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This image is one in a series of croix de chemin (roadside crosses) taken during my December 2022 photographic trip to Québec. There are between 2,500 and 3,000 croix de chemin scattered all over rural Québec, the historic centre of North American Catholicism. Despite the decrease in influence of the Catholic Church during the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s and the prediction that, as a result, croix de chemin would disappear from the rural landscape, recent surveys have shown that around 80% of the croix that were surveyed in the 70s and 80s are still standing. Croix de chemin are large (15 to 20 feet tall) crosses that where originally “erected to fulfill a vow, to sacralize the land, or to ward off calamities” (Kaell, p. 135). They hark back to the cross that Jacques Cartier erected on the Canadian mainland, in Gaspé, on July 24, 1534 on his first exploration trip of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but also represent their owners’ Catholic devotion and are examples of beautiful rural folk art. Croix de chemin are most often made of wood (though some more modern ones are made of metal) and are decorated with iconography of the Passion. Each year their caretakers try to repaint them and every 40 or 50 years they have to be replaced altogether. There are three main types of croix de chemin: (1) the simple croix de chemin which may have some decorative elements at the end or centre, (2) the croix de chemin featuring instruments of the Passion which are decorated with a lance, nails, hammer, whip, ladder, crown of thorns, and/or rooster and (3) the calvaire, which depicts the crucifixion scene.
The primary reason I wanted to photograph the croix de chemin was that they are wonderful pieces of folk art – made and maintained, sometimes for many decades, by local artisans, and are pretty much unique to Québec in Canada (although emigrants from Québec brought a few to Ontario and Manitoba in the 19th century). I spent many hours of scouting the locations of croix de chemin using the fantastic website Les Croix de Chemin au Québec and searching out and photographing them to create this series was a highlight of my recent trip. In the end, I photographed almost 40 croix de chemin to create this series.
Kaell, H. (2017) Marking memory: Heritage work and devotional labor at Québec’s croix de chemin. In K. Norget (Ed.), The Anthropology of Catholicism (pp. 122-138). University of California Press.
Joly, D. (2007). Wayside crosses. In Encyclopedia of French cultural heritage in North America. www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-296/Wayside_Crosses.html
Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce), Québec, Canada.
I wrote a blog post about my December 2022 photographic trip to the rural areas of Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce) and Bas-Saint-Laurent, south and east of Québec City. If you'd like to see some behind the scene shots, video and read some stories about how I shot these images, take a look.
If you'd like to see the rest of the images from this trip, take a look at my Québec album and if you'd like to see the series within the series - the croix de chemin - there's an album for them, as well.
St. Martin's Chapel, 1085m asl
The original Chapel:
The Chapel of St. Martin is located on an old pass road that may have existed since the La Tène period (5th-1st century BC). Based on this assumption, the sacred building is a connection between Celtic and early Christian culture in this area. Excavations of 1958 have proved that in the place of the present chapel as early as 800 a sacral building, possibly a pagan source sanctuary, existed.
The medieval chapel:
In the Middle Ages , a new chapel was built, but the old foundations and possibly also parts of the remaining outer walls were reused. This is probably to be dated in late gothic time. After the chapel was partially destroyed during the Thirty Years' War , a new roof and a new ceiling were built. In the middle part of this is still preserved today and bears the year 1672. (Wikip.)
The monastery of the Benedictine Order at Pannonhalma was founded in 996 in Western Hungary and had a major role in the diffusion of Christianity in medieval Central Europe. The monastery shows a stratification of different architectural styles and various buildings.
Among these buildings: a school (the first ever school founded in the country), the monastic complex – home to the monks whose life is still based on St. Benedict’s Rule ‘Ora et labora’ -, the tourist welcome points and hospitality facilities, the Chapel of Our Lady, the Millennium Chapel and the botanical and herbal gardens.
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Il Sistema naturale ha affidato a ciascun individuo di qualsiasi specie vivente due adempimenti imprescindibili: nutrirsi quotidianamente per sopravvivere e accoppiarsi per tramandare i propri geni e garantire la continuità della specie. Così, queste due rane, si stanno impegnando ad adempiere al secondo. Apparentemente lo fanno senza entusiasmo e, sempre apparentemente, prestando maggiore attenzione all'intruso umano che al partner ..... ..
The Monastery at Lébény was established between 1199 and 1203, by a nobleman, for private worship. The complex was dedicated to the Apostle Saint James the Great. Though the existing charter for approving the donations and construction was signed by Andreas II (1208), one of the walls of the church had “1206” engraved in them, which may indicate that the church was already built at that time. It is also mentioned in the RegestrumVaradiense (an important language memorial), which was made in the late cathedral chapter of the present Oradea (Nagyvárad) in the 13th century. The monastery of Lébény was attacked and burnt down several times; the first by Mongols, then the second by King Ottokar I of Bohemia; and thereafter by the Turks, which was probably in 1529 and definitely in 1683. The monastery was taken back from the Turks by the arch-abbot of Pannonhalma in 1540. He named a new abbot, though the title only existed on paper for a little bit longer than two decades. In 1563 the monastery was burnt down again for the third time and was left devoured. Presently, the only part of the complex that is still standing is the iconic three-nave Romanesque church in the middle of Lébény village. This church is one of the most important Romanesque style buildings of Hungary, which was most probably restored in the 17th century by the Jesuits, and it was the first ever Hungarian monument that was restored in the second half of the 19th century. In addition, the Romanesque church is also operating as a parish of the village.
