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Dedicated to ~*brenda*~ (www.flickr.com/photos/--brenda--/) to thank her for her kind comments
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Dedicated with love to my Mother-in-law Ann in Cambridgeshire, England.
Photo of my wife Theresa Jane Brown taken on January 22, 2017.
Thanassis Fournarakos - Θανάσης Φουρναράκος
Professional Photographer, Athens, Greece
(retired in 2011, born in 1946).
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In Hinduism, a sadhu is a religious ascetic or holy person. He is solely dedicated to achieving liberation, the fourth and final stage of life, through meditation and contemplation of Brahman. Sadhus often wear saffron-coloured clothing, symbolising their renunciation, leaving behind all material attachments.
Living as a sadhu is a difficult lifestyle. Sadhus are considered to be dead unto themselves, and legally dead to the country of India. As a ritual, they may be required to attend their own funeral before following a guru for many years, serving him by doing menial tasks until acquiring the necessary experience to leave his leadership.
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Dedicated to St. Mary of Dunglass and built of ashlar sandstone, this chapel dates back to the 15th century.
Dedicated to you dear Charles, hope you will be better soon!
Please view LARGE and spot a bit of Elemental Carving.
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Dedicated to presenting hope and love to those who are struggling with depression, suicide, addiction and self-injury
This group includes many people I know and love - some who won't admit they need to be included (but that is okay!); the group includes our daughter, Jamie, who is no longer with us . . . and me.
Never give up; support one another! And thank you, Flickr, for giving me people who CARE!!
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Dedicated to Saint Peter, the abbey church of Champagne is not located, as one would think, in the bubbly-producing hills of northeastern France, but much further south, on the banks of River Rhône, between Lyon and Valence, in the northern part of the département of Ardèche, i.e., in the old province of Vivarais.
Stylistically, this large church, built right next to the busy and noisy thoroughfare that Highway 86 is today, is very homogeneous and was built around 1150, replacing an older, 11th century church of which two capitals have been re-used in the nave. Numerous sculpted fragments from the previous church were also gathered as demolition progressed and reinserted haphazardly in the new one. But built by whom exactly, and for what exact purpose? That is much more mysterious.
From the scant written evidence that has come to us, we can surmise that it was originally built by the Albon family of powerful local lords, probably for regular canons of one or the other obedience. In 1275, it has become a priory of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Chef. In 1172, the canons of the chapter of the Saint Maurice Cathedral in Vienne had given a number of churches to the abbey of Saint-Chef, but the charter doesn’t specify which ones. If we are right in thinking that the Champagne church was originally owned by canons, it is possible that those canons were the ones from the Vienne chapter, and if so, the Champagne church may have been among those turned over to the abbey in 1172. The deal would have been facilitated by the fact that, from 1119, the archbishop of Vienne was also the protector of the abbey of Saint-Chef. Furthermore, it has been noted (in particular in my Zodiaque collection reference book, Vivarais et Gévaudan romans, by Robert Saint-Jean) that the Champagne church offers many similarities with the abbey church of Saint-Chef, in a more accomplished version, as the former came half a century after the latter.
The link between Saint-Chef and Champagne, however, did not last. Because of deep and enduring management problems at Saint-Chef where the monks could not elect a new abbot, the archbishop of Vienne was first appointed as abbot ad perpetuitam by a papal Bull of John XXII in 1320. A second Bull, in 1328, took away from the abbey the Saint Peter Priory, under the pretext that its income was not sufficient to support the prior and his monks. The church then became a simple parish church. However, let’s not forget that, at the time, the Rhône River was the border between the kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire: the archbishop of Vienne had his seat on the left bank, on the Empire side, while the Saint Peter Priory was on the right bank, on the kingdom side; the archbishop may have wanted to be able to take refuge in France in the event things went sour on the Empire side... which would explain why the priory compound was indeed fortified at the same time!
Seriously damaged during the Wars of Religion in the 1560s, the church undertook important repairs during the early 1600s: it is then the the three cupolas on squinches roofing the nave were put in place in lieu of the previous Romanesque barrel vault. The church, much too big for such a small village, continued to degrade over the decades. By 1750, the upper floors of the tower-porch that framed the western entrance were in ruin, and one century later, what was left of that tower-porch was razed to allow for the enlargement of what was then the royal road number 86. This veritable act of vandalism prompted the authorities to protect the monument in 1854 by listing it as a Historic Landmark.
A systematic restoration took place between 1888 and 1894, during which (it is a rare enough occurrence to be duly noted and lauded!) all the add-ons erected after the end of the Romanesque period were eliminated. The original church was saved. In 1968, three regular Augustinian canons from a Swiss convent came and settled in Champagne, reviving the Saint Victor offshoot of the Augustinians which had been dead since the French Revolution. They proved extremely successful and in 1976, Pope Paul VI elevated the priory to abbey status. Today, the church is both canonical and parochial.
