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12 o'clock pm
after a rock-concert
( the Boss, Bruce Springsteen)
the Olympic park was bright illuminated.
The Olympiapark in Munich, Germany, is an Olympic Park which was constructed for the 1972 Summer Olympics. Found in the area of Munich known as the "Oberwiesenfeld" ("upper meadow-field"), the Park continues to serve as a venue for cultural, social, and religious events.
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without any treatment
NO HDR
no infra red
all is real!!, no processing
Regno Unito, Londra, Westminster Abbey, Autunno 2021
Westminster Abbey è una grande abbazia gotica nella città di Westminster, Londra. Si tratta di uno degli edifici religiosi più importanti del Regno Unito e il tradizionale luogo per l’incoronazione e di sepoltura per i membri della monarchia britannica poi. La costruzione della chiesa attuale è iniziata nel 1245, su ordine del re Enrico III. Dall’incoronazione di Guglielmo il Conquistatore nel 1066, ogni monarca britannico, con le eccezioni di Edoardo V e Edoardo VIII, sono stati incoronati nell'abbazia di Westminster. Nel 2005 l'Abbazia di Westminster ha chiuso le sue porte all'adattamento cinematografico del Codice Da Vinci, dicendo che il libro era "teologicamente infondato". Alcune scene nella seconda parte del libro erano ambientate nell’abbazia londinese, ma sono state invece filmate alla cattedrale di Lincoln nella parte orientale dell'Inghilterra.
Westminster Abbey is a large Gothic abbey church in the City of Westminster, London. It is one of the United Kingdom's most notable religious buildings and the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Construction of the present church began in 1245, on the orders of King Henry III. Since the coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066, every English and British monarch, with the exceptions of Edward V and Edward VIII, have been crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 2005 Westminster Abbey has shut its doors to the film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, saying that the book is "theologically unsound". Some scenes in the latter part of the book are set in the abbey in London but they had to film at Lincoln Cathedral in eastern England instead.
Impressive interior of the cathedral of Laon.
Het indrukwekkende interieur van de kathedraal van Laon.
Une vue vers l'ouest à partir de la Plaza de la Armería à Madrid, Espagne.
La colossale cathédrale de Nuestra Señora de la Almudena, dont la construction a duré plus d'un siècle (le projet initial date de 1879), encadre, avec la Palais royal, la Plaza de la Armería où se trouve sa façade principale. Avec son architecture néoclassique mâtinée de gothique en harmonie avec le palais et un intérieur néogothique, elle semble sortie tout droit du 19e siècle alors qu'elle n'a été achevée que dans les années 1990 et consacrée par le pape Jean-Paul II en 1993. Elle est dédiée à la sainte patronne de la ville dont une image peinte au 16e siècle orne l'autel de la crypte.
Son titre "Almudena" est d'origine arabe et selon les historiens vient du mot « al-Mudayna », l'ancienne enceinte militaire sur la colline où se situe aujourd'hui la cathédrale et le palais royal de Madrid. La légende raconte qu'en 712 avant une supposée prise de Madrid par les Arabes, les habitants de la ville ont caché une statue de la Vierge dans les murs de la muraille pour la protéger. En 1085, suite à la reconquête de la ville au 11e siècle par le roi Alphonse VI de León, après des jours de prières, une procession passe près de la puerta de la Vega et un fragment de mur de l'une des tours tombe découvrant la statue restée intacte avec les deux cierges avec lesquelles elle avait été calfeutrée toujours allumés malgré des siècles passés. C'est par la suite qu'elle devint la patronne de la ville.
En 1561, Philippe II décida de déménager la capitale, de Tolède, trop petite et confinée, à Madrid qui était située presqu'au centre du pays. Située au centre de la péninsule et de la Meseta, sur les contreforts de la sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, à 2000 pieds par rapport au niveau de la mer, est aujourd'hui la 2e capitale la plus haute d'Europe.
En tant que l'une des plus jeunes capitales d'Europe, la ville est lumineuse, vibrante et hospitalière. L'héritage de ses deux grandes dynasties, les Habsbourg et les Bourbons, lui vaut une richesse artistique exceptionnelle, exposée au Prado ou aux musées Thyssen-Bornemisza et Reina Sofía. Cette ville cosmopolite a connu un développement extraordinaire lors des dernières décennies et frappe aujourd'hui par son animation incessante.
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The mosque in Parkachik, a remote hamlet near the glacier point in Suru valley, in late afternoon.
Taken in Suru valley, Ladakh Himalayas, India
The MIRACULOUS STAIRS in Santa Fe New Mexico USA.
The stairs have a very interesting story that I recommend reading on-line.
The stairs were made without nails, screws, or glue. Their is no center post and it is free standing with wood that is not indigenous in the USA.
It was made by a carpenter who no one knows, knocked at the door of the chapel asking if they wanted stairs to be built so that they can get to the loft after the nuns had a novena to St. Joseph asking for the stairs. The carpenter left without asking or receiving anything for his labor when the stairs was completed.
The stairs was initially built without railings. The railings were added a few years after.
The stairs was used by the choir for 100 years.
It doesn't matter who you are,
man, woman,
old or child,
worker or farmer,
soldier, student or merchant;
it doesn't matter what your political beliefs are
or the religious one
if they ask you what the thing is
most important for humanity,
Answers
Before
After
Always:
Peace!