" Eu desejo amar todos que eu cruzar pelo meu caminho.
Como sou feliz, eu quero ver feliz quem andar comigo." Guilherme Arantes.
1. Sou feliz
2. Quero a felicidade para o mundo, para todos.
3. Amo e quero amar mais.
4. Não me concebo sem a existência do outro, de Deus e das forças da Natureza, do Universo.
5. Me conheço bem; tenho satisfação com o que sou e com o que faço. Sempre faço! Acredito ser muito melhor errar do que não fazer.
6. Sou generosa e quero doar mais: o que tenho, o que sou, o que faço, o que sonho.
7. Sou solidária e sensível às emoções dos outros.
8. Meu maior defeito é não ter paciência com o egoísmo e com o individualismo. É sobre esta impaciência que venho 'conversando' muito comigo mesmo.
9. Os meus outros tantos defeitos estão atualmente num quartinho, de castigo.
10. Durmo o suficiente e trabalho bastante.
11. Bebo água raramente, porque sou viciada em Coca Cola.
12. Tenho 50 anos e sou grata por ter chegado muito bem até aqui.
13. Sou casada há quase 30 anos com o Alexandre e tenho um filho, o Rafael, de 29. A Babi, a nossa gata, é bem conhecida!
14. Morro de vontade de ser avó.
15. Sou antropóloga. Dou muito valor à diversidade entre as pessoas, às culturas e aos povos.
Durante quase a metade de minha vida, estudei e trabalhei para e com os povos indígenas no Brasil.
Com eles, ensinei o que sabia e aprendi sobre a sacralidade da vida, das relações humanas, da Natureza e da Espiritualidade.
16. Sou grata a Deus, à Vida, a todas as pessoas que me querem bem e a todas que caminham comigo.
Meu amor e a minha gratidão às queridas amigas que me enviaram este desafio "You've been tagged!":
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Amor, Paz e Luz! Beijos e muito obrigada!
Church of St. John of Dukla and Monastery of Bernadine monks - the church with two towers was built between 1761 and 1764 in the late baroque style. The temple was extended from 1890 to 1902 when a chapel of St. John of Dukla was built and the main nave was enlarged. Also monastery building was added. The interior dates back to the turn of the 19th century. The paintings of Tadeusz Popiel present scenes from life of St. John of Dukla. There is a silver coffin with relics of St. John. Pope John Paul II came to Dukla on 9th of August, a day before the canonization event and he spent a night in the monastery
Mirje, kasnoantički lokalitet, smješten je blizu Postira, na strateški izvrsnom položaju blizu Salone, glavnog grada provincije Dalmacije. Građeno je blizu Dioklecijanove palače u Splitu i carskih kamenoloma pored Škripa, odakle se brao kamen za gradnju veličanstvene palače.
Brojni fragmenti crkvenog kamenog namještaja potvrdili su postojanje sakralne građevine iz 6. stoljeća. Sklop nije građen za samostansku zajednicu već je riječ o adaptaciji kasnoantičke vile s termalnim sklopom.
Mirje, a late antique locality, is situated near Postira, on excellent strategic position near Salona, the capital of the province of Dalmatia. It was built near Diocletian palace in Split and imperial quarries near Škrip, from which architectural stone for building of monumental palace was cut.
Numerous fragments of stone furniture confirmed the existence of sacral building from 6th century. The complex was not built for the convent's community, but was the adaptation of the late antique villa with thermal complex.
You might recognize this croix from a previous post and you might actually prefer that composition, but I think this one deserved to be shown as well because, to me, it shows the way the croix de chemin are just part of the rural landscape.
Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce), Québec, Canada.
This image is one in a series of croix de chemin (roadside crosses). There are between 2,500 and 3,000 croix de chemin scattered all over rural Québec, the historic centre of North American Catholicism. Croix de chemin are large (15 to 20 feet tall) and were “erected to fulfill a vow, to sacralize the land, or to ward off calamities” (Kaell, “Marking Memory”, p. 135). Croix de chemin are most often made of wood and are decorated with iconography of the Passion. There are three main types: (1) the simple croix de chemin which may have some decorative elements at the end or centre, (2) the croix de chemin featuring instruments of the Passion which are decorated with a lance, nails, hammer, whip, ladder, crown of thorns, and/or rooster and (3) the calvaire, which depicts the crucifixion scene.
I wrote a blog post about my December 2022 photographic trip to the rural areas of Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce) and Bas-Saint-Laurent, south and east of Québec City. If you'd like to see some behind the scene shots, video and read some stories about how I shot these images, take a look.
If you'd like to see the rest of the images from this trip, take a look at my Québec album and if you'd like to see the series within the series - the croix de chemin - there's an album for croix, as well.
Over the centuries, the town of Banská Štiavnica was visited by many outstanding engineers and scientists who contributed to its fame. The old medieval mining centre grew into a town with Renaissance palaces, 16th-century churches, elegant squares and castles. The urban centre blends into the surrounding landscape, which contains vital relics of the mining and metallurgical activities of the past.
THE CALVARY
A special highlight of Banská Štiavnica is this complex of sacral buildings set in a beautiful scenery near the lovely town that is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
3 years after the massive church fire, the St. Niklaas church in Westkapelle will be rebuild. There will be a sacral and a multifunctional area.
Simple croix de chemin.
Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada.
This image is one in a series of croix de chemin (roadside crosses). There are between 2,500 and 3,000 croix de chemin scattered all over rural Québec, the historic centre of North American Catholicism. Croix de chemin are large (15 to 20 feet tall) and were “erected to fulfill a vow, to sacralize the land, or to ward off calamities” (Kaell, “Marking Memory”, p. 135). Croix de chemin are most often made of wood and are decorated with iconography of the Passion. There are three main types: (1) the simple croix de chemin which may have some decorative elements at the end or centre, (2) the croix de chemin featuring instruments of the Passion which are decorated with a lance, nails, hammer, whip, ladder, crown of thorns, and/or rooster and (3) the calvaire, which depicts the crucifixion scene.
I wrote a blog post about my December 2022 photographic trip to the rural areas of Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce) and Bas-Saint-Laurent, south and east of Québec City. If you'd like to see some behind the scene shots, video and read some stories about how I shot these images, take a look.
If you'd like to see the rest of the images from this trip, take a look at my Québec album and if you'd like to see the series within the series - the croix de chemin - there's an album for croix, as well.
DONDE SIEMBRAS, RECOGES
Si pones dulzura en tu manera de cocinar, en tus alimentos… comes amor. Si pones dulzura en tu familia, en tus relaciones, en tu trabajo… estás creando un entorno de sanación para todos. Si pones dulzura en las tareas del hogar, estás haciendo de tu casa un santuario.
Puedes elegir transformar tu mundo y enseñar a otros cómo transformar el suyo, llevando la paz, la calma y el agradecimiento a tus acciones. Paso a paso, día a día, mes a mes… suma cambios amorosos que se irán estableciendo en tu vida como el “nuevo normal”.
Con tu dulzura y tu consciencia, de-vuelve a tus palabras, a tus relaciones, a tus espacios y entornos… su importancia y su Sacralidad. En amor y por amor a la Tierra, y a todos los seres que la habitamos.
Myriam Aram
There are three types of croix de chemin and this one fits into the first, most simple, type.
Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada.
This image is one in a series of croix de chemin (roadside crosses) taken during my December 2022 photographic trip to Québec. There are between 2,500 and 3,000 croix de chemin scattered all over rural Québec, the historic centre of North American Catholicism. Despite the decrease in influence of the Catholic Church during the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s and the prediction that, as a result, croix de chemin would disappear from the rural landscape, recent surveys have shown that around 80% of the croix that were surveyed in the 70s and 80s are still standing. Croix de chemin are large (15 to 20 feet tall) crosses that where originally “erected to fulfill a vow, to sacralize the land, or to ward off calamities” (Kaell, p. 135). They hark back to the cross that Jacques Cartier erected on the Canadian mainland, in Gaspé, on July 24, 1534 on his first exploration trip of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but also represent their owners’ Catholic devotion and are examples of beautiful rural folk art. Croix de chemin are most often made of wood (though some more modern ones are made of metal) and are decorated with iconography of the Passion. Each year their caretakers try to repaint them and every 40 or 50 years they have to be replaced altogether. There are three main types of croix de chemin: (1) the simple croix de chemin which may have some decorative elements at the end or centre, (2) the croix de chemin featuring instruments of the Passion which are decorated with a lance, nails, hammer, whip, ladder, crown of thorns, and/or rooster and (3) the calvaire, which depicts the crucifixion scene.
The primary reason I wanted to photograph the croix de chemin was that they are wonderful pieces of folk art – made and maintained, sometimes for many decades, by local artisans, and are pretty much unique to Québec in Canada (although emigrants from Québec brought a few to Ontario and Manitoba in the 19th century). I spent many hours of scouting the locations of croix de chemin using the fantastic website Les Croix de Chemin au Québec and searching out and photographing them to create this series was a highlight of my recent trip. In the end, I photographed almost 40 croix de chemin to create this series.
Kaell, H. (2017) Marking memory: Heritage work and devotional labor at Québec’s croix de chemin. In K. Norget (Ed.), The Anthropology of Catholicism (pp. 122-138). University of California Press.
Joly, D. (2007). Wayside crosses. In Encyclopedia of French cultural heritage in North America. www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-296/Wayside_Crosses.html
I wrote a blog post about my December 2022 photographic trip to the rural areas of Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce) and Bas-Saint-Laurent, south and east of Québec City. If you'd like to see some behind the scene shots, video and read some stories about how I shot these images, take a look.
If you'd like to see the rest of the images from this trip, take a look at my Québec album and if you'd like to see the series within the series - the croix de chemin - there's an album for them, as well.
LA CHIESA DI SAN GIORGIO
La chiesa