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The ground floor hallway in Woodchester Mansion (nr. Stroud), a 19th Century Victorian Gothic Masterpiece mysteriously abandoned mid-construction in 1873. This staircase 'window' is one of my favourite parts of the mansion.....it really does look as if it belongs in Umbria, Italy, or similar. Hidden in a secluded Cotswold valley, it is untouched by time and the modern world. This Grade 1 Listed Building has been saved from dereliction, but will never be completed. The carvings in Woodchester Mansion are among the finest of their kind in the World. A wonderful place to visit as you can see quite clearly in places how it was built.....a stunning and unusual building indeed!! Manfrotto Tripod, Hisy remote, remodelled in 'Photos' on iMac and Snapseed on iPad Pro.
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Be sure to climb the 154 steps of the Torre Grossa of the Palazzo Civico for a spectacular view of the city and surrounding countryside.
Glastonbury Abbey... After discovering the remains of King Arthur and Guinevere the abbot relocated the grave just beyond the main tower. Only a cynic would believe the finding of the once and future king's remains was a hoax in order to reboot the flagging coffers of the abbey after a fire. The remains were found in 1191.
In the centre of Bath stands this stunning Abbey.
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is a parish church of the Church of England and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England, with its stunning Gothic Architecture
Happy mid-Winter Solstice to all!!!!
The unchanging exterior of Woodchester Mansion (nr. Stroud), a 19th Century Victorian Gothic Masterpiece mysteriously abandoned mid-construction in 1873. Hidden in a secluded Cotswold valley, it is untouched by time and the modern world. This Grade 1 Listed Building has been saved from dereliction, but will never be completed. The carvings in Woodchester Mansion are among the finest of their kind in the World.
A wonderful place to visit as you can see quite clearly in places how it was built.....a stunning and unusual building indeed!!
There are also many ghostly stories as you would expect from a building as unusual as this......some can be read below in the first link.
And if you fancy a ghost hunt then the second link will take you to the other side!!!
Handheld iPhone shot, edited in Snapseed on iPad Pro.
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www.haunted-britain.com/woodchester-mansion.htm
www.hauntedhappenings.co.uk/ghost_hunts/Woodchester_Mansi...
Glastonbury Abbey, a Benedictine monastery. Founded in the 7th century, enlarged in the 10th. Rebuilt after major fire in the 14th. Then finally disolved during the dissolution of the monasteries around 1539. The bodies of King Arthur and his queen were found interred in the abbey cemetery in 1191 and they were moved to a site of veneration in the main church. According to Giraldus, a medieval historian, there was a leaden cross with the unmistakably specific inscription Hic jacet sepultus inclitus rex Arthurus in insula Avalonia ("Here lies interred the famous King Arthur on the Isle of Avalon" found with the bones. Rumours are that this was a marketing ploy to bring in more money. Either way, Glastonbury is as good a place as any to remember the once and future king.
On top of the bastion of the medieval wall.
The 16th century fortress has long been a romantic ruin, which today has olive and fig trees. Climb the walls to perfectly see the city's towers.
Its imposing 'Rocca' (great views) is the high bulwark of the citadel.
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San Gimignano, a UNESCO heritage site and one of the most popular medieval villages in the region. Today, San Gimignano has 14 towers, up to 72 during the Middle Ages, when they were a symbol of the power of local families.
Philosophising; life is one continuous puzzle - who knows what the rules are if any (I’m a straight shooter, I loathe game-players)? That is all!
My faithful ole Elvaston Castle (it's on the Buildings At Risk Register so I don't take her for granted at all!) viewed at sunset on a mild, damp late November evening stroll. Grateful for her ...yes I have genderised her ...it!
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Pont Valentré, 14ème siècle (1308-1378, ouvert en 1350)
Monument Historique, 1840 ; Patrimoine mondial UNESCO, 1998.
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Lot (rivière) fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_(rivière)
Le Lot (en occitan Òlt ou Òut) est une rivière française du sud du Massif central, affluent en rive droite de la Garonne.
Avec ses 485 km, et en dehors des grands fleuves (Loire, Seine, Rhône, Garonne), c'est la deuxième rivière la plus longue entièrement en France après la Marne (514 km), juste devant la Dordogne et la Saône. Le Doubs et l'Allier suivent mais d'un peu plus loin. Il traverse cinq départements, la Lozère, l'Aveyron, le Cantal, le Lot et le Lot-et-Garonne, compris dans les régions Occitanie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes et Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lot_(river)
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Melrose Abbey, Scotland
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Thank you so much for your visit!
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Staunton Harold Holy Trinity (built 1662-65) captured late afternoon, early springtime.
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An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey also presents a unique pageant of British history – the shrine of St Edward the Confessor, the tombs of kings and queens, and countless memorials to the famous and the great.
It has been the setting for every Coronation since 1066 and for numerous other royal occasions, including sixteen royal weddings.
Today it is still a church dedicated to regular worship and to the celebration of great events in the life of the nation. Neither a cathedral nor a parish church, Westminster Abbey (or the Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster to give it its correct title) is a "Royal Peculiar" under the jurisdiction of a Dean and Chapter, subject only to the Sovereign and not to any archbishop or bishop.
