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View of the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Nizhny Novgorod is called the third capital and the âpocket of Russiaâ. The city was founded in 1221 by Vladimir-Suzdal Prince Yury Vsevolodovich as a frontier fortress, but after transferring the biggest fair in the country here, it became one of the main shopping centers of Russia. There were legends about the wealth and prosperity of Nizhny Novgorod, and its stone Kremlin of the 16th century was never yielded to the onslaught of the besiegers.
The city has preserved many unique monuments of history, architecture and culture, which led UNESCO to include Nizhny Novgorod in the list of 100 cities of the world of world historical and cultural value. The peculiarity that distinguishes it from other historical cities of the country is that the Lower is in a very convenient place to get here by water, and the rare Volga cruise does not include it in its program.
The lower one boasts over 600 exceptional historical and architectural monuments. In addition, there are many museums here, among which the museum complex dedicated to Maxim Gorky, who spent his childhood here, is particularly notable. The city even bore a name in honor of the writer in the period from 1932 to 1990.
In the photo, bright sights: the Cathedral in the name of the Holy Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, the stadium and the Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The five-headed Christmas Church (Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary) with a bell tower is one of the most beautiful in the city. A rich merchant and industrialist Dmitry Stroganov, who lived at the turn of the XVII-XVIII centuries, built many churches and other buildings with his own money. At the same time, all churches have a very distinctive, recognizable style: a mixture of Moscow baroque with traditional church architecture.
Nizhny Novgorod church was started to be built in 1696, but because of the fire, it was possible to complete the work only by 1719 - Stroganov himself did not live to see it, his wife completed the work. The legend connects the history of the temple with the name of the national inventor Ivan Kulibin, a native of Nizhny Novgorod. By a fifteen-year-old boy, he was able to set up a complex clock mechanism mounted on a church tower. At the beginning of the XIX century, the mechanism was lost, in 1879 a new clock mechanism was installed, made by German craftsmen. In Soviet times, it was kept in the museum, and in 2005 the clock was restored and re-installed on the bell tower. This is a mechanical watch that is winding up manually, they beat every 30 minutes with a single blow to the bell.
In Soviet times, the church was about to be destroyed, but its abbot managed to explain the uniqueness of the building and the historical and architectural value of the Stroganov Baroque. So a museum of atheism has opened here. Now the church is active. At the time of shooting in the cathedral were carried out restoration work.
The Shelley Memorial is a memorial to the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley at University College, Oxford, England, the college that he briefly attended and from which he was expelled for writing the 1811 pamphlet "The Necessity of Atheism".
A beautiful little church, or "Chiesetta", as these are called in Italy. Found in the middle of nowhere next to a small village.
Kazan Cathedral or Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor (Russian: Каза́нский кафедра́льный собо́р), also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg. It is dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan, one of the most venerated icons in Russia.
Construction of the cathedral started in 1801 and continued for ten years under the supervision of Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov. Upon its completion in 1811, the new temple replaced the Church of Nativity of the Theotokos, which was disassembled when the Kazan Cathedral was consecrated.
The architect Andrey Voronikhin modelled the building on St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Some art historians assert that Emperor Paul (reigned 1796-1801) intended to build a similar church on the other side of Nevsky Prospect that would mirror the Kazan Cathedral, but such plans failed to materialize.[citation needed] Although the Russian Orthodox Church strongly disapproved of the plans to create a replica of a Catholic basilica in Russia's then capital, several courtiers supported Voronikhin's Empire Style design.
After Napoleon invaded Russia (1812) and the commander-in-chief General Mikhail Kutuzov asked Our Lady of Kazan for help, the church's purpose altered. The Patriotic War over, Russians saw the cathedral primarily as a memorial to their victory over Napoleon. Kutuzov himself was interred in the cathedral in 1813; and Alexander Pushkin wrote celebrated lines meditating over his sepulchre. In 1815 keys to seventeen cities and eight fortresses were brought by the victorious Russian army from Europe and placed in the cathedral's sacristy. In 1837, Boris Orlovsky designed two bronze statues of Kutuzov and of Barclay de Tolly which stand in front of the cathedral.
1896 Photochrom print
In 1876 the Kazan demonstration, the first political demonstration in Russia, took place in front of the church. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the authorities closed the cathedral (January 1932). In November 1932 it reopened as the pro-Marxist "Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism". or, as one contemporary writer put it more baldly, "Leningrad's largest antireligious museum", complete with Spanish Inquisition waxwork . Services resumed in 1992, and four years later the cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. As of 2017 it functions as the mother cathedral of the metropolis of St. Petersburg.
The cathedral's interior, with its numerous columns, echoes the exterior colonnade and is reminiscent of a palatial hall, being 69 metres in length and 62 metres in height. The interior features numerous sculptures and icons created by the best Russian artists of the day. A wrought-iron grille separating the cathedral from a small square behind it is sometimes cited as one of the finest ever constructed.
The cathedral's huge bronze doors are one of four copies of the original doors of the Baptistery in Florence, Italy (the other three are at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, United States, at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, United States, and at the Florence Baptistery itself).
