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Esglesia Sant Joan de Caselles, romanesque church of Canillo city, Canillo, Vall d'Orient, Andorra, Pyrenees
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The closest Cathedral to me is Portsmouth Cathedral which was built in 1180AD and paid for my a local wealthy Norman merchant. It has a very interesting history. In 1449AD the Bishop of Chichester was murdered in Portsmouth by sailors so the cathedral was closed and the people of Portsmouth excommunicated!
Il duomo di Santa Maria Assunta, al centro della Piazza dei Miracoli, è la cattedrale medievale di Pisa nonché chiesa primaziale. Capolavoro del romanico, in particolare del romanico pisano, rappresenta la testimonianza tangibile del prestigio e della ricchezza raggiunti dalla Repubblica marinara di Pisa nel momento del suo apogeo.
Qui il transetto con urna di San Ranieri
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Pisa Cathedral (Italian: Cattedrale Metropolitana Primaziale di Santa Maria Assunta; Duomo di Pisa) is a medieval Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy. It is a notable example of Romanesque architecture, in particular the style known as Pisan Romanesque. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Pisa.
The original building plan was a Greek cross with a grand cupola at the crossing, but today the plan is a Latin cross with a central nave flanked by two side aisles on each side, with the apse and transepts having three naves. The inside offers a spatial effect similar to that of the great mosques thanks to the use of raised lancet arches, the alternating layers of black and white marble, and the elliptical dome, inspired by the Moors. The presence of two raised matronea in the nave, with their solid, monolithic columns of granite, is a clear sign of Byzantine influence. Buscheto welcomed Islamic and Armenian influence.
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In this image: the transept with the San Ranieri's urn
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Esglesia Sant Roma de Vila. Vila, Encamp parroquia, Vall d'Orient, Andorra, Pyrenees
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sTAVANAGER cATHEDRAL IS nORWAY'S OLDEST CATHEDRAL BUILT AROUND 1100 BY THE eNGLISH bISHOP OF wINCHESTER. Dedicated to Saint Swithin an earlier bishop of Winchester, England. The original romanesque cathedral with wonderful arches was made into a Gothic style cathedral for the front part in 1272 after a fire.
Door of Esglesia Sant Serni de Llorts, romanesque chapel of Llorts, Ruta del Ferro, Ordino (parroquia), Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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History: Esglesia Sant Cerni de Nagol. Romanesque chapel of Nagol, Sant Julia de Loria (parroquia), Gran Valira, Andorra, Pyrenees
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The Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury known as Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral was built in 1180 and paid for my a local wealthy Norman merchant. It has a very interesting history. In 1449 the Bishop of Chichester was murdered in Portsmouth by sailors so the cathedral was closed for 58 years and the people of Portsmouth excommunicated! It reopened in 1508 when the excommunication was lifted. Queen Elizabeth 1st worshipped there. The remains of the sailors taken from the Tudor warship Mary Rose when she was lifted from the seabed just off Portsmouth are all in a tomb inside the cathedral.
The Cathedral is just a short walk from the closest beach at the Hot Walls. This photo was taken with my Samsung phone camera
480 Brunt Street is also known as the Red Hook Stores. It is a Civil War-era storehouse located in the Red Hook Waterfront Historic District in Brooklyn, New York City.
It is now a Fairway Market. The trolley cars link to Brooklyn's trolley car past where trolley lines dominated the landscape in the early part of the 20th century. They are worn by the elements and time and are beautiful examples of curated urban decay.
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Esglesia Sant Esteve, romanesque church at Barri antic, Andorra la Vella, Andorra city, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Esglesia Sant Miquel d'Engolasters, Pla d'Engolasters, Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra city, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Esglesia Sant Climent, Pal poble, La Massana, Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Saturday 14th of August 2021 and a trip to the closest Cathedral to me in Portsmouth. Portsmouth Cathedral was built in 1180AD and paid for my a local wealthy Norman merchant. It has a very interesting history. In 1449AD the Bishop of Chichester was murdered in Portsmouth by sailors so the cathedral was closed for a time and the people of Portsmouth excommunicated! The Cathedral is just a short walk from the closest beach at the Hot Walls.
St. Mary’s Church is one of the oldest brick churches in the Lake Mälaren Valley and the oldest building in Sigtuna still in use. The church was built by the Dominican order as their convent church, and construction began in the 1230s. The church is built of brick in a transitional style, between Romanesque and Gothic.
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Built 1911 Architect - William Austin Mahoney .... The Fergus Post Office, is a significant representation of the Romanesque style of Canadian Federal Post Offices, built in the early 20th century. Rusticated sandstone surface patterning and a mansard roof with gable dormers ....
The painted celing you see on this shot actually dates from the 1860's. It was painted by two artists Henry Styleman Le Strange who died in 1862 having only completed half the celing. The second part was completed by Thomas Gabier Parry (who is also known for his work at Gloucester Cathedral amongst others) at the request of the then Dean & Chapter..
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According to a site sign, the chapter house was the daily meeting place in most European monasteries and convents. The monks or nuns sat on stone benches around the walls, as business was discussed each day and a chapter of the "Rule of St Benedict" the official code of monastic behavior, was read. The location next to Cuxa Cloister preserves the relationship of the chapter house to the cloisters is a typical monastic plan. The architecture of the chapter house features typical Romanesque characteristics, notably the rounded arches, thick walls, small windows, and heavy rib vaults. The abbey at Pentaut, founded in 1115 as Benedictine monastery, housed a Cistercian community after 1151. The abbey was damaged during religious wars of the 16th century. In 1791, the monastic buildings were sold to a local family, and the chapter house was converted into a stable; it was sold in 1932 and brought to New York. The plastered vaults and the floor tiles of the reconstructed chapter house are modern.
Mdina the ancient capital city of Malta. The Silent City with St Paul's Cathedral as its centre of worship. Mdina is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Abbey of Saint-Pierre de Montmajour is a Benedictine abbey founded in the tenth century. From the end of the tenth century it became one of the richest abbeys in Provence, and the monastery developed between the eleventh century and the beginning of the eighteenth century with the construction of a series of religious and military buildings. Abandoned at the end of the 18th century, then severely damaged after the Revolution, this architectural ensemble was classified as a historical monument in 1840, the annex buildings being classified in 1921.
Esglesia Sant Miquel d'Engolasters, romanesque chapel at Pla d'Engolasters, Escaldes-Engordany (E-E), the center, Andorra, Pyrenees - (c) Lutz Meyer
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Esglesia Sant Cerni de Nagol, Nagol, Sant Julia de Loria parroquia, Grand Valira, Andorra, Pyrenees - (c) Lutz Meyer
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Pont d'Engordany, romanesque bridge of Engordany, Andorra city, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Esglesia Sant Corneli i Sant Cebria, romanesque church at Carrer Major, Ordino historic center. Ordino city, Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Eglise romane Santa Maria Assunta ; commune de Fornovo di Taro, province de Parme, région d'Emilie-Romagne, Italie
... La façade donne sur la place de l'église, l'un des deux centres autour desquels se groupent depuis toujours les habitations de Fornovo (l'autre centre est la place du marché, et de l'un à l'autre s'étend la rue principale du village). Les maisons serrent d'assez près la piève; la façade est intégralement visible mais l'abside tout entière reste emprisonnée, et on peut seulement en avoir à la dérobée une vue par côté. Quant aux flancs, leur intérêt se trouve en dehors de notre perspective romane, du fait de la présence des chapelles qui les occupent presque entièrement. Vers l'extrémité du flanc gauche s'élève le massif clocher, dont la maçonnerie rustique en pierre est faite d'assises irrégulières. La façade est à deux rampants, plutôt ramassée (mais il faut par la pensée lui rendre presque 1 m de hauteur, tellement le niveau extérieur a remonté depuis le XIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours). La maçonnerie est tout en pierre, d'aspect très sévère. Il n'y a qu'un seul portail, cintré, en