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A look up at the barrel vaulted Tiffany glass ceiling in the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel which was built in 1908 as the headquarters and Scranton passenger station for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.
…of the 'Thomaskirsche', dating back to the 12th century. It is the home of the St. Thomas Boys Choir and the final resting place of Johann Sebastian Bach.
These shiny and sparkly hangdowns from the rock ceiling took millions and millions of years to form!
Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta. For more information see: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattedrale_di_Santa_Maria_Assunta_%...
Tottenham Crossrail station in London, months before opening to the public. The station will be on Transport For London's new Elizabeth Line.
The Santuario Nuestra Señora de los Remedios in Cholula, was built in 1594 as a dedication to the Virgin of Remedies. The church has in its doorway a simple arch, and it has two identical towers, and in its interior it has an attractive neoclassical altar much like the style of the rest of the decor. This church was built in the basement of the Great Pyramid of Cholula. The Pyramid is an archeological vestige that consists of several superimposed floors built over the original. The area consists of important relics from pre-Hispanic times and a museum. From the church courtyard, on a clear day you can see a stunning panoramic view of the four cardinal points, with which visitors are fascinated by the natural beauty of the surroundings.
On Isola Bella in Lake Maggiore.
A look around the Borromeo Palace and it's amazing gardens.
Isola Bella (lit. 'beautiful island') is one of the Borromean Islands of Lago Maggiore in north Italy. The island is situated in the Borromean Gulf 400 metres from the lakeside town of Stresa. Isola Bella is 320 metres long by 400 metres wide and is divided between the Palace, its Italianate garden, and a small fishing village.
Until 1632 the island—known only as l’isola inferiore or isola di sotto—was a rocky crag occupied by a tiny fishing village: but that year Carlo III of the influential House of Borromeo began the construction of a palazzo dedicated to his wife, Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name. He entrusted the works to the Milanese Angelo Crivelli, who was also to be responsible for the planning the gardens. The works were interrupted around middle of the century when the Duchy of Milan was struck by a devastating outbreak of the plague.
Construction resumed when the island passed to Carlo’s sons, Cardinal Giberto III (1615–1672) and Vitaliano VI (1620–1690); the latter in particular, with the financial backing of his elder brother, entrusted the completion of the works to the Milanese architect Carlo Fontana and turned the villa into a place of sumptuous parties and theatrical events for the nobility of Europe.
The completion of the gardens, however, was left to his nephew Carlo IV (1657–1734). They were inaugurated in 1671.
The island achieved its highest level of social success during the period of Giberto V Borromeo (1751–1837) when guests included Edward Gibbon, Napoleon and his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais, and Caroline of Brunswick, the Princess of Wales. It is said that Caroline, having fallen in love with the place, did her best to convince the Borromeo family to sell her Isola Madre or the Castelli di Cannero islands; her request being turned down, she established herself on the banks of Lake Como at Cernobbio in the Villa d’Este.
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As you walk into All Saints Church, the left hand wall is completely decorated with wall paintings in which Angels feature strongly, while up above - the ceiling is picked out mainly in green, red and white with the name of Christ appearing (HIS) Like the murals designed by the Rev C Gray - the total effect must have helped the local parishoners to understand the meaning of Christianity
Mudéjar style ceiling, 16th century (Spain), carved, painted, and gilded pine, 33 x 28 feet constructed of thirty panels (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Ali Qapu (also spelled Āli Qapu or Aali Qapu) usually refers to the name for the palaces of Safavid kings. When Iranians were defeated by Ottoman forces, they were forced to move their capital from Tabriz to Qazvin, and then to Isfahn, to avoid occupation of the capital city.
this is another of my ceilings series..this a part of the ceiling of the church called ' Marie Reine Du Monde' situated in Montreal, Quebec
La Sala Capitular de la catedral de Sevilla la traza Riaño y la construye M. de GaĂnza en 1535, si bien a ritmo muy lento pues se cierra la cĂşpula proyectada por Asensio de Maeda en 1582, acabándose finalmente por Juan de Minjares diez años más tarde. De planta elĂptica, sus muros superiores se ordenan segĂşn columnas dĂłricas sobre pedestales apoyados sobre un gran friso volado. Su cĂşpula elĂptica se divide en tres franjas superpuestas, con casetones, y se remata por una linterna tambiĂ©n elĂptica, en una composiciĂłn sobria de marcado carácter renacentista. Sevilla 22/272009
Often referred to as the Arctic Cathedral, this is the Tromsdalen parish Church, Tromso.
It was constructed of concrete and metal in 1965 using a design by architect Jan Inge Hovig
Here, the organ can be seen. Shaped like a boat (a protection for all sailors)
further information:https://www.ishavskatedralen.no/en/the-arctic-cathedral/