The Kazan Cathedral is considered to be the model for the neoclassical style of Helsinki Cathedral, one of the most iconic landmarks of Helsinki, Finland. [Wikipédia]
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Vista de les teulades de la Grande Chartreuse. A la dreta, el nucli central amb l'església, claustre menor i refetor. A la esquerra, les cel·les o "deserts" alineades com casetes al llarg dels claustres majors, que es veuen parcialment.
Situada en un arreserat i tranquil vall dels Alps francesos, dins el massis del mateix nom i al nord de Grenoble, la cartoixa de la Grande Chartreuse té molta fama, tant religiosa com pel famós licor que produeix. Fou fundada per Sant Brú el 1084 (tot i que en el lloc actual només el 1132). Però amb tot, no es pot visitar mai per dintre, només fins als murs perimetrals. Així i tot la visita val la pena pel seu entorn natural privilegiat.
La Gran Chartreuse és el nucli originari de totes les cartoixes del món, i on es reuneix el "Capitol General" cada dos anys. El prior de Grande Chartreuse és alhora el cap de tota l'ordre.
Les cartoixes tenen una estructura arquitectonica única, i es que els monjos (i monjes) no dormen en un dormitori o cel·les, sino que la majoria dormen (i viuen en solitud) en petits xalets amb el seu propi taller i pati completament aillats del món exterior. De fet, els cartuixos viuen tota la setmana en silenci i solitud, i només es troben per les mises i el diumege per menjar en comunitat i unes hores de trobada i fins i tot xerrada. Tot això ho dic des del meu agnosticisme/ateisme més complert, eh? Però així i tot i tinc certa fascinació per aquest estil de vida tant allunyat de la vida usual i atabalada que portem.
Ah, això si, hi ha cartuixos que si que viuen en comunitat i que fan les feines per a poder mantenir l'aillament quasi total dels altres: cuina, manteniments, horts, etc...
Ah, i com a final, dir que tot i la aparent pau i silenci inalterat de la Gran Chartreuse, aquesta patí diversos incendis des de la edat mijana que requeriren importants reconstruccions (bona part dels edificis són del ségle XVII) i a sobre dues expulsion forçades: del 1790 al 1816 i del 1903 al 1940.
No us perdeu el documental: Die Große Stille (2000), de Phillip Gröning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI1w1DDdH1I
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orde_de_la_Cartoixa
www.monestirs.cat/monst/annex/fran/roinea/chartr.htm
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Cartuja
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The roofs of Grande Chartreuse charterhouse. To the right, the nucleus with the church and refectory, and to the left, the long line of eremitic cells, each with it's own garden, one for each monk. You can even see a bit of the great cloister. Considering it's closed to visits, this is the most you are going to see of it.
Located in a secluded and quiet valley of the French Alps, within the massif of the same name and north of Grenoble, the abbey of Grand Chartreuse has a lot of fame, both religiously and for the famous liquor it produces. It was founded by St. Bruno in 1084, though in the current site only in 1132. However, you can never visit the inside, only up to the perimeter walls. Even so, the visit is worth it for its privileged natural environment.
The Grande Chartreuse is the origin of the entire Carthusian order, and where the "General Capitol" meets every two years. The prior of Grande Chartreuse is at the same time the head of the entire order.
The Carthusian monasteries have a unique architectural structure, namely that the monks (and nuns) do not sleep in a dormitory or cells, but most sleep (and live in solitude) in small chalets with their own completely isolated workshop and courtyard of the outside world. In fact, the Carthusians live all week in silence and solitude, and only meet for mass and Sunday to eat together and have a few hours of meeting and even chatting. I say all this from my most complete agnosticism/atheism, But even so, I have a certain fascination for this lifestyle so far removed from the usual and burdened life we lead.
Also, there are monks who do live in community and who do the jobs to be able to maintain the almost total isolation from the others: kitchen, maintenance, gardens, etc...
Oh, and finally, to say that despite the apparent peace and unaltered silence of the Grand Chartreuse, it has suffered several fires since the Middle Ages that required major reconstructions (many of the buildings are from the 17th century) and on top of that two forced evictions : from 1790 to 1816 and from 1903 to 1940.
Don't miss the documentary: Die Große Stille (2000), by Phillip Gröning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI1w1DDdH1I
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Kamieniec Podolski - was built in the sixteenth century in the Renaissance style, in the years 1646-1648 it was rebuilt in the Baroque style. In the year 1672, during classes Kamenetz by the Turks, was converted into a mosque and minaret was built next to the temple. Under the peace in 1699, Kamieniec returned to the Polish Kingdom. The system, however, predicted the behavior of the minaret. In 1756 years on minaret set imported from Gdansk copper statue of the Virgin Mary. Remained so until today.
As a result of the second partition of Polish in 1793 Kamieniec became a part of Russia, and never returned to Polish. In 1936 the church was closed and converted into a museum of atheism. In June 1990, was returned to the faithful (the first Mass was celebrated in the June 29, 1990).
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Katedra św.Piotra i Pawła w Kamieńcu Podolskim – została wybudowana w XVI wieku w stylu renesansowym, w latach 1646-1648 została przebudowana w stylu barokowym. W roku 1672, w czasie zajęcia Kamieńca przez Turków, została zamieniona na meczet a obok świątyni dobudowano minaret. Na mocy zawartego w 1699 pokoju, Kamieniec powrócił do Królestwa Polskiego. Układ przewidywał jednak zachowanie minaretu. W 1756 roku na minarecie ustawiono sprowadzoną z Gdańska miedzianą figurę Matki Boskiej. Tak pozostało do dzisiaj.