Non importa chi tu sia,
uomo, donna,
vecchio o fanciullo,
operaio o contadino,
soldato, studente o commerciante;
non importa quale sia il tuo credo politico
o quello religioso
se ti chiedono qual è la cosa
più importante per l’umanità,
rispondi
prima
dopo
sempre:
La pace!
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Catholic church of the town of Villarrubia de los Ojos (Ciudad Real-Spain), built with brick and stone.
Standing before the Wooden Church of the Pentecost, this intricately carved memorial cross reflects the rich woodworking traditions of rural Transylvania. Originally built around 1672 in central Transylvania and later relocated to the ASTRA Museum near Sibiu, the church is a fine example of the region's remarkable wooden ecclesiastical architecture. Together, the carved crucifix and timber church illustrate centuries of craftsmanship, faith and cultural heritage preserved in one of Romania's most important open-air museums.
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"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."
William Shakespeare
Collecting the fruits from the Peanut Butter tree allowed me to create my own galaxy of stars. To those of us living in the United States of America, Happy Fourth of July as we celebrate our 249th year as a country. Let us also remember these words spoken by Carl Sagan....
"If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then, we are up for grabs for the next charlatan (political or religious) who comes rambling along."
After the continental glacier withdrawal 8,000 years ago, Native Americans spent the summer along the St-Laurence river bank in the Bergeronnes territory. Archeological excavations found several layers of whale and seal skinning tools. From the 16th to 18th century, Native Americans and the Basques hunted seals in Pipounapi marine cove whose meaning is "Here, it does not freeze." In 1653, the surrounding territory was conceded to Lord Robert Giffard by the governor of New France. Remains of two ovens used to collect grease for lighting were found. The first one, with double burner, was built in the late 16th century. Jesuit Evangelist Pierre Laure settled there in 1721. The following year, a chapel and a house were erected. A plot about the fact that too many religious activities - there was a daily public prayer - left no time for Native americans to hunt, led to the abandonment of the mission in 1725. In 1730, the Barragory brothers erected a whaling station and built the second oven with triple burner. Due to the lack of profit, this station was abandoned in 1773. In the absence of real development, the domain went back as Domain of the King, until 1822, when the post was entrusted to the Hudson's Bay Company.
Or, the separation of church and foyer. I found this 'ghost town' relic, along with a few other abandoned buildings, while seeking out old grain elevators in rural Saskatchewan. The foyer is separating from the main body of the church. Like most of the buildings in the former town, the church (and the elevators) was in very bad condition.
The Agioi Anargyri chapel at Cape Greco, just east of Ayia Napa, Cyprus, seems to be part of the landscape. Even its colour scheme reflects the off-white lime stone rocks and the deep blue sea. Below, there is a cave where, legend has it, saints lived as hermits a long time ago. Religion, the land, and the sea, as one coherent and inseparable whole. Not quite. This chapel dates to the late 20th century and reflects the tendency of the Cypriot Orthodox Church to claim territory and monopolise the narrative. But I do appreciate the beauty of the place and can understand why couples would wish to have this breathtaking venue for their wedding ceremony. Voigtlaender NC 1.4/35.
The Chancel at the far end of St John The Baptist church in Shepherds Bush looking resplendent picked out in bright gold.
The Lisbon Pantheon towering above colourful buildings.
This is beautiful and unique church that acts as the national pantheon of Portugal. It is also the burial place of many important Portuguese.
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On one day during our last trip to Dubai we took our rental car all the way to Abu Dhabi to visit the famous Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. It still had a large ring of construction around it. But once we made our way through the construction area (and then on foot through a huge empty underground parking garage ... how very romantic...) it is indeed quite peaceful und impressive. We timed our arrival perfectly for sunset and the blue hour and when the lights of the mosque finally turned on they even got reflected by that vast polished marble floor. This particular shot I aligned very carefully to give justice to the almost perfect symmetry of the building.
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Originally, a polyptych was a religious piece on an alter which had four or more hinged panels. Each panel displayed a relief or painting. I've used this artistic technique to create a themed photographic sequence or a group of pictures of a particular part of buildings, monuments etc located in Barnsley.
Each composition consists of photographs taken in Barnsley, a town in South Yorkshire, England.
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Worsbrough Mill is a complex of buildings including a seventeenth-century water-powered mill and a nineteenth-century steam-powered mill in Worsbrough, Barnsley, England. The mill is open to the public and takes its water from the River Dove.
Worsbrough Mill was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 and the first Curator, [Rob Shorland-Ball – 1975 to 1979] researched the history and states that a "tenuous but continuous documentary record can be traced from then to 1625 which is the likely date for the building of the existing Old Mill. Whether the pre-1625 mill(s) were on the same site is not known. However, a mill was a very important part of the feudal pattern of life and settlement and thus tended to remain on the same site if that site was a satisfactory one".
The Bayon is a richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th or early 13th century as the state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the center of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom. Following Jayavarman's death, it was modified and augmented by later Hindu and Theravada Buddhist kings in accordance with their own religious preferences.
The Bayon's most distinctive feature is the multitude of serene and smiling stone faces on the many towers which jut out from the upper terrace and cluster around its central peak. The temple has two sets of bas-reliefs, which present a combination of mythological, historical, and mundane scenes. The main conservatory body, the Japanese Government Team for the Safeguarding of Angkor (the JSA) has described the temple as "the most striking expression of the baroque style" of Khmer architecture, as contrasted with the classical style of Angkor Wat. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayon)