Religious art of Middle Ages in Europe
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Stavropoleos Monastery, Bucharest, Romania
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Cumulonimbus is a dense, towering, vertical cloud,] typically forming from water vapor condensing in the lower troposphere that builds upward carried by powerful buoyant air currents. Above the lower portions of the cumulonimbus the water vapor becomes ice crystals, such as snow and graupel, the interaction of which can lead to hail and to lightning formation, respectively.
When causing thunderstorms, these clouds may be called thunderheads. Cumulonimbus can form alone, in clusters, or along squall lines. These clouds are capable of producing lightning and other dangerous severe weather, such as tornadoes, hazardous winds, and large hailstones. Cumulonimbus progress from overdeveloped cumulus congestus clouds and may further develop as part of a supercell. Cumulonimbus is abbreviated as Cb.
Notre-Dame des Neiges de Louargat is a church in Louargat, Brittany. It is one of the religious sites in the village, along with other churches and chapels such as the Église Saint-Eloi, chapels of Saint-Jean, Saint-Fiacre and Saint-Paul, and the Sainte-Chapelle Marguerite. Louargat is known for its rich religious heritage. The church is located on Place Roger Madrigou and can be found on Mappy, where you can also find photos, a map, and reviews. Louargat is a charming village in Brittany and, in addition to its religious heritage, also offers opportunities for nature lovers, with the Forêt de Coat An Hay, the menhirs of Pergat, and the An Dossen tumulus.
Pushkar is one of the oldest existing cities of India. It lies on the shore of the Pushkar Sarovar (Lake). The date of its actual origin is not known, but legend associates Brahma with its creation. The city has many temples and ghats and has people from all over the world coming here. It has flourishing market with loads of tourists and pilgrims. This old Sadhu I spotted in one such market. Thick gray eyebrows and mustache, stubble and wearing head scarf, he looked stern and gave a very angry look to me showing displeasure at being shot!
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Esztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda. During the same period, the castle of Esztergom was built on the site of ancient Roman castrum. It served not only as the royal residence until the 1241 (the Mongol invasion), but also as the center of the Hungarian state, religion, and Esztergom county.
After changing his residence to Budapest, Béla IV gave the palace and castle to the archbishop. Following these events, the castle was built and decorated by the bishops. The center of the king’s town, which was surrounded by walls, was still under royal authority. A number of different monasteries did return or settle in the religious center.
Meanwhile, the citizenry had been fighting to maintain and reclaim the rights of towns against the expansion of the church within the royal town. In the chaotic years after the fall of the House of Árpád, Esztergom suffered another calamity: in 1304, the forces of Wenceslaus II, the Czech king occupied and raided the castle. In the years to come, the castle was owned by several individuals: Róbert Károly and then Louis the Great patronized the town.
The Ottoman conquest of Mohács in 1526 brought a decline to the previously flourishing Esztergom as well. In the Battle of Mohács, the archbishop of Esztergom died. In the period between 1526 and 1543, when two rival kings reigned in Hungary, Esztergom was besieged six times. At times it was the forces of Ferdinand I or John Zápolya, at other times the Ottomans attacked. Finally, in 1530, Ferdinand I occupied the castle. He put foreign mercenaries in the castle, and sent the chapter and the bishopric to Nagyszombat and Pozsony.
However, in 1543 Sultan Suleiman I attacked the castle and took it. Esztergom became the centre of an Ottoman sanjak controlling several counties, and also a significant castle on the northwest border of the Ottoman Empire. In the 17th century Esztergom was besieged and conquered several times during the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars. Most of the buildings in the castle and the town that had been built in the Middle Ages were destroyed during this period, and there were only uninhabitable, smothered ruins to welcome the liberators.
In 1761 the bishopric regained control over the castle, where they started the preliminary processes of the reconstruction of the new religious center: the middle of the Várhegy (Castle Hill), the remains of Saint Stephen and Saint Adalbert churches were carried away to provide room for the new cathedral.
Every evening pilgrims and visitors gather to view a performance of Ganga Aarti in Varanasi, India. Aarti is a Hindu religious ritual of worship in which light from wicks soaked in ghee (purified butter) or camphor and is offered to one or more deities.
This tradition is thousands of years old and in modern days the Aarti is a choreographed spectacle of a show with priests in traditional Indian clothes.
Friends, while exploring the beauty of Islands in the middle of Indian sea--thousand miles away from home--even the rising waves and sparkling water fail to smudge the images of the Himalayas from my mind....hope to return from the trip by the middle of the month...here is Dhankar monastery from the backside as the day progressed....taken in Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Catholic church of the town of Villarrubia de los Ojos (Ciudad Real-Spain), built with brick and stone.