W wyniku II rozbioru Polski w 1793 r. Kamieniec Podolski znalazł się w granicach Rosji, i już nigdy nie wrócił do Polski. W 1936 świątynia została zamknięta i zamieniona na muzeum ateizmu. W czerwcu 1990 została zwrócona wiernym (pierwszą mszę odprawiono w niej 29 czerwca 1990).
"Hello Werner".
"Is it true, Karl, that in the late 1840s you did not allow the German Federation of Atheists to join the Communist Party?"
"Yes, I didn't."
"Why was that?"
"You know, I did not wish religious organisations to become part of our organisation."
"Oh!"
Leica M Mono, Elmar 4/135 at F22. Close-up, focus achieved with Live View.
Langthwaite is one of the few villages in Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England.
It is probably classed as the main settlement in the dale. It is one of the most northerly settlements in the whole of Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is home to a pub ('The Red Lion'), a shop and an unusual commissioners' church of 1817, which was one of many then built with money provided by Parliament in an attempt to counteract atheism and free thinking after the French Revolution.
Langthwaite is also home to a hexagonal powder house, built in 1807 to store gunpowder used in the many mines dotted around the area.
Vue vers le sud sur la place St-Isaac à partir de la galerie du dôme de la cathédrale Saint-Isaac au Saint Isaac's Square 4, à Saint-Pétersbourg en Russie.
La place St-Isaac avec, au centre, la statue équestre de Nicolas 1er, est encadrée à l’est (gauche sur la photo) par les hôtels de luxe Astoria et Angleterre, inauguré en 1912 dans le style Art nouveau, et en face de la cathédrale, le palais Marie, le dernier palais de style néo-classique construit dans le centre historique de Saint-Pétersbourg. Il a été construit entre 1839 et 1844 par Andreï Stackenschneider sur commande de l’empereur Nicolas Ier pour sa fille la grande-duchesse Marie Nikolaïevna (1819-1876) pour son mariage avec le duc Maximilien de Leuchtenberg, fils d’Eugène de Beauharnais. Il abrite depuis 1994 l’Assemblée législative de Saint-Pétersbourg.
La cathédrale Saint-Isaac est une cathédrale orthodoxe russe bâtie entre 1818 et 1858, sous les règnes des empereurs Alexandre Ier (1801-1825), Nicolas Ier (1825-1855) et Alexandre II (1855-1881). Elle a été inspirée par la cathédrale Saint-Paul de Londres et a été conçue pour accueillir 14 000 fidèles. Troisième du monde par sa taille, après la basilique St-Pierre de Rome et la cathédrale St-Paul de Londres, l'œuvre de l'architecte français Auguste Montferrand s'impose avec ses colonnades de granit et son imposante coupole dorée et les 350 statues de sa toiture. La sobriété de l'extérieur classique de cette œuvre d'un architecte français, bâtie sur pilotis, cache cependant un intérieur somptueux fait d'une débauche de marbre, stucs et pierres semi-précieuses. La cathédrale a été fermée sur ordre des autorités communistes en juin 1928 et transformée en 1931 en musée de l'athéisme puis en 1937, en musée d'histoire et de l'art. Toutefois, le 10 janvier 2017, le gouverneur de Saint-Pétersbourg Gueorgui Poltavtchenko a annoncé le transfert de l'usage de la cathédrale à l'Église orthodoxe russe. Le bâtiment reste propriété de l'État russe, son entretien demeure à la charge de la ville de Saint-Pétersbourg mais l'Église orthodoxe russe recouvre l'entière jouissance de l'occupation du lieu, tout en conservant sa fonction de musée; cette décision s'est accompagnée d'une grande controverse parmi la population.
Dès 1703, le tsar Pierre le Grand ordonna la construction de fortifications à l'embouchure de la Neva, destinées à abriter l'armée durant la Grande Guerre du Nord contre la Suède. Il construisit la forteresse de Schüsselbourg (la ville-clé), appelé aujourd'hui, la forteresse Pierre-et-Paul, et fit fortifier l'île de Kotline. Puis l'idée de construire une ville sur les marécages environnants lui vint en 1706, sans doute parce que l'emplacement de Saint-Pétersbourg en faisait un port maritime le plus souvent libre des glaces et bien relié par la Neva au réseau fluvial de la Russie. Ainsi, l'une des œuvres majeures du règne de Pierre le Grand fut la construction de cette nouvelle ville sur les rives de la mer Baltique, au fond du golfe de Finlande, en 1703, une cité, qu'il baptisa Saint-Pétersbourg. Celle-ci devait être résolument tournée vers l'Occident et la modernité. Elle devint aussitôt la capitale de l'Empire russe, en 1712, et le resta jusqu'à la révolution d'Octobre de 1917.
