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Esglesia Sant Joan de Sispony. Sispony, La Massana, Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Esglesia Santa Coloma. Santa Coloma Andorra la Vella, Andorra city, Andorra, Pyrenees
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From top: Carrer Major with Esglesia Sant Corneli i Sant Cebria, Ordino, Ruta del Ferro, Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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The Church of St. Trophime (Trophimus) is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral built between the 12th century and the 15th century in the city of Arles, in the Bouches-du-Rhône Department of southern France. The church is an important example of Romanesque architecture, and the sculptures over the portal, particularly the Last Judgement, and the columns in the adjacent cloister, are considered some of the finest examples of Romanesque sculpture.
The church was built upon the site of the 5th century basilica of Arles, named for St. Stephen. In the 15th century a Gothic choir was added to the Romanesque nave
Basilique Saint-Marc ; commune de Venise, province de Venise, région de Vénétie, Italie
Historique
La première église dédiée à Saint-Marc fut fondée en 828 par Giustiniano Participazio, onzième Doge de Venise, et bâtie dans les années 829 à 832, sur l'emplacement de la chapelle privée du palais des Doges, dans le but de recevoir les reliques de saint Marc l'évangéliste rapportés par des marchands vénitiens de Bucoles, petit port proche d'Alexandrie, où il avait souffert le martyre. La basilique, après la reconstruction de 976 - 1094, sans les ajouts gothiques du XIIIe siècle (reconstitution). À la suite de la révolte des Vénitiens contre le doge Pietro IV Candiano qui mirent le feu aux maisons situées à côté du palais des Doges pour le forcer à fuir, cette première église fut détruite par l'incendie en 976, en même temps que le palais des Doges, l'église Saint-Théodore, premier saint patron de Venise et 200 maisons alentour. La même année, le doge Pietro Orseolo entreprend de la reconstruire. D'après les textes de l'époque il restait encore la moitié de l'église Saint-Marc. On a donc commencé par réparer l'église. Des vestiges de ces deux églises détruites en 976 peuvent encore se voir dans la basilique. Au XVIe siècle, Stefano Magno a écrit : « Comme l'on avait des fonds à disposition on proposa de les dépenser pour faire cette église ou pour faire une guerre; il fut décidé de faire l'église ». Ce texte indique qu'il est décidé de faire « une construction ingénieuse du type de celle construite en l'honneur des douze apôtres de Constantinople ». En 1060 ou 1063, le doge Domenico Contarini décide de reconstruire la basilique en englobant l'église Saint-Théodore et en faisant de l'ancienne chapelle Saint-Marc la crypte de la nouvelle église permettant d'y conserver le sacellum de Saint-Marc. Les architectes de la nouvelle église viennent de Constantinople pour bâtir « un superbe temple singulier et rare » d'après Bernardo Giustinian1. L'église est consacrée en 1094 après plusieurs interruptions des travaux. La nouvelle église a été construite à l'emplacement de l'église Saint-Théodore et de la chapelle Saint-Marc en reprenant un plan en croix grecque s'inspirant de l'église des Saints-Apôtres de Byzance (elle a été détruite par les Turcs en 1469). Les ossements de saint Marc furent « miraculeusement redécouverts » le 25 juin 1094. Ce jour fut déclaré jour de fête, nommé « Inventio Sancti Marci ». Jusqu'à la chute de la République, le gouvernement avait toujours fait en sorte, à travers les siècles, de tenir le siège épiscopal aussi éloigné que possible du centre administratif de la cité, exception faite de la chapelle palatine du doge, devenue par la suite la grande église d'État, digne d'abriter les reliques de saint Marc, qui avait pris la place de saint Théodore comme patron de la ville. Le palais épiscopal, siège du patriarche, s'était trouvé maintenu bien à l'écart, dans le quartier de San Pietro di Castello.
