Ceilings, Roofs and Steeples. What do you see?
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In the Carmelite Priory in Mdina, Malta - a Baroque church built 1660-1675 - but the painting here in the dome actually dates to 1901.
A view up into the barrel vault ceiling of the Theatinerkirche church. And no, the church is not blue, the natural light from outside mixed with the interior artificial lighting created an interesting color effect.
The official name of this church is "Stiftskirche St. Kajetan", it is the church of the catholic Theatines order (Latin name Ordo Clericorum Regularium). The church was build from 1663 to 1690 in late baroque style.
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The ceiling frescoes in the Freising cathedral.
The cathedral of Freising was built in Romanesque style from 1159 to 1205. First change to the interior was the replacement of the flat Romanesque wooden ceiling by a Gothic vault ceiling during 1481 to 1483. In a further change during the Baroque period the Gothic vault ribs were removed, the final change was the Rococo decoration created around 1724 by the brothers Cosmas Damian Asam and Egid Quirin Asam.
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The church is mostly known as Bath abbey - but the full name is the Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. It is now an Anglican church, but it started out as an abbey church to a Benedictine monastery. A church was first built on this spot in the 7th century - but the current building dates from the 12th to the 16th century (with some major restorations made in the 1860s, including to the ceiling and finishing the vaulting that had been partly abandoned back in the day - probably for financial reasons) and one of the better examples of the Gothic perpendicular style.
The logs that supported the floor boards in the room above this passageway fascinated me. The structures on either side of the passageway constituted one home.
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The Villa was built for Pope Julius III, started in 1551 and completed around 1553, as a place to relax at and get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The decorations at this place are still quite amazing. And I am willing to bet that quite a few of the visitors miss this particular ceiling - it's the ceiling above the museum shop!
Today the villa houses the National Etruscan Museum.
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In the abbey church of Mondaye, dedicated to Martin of Tours. The abbey has medieval roots, but the church was (re)built in the early 18th century, under the supervision of the architect Eustache Restout - who was also a prior at the abbey.
A view up into the barrel vault ceiling of the Theatinerkirche church.
The official name of this church is "Stiftskirche St. Kajetan", it is the church of the catholic Theatines order (Latin name Ordo Clericorum Regularium). The church was build from 1663 to 1690 in late baroque style.
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.