However, the very exceptional characteristic of this abbey is that, because the original monastery buildings had been destroyed after the French Revolution and replaced by ordinary village houses, the Augustinians had to build anew where there was space available, i.e., a couple hundred meters away from the church...! Thus, there is no proper enclosure, the canons live in the middle of the village, and walk across it to go attend to their duties. This is much too in sæculum for my taste, and not a proper way to practice the life of a so-called “regular” canon. I understand the appeal that the church may have had, but my opinion is that, owing to the present-day configuration of the village, it should have been deemed unsuitable. Likewise, the liturgy of this congregation does not truly meet with my approval, the same way “reality TV” doesn’t: a floor-heated church, cleverly designed lighting everywhere, a discreet and elaborate sound system... quite a bit too Hollywoodian for me. But obviously, just like reality TV, it does have its appeal.
The choir and the ambulatory. This is where the most elaborate capitals are. Their inspiration is, obviously, Corinthian; none of them is historied.
The emblazoned armchair is where the Father Abbot sits to preside over the assembly during the ceremonies he attends.
Dedicated to U (you know who you are...)
See My gang! BANG! (with another model)
PUBLISHED in Max Magazine in April 2007
dedicated to Fiorella :D
Explored on 2009-03-08, thank you very much!
more Macros...
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Bill decided to take a picture with a Jack bottle, then Rob replied with a Guinness bottle. Well I'm back with a Makers Mark bottle ;-)
Dedicated to the people of Nepal. Thinking about all our less fortunate cousins doing it extremely tough right now.
This is Mt Churup at 5,495m above sea level in coincidentally the earth's tallest mountain range outside of the Himalayas called Cordillera Blanca in northern Peru. An area with 20+ peaks above 6,000m containing Peru's tallest at 6,768m and with many glaciers that are unfortunately disappearing.
My Limited Edition print no.2 for my Street Dog Fundraiser will be shared next for anyone who might be interested in helping out.
Cheers
Chiltern dedicated Class 68, 68014 arrives into Dorridge around 30 mins late with 1K54 18.15 London Marylebone - Kidderminster on Tuesday 30th May 2017.
dedicated to Jihan and Kofi, on their recent engagement. May you be blessed with love, good health and prosperity!
Explore # 367 on August 22, 2009
DEDICATED TO MY VERY GOOD FRIEND Daniel Cheong
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Dedicated to my sisters in law Sally and Jackie and brothers in law Nick and Mick who were with my wife Theresa and I on this wonderful tour in the South of England during our 2010 vacation.
Photo taken on July 23, 2010.
From left to right: Jackie (my sister in law), Theresa (my wife), Nic (my brother in law), Sally (my sister in law), Mick (my brother in law).
Thanassis Fournarakos
Θανασης Φουρναρακος
Professional Photographer, retired.
Athens, Greece
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Dedicated to jomak14 my Philadelphia based contact. Have a look at his stream (Very diversified. My favorites are his macros and bokehs).
This is a detail of a nine-foot bronze bust that portrays Benjamin Franklin named Keys To Community by American sculptor James Peniston and sits at the front of Girard Fountain Park in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Over two years, the sculptor visited two dozen Philadelphia elementary schools, where he talked about Franklin's activities as a community-builder. He also asked the students to bring in a spare key to be worked into the sculpture, and ultimately collected more than 1,000 keys. The keys, worked into the statue's surface, are meant to represent the role of community organizers, donors and volunteers in making projects around the city possible. (Source: wikipedia - the linked wikipedia page also provides a picture of the bust nearly in its entirety)
Please consider to view it Large and on Black
An other anniversary today, nine years of living together
Matucana madisoniorum
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This room was dedicated to the Protestant branch of the Hohenzollern family which used to rule the German Empire in Berlin.
It was the princely castle and seat of government for the Princes of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The castle was rebuilt following a fire in 1893, and only the towers of the earlier medieval fortress remain.
During the closing months of World War II, Schloss Sigmaringen was briefly the seat of the Vichy French Government after France was liberated by the Allies.
dedicated to last week’s incredible frozen planet – what an amazing series!
there was a scene where some terns were attacking a poor polar bear – and they made him bleed!
i could sympathise with him as iv been attacked by terns a lot on the farns, and they have drawn blood on me too! – they are brilliantly protective parents!
if you havent seen it yet - you must – hugely emotional at times, but fascinating stuff!
hope everyone had a great weekend, iv been in bed all weekend with flu - so im afraid there will be more shots from the archives to come!
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