Description (extérieur)
Saint Marc est une église à coupoles, qui suit le modèle des édifices byzantins : elle forme un plan en croix grecque de 76,5 m de long et 62,6 m de large. La coupole centrale couvre la croisée des quatre branches, chacune surmontée de sa propre coupole. Les coupoles principales atteignent une hauteur de 45 m. C'est aux liens étroits de la République de Venise avec Byzance que l'on doit ce recours de chaque instant aux modèles de l'art byzantin. L'influence de l'église des Saints-Apôtres de Constantinople (536-546) semble la plus marquante. Saint-Marc ne s'inspire donc en aucun cas des constructions italiennes contemporaines, mais demeure strictement fidèle aux formes hiératiques de son modèle. Malgré ce côté rétrograde, on doit à Saint-Marc l'introduction en Italie de la coupole centrale, qui a n'a pas été sans influencer nombre d'architectes, jusqu'à Bramante et Michel-Ange. Les ajouts du XIIIe siècle sont restés conformes à cet esprit des modèles de l'art byzantin, tandis que le XIVe siècle voit à Saint-Marc l'introduction délibérée du style gothique. La scission de la façade principale en deux étages affirme la reconnaissance de Saint-Marc de Venise en tant qu'église d'État, mais elle symbolise aussi le triomphe sur Constantinople en 1204, lors de la IVe croisade. La décoration somptueuse, par l'abondance des colonnes antiques de marbre, porphyre, jaspe, serpentine, albâtre, les innombrables sculptures de différentes époques et les mosaïques des portails laissent une impression d'immense richesse. Dès le XIIIe siècle, les sculptures des archivoltes des cinq portes médianes ont montré l'opulence des corporations vénitiennes, avec les représentations des douze mois et les allégories des Vertus. Les mosaïques d'origine, du XIIIe siècle n'ont été conservées qu'au-dessus de la porte Sant'Alipio, au nord. La galerie, à l'étage, est dominée par des copies du célèbre quadrige antique de bronze doré des Chevaux de Saint-Marc, qui, comme beaucoup de colonnes et sculptures, ont été enlevées à Constantinople en 1204. Pour se rendre de la place Saint-Marc vers la basilique, il faut descendre un escalier. L'abaissement du sol, qui est actuellement de 23 cm, ne concerne pas seulement le monument, mais tous les vieux quartiers de Venise. La basilique Saint-Marc, sur le modèle byzantin, possède un narthex de 62 m de long, 6 m de large et 7,35 m de haut, surmonté de huit coupoles plus petites. L'intérieur est divisé en trois nefs par six colonnes et quatre piliers massifs sur lesquels reposent les cinq dômes. Les bras du transept sont eux-mêmes divisés en trois nefs. L'effet spatial est impressionnant : alors que le sol est recouvert de mosaïques décoratives et le bas des murs revêtu de marbres de toutes sortes, le haut des murs et tout le plafond sont recouverts de mosaïques à fond d'or. Les 2600 colonnes antiques ont été prises pour la plupart lors des conquêtes (en particulier celle de Constantinople en 1204) et reversées comme butin à Saint-Marc. Pour la plupart, elles ne remplissent aucune fonction structurelle, mais servent de décoration, restant comme le symbole du soutien à la puissance de Venise.
(extrait de : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilique_Saint-Marc)
Coordonnées GPS : N45°26’04’’ ; E9°12’20.23’’
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 grandioso mosaico absidale con il Cristo benedicente tra la Vergine e San Giovanni Battista, opera attribuita a Cimabue
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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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Colunelos e capitéis do portal principal da Igreja Matriz de Barcelos, também conhecida como Igreja de Santa Maria Maior. Apesar da aparência românica, esta estrutura pertence ao período gótico, representando um exemplar da transição entre estilos arquitetónicos. A sua construção remonta ao século XIV, tendo sido edificada por iniciativa de D. Pedro, 3º conde de Barcelos, entre 1325 e 1328. O edifício foi reconstruído sobre uma pré-existência românica, apresentando planta longitudinal de três naves. No interior, os capitéis historiados românicos reforçam o ambiente medieval, contrastando com painéis de azulejo de 1721 que retratam cenas da vida de Nossa Senhora. Esta igreja constitui um dos exemplos mais significativos da persistência da arquitetura românica no Norte de Portugal.
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.
Facade painting (Andorra Land Art ALA project). Avinguda Carlemany, Escaldes, Andorra city, 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.
Around the year 1180, Jean de Gisors, a wealthy Norman merchant and Lord of the Manor of Titchfield, gave land in his new town of Portsmouth to the Augustinian canons of Southwick Priory so that they could build a chapel "to the Glorious Honour of the Martyr Thomas of Canterbury, one time Archbishop, on (my) land which is called Sudewede, the island of Portsea" It was given so that they could build a chapel dedicated to the honour of St Thomas of Canterbury, who was assassinated and martyred ten years earlier. This chapel was to become, in turn, a parish church in the 14th century and then a cathedral in the 20th century.