Cette « Venise du Nord », avec ses nombreux canaux et plus de 400 ponts, est donc avant tout le résultat d'un vaste projet d'urbanisme commencé en 1703 sous Pierre le Grand et poursuivi par ses successeurs. Depuis 1990, son centre historique de Saint-Pétersbourg (incluant l'Amirauté, forteresse Pierre-et-Paul et sa cathédrale, le palais d'Hiver ou musée Ermitage, cathédrale Saint-Isaac et le Théâtre Alexandra) ainsi que les ensembles monumentaux annexes tels les palais de Peterhof (Petrodvorets) et de Tsarskoïe Selo (Pouchkine), sont classés au patrimoine de l'UNESCO (WHL-540bis).
La cathédrale Saint-Isaac est située au Saint Isaac's Square, 4 et la Strelka (signifiant flèche) est la pointe est de l'île Vassilievsky à Saint-Pétersbourg en Russie.
Une vue vers le sud-ouest à partir de la rue Mytninskaya Naberezhnaya, sur la rive sud du quartier Petrogradskaïa qui se trouve sur la rive nord de la Neva.
La pointe est de l'île Vassilievsky se trouve où le fleuve Neva se sépare en deux bras. Elle offre une belle vue panoramique sur le palais d'hiver (Musée Ermitage) et la forteresse Pierre-et-Paul. La place est décorée de 2 colonnes rostrales (i.e. commémorant une victoire navale ou des campagnes maritimes victorieuses) faites de granit rouge aux piédestaux décorés des allégories des 4 grands fleuves de Russie, soit la Neva, la Volga, la Dniepr et le Volkhov.
La cathédrale Saint-Isaac est une cathédrale orthodoxe russe bâtie entre 1818 et 1858, sous les règnes des empereurs Alexandre Ier (1801-1825), Nicolas Ier (1825-1855) et Alexandre II (1855-1881). Elle a été inspirée par la cathédrale Saint-Paul de Londres et a été conçue pour accueillir 14 000 fidèles. Troisième du monde par sa taille, après la basilique St-Pierre de Rome et la cathédrale St-Paul de Londres, l'œuvre de l'architecte français Auguste Montferrand s'impose avec ses colonnades de granit et son imposante coupole dorée et les 350 statues de sa toiture. La sobriété de l'extérieur classique de cette œuvre d'un architecte français, bâtie sur pilotis, cache cependant un intérieur somptueux fait d'une débauche de marbre, stucs et pierres semi-précieuses.
La cathédrale a été fermée sur ordre des autorités communistes en juin 1928 et transformée en 1931 en musée de l'athéisme puis en 1937, en musée d'histoire et de l'art. Toutefois, le 10 janvier 2017, le gouverneur de Saint-Pétersbourg Gueorgui Poltavtchenko a annoncé le transfert de l'usage de la cathédrale à l'Église orthodoxe russe. Le bâtiment reste propriété de l'État russe, son entretien demeure à la charge de la ville de Saint-Pétersbourg mais l'Église orthodoxe russe recouvre l'entière jouissance de l'occupation du lieu, tout en conservant sa fonction de musée; cette décision s'est accompagnée d'une grande controverse parmi la population.
Dès 1703, le tsar Pierre le Grand ordonna la construction de fortifications à l'embouchure de la Neva, destinées à abriter l'armée durant la Grande Guerre du Nord contre la Suède. Il construisit la forteresse de Schüsselbourg (la ville-clé), appelé aujourd'hui, la forteresse Pierre-et-Paul, et fit fortifier l'île de Kotline. Puis l'idée de construire une ville sur les marécages environnants lui vint en 1706, sans doute parce que l'emplacement de Saint-Pétersbourg en faisait un port maritime le plus souvent libre des glaces et bien relié par la Neva au réseau fluvial de la Russie. Ainsi, l'une des œuvres majeures du règne de Pierre le Grand fut la construction de cette nouvelle ville sur les rives de la mer Baltique, au fond du golfe de Finlande, en 1703, une cité, qu'il baptisa Saint-Pétersbourg. Celle-ci devait être résolument tournée vers l'Occident et la modernité. Elle devint aussitôt la capitale de l'Empire russe, en 1712, et le resta jusqu'à la révolution d'Octobre de 1917.
Cette « Venise du Nord », avec ses nombreux canaux et plus de 400 ponts, est donc avant tout le résultat d'un vaste projet d'urbanisme commencé en 1703 sous Pierre le Grand et poursuivi par ses successeurs. Depuis 1990, son centre historique de Saint-Pétersbourg (incluant l'Amirauté, forteresse Pierre-et-Paul et sa cathédrale, le palais d'Hiver ou musée Ermitage, cathédrale Saint-Isaac et le Théâtre Alexandra) ainsi que les ensembles monumentaux annexes tels les palais de Peterhof (Petrodvorets) et de Tsarskoïe Selo (Pouchkine), sont classés au patrimoine de l'UNESCO (WHL-540bis).
my little thought to a great man
Umberto Veronesi (Milano 11/28/1925 - 08/11/2016 Milano)
"C'è molto a cui credere: alla forza dei valori umani che con i millenni il cervello ha elaborato progressivamente per raggiungere una coscienza etica.“
"I figli sono l'immortalità. I figli faranno altri figli e quindi la vita non finisce mai. Il nostro corpo muore, ma il nostro DNA continua. I figli hanno la stessa carne, lo stesso metabolismo, e così via. La morte è solamente quella del corpo.“
- Umberto Veronesi
music:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ0FQovU0Ws
my starting pic:
www.flickr.com/photos/145098341@N05/29301433880/in/datepo...