Canvases or gauzes were used primarily for religious and magical purposes. They were made for covering the head of the dead in the form of a headdresses. According to the beliefs of the time, the threads on these fabrics had to be spun in the form of an "S" in an anticlockwise direction. This thread, which had a magical character, was called lloque and, according to legend, the garments were infused with supernatural powers and served as protection in the afterlife.
The temple's entrance is adorned with elaborate carvings and sculptures that showcase a mix of divine figures, mythological stories, and daily life scenes from ancient India. The central structure of the temple is an impressive tower that was originally meant to be a massive spire. Although the main tower has partially collapsed, the remaining sections still convey its former grandeur.
The front facade, though partially ruined, offers a glimpse into the meticulous craftsmanship and artistic detail that characterized the temple's original construction. The temple is renowned for its detailed stone carvings, which include geometric patterns, celestial beings, and various deities, reflecting the artistry and religious devotion of the era.
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.
Le Tréport le 19 02 15. Nous sommes un jeudi. Une série supplémentaire à cette cité qui ne me lasse pas par sa simplicité désarmante.
Ma 17ème série sur ce port.
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Un vécu à chaque fois renouvelé. Un refrain du fonds des temps ! Déambulations toujours enivrantes. Et cette mer toujours en offrande.
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A young girl wears blue face paint to honour the Hindu deity Lord Shiva at a religious festival in Rajasthan, India
Sershul Tekchen Dargyeling སེར་ཤུལ་ ཏེཀ་ ཆེན་ དར་ གྱེ་ གླིང་
Founding (1759) > Monks 1255 •Religious Sect > Geluk སེར་ཤུལ་དགོན། > ser shul dgon > Sershül Gön Sershul Tekchen Dargyeling སེར་ཤུལ་ ཏེཀ་ ཆེན་ དར་ གྱེ་ གླིང་ is an important monastery of the Gelukpa School, located 20 km west of Deongma, on the right side of the road. This is currently the largest monastery in Sershul county, with 1200-1300 monks divided into six colleges, under the guidance of the youthful but charismatic Drukpa Rinpoche. The rain retreat festival held in August is a magnificent spectacle, attracting nomad communities. The hills and grasslands around the monastery are sparse and spacious.
The complex was founded as a branch of Chunkor but soon outgrew the latter. The recently restored buildings at Sershul, which are all near the motor road, include the Tsokchen (assembly hall), the Jamkhang (Maitreya temple), the Gonkhang (protector temple), the Dewachen Lhakhang (Amitabha temple), the Mentsikhang (where Mipham Rinpoche`s tradition is maintained), the college, a Mani Wheel chapel (containing three wheels constructed by the father of the present Drukpa Rinpoche) and a small guesthouse. A new Tsongkhapa Lhakhang, resembling a giant cathedral, has been constructed below the main complex, and was due for completion and consecration on 12 December, 2008. www.footprinttravelguides.com/c/2848/tibet/&Action=pr...
I spotted these striking detailed architectural wall plaques whilst exploring the Cotswolds. So much thought and work has gone into them. They are weathered but still remain, which is lucky for anyone to spot and still have the joy of seeing them.
Cuenca (cuenca = “basin”) in a highland basin of the Andes at 2,700 m above sea level.
Once religious center of the Spanish colonies in the region, it has 52 churches, each more impressive than the next, dating back centuries.
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Cuenca (cuenca = „Becken“) in einem Hochlandbecken der Anden auf 2.700 m.
Einst religiöses Zentrum der spanischen Kolonien in der Region, dementsprechend 52 Kirchen. Eine eindrucksvoller als die andere, aus vergangenen Jahrhunderten.
Mt Kailash (Gangs Rin Po Che, Gangs Ti-se) གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེ 6638m
Tichung ཏི་སེ་ ཆུང་ (Small Kailash).
•Religious Sect > Bön > ཏི་སེ། > Tisé > ti se > Mount Tisé.
Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar are the only two places in the whole of Tibet that were visited by Lord Buddha, accompanied by five hundred Arhats. During the turning of the Three Wheels of the Dharma, Buddha Shakyamuni extensively explained the merits of building images. So Indra (the king of gods) offered precious articles of the gods, Ananda (the king of Serpents or Nagas) offered precious articles of the Nagas and Bimbisara (the king of Magadh) offered gold and silver, etc. to the Buddha and requested him to have three images of the Buddha made, as a means of generating merit for the sentient beings in the future. The total distance, covered in a complete circumambulation of Mount Kailash according to the route charted by Gotsangpa, is 52km and takes about 13 to 15 hours. Tibetan pilgrims generally start early in the morning and complete one circumambulation by nightfall. Most Tibetan pilgrims do three to thirteen circumambulations of Mount Kailash. There are some who do 108 circumambulations of Mount Kailash. tibet-incense.com/blog/circling-kailash-and-manasarovar/
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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