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.
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!
Esglesia Santa Eulalia, Encamp vell, Encamp parroquia, Vall d'Orient, Andorra, Pyrenees
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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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Around the year 1180, Jean de Gisors, a wealthy Norman merchant and Lord of the Manor of Titchfield, gave land in his new town of Portsmouth to the Augustinian canons of Southwick Priory so that they could build a chapel "to the Glorious Honour of the Martyr Thomas of Canterbury, one time Archbishop, on (my) land which is called Sudewede, the island of Portsea" It was given so that they could build a chapel dedicated to the honour of St Thomas of Canterbury, who was assassinated and martyred ten years earlier. This chapel was to become, in turn, a parish church in the 14th century and then a cathedral in the 20th century.
Around the year 1180, Jean de Gisors, a wealthy Norman merchant and Lord of the Manor of Titchfield, gave land in his new town of Portsmouth to the Augustinian canons of Southwick Priory so that they could build a chapel "to the Glorious Honour of the Martyr Thomas of Canterbury, one time Archbishop, on (my) land which is called Sudewede, the island of Portsea" It was given so that they could build a chapel dedicated to the honour of St Thomas of Canterbury, who was assassinated and martyred ten years earlier. This chapel was to become, in turn, a parish church in the 14th century and then a cathedral in the 20th century.
April 22, 2022 - "St. Bavo's Cathedral or Saint-Baafskathedraal, is a 292 foot tall Catholic cathedral in Ghent. It is built on the site of the wooden Chapel of Saint John the Baptist, founded in 942 by Transmanus, Bishop of Tournai and Noyon. Construction of a new Romanesque church began there in 1150.
In the 14th through the 16th centuries ambitious Gothic renovations were added. On top of the lower Romanesque church a high Gothic choir and an enormous vault with tall windows was built. Around the choir is an ambulatory and 14 chapels. The 292 foot tower was erected in 1534. The church became a cathedral in 1569. A new nave was added by 1590.
Among the treasures that were saved from the iconoclasts of 1566 is the Famous Ghent Altarpiece, a painted polyptych by the van Eyck brothers Jan and Hubert in 1432.
Other artists represented in the cathedral are Peter Paul Rubens and Lucas de Heere. Frans Pourbus the Elder created 14 panels of The History of Saint Andrew (1572). There are three paintings by Caspar de Crayer, including The Beheading of John the Baptist. Eleven grisailles of the Old and New Testaments adorn the choir above the stalls.
The high choir is an awesome part of the interior. It has stalls for members of the Chapter of Saint-Bavon. The Baroque High Altar, installed from 1702 to 1782, is made with black, white and red flamed marble. In the nave is a rococo pulpit from 1745.
In the crypt are reliquaries and collections of liturgical ornaments and vessels. Virtual tours of the crypt, including the altarpiece, are available. There is a basic tour and an advanced tour of at least ninety minutes. Do not miss the painting of the Mystic Lamb." Previous text from the following website: www.gpsmycity.com/tours/ghents-historical-buildings-4832....
The beautiful cathedral, Bishops Palace and Gardens at Wells, Somerset, England. There has been a church on this site since 700 AD with the cathedral being built 1175 AD.
Esglesia Sant Miquel d'Engolasters, 12th century, Engolasters, Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Around the year 1180, Jean de Gisors, a wealthy Norman merchant and Lord of the Manor of Titchfield, gave land in his new town of Portsmouth to the Augustinian canons of Southwick Priory so that they could build a chapel "to the Glorious Honour of the Martyr Thomas of Canterbury, one time Archbishop, on (my) land which is called Sudewede, the island of Portsea" It was given so that they could build a chapel dedicated to the honour of St Thomas of Canterbury, who was assassinated and martyred ten years earlier. This chapel was to become, in turn, a parish church in the 14th century and then a cathedral in the 20th century.
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.
Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona
The Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona (Catalan: Santa Maria de Vallbona de les Monges; Spanish: El Real Monasterio de Santa María de Vallbona) is a Cistercian abbey in Vallbona de les Monges, in the comarca of Urgell, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in the early 12th century, it is one of the most important monasteries in Catalonia; its church represents an example of transition between Romanesque and Gothic architecture. The abbey was declared a national monument in 1931.
Initially the monastery consisted in a community of hermits, documented from 1157, which followed the Benedictine rule; in 1175, however, only a small group of nuns remained. In 1163 they had received territories from Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona, and in that year decided to switch to the Cistercian order. Two years later the abbey received several privileges from King Alfonso I of Aragon, and subsequently it could expand thanks to the numerous donations from noble families.
The cloister is on a quadrangular plan, whose sides, of different lengths, correspond to different, successive ages and construction styles (12th-15th centuries). The oldest sector, on the south, shows the original, sober Romanesque-Cistercian canons: it has three spans formed by three piers, with three rounded arcades supported by columns with undecorated capitals.
The eastern wing is also in Romanesque style (early 13th century), and has five spans divided by four pilasters, The arcades form triple mullioned windows with, in the mullions, small rose windows with decoration in Arabic style. The capitals of the columns have vegetable motifs.
The northern wing is the shortest one; it has wide hollows with ogival traceries in Gothic style, dating to the 14th century. The western side, the most recent one, was built in the 15th century in proto-Renaissance style. The capitals of the columns show the heraldic symbols of the Caldés family, who produced the monastery's abbesses during that period.
The Capitular Hall is accessed from the cloister through a Gothic gate built under abbess Anglesola in the 14th century, and has a cross-vault cover. The pavement features several tomb slabs of abbesses, and there is an alabaster image of the Virgin of Mercy, attributed to the sculptor Pere Johan.
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Esglesia Sant Joan de Caselles, romanesque church at Canillo (parroquia), Vall d'Orient, 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)
Coordonnées GPS : N44.689739 ; E10.09939
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.
Esglesia Sant Cristofol d'Anyos, Anyos, La Massana parroquia, Vall nord, Andorra
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April 22, 2022 - "St. Bavo's Cathedral or Saint-Baafskathedraal, is a 292 foot tall Catholic cathedral in Ghent. It is built on the site of the wooden Chapel of Saint John the Baptist, founded in 942 by Transmanus, Bishop of Tournai and Noyon. Construction of a new Romanesque church began there in 1150.
In the 14th through the 16th centuries ambitious Gothic renovations were added. On top of the lower Romanesque church a high Gothic choir and an enormous vault with tall windows was built. Around the choir is an ambulatory and 14 chapels. The 292 foot tower was erected in 1534. The church became a cathedral in 1569. A new nave was added by 1590.
Among the treasures that were saved from the iconoclasts of 1566 is the Famous Ghent Altarpiece, a painted polyptych by the van Eyck brothers Jan and Hubert in 1432.
Other artists represented in the cathedral are Peter Paul Rubens and Lucas de Heere. Frans Pourbus the Elder created 14 panels of The History of Saint Andrew (1572). There are three paintings by Caspar de Crayer, including The Beheading of John the Baptist. Eleven grisailles of the Old and New Testaments adorn the choir above the stalls.
The high choir is an awesome part of the interior. It has stalls for members of the Chapter of Saint-Bavon. The Baroque High Altar, installed from 1702 to 1782, is made with black, white and red flamed marble. In the nave is a rococo pulpit from 1745.
In the crypt are reliquaries and collections of liturgical ornaments and vessels. Virtual tours of the crypt, including the altarpiece, are available. There is a basic tour and an advanced tour of at least ninety minutes. Do not miss the painting of the Mystic Lamb." Previous text from the following website: www.gpsmycity.com/tours/ghents-historical-buildings-4832....
A circular Norman Chapel inside the Grade I Listed Ludlow Castle in Ludlow, Shropshire. The castle stands on a high point overlooking the River Teme and in the Middle Ages it was an important strategic stronghold for control of the Welsh Borders
The circular chapel in the inner ward is very unusual, perhaps unique in Britain. An example of Romanesque architecture and dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, the chapel has been dated to the 12th century based on its style. Little is known of the structure until the 16th century because it is almost undocumented, but it seems to have survived up to that point mostly intact. Though the roof no longer survives, the circular nave survives to its full height and is 8.3 metres (27 ft) wide. A square presbytery, 3.8 by 3.8 metres (12 by 12 ft) was attached, and beyond that a chancel.