retrait par rapport au plan de la façade et inscrit dans un arc aveugle, de plus grand diamètre : l'arc central du porche de 1200. Les ouvertures consistent en deux gracieuses fenêtres doubles au-dessus du portail, une petite fenêtre en croix qui les surmonte et deux archères verticales aux côtés du portail, invention du restaurateur dont nous ne connaissons pas la raison. Deux solides contreforts encadrent cette façade. Il s'agit d'une façade due à la restauration, qui ne nous dit pas grand-chose de son aspect originel, mis à part l'arc du porche qui entoure le portail actuel. De toute façon, le vigoureux parement de pierre et l'absence de décoration arbitraire en font une introduction sobre et très convenable à notre monument. Les éléments sculptés encastrés dans la façade sont au nombre de sept. Deux d'entre eux sont les chapiteaux du portail extérieur, c'est-à-dire de l'arc central du porche, les seuls à leur emplacement originel; dans le contrefort de gauche sont encastrés deux atlantes provenant du même portail, et au-dessous une plaque (1 m 15 x 0 m 98) avec deux lutteurs; à côté du contrefort de droite est encastrée une autre plaque (1 m 53 x 0 m 95); enfin, à droite du portail à la hauteur du tympan, s'ouvre une niche où l'on voit un personnage sans tête en ronde-bosse, en vêtement de pèlerin. Revenons aû portail, pour en étudier les chapiteaux : l'un et l'autre sont fort intéressants, de thème inhabituel et propres à stimuler l'imagination pour en saisir la signification. A gauche, un centaure, en train de tendre son arc, porte en croupe un autre personnage qui tient en main un faisceau de flèches, sans doute les munitions pour l'arc du centaure. A droite, deux personnages assis, peut-être un homme et un une femme, se tiennent par la main, mais la femme à son tour tient par la main un démon tapi à l'angle. A l'intrados de l'arc sont visibles, dans deux fentes laissées opportunément ouvertes par les restaurateurs, deux autres personnages l'un assis sur un trône et l'autre impossible à identifier : et au-dessous de ces personnages se trouvent les faces internes des chapiteaux avec les symboles des évangélistes (le taureau à droite, l'aigle à gauche, les deux autres difficiles à reconnaître). Plus bas devaient se trouver deux atlantes pour soutenir l'arc : ce sont ceux qui sont encastrés dans le contrefort de gauche, et l'on ne comprend pas pourquoi ils n'ont pas été remis à leur emplacement exact. Le pèlerin sans tête à l'intérieur de la niche est une figure suggestive et très normale en ce lieu. Il n'est pas improbable que son emplacement originel ait été en façade (nous ne savons pas où; certainement pas là où il se trouve actuellement) comme Raimondinus sur la façade de la cathédrale de Fidenza. Malgré la mutilation de la tête et son mauvais état général, nous pouvons remarquer sur ce personnage bien des détails curieux : la ceinture bien dessinée, d'où pendent cinq grosses clefs, un seau en bois tenu de la main droite, un gros fardeau - comme un sac - porté sur les épaules, une besace suspendue au côté. Quant aux deux plaques, il s'agit de pièces séparées provenant presque certainement de la chaire démontée dont nous trouverons à l'intérieur le fragment principal. On ne voit pas bien pourquoi elles demeurent à l'extérieur, dans une position tout à fait arbitraire, exposées aux méfaits des intempéries de façon déplorable. Le groupe des lutteurs est étrange et difficilement explicable; tous les deux se tiennent par le bras, et au-dessus sont suspendus deux objets indéchiffrables, peut-être des torches. Le visage des deux personnages est complètement mangé par le temps mais les corps ont du mouvement et l'attitude de la lutte est très réaliste. La plaque des peines de l'enfer est mieux conservée ; c'est une composition riche et élaborée (qui rappelle d'emblée le tympan de Talignano avec la pesée des âmes où dans un faible espace sont réunis diverses scènes et de nombreux personnages. Les épisodes peuvent se ramener à trois, mais chacun a « ses épisodes dans l'épisode ». L'ensemble est un récit bref mais dense, centré sur l'essentiel, semblable à la parole d'un vieux frère prêcheur, peu stylé mais plein d'un feu sacré. L'épisode central représente un usurier (au visage aujourd'hui effacé) qui subit les peines de son avarice : un diable lui arrache les dents avec une tenaille, tandis qu'un autre lui appuie sur les épaules un gros poids (un coffre ou bien un grand livre); à son cou pendent trois bourses, peut-être vidées de leur or et remplies de pierres. Du côté droit est