Starting pic Painted without texture:
www.flickr.com/photos/145098341@N05/31315211706/in/datepo...
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Foto feta el 2024 amb una Ihagee Patent Duplex 720 fabricada entorn 1925; objectiu Goerz Dogmar f4.5 / 135mm; placa de gelatina Zebra de 9x12 cm. El meu avi tenia una càmera pràcticament identica a aquesta. Cliqueu-hi a la imatge més avall, per a més informació.
Situada en un arreserat i tranquil vall dels Alps francesos, dins el massis del mateix nom i al nord de Grenoble, la cartoixa de la Grande Chartreuse té molta fama, tant religiosa com pel famós licor que produeix. Fou fundada per Sant Brú el 1084 (tot i que en el lloc actual només el 1132). Però amb tot, no es pot visitar mai per dintre, només fins als murs perimetrals. Així i tot la visita val la pena pel seu entorn natural privilegiat.
La Gran Chartreuse és el nucli originari de totes les cartoixes del món, i on es reuneix el "Capitol General" cada dos anys. El prior de Grande Chartreuse és alhora el cap de tota l'ordre.
Les cartoixes tenen una estructura arquitectonica única, i es que els monjos (i monjes) no dormen en un dormitori o cel·les, sino que la majoria dormen (i viuen en solitud) en petits xalets amb el seu propi taller i pati completament aillats del món exterior. De fet, els cartuixos viuen tota la setmana en silenci i solitud, i només es troben per les mises i el diumege per menjar en comunitat i unes hores de trobada i fins i tot xerrada. Tot això ho dic des del meu agnosticisme/ateisme més complert, eh? Però així i tot i tinc certa fascinació per aquest estil de vida tant allunyat de la vida usual i atabalada que portem.
Ah, això si, hi ha cartuixos que si que viuen en comunitat i que fan les feines per a poder mantenir l'aillament quasi total dels altres: cuina, manteniments, horts, etc...
Ah, i com a final, dir que tot i la aparent pau i silenci inalterat de la Gran Chartreuse, aquesta patí diversos incendis des de la edat mijana que requeriren importants reconstruccions (bona part dels edificis són del ségle XVII) i a sobre dues expulsion forçades: del 1790 al 1816 i del 1903 al 1940.
No us perdeu el documental: Die Große Stille (2000), de Phillip Gröning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI1w1DDdH1I
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orde_de_la_Cartoixa
www.monestirs.cat/monst/annex/fran/roinea/chartr.htm
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Cartuja
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Picture taken in 2024 with an Ihagee Patent Duplex 720, manufactured in 1925; Goerz Dogmar f4.5 / 135mm lens; Zebra Dry Plate in 9x12 format. My grandfather had an almost identical camera.
As I said in the title (in Catalan): "this photography could have 125 years, and you won't notice any difference". That's for two reasons: the Grande Chartreuse stands identical as in the XVIII Century... and dry plates where in use since the 1870's.
Located in a secluded and quiet valley of the French Alps, within the massif of the same name and north of Grenoble, the abbey of Grand Chartreuse has a lot of fame, both religiously and for the famous liquor it produces. It was founded by St. Bruno in 1084, though in the current site only in 1132. However, you can never visit the inside, only up to the perimeter walls. Even so, the visit is worth it for its privileged natural environment.
The Grande Chartreuse is the origin of the entire Carthusian order, and where the "General Capitol" meets every two years. The prior of Grande Chartreuse is at the same time the head of the entire order.
The Carthusian monasteries have a unique architectural structure, namely that the monks (and nuns) do not sleep in a dormitory or cells, but most sleep (and live in solitude) in small chalets with their own completely isolated workshop and courtyard of the outside world. In fact, the Carthusians live all week in silence and solitude, and only meet for mass and Sunday to eat together and have a few hours of meeting and even chatting. I say all this from my most complete agnosticism/atheism, But even so, I have a certain fascination for this lifestyle so far removed from the usual and burdened life we lead.
Also, there are monks who do live in community and who do the jobs to be able to maintain the almost total isolation from the others: kitchen, maintenance, gardens, etc...
Oh, and finally, to say that despite the apparent peace and unaltered silence of the Grand Chartreuse, it has suffered several fires since the Middle Ages that required major reconstructions (many of the buildings are from the 17th century) and on top of that two forced evictions : from 1790 to 1816 and from 1903 to 1940.
Don't miss the documentary: Die Große Stille (2000), by Phillip Gröning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI1w1DDdH1I
"Mon athéisme, comme celui de Spinoza, est une piété véritable vis-à-vis de l'univers. Il se contente de renier les dieux façonnés par les hommes à leur image, dans le but de servir des intérêts humains."
George Santayana
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Al arribar prop de l'entrada de la Grande Chartreuse, varem trobar aquest grup xerrant amb un dels propis monjos cartoixos.
Situada en un arreserat i tranquil vall dels Alps francesos, dins el massis del mateix nom i al nord de Grenoble, la cartoixa de la Grande Chartreuse té molta fama, tant religiosa com pel famós licor que produeix. Fou fundada per Sant Brú el 1084 (tot i que en el lloc actual només el 1132). Però amb tot, no es pot visitar mai per dintre, només fins als murs perimetrals. Així i tot la visita val la pena pel seu entorn natural privilegiat.
