minarett durch einen Glockenturm ersetzt. Seit damals wurde das Gebäude auch "Moschee-Kathedrale" genannt.
Das beeindruckendste Merkmal der Gebetshalle sind die übereinander liegenden Hufeisenbögen, die auf 856 Säulen aus Jaspis, Onyx, Marmor und Granit ruhen.
Die Hauptachse der im 16. Jahrhundert mitten in die Gebetshalle hineingebauten Kirche liegt quer zu derjenigen der Moschee und weist nach Ostnordost. Es ist eine Basilika in der Form eines lateinischen Kreuzes mit Vierungskuppel. Der Kirchenbau erstreckt sich über zehn Schiffe und zwölf Joche des Moscheegewölbes, ist also etwa halb so lang, wie die Moschee breit, und ein Drittel so breit, wie die Gebetshalle lang ist.
Bei einem Besuch der Baustelle in Córdoba soll Karl V. 1526 gesagt haben: „Ich wusste nicht, um was es sich hier handelt. Denn wenn ich es gewusst hätte, hätte ich nicht erlaubt, dass man Hand an das alte Gebäude legt. Denn ihr erbaut, was es andernorts schon gibt, und habt dafür etwas zerstört, was einmalig in der Welt war“.
Die Mezquita ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
Das Kloster wurde im 16. Jhdt mit einer Bauzeit von 70 Jahren errichtet. Es gilt als Hauptwerk der "Manuelinik", einer portugiesischen Variante der Spätgotik, die auch Elemente der Renaissance enthält.
Im zweistöckigen Kreuzgang verbinden sich Elemente aus dem Abendland, dem Orient und Fernost.
Belem ist Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO.
The Bode-Museum is one of five major museums on Berlin's Museum Island; together, they are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built from 1898 to 1904 in a Baroque revival style.
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