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Chancel arch, showing medieval wall paintings and ceiling frescoes at Kempley Church. The ceiling frescoes are dated to the 12th century, the wall paintings to the 14th or 15 centuries. The damage to the pillars was probably caused by alterations to or removal of the medieval Rood Screen which would have stretched across, and access to which would have been through the door that can just be glimpsed top right.
The Wheel of Life - medieval (15th century) wall painting at Kempley Church. With an average life expectancy of about 35 years, the stages of life from birth to the (hoped for) after life was a popular preoccupation in medieval England.
Historical Mirepoix in the Languedoc Roussillon region of Southern France.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 6.0 Digital.
A visit to one of the Torture Museums in San Gimignano. This one is located on the Via del Castello and seems to have many names, but one of them is Museo di Criminalogia Medioevale.
Other names include: Museo della Tortura, Museo Leonardo Macchine da Guerra. On the ticket it was called "Museo Storico della Tortura
Strumenti di Tortura dall'epoca Romana ai Giorni Nostri".
Inside is many instruments of torture, execution and also recreations of Leonardo da Vinci drawings as full sized machine replicas (they had similar at a chateau in France that Leonardo once lived at).
They also have a dungeon!
A look round the dungeon.
The Electric Chair
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A gate tower at Laufen, the castle at Rhinefalls, Switzerland. The little girl I used to be couldn't help but envision this as being very much like a fairy tale castle, perhaps Rapunzel's, with cascades of golden hair coming out of one of those windows. In "real life" I suppose it's just a great example of medieval Germanic-style architecture. If you would like a matted print or to commission a custom artwork based upon this image, please contact me at www.carabellamurals.com to discuss options and pricing.
The Convent of Christ (Portuguese: Convento de Cristo/Mosteiro de Cristo) is a former Roman Catholic convent in Tomar, Portugal. Originally a 12th-century Templar stronghold, when the order was dissolved in the 14th century the Portuguese branch was turned into the Knights of the Order of Christ, that later supported Portugal's maritime discoveries of the 15th century. The convent and castle complex is a historic and cultural monument and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983
Note the details on the shutters, and all the colors in the brickwork.
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This image captures a picturesque scene in a historic square, featuring a row of colorful horse-drawn carriages parked on a cobblestone surface. The backdrop showcases stunning medieval architecture, with intricate facades and a dramatic sky that adds depth to the composition. The arrangement of the carriages leads the viewer's eye through the scene, inviting exploration of the surrounding buildings and atmosphere. The overall mood is nostalgic, evoking a sense of timelessness in this charming location.
The trebuchet was the largest and most formidable of the siege machines and was, in essence, a huge catapult.
The trebuchet was used to hurl huge projectiles to breach the castle walls. The original flatpack, this machine would be taken by oxen cart to the castle and built out of reach of the castle defences. The machine would take possible 5 to 7 days to build, with the occupants would be in terror of what is to come.
Rajon Ki Baoli (stepwell) at Mehrauli Archaeological Park. One of the most beautiful but unvisited places in Delhi, a walk through the park would take one back to the ruling times of the kings.
Wikipedia: This is a historic motte-and-bailey castle where Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial. It was almost certainly the site of a fortification in pre-Roman times. The building of the current castle began in the 12th century and has been enlarged several times since then. It is a Grade I listed building.
From 1100 the castle remained in the possession of Richard de Redvers' family, and over the next two centuries his descendants improved the castle with stone walls, towers and a keep. 71 steps lead up to the keep.
Sherborne Abbey | Grade 1 | Church of England | Dorset Saxon cathedral (705–1075) & Benedictine abbey church (998–1539), and since 1539, a parish church.
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It is believed that there was a Celtic Christian church called Lanprobi here as early as AD658 when it was part of the Celtic Kingdom of Dumnonia,nd Kenwalc or Cenwalh, King of the West Saxons is believed to be one of its founder.
The Benedictine foundation ended in 1539, and various properties at Sherborne were bought from the king by Sir John Horsey who then sold the abbey to the people of Sherborne, who bought the building to be their parish church. The original parish church alongside the abbey was demolished, though the foundations are still visible.
In 1550, King Edward VI issued a new charter to the school that had existed at Sherborne since 705, and some of the remaining abbey buildings were turned over to it.
Several architectural styles throughout. Saxon features still remain in some parts of the Abbey, mainly around the Western door. Roger of Caen demolished most of the Saxon church and replaced it with a much larger, Norman style church.
The Lady Chapel and Bishop Robert's Chapel were added in the 13th century in the Early English style, and in the 15th century, the choir section was rebuilt in the Perpendicular style, including the fan-vaulting Sherborne is still famous for.
St Katherine's Chapel, built in the 14th century, but altered in the 15th, contains examples of early Renaissance classicism architecture
Built in 1426 by Winchester College as part of its manor farm at Harmondsworth, the oak-framed barn is the largest medieval timber-framed barn in England and contains one of the most intact interiors of its era. At nearly 60 metres long, 12 metres wide and 11 metres tall, with 13 massive oak trusses holding up the roof, both its size and aisles evoke the space and shape of a cathedral.
Anyone know what this place is?
It may originally have been part of a substantial stone-built structure as there are surviving walls nearby that probably belonged to some sort of dwelling house. Also nearby is a large enclosed area surrounded on four sides by a high and substantial walls that includes two pointed arch doorways and may have been a walled garden.
There is a stone tower of similar proportions surviving at the site of the long-gone Baronstown House at Kilbixy, County Westmeath. Barsonstown was an 18th century mansion built for Lord Sunderlin (Edward Malone).
Wikipedia: This is a historic motte-and-bailey castle where Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial. It was almost certainly the site of a fortification in pre-Roman times. The building of the current castle began in the 12th century and has been enlarged several times since then. It is a Grade I listed building.
This is the view of the residential buildings which were the home from 1896 to 1944 of Princess Beatrice, daughter of Queen Victoria, as Governor of the Isle of Wight.