La Gran Chartreuse és el nucli originari de totes les cartoixes del món, i on es reuneix el "Capitol General" cada dos anys. El prior de Grande Chartreuse és alhora el cap de tota l'ordre.
Les cartoixes tenen una estructura arquitectonica única, i es que els monjos (i monjes) no dormen en un dormitori o cel·les, sino que la majoria dormen (i viuen en solitud) en petits xalets amb el seu propi taller i pati completament aillats del món exterior. De fet, els cartuixos viuen tota la setmana en silenci i solitud, i només es troben per les mises i el diumege per menjar en comunitat i unes hores de trobada i fins i tot xerrada. Tot això ho dic des del meu agnosticisme/ateisme més complert, eh? Però així i tot i tinc certa fascinació per aquest estil de vida tant allunyat de la vida usual i atabalada que portem.
Ah, això si, hi ha cartuixos que si que viuen en comunitat i que fan les feines per a poder mantenir l'aillament quasi total dels altres: cuina, manteniments, horts, etc...
Ah, i com a final, dir que tot i la aparent pau i silenci inalterat de la Gran Chartreuse, aquesta patí diversos incendis des de la edat mijana que requeriren importants reconstruccions (bona part dels edificis són del ségle XVII) i a sobre dues expulsion forçades: del 1790 al 1816 i del 1903 al 1940.
No us perdeu el documental: Die Große Stille (2000), de Phillip Gröning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI1w1DDdH1I
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orde_de_la_Cartoixa
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Cartuja
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When we arrived up to the main gate of Grande Chartreuse, there was this group chating with one of the carthusian monks.
Located in a secluded and quiet valley of the French Alps, within the massif of the same name and north of Grenoble, the abbey of Grand Chartreuse has a lot of fame, both religiously and for the famous liquor it produces. It was founded by St. Bruno in 1084, though in the current site only in 1132. However, you can never visit the inside, only up to the perimeter walls. Even so, the visit is worth it for its privileged natural environment.
The Grande Chartreuse is the origin of the entire Carthusian order, and where the "General Capitol" meets every two years. The prior of Grande Chartreuse is at the same time the head of the entire order.
The Carthusian monasteries have a unique architectural structure, namely that the monks (and nuns) do not sleep in a dormitory or cells, but most sleep (and live in solitude) in small chalets with their own completely isolated workshop and courtyard of the outside world. In fact, the Carthusians live all week in silence and solitude, and only meet for mass and Sunday to eat together and have a few hours of meeting and even chatting. I say all this from my most complete agnosticism/atheism, But even so, I have a certain fascination for this lifestyle so far removed from the usual and burdened life we lead.
Also, there are monks who do live in community and who do the jobs to be able to maintain the almost total isolation from the others: kitchen, maintenance, gardens, etc...
Oh, and finally, to say that despite the apparent peace and unaltered silence of the Grand Chartreuse, it has suffered several fires since the Middle Ages that required major reconstructions (many of the buildings are from the 17th century) and on top of that two forced evictions : from 1790 to 1816 and from 1903 to 1940.
Don't miss the documentary: Die Große Stille (2000), by Phillip Gröning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI1w1DDdH1I
i've been a terrible contact lately - way behind on comments and stuff. have been packing, cleaning, saying my goodbyes, planning the road trip itinerary, and we just had a blizzard yesterday. i'll try to be better. but, sorry.
going to see slumdog millionaire tonight, but first, i was tagged by tom & wayne to do this 'sixteeen things about me' thang, so here goes.
1. i have serious nerd tendencies: obsessed with lord of the rings, star wars/trek, philosophy, neuroscience, and i'm a bookworm ... yeah.
2. i frequently eat pasta and/or pizza for breakfast.
3. i'm probably one of the most undisciplined people i know. i don't have many 'rules'; i just kind of do what i want, when i want.
4. i hate hate hate water with ice. makes my teeth hurt!
5. i have terrible circulation. my nose is always freezing cold (probably due to how enormous it is ;) and turns red when it's cold, and my feet are usually blocks of ice.
6. if i could have dinner with any three people, dead or alive: jesus, gandhi, bobby kennedy (they just all happen to be dead...i'll get my seance on).
7. i would probably die without butter.
8. i really want to get two cats when i move out to san francisco, so i'm only looking for apartments that allow 'em. i've already named them: muddy waters & etta james brown.
9. i drink my coffee black. french or italian roast.
10. i stuttered until i was about four or five years old. i guess i just grew out of it.
11. i tend to mumble ... a lot. mostly talk to myself, follow a train of thought, fading off towards the end. it aggravates a lot of people.
12. i was nearly sent home from my (chartered) trip to israel a few years ago because i got too drunk in the bedouin tent. vodka shots and hookah. winning combination.
13. i smoke. sorry.
14. i'm not religious, but 'spiritual'. a deist. had been a raving atheist, then an agnostic (and there IS a difference, for you idiots who think that agnosticism is just 'safe' atheism, you are very wrong, just study the freaking etymology to start), until one week of binge mushroom-eating this spring.
15. i have an elf ear (you can see it, there, my right ear).
16. peonies are my favorite flower. (in case you want to send me some.)
•Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
•One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.....
•Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
•The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
•I went to a bookstore and asked the sales woman,"Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
•What if there were no hypothetical questions?
•If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
•If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
•Is there another word for synonym?
•Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"
•What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
•If a parsley farmer is sued can they garnish his wages?
•Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
•Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
•If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
•Does the Little Mermaid wear an algebra?
•How is it possible to have a civil war?
•If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown, too?
•If you ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
•If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
•Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have "S" in it?
•Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "assteroids"?
•Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
•Can an atheist get insurance against acts of God?
For Lisa, aka Zoom In Tight. Cancer is trying hard to knock her down but we're all here to keep her up. We're that grid you see on the building in this photo, some of us are rusty but we still have plenty of strength in us. The "jokes" are for you and a little nod to your fantastic humor.
She stands on the street corners,
because it's her home now.
Under the bright lamp, her eyes have lost their glow.
They have dimmed.
But she's alert.. on the inside, at least.
Her heart skips a beat everytime a car slows down near,
Because maybe.. just maybe, it'll mean she'll have dinner for that night.
and then it'll be a few hours,
maybe even a few more days,
until she has to do it again.
It fills her mind with such shame and disgust,
putting a price on her body,
just to keep going.
Immoral, wrong, shameful.
Jesus, surely, would never approve.
But does she follow Jesus,
Or quit Him,
simply to relish in his precious gift
of Life?
In the US, the average age of entry into prostitution is 13.
In September, Governor David Paterson signed into law the Safe Harbor for Exploited Youth Act, which is intended to stop the practice of charging sexually exploited children as criminals.
Problem is, the law doesn't go into effect until 2010.
Until then, New York will continue to charge child prostitutes under the age of 16 as criminals, rather than treating them as victims. Boys and girls as young as 12 who are charged with prostitution are often sent to juvenile detention centers.
Their entry in the profession is often running away from an abusive home or being kidnapped. The average age of entry into the commercial sex industry is now 11-12 years old. According to a 2007 report from the NY State Office of Children and Family Services, more than 2,200 children are victimized through commercial sexual exploitation in New York City.
These stats made me cry.
{ #2 in Destruction of Innocence series. YES, I am wearing heavy make-up, i.e. red lipstick, and I tried to achieve the streaks of mascara look }
A view (into the sun) looking down on the village of Langthwaite in Arkengarthdale from the narrow road that reaches up the hillside to the hamlet of Booze
Langthwaite is one of the few villages in Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire, England. The 1975 Disney picture "Escape from the Dark" was partly filmed in Langthwaite and around Arkengarthdale along with several scenes in the television series All Creatures Great and Small.
It is probably classed as the main settlement in the dale. It is one of the most northerly settlements in the whole of Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is home to a pub ('The Red Lion'), a shop and an unusual commissioners' church of 1817, which was one of many then built with money provided by Parliament in an attempt to counteract atheism and free thinking after the French Revolution.
Langthwaite is also home to a hexagonal powder house, built in 1807 to store gunpowder used in the many mines dotted around the area.
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“Je ne saurais voir dans l'athéisme un résultat, un événement : il est chez moi instinct naturel. Je suis trop curieux, trop sceptique, trop hautain pour accepter une réponse grossière. Dieu est une réponse grossière, une goujaterie à l'égard du penseur ; ce n'est même, au fond, qu'une grossière interdiction à notre endroit : Défense de penser...”
Friedrich Nietzsche
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Al contrari que en altres ordres monastics, dins l'ordre cartoixana, el cap i casal és clarissim i evident: la Gran Cartoixa d'on totes prenen el nom, Grande Chartreuse en francès, fundada per Sant Brú el 1084 (tot i que en el lloc actual només el 1132).
Situada en un arreserat i tranquil vall dels Alps francesos, dins el massis del mateix nom i al nord de Grenoble, la Grand Chartreuse té molta fama, tant religiosa com pel famós licor que produeix. Però amb tot, no es pot visitar mai per dintre, només fins als murs perimetrals. Així i tot la visita val la pena pel seu entorn natural privilegiat.
Les cartoixes tenen una estructura arquitectonica única, i es que els monjos (i monjes) no dormen en un dormitori o cel·les, sino que la majoria dormen (i viuen en solitud) en petits xalets amb el seu propi taller i pati completament aillats del món exterior. De fet, els cartuixos viuen tota la setmana en silenci i solitud, i només es troben per les mises i el diumege per menjar en comunitat i unes hores de trobada i fins i tot xerrada. Tot això ho dic des del meu agnosticisme/ateisme més complert, eh? Però així i tot i tinc certa fascinació per aquest estil de vida tant allunyat de la vida usual i atabalada que portem.
Ah, això si, hi ha cartuixos que si que viuen en comunitat i que fan les feines per a poder mantenir l'aillament quasi total dels altres: cuina, manteniments, horts, etc...
A la conreria de la Grande Charteuse actualment hi ha un museu on s'han reconstruit algunes parts de la no visitable part principal, molt en especial una cel·la de solitud, també coneguda com a "desert".
Ah, i com a final, dir que tot i la aparent pau i silenci inalterat de la Gran Chartreuse, aquesta patí diversos incendis des de la edat mijana que requeriren importants reconstruccions (bona part dels edificis són del ségle XVII) i a sobre dues expulsion forçades: del 1790 al 1816 i del 1903 al 1940.
No us perdeu el documental: Die Große Stille (2000), de Phillip Gröning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI1w1DDdH1I
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orde_de_la_Cartoixa
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Cartuja
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Contrary to other monastic orders, within the Carthusian order, the head house is very clear and obvious: the Great Carthusian from which they all take their name, Grande Chartreuse in French, founded by Sant Bruno in 1084 (although in the current site only in 1132).
Located in a secluded and quiet valley of the French Alps, within the massif of the same name and north of Grenoble, the Grand Chartreuse has a lot of fame, both religiously and for the famous liquor it produces. However, you can never visit the inside, only up to the perimeter walls. Even so, the visit is worth it for its privileged natural environment.
The Carthusian monasteries have a unique architectural structure, namely that the monks (and nuns) do not sleep in a dormitory or cells, but most sleep (and live in solitude) in small chalets with their own completely isolated workshop and courtyard of the outside world. In fact, the Carthusians live all week in silence and solitude, and only meet for mass and Sunday to eat together and have a few hours of meeting and even chatting. I say all this from my most complete agnosticism/atheism, But even so, I have a certain fascination for this lifestyle so far removed from the usual and burdened life we lead.
Also, there are monks who do live in community and who do the jobs to be able to maintain the almost total isolation from the others: kitchen, maintenance, gardens, etc...
In the Grande Charteuse farm there is currently a museum where some parts of the non-visitable main part have been reconstructed, most notably a solitary cell, also known as the "desert".
Oh, and finally, to say that despite the apparent peace and unaltered silence of the Grand Chartreuse, it has suffered several fires since the Middle Ages that required major reconstructions (many of the buildings are from the 17th century) and on top of that two forced evictions : from 1790 to 1816 and from 1903 to 1940.
Don't miss the documentary: Die Große Stille (2000), by Phillip Gröning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI1w1DDdH1I
“Je ne saurais voir dans l'athéisme un résultat, un événement : il est chez moi instinct naturel. Je suis trop curieux, trop sceptique, trop hautain pour accepter une réponse grossière. Dieu est une réponse grossière, une goujaterie à l'égard du penseur ; ce n'est même, au fond, qu'une grossière interdiction à notre endroit : Défense de penser...”
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Church of Our Lady of Poland was built between 1967-1977 during the communist period, when the Bishop of Krakow was Karol Wojtyla - later Pope John Paul II. The building from the outside symbolizes Noah's Ark (Ark of the Lord), a symbol of salvation before the flood of unbelief and programic atheism.
The interior of the church is very eloquent. In the main altar is a tabernacle depicting the view of earth from outer space. It is located next to the various minerals also the moon stone. It was donated by American astronaut Apollo 11 to Pope Paul VI. This stone was given by Pope Paul VI to Karol Wojtyla, who was at that time a Metropolitan of Cracow, and on October 16, 1978 he became Pope John Paul II. The huge sculpture of Christ "from life to life" is also remarkable.
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Kościół Matki Boskiej Królowej Polski był wybudowany w latach 1967-1977 w okresie komunizmu, gdy biskupem Krakowa był Karol Wojtyła - późniejszy Papież Jan Paweł II. Budynek z zewnątrz symbolizuje Arkę Noego (Arka Pana), jest symbolem ocalenia i ratunku przed zalewem niewiary i programowej ateizacji.
Bardzo wymowny jest wnętrze kościoła. W ołtarzu głównym jest tabernakulum przedstawiające widok ziemi z kosmosu. Umieszczono w nim obok różnych minerałów kamień z Księżyca. Był on podarowany przez astronautów amerykańskich statku Apollo 11 Papieżowi Pawłowi VI. Kamień ten dostał od papieża Karol Wojtyła który był w tym czasie metropolitą krakowskim, a 16 października 1978 został Papieżem Janem Pawłem II. Wymowną jest również ogromna rzeźba Chrystusa "Z życia do życia".
By believing that God exists, you’d be following in the footsteps of Antony Flew, who was widely considered the world’s most influential atheistic philosopher, author, and debater. In 2004 Flew abandoned his atheism and acknowledged that God must exist. He said, “It now seems to me that the findings of more than fifty years of DNA research have provided materials for a new and enormously powerful argument to design.”
“What I think the DNA material has done is show that intelligence must have been involved.” What changed his mind? The complexity of the DNA inside living cells. Scientists are discovering that living cells could never have come into being apart from an intelligent designer. They are that complex.--- from "One-Minute Answers to Skeptics"
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Playing off of Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam." A pictorial representation of atheism, where deities are nothing more than a projection of the human brain, and barring other forms of life on distant planets, humans are alone in the universe.
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atheistisches Glaubensbekenntnis
to propose: "there is a God" is just about as sensible as to say:
"my cat plays the piano" - especially when you own neither cat nor piano
Those policing the boundaries of faith or of atheism would like to put me into just one of their category boxes. I refuse to be thus categorised. I am neither a believer nor a non-believer. But I do inhabit a tradition, religiously and culturally, and within that, I am faithfully uncertain. As to photography, I have recently re-discovered the virtue of shooting JPEGs. I may have underestimated their potential.