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Peterborough Cathedral, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is unusual as an English county in having not one but two major medieval cathedrals, and unique in that neither is in the county town. Peterborough Cathedral's setting in the heart of the busy city is quite different to that of its neighbour Ely Cathedral, which dominates a small, beautiful market town. There is something special about stepping out of Peterborough's Bridge Street, with its department stores, and Cathedral Square, with its chain restaurants, into the peaceful precinct below the superb Early English west front, a match for the spectacular frontages of both Wells and Lincoln.
Peterborough cathedral is dedicated as the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and these Saints images appear in statue and stained glass form several times. Originally the church of a Benedictine Abbey, the current structure was begun in the spring of 1118, and was largely complete by about 1250. The vast wooden roof of the nave is, amazingly, the original, one of only four such roofs in Europe. The fire of 22nd November 2001 came within minutes of destroying it. As it was, the painstaking and expensive process of cleaning the roof, which had just been completed, had to be immediately repeated. The most spectacular part of the cathedral is not Early English at all, but the late medieval retrochoir with its fan-vaulting of 1496-1508, by John Wastell who used the same trick at Kings College Chapel across the Fen in Cambridge.
That Cambridgeshire can claim Peterborough Cathedral is an accident of history, of course, because Peterborough only became a part of the much enlarged county of Cambridgeshire in 1974. In fact, almost all of the county of Cambridgeshire is in the Diocese of Ely, including much of the city of Peterborough. All of the city south and east of the River Nene is in the Diocese of Ely, not Peterborough. And yet, the Cathedral close has a frontage that is almost on the Nene. Because of this, Peterborough Cathedral is closer to the edge of its Diocese than any other English cathedral, including both St Paul's Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral, separated as they are by just a few hundred yards and the River Thames.
North nave window at Burton Hastings, installed in 2001 and designed by local artist Roger Fifield.
Fifiled's work makes a very attractive contemporary adition to this ancient building, and is beautifully painted and stylised, echoing his earliest work from the 1960s, without looking backwards.
The subject appears to be a celebration of village life, with various landmark buildings and elements of the village featured without any obvious religious theme (beyond the small dove in the tracery light above).
This formula for stained glass seems to be popular with certain congregations, who prefer to commemorate 'down-to-earth' subjects of mainly local, secular relevance, than convey a spiritual message. The artist is then given a 'shopping list' of relevant features to include in the design at all cost!
Tango is doing well, despite diagnosis of failing kidneys. We are now giving her daily injections of antibiotics and subcutaneous fluids three times a week.
Predjama Castle
Predjama Castle is situated in the middle of a towering cliff, a mere 9 km from Postojna Cave. Picturesque, magnificent, defiant, mysterious and impregnable, it has been dominating the surrounding area, perched high up in the 123-metre high cliff, for more than 800 years. It is listed among the Guinness World Records as the largest cave castle in the world.
Predjama Castle with its location and mysterious tunnels is truly something special. It impresses visitors with how well the natural cave and the man-made castle walls are interwoven, sometimes making it difficult to see where the former ends and the latter begin.
In the past, the castle provided the venue for the filming of several science documentaries and feature films. A few years ago, the castle was visited by a Discovery Channel team that was in search of any unexplained events and managed to capture a number of visual images and sounds that could not be quite clearly specified. In 1986, Predjama Castle was one of the filming locations of the film Armour of God with Jackie Chan in the starring role.
Its picturesque interior and exterior would make a perfect venue for the filming of historical and fantasy films such as Harry Potter or Game of Thrones. In 2011, the castle was visited by the famous writer and screenwriter George R. R. Martin, and who knows when he might return to Predjama with a new screenplay in hand.
The castle offers a unique insight into the construction techniques and ingenuity of medieval people who came here searching for a safe haven right at the entrance to the cave. During a siege in the 15th century, the castle offered refuge to its most famous and notorious owner - Erazem of Predjama. The appealing and inspiring legend about the brave robber baron Erazem, who had remained undefeated until he was betrayed by one of his servants, still lives on in the common lore, and rightly so as the gallant knight resisted the besiegers inside his safe castle for over a year without any major problems.
The karstic terrain beneath the castle with its cave system was an excellent choice. It provided Erazem and his people with a secret passage that lead to freedom, a source of drinking water, a further place for hiding and storage of food - everything that turned out to be indispensable, invaluable and essential during the siege.
