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That perfect moment when a pretty hot air balloon floats across the skyline of Bath and ignites its golden flame
Looking up at the huge transept of Bath Abbey, SW England. The abbey used to be cathedral until it lost the status in 1539 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries. It still looks and feels like a cathedral inside, although when I was there the nave was like a building site undergoing massive restoration. Fortunately some sort of peace could still be found in the magnificent transepts.
Scorched Bath... The extreme heat has certainly given the vegetation around Bath a battering... But the heatwave did give us a couple of intense sunsets 🌄. Here is my carousel from Saturday evening overlooking Bath.
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries.
Bath Abbey is regarded by Simon Jenkins as one of England's Hundred Best Churches. For a detailed history please see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_Abbey.
“History
There has been a place of Christian worship on this site for well over a thousand years and the Abbey has undergone many transformations and changes during this time. Much like the city of Bath has experienced rise and falls in fortune, survived a number of major conflicts, architectural and religious reforms, and two World Wars, the Abbey still stands proudly today as an essential place for both worshippers and visitors.”
An imageof the Roman Baths, and Bath Abbey, Bath Somerset, UK.
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These are photos taken on my trip to Europe and the UK with a girl friend in October to November 2012. My camera I had then wasn't good with low light so some of these shots are not great but I have put them as my memories of the trip.
We arrived in late morning in Bath by train from London. Spent one night there and most of the next day.
Bath is the largest city in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths.
Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, 97 miles west of London and 11 miles southeast of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage site in 1987.
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The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul,
commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England.
Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.
It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country.
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In architecture, a vault is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof.
The ribs of a fan vault are of equal curvature and rotated at equal distances around a central (vertical) axis, forming the conoid shape which gives rise to the name.
The initiation and propagation of this design element and innovation is strongly associated with England - not seen in the churches of continental Europe. It developed in the 14th century as a shell form that was inserted into existing Norman or Romanesque structures as an alternative to the Gothic arch.
Bath Abbey is located in the English county of Somerset. There has been a place of Christian worship on this site for well over a thousand years.
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Today was the Celebration Organ Day at Bath Abbey.
Famous organist Christopher Herrick was there to run a masterclass, lead a discussion and take part in an evening recital.
The screen in the nave (with projector behind) was to allow visitors to see the young organists' hands.
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View of Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, England. 2015
BATH, UK - December 24 2016: Hundreds line up ahead of religious service to celebrate Christmas at Anglican Cathedral
Bath, England, U.K.
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This is Bath Abbey, an Anglican cathedral in the town of Bath, England. From Wikipedia: "The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganized in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country."
I can't impress upon you all how amazed I am when I find out these incredibly historic churches and cathedrals have been around in one form or another since, like this one, the 10th century! And if you've ever seen the excellent miniseries or read the book "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet (one of my favorite writers) you know that it took generations of folks to build these magnificent buildings.
On the right of this photo is a white shop with blue trim. It's a camera store, and it appeared right when I needed it. I felt so blessed! My latest lens, a 10-20mm wide angle (used at 20mm to shoot this photo) allows me to get full frame images where I was using my old lens with an adapter, and getting a cropped frame. This also means the files are a LOT larger, and I was speeding through 128GB SD cards like mad. So I bought two more at the little camera shop in Bath.
This was taken during a recent visit to Bath Abbey while staying with my Sister in Bath over Christmas. After seeing it at Chichester it so happened that Luke Jerram’s Touring exhibition Museum of The Moon was on display at Bath when I was there. Measuring seven metres in diameter, the moon features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface. At an approximate scale of 1:500,000, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture represents 5km of the moon’s surface. Thus this image shows accurately the south pole region of the Moon
For this picture I used a Sony A550 DSLR and placed it on the ground looking up directly under the moon and used a wired shutter release to take the picture. This was a first attempt and worked out pretty well considering that I could not see what I was taking. This is straight out of the camera with no editing, not even a crop.
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An eight year old shot of Bath Abbey interior given a new lease of life thanks to a moody monochrome conversion. I was looking for symmetrical shots to enter into a #Photocrowd competition and thought this treatment might make it stand out a bit more.
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From Wikipedia : "The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country.
The church is cruciform in plan, and is able to seat 1200. An active place of worship, with hundreds of congregation members and hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, it is used for religious services, secular civic ceremonies, concerts and lectures. The choir performs in the abbey and elsewhere. There is a heritage museum in the vaults.
The abbey is a Grade I listed building, particularly noted for its fan vaulting. It contains war memorials for the local population and monuments to several notable people, in the form of wall and floor plaques and commemorative stained glass. The church has two organs and a peal of ten bells. The west front includes sculptures of angels climbing to heaven on two stone ladders."
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Bath is a place with the official title of city in the administrative area of Bath and North East Somerset, in the English county of Somerset. The city, located on the River Avon, has approximately 80,000 inhabitants and is the most visited tourist destination in England after London. Since 2021, the spa town has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Historic Spa Towns of Europe. Bath is built in a natural amphitheater, surrounded by hills. Many buildings are constructed from a whitish local type of stone, the so-called 'Bath stone'.
Parade Gardens, which at one point formed part of the Abbey's orchard and were outside the city walls, date from the early 1700s. They are on the side of the River Avon and some 250 yards to the east of Bath Abbey. They assumed their present form in the 19th and early 20th centuries, although significant elements of its design reflect the scheme devised in 1738 by John Wood the Elder as part of his development of North Parade. The memorial at the base of the steps is a monument commemorating King Edward VII and his role in early 20th century European diplomacy.
I took this shot on our previous visit to Bath, just over a year ago.
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset. Founded in the 7th century, Bath Abbey was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. Major restoration work was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s. It is one of the largest examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture in the West Country.
The abbey is a Grade I listed building, particularly noted for its fan vaulting. The west front (seen here) includes sculptures of angels climbing to heaven on two stone ladders.
On the immediate right is the Grand Pump Room which was begun in 1789 by Thomas Baldwin. He resigned in 1791 and John Palmer continued the scheme until its completion in 1799. Visitors drank the waters from the spring feeding the baths in the Grand Pump Room. This Grade I-listed neo-classical salon remains in use, both for taking the waters and for social functions.