figurée une chaudière pleine de poix bouillante où sont plongées les âmes damnées que deux diables y enfoncent en leur appuyant sur la tête; sous le chaudron deux autres diables attisent le feu chacun avec son soufflet. Enfin à gauche nous voyons l'épisode le plus mouvementé : les âmes qui tombent d'en haut, entraînées par des diables ailés, et finissent dans la gueule grande ouverte d'un énorme dragon. Cette plaque a une forme trapézoïdale qui a laissé Porter fort perplexe, mais que Quintavalle explique de façon très convaincante : il doit s'agir d'une plaque ornant le flanc gauche de la chaire et le côté en biais suivait la pente ascendante de l'escalier. Au début du mur latéral de droite, avant les chapelles, un portail s'ouvre dans le narthex, surmonté d'une autre pièce sculptée d'un extrême intérêt : l'arc fait d'une riche voussure à deux cordons, et son archivolte où figurent des scènes de chasse. Les sculptures s'insèrent dans une bordure singulière en forme d'escalier avec cinq marches de chaque côté (nous en retrouverons une semblable dans l'église voisine de Bardone, qui donne une belle impression de mouvement. Dans le premier degré de droite est inscrit le chasseur armé d'une lance, dans les autres se suivent en un mouvement ascendant le chien qui poursuit le cerf, et le cerf lui-même. Sur le degré situé à la clef de l'arc se trouve un aigle aux ailes déployées. En descendant les degrés du côté gauche nous trouvons divers animaux fantastiques qui semblent se poursuivre les uns les autres. Cet arc apparaît remployé, plus étroit que le portail auquel il est adapté, mais il n'est pas facile d'imaginer quel en fut l'emplacement originel. ...
(extrait de : Emilie romane ; Sergio Stocchi, Ed. Zodiaque, Coll. La nuit des Temps, 1984, pp. 149-154)
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The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Swithun, commonly known as Winchester Cathedral, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and is among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Winchester and is the mother church for the ancient Diocese of Winchester. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of Winchester.
The cathedral as it stands today was built from 1079 to 1532 and is dedicated to numerous saints, most notably Swithun of Winchester. It has a very long and very wide nave in the Perpendicular Gothic style, an Early English retrochoir, and Norman transepts and tower. With an overall length of 558 feet (170 m), it is the longest medieval cathedral in the world. With an area of 53,480 square feet (4,968 m2), it is also the sixth-largest cathedral by area in the UK, surpassed only by Liverpool, St Paul's, York, Westminster (RC) and Lincoln.
History
Though churches were recorded in Winchester as early as 164, the first Christian church can be traced back to c. 648, when King Cenwalh of Wessex built a small, cross-shaped building just north of the present building. This building, known as the Old Minster, became the cathedral for the new Diocese of Winchester in 662, a vast area stretching from the English Channel to the River Thames, the bishopric having been transferred from Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire by Bishop Wine. The design of this early church cannot be confirmed, for no trace other than ground plan exists today, but Wolstan mentions a gateway tower situated some distance from the west end. Wine died in c. 672, but one of his later successors, Swithun, would become one of the most famous Bishops of Winchester.
Whether Swithun himself oversaw any expansion of the Old Minster is unknown, but it is recorded in Acta Sanctorum that from 963 to 984, Bishop Æthelwold greatly expanded the church, the works being finished by the following Bishop, Alphege. The church was rededicated in 993, and consisted of a central tower, north and south aisles, transepts, crypt and an apse, and was briefly the largest church in Europe. Also on the site was the New Minster, in direct competition with the neighbouring Old Minster. The New Minster was begun by Alfred the Great but completed in 901 by his son Edward the Elder. These two monasteries existed side by side, the monks becoming virtually intertwined with one another. Swithun's body, which according to his wishes had been buried in the graveyard outside the church, was brought inside and housed in a magnificent shrine.
Esglesia Sant Climent de Pal, Pal, La Massana, Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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