Between May and September, visitors are also able to have a look around the picturesque Cave under Predjama Castle. Due to its location and favourable temperatures the cave is inhabited by a colony of bats, as a result of which visitors have no access to it during the bats' hibernation.
Armoury
Visitors to Predjama Castle now have the opportunity to see a renovated room inside the main castle attic. Back in the day, the room, which boasts a superb view of the entire valley and the roads leading to the castle, served both as an area from where the castle’s defence crew defended the castle and their dwelling place. Nowadays, the room gives an insight into the castle area once used by the team tasked with the castle’s defence. Visitors can have a look at a number of replicas of various weapons, including spears and halberds, swords, war hammers, bows and crossbows, as well as quite likely the most noteworthy and most valuable ones, i.e. armours. Medieval weapons, which were cold weapons for the most part, often required users to possess a lot of strength, experience and skill. As is the case with everything else, the weapons highlighted a significant difference between the nobility and the peasants. As their acquisition imposed a heavy financial burden, armours and swords were almost always owned and used by the noblemen. The late Middle Ages saw the arrival of firearms, some of which are on display in the castle as well. Within a period of a few decades, the firearms completely changed the combat methods and equipment.
Church of Our Lady of Sorrows and Erazem's Linden Tree
They are located in the middle of the village of Predjama. Legend has it that the knight Erazem used to rest under the linden tree and that the tree was planted on the grave by a grieving girl.
The church is mentioned in documents dating back to 1549, when it was consecrated by the then Bishop of Trieste, Enea Silvio Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II. Its Gothic design is attested by the nave, the bell tower and the chancel, with traces of Renaissance reconstructions performed at a later time clearly visible. The frescoes from the 15th century, destroyed by humidity, were attributed to the Master Painter of the village of Srednja vas near
This 16th C. glass is probably originally from St John's Rouen. The outer panels depict scenes from the life of St John as in s.VII.
The central panels were acquired in 1973.
Belarus, Vitebskaya oblast', Gluboksky rajon, Kvachi.
Беларусь, Витебская область, Глубокский район, Квачи. 2009
There was a fat white rabbit in my yard today. Then a little baby bunny hopped in to join the rabbit... I thought Punkin was going to hit the roof! Just to put Punkin over the edge, a large hawk swooped down into the yard in hopes of catching the bunny... but the bunny hid in the bushes just in time. Good bunny! Needless to say, Punkin spent most of the morning window shopping for things that he cannot have.
*The house is getting new floors so this is just the naked sub-floor waiting to have the real stuff put down.
A close-up from Rachel's bakery.
The window works completely as a show case of a folkloric museum
that exhibits fine artefacts on breadcrust...
(Koroni, Peloponnese / Greece)
Chancel east stained glass window "to the glory of God and in the memory of William Wright deceased 1822 and of Ann his wife deceased 1840" placed by their son Gervase Wright - Church of Holy Trinity, Rolleston Nottinghamshire
southwellchurches.history.nottingham.ac.uk/rolleston/hint...
On a recent trip to Brattleboro, I caught these cloud reflections in the windows of Marlboro College.
There were lots of windows on Walt's Barn at the Los Angeles Live Steamers Museum in Griffith Park. See: www.carolwood.com/WaltsBarn/
Potsdam
Das Holländische Viertel wurde zwischen 1733 und 1742 im Zuge der zweiten Stadterweiterung Potsdams unter Leitung des holländischen Baumeisters Johann Boumann erbaut. Das Viertel besteht aus 134 Ziegelstein-Häusern, die durch die Mittel- und Benkertstraße in vier Karrees nach dem Konzept eines barocken Stadtgrundrisses aufgeteilt werden. Es gilt als größtes zusammenstehendes Bauensemble und Kulturdenkmal holländischen Stils außerhalb der Niederlande in Europa.
In Bangladesh, people are not used to experience with many white blonde foreigners . whenever it heppens then situations are like this most of the time and people are very helpful to them. this picture i took in an occasion of the conference of "CAA DHAKA 2013"
Tied with the bookcase shot for my favourite shots from this house. I loved how this vine was working its way into the house.
Refer to www.flickr.com/photos/theseareonlywords/sets/721576065448... for the complete set of pictures from this house.
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