Construction of Ludlow Castle began in the late 11th Century as the border stronghold of one of the Marcher Lords, Roger De Lacy.
Early in the 14th Century it was enlarged into a magnificent palace for Roger Mortimer, then the most powerful man in England. Later, in the 15th Century under the ownership of Richard, Duke of York, the Castle was involved in the Wars of the Roses before becoming a royal palace. In 1472 Edward IV sent the Prince of Wales and his brother (later the 'Princes in the Tower' of Shakespeare fame), to live at the Castle, which was also the seat of Government for Wales and the border Counties.
In 1501 Price Arthur, (son of Henry VII and brother to Henry VIII) with his bride Catherine of Aragon, lived here for a short time before his early death. Queen Mary Tudor and her court spent three winters at Ludlow between 1525 and 1528. In 1689 the Royal Welsh Fusiliers were founded at the Castle by Lord Herbert of Chirbury but soon after it was abandoned and fell into decay. In 1811 the ruins were purchased from the crown by the 2nd Earl of Powis, in the ownership of whose family it remains.
The Castle's long history is reflected in its varied architecture; Norman, Medieval and Tudor, many of the buildings still stand. From the huge Outer Bailey a bridge across the moat leads to the Inner Bailey with the Keep, the Great Chamber, the other side of the moat is the Ice House - once used to store explosives. Milton's famous Comus was first performed in the Great Hall in 1634 and the tradition of a performance is continued each June and July when a play is performed in the open air within the Inner Bailey, as part of the Ludlow Arts Festival. The Castle hosts other events through-out the year.
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. It forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, currently Justin Welby, leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury.
Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt between 1070 and 1077. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the 12th century and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174.
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.
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.
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.
Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England. It forms part of a World Heritage Site. It is the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, currently Justin Welby, leader of the Church of England and symbolic leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Its formal title is the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ at Canterbury.
Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt between 1070 and 1077. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the 12th century and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174.
Esglesia Sant Corneli i Sant Cebria. Ordino historic center. Ordino city, Vall nord, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Přední Kopanina)
The Rotunda of St. Mary Magdalene in Prague-Přední Kopanina is a Romanesque rotunda, standing on the very northwestern edge of Prague, in the middle of the Přední Kopanina district. The rotunda falls under the administration of the Roman Catholic parish in Tuchoměřice.
The unplastered building of the church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene is led out of small marl blocks, probably mined directly from the local quarry, which is still a well-known source of this material. The central part of the church is a round nave, the interior of which measures over five meters across, on the east side a semicircular apse joins the nave, on the west side a slender tower with an approximately square floor plan. Research in 1983 showed that this layout of the church is original, from the time of its construction, which is not documented in more detail, but is generally placed in the first half of the 12th century.
The presence of the portal on the floor of the south wall of the tower, interpreted as the entrance to the porch, may then indicate for this period the existence of a manor house in the vicinity of this side of the church.
A rectangular extension was later attached to the south side of the rotunda, which currently serves as the main nave, while the rotunda became a presbytery and the tower serves as a sacristy. The functional arrangement of the church is thus today, in contrast to the usual orientation to the east, rotated by 90 degrees.
The current appearance of the church of St. Mary Magdalene is the result of modern adaptations. After the collapse of the vault in 1779, the rotunda was left to its fate for a long time. It was not until 1852 to 1858 that an extensive renovation was carried out according to the project of Karel Wiesenfeld (1802-1870), a long-time professor of civil engineering at the Prague Polytechnic (this is the only case of Wiesenfeld's own construction work). The vault was then restored with a wooden structure instead of a stone one, the tower was noticeably raised, new window openings were made (only two windows are considered unchanged, medieval today, one on the ground floor of the west side of the tower, the other on the southeast side of the apse).
The marl altar relief with a scene of the Crucifixion, of uncertain age, perhaps from the second half of the 17th century, stands out from the furniture of the church. It is also worth mentioning the painting Adoration of the Magi with the side figures of St. Wenceslas and St. Ludmila by Josef Hellich from 1861 and the painting of St. Mary Magdalene by Vilém Kandler. The Gothic sandstone baptistery has been preserved from the older equipment. The stained glass windows date from the 1990s. So far, the last reconstruction of the building was completed in 2000.