Westminster Abbey, a work of architectural genius, a place of daily worship, deploying the resources of high musical expertise, a burial place of kings, statesmen, poets, scientists, warriors and musicians, is the result of a process of development across the centuries, which represents the response of a monastery and later a post-Reformation church to the stimulus and challenge of its environment.
Westminster Abbey is 69m (225 feet) high, with a width of 26m (85 feet) and a floor area of 32,000 square feet.
Text source: www.westminster-abbey.org/
Ruins of Glastonbury Abbey built in the 11th century. From memory I seem to recall reading that it was the tallest abbey/cathedral tower in England. Very tall...even if not the tallest.
The real Twin Towers, 51 meters high and 2nd tallest in the medieval city.
They are seen from Torre Grossa, 54 meters high or 177 ft. high which are the highest in the medieval city.
From the main church of Glastonbury abbey ruins to the out building of the Monk's Kitchen. 11th century(ish).
The ruins of Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset. The church of St John's in the high street through the art.
Rievaulx Abbey ruins, Yorkshire. Not fiddling with scale here, the arches really are that big they dwarf a human standing beneath them! The monks could have been giants, perhaps :)
The ruins of Whiby Abbey, a Benedictine abbey in North Yorkshire. A monastery was on this site from around 657AD, the current shell dates to the 13th century.
The University of Chicago, Hyde Park, Chicago
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 200, f/11.0, 50mm, 1/500s
In the ruins of Whitby Abbey. Fiest established as a monastery in AD657. The ruins date from the 13th century Benedictine Abbey in use until the dissolution in the 16th century.
Die Basilika St. Ulrich und Afra - Basilica of SS. Ulrich and Afra
Von der Kirchgasse aus aufgenommen. In Augsburg befinden sich die Prachtbauten oben auf der Hochebene zwischen Lech und Wertach, die alten Handwerkerbezirke unten, wo die Wasserkraft des Lechs genutzt werden konnte. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Ulrich_und_Afra_(Augsburg)
Seen from the Kirchgasse. In Augsburg the magnificent buildings are situated at the top, on the plateau between the rivers Lech and Wertach, whereas the former craftspeople's districts are situated below, where the power of the river Lech could be used. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_SS._Ulrich_and_Afra,_Au...
I shot this photo from directly underneath the central tower in Lincoln Cathedral, England. It looks almost like a painting on the ceiling but, if you look closely, you can see the double rows of internal arches and the vaults that hold up the roof of the tower.
Although the building of the cathedral started in 1072, the current central tower dates from the 13th century following the collapse of the original tower in 1237. Between 1307 and 1311 the central tower was raised to its present height of 271 feet (83 m). At this time, a tall lead-encased wooden spire topped the tower but this was blown down in a storm in 1548. With its spire, the tower reputedly reached a height of 525 feet (160 m) which would have made it the world's tallest structure at the time, surpassing the Great Pyramid of Giza, which had held the record for almost 4,000 years.
Ref: en.wikipedia.org
Tapisserie de Jean Lurçat. Le plus grand ensemble contemporain de tapisseries (80 m x 4,40 m). Ateliers d'Aubusson (Creuse, 1957-66). Exposition permanente à Angers, à L'Hôpital Saint-Jean (1175).
Les ruines de l’ancienne église de l’abbaye derrière le Palace of Holyroodhouse situé à la fin de la Royal Mile (extrémité est), Édimbourg, Écosse.
Alors que l'abbaye Holyrood fondée en 1128 par David 1er a disparu depuis longtemps, il reste les ruines de son église derrière le palais, sur la gauche. Celles-ci ont inspiré à Mendelssohn sa symphonie écossaise.
Le nom Holy Rood proviendrait d’un fragment de la Sainte Croix apporté en Écosse par l’épouse de David 1er, la futur sainte Margaret. Selon la légende, pour offrir un sanctuaire à cette précieuse relique, le roi fit construire une abbaye sur le site où il eut, au cours d’une chasse, la vision d’un cerf avec une croix entre les bois. On peut voir ce cerf et sa croix dans les emblèmes royaux apparaissant sur les grilles de fer forgé du palais.
Le Palace of Holyroodhouse est aujourd’hui la résidence officielle de la reine Élizabeth II en Écosse. Édifié en 1498 par James IV, puis habité ensuite par James V et son épouse Marie De Guise, il a été remanié dans le style baroque dans les années 1670 à la demande de Charles II.
La ville d’Édimbourg, capitale de l’Écosse depuis 1532, est construite sur des collines volcaniques. Alors que la Vieille ville (cité) s'est construite autour de l'imposant crag d’origine glacière (Castle Rock) et sa forteresse dont les fondations remontent au 7e siècle ainsi que de sa queue (Royal Mile), on dit souvent que la ville moderne est construite sur sept collines, à savoir Calton Hill, Corstorphine Hill, Craiglockhart Hill, Braid Hill, Blackford Hill, Arthur's Seat et Castle Rock, donnant lieu à des allusions aux sept collines de Rome.
Avec l’Old Town, la New Town a été désignée site du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO en 1995 (WHL-728). La ville est le siège du Parlement écossais depuis le rétablissement de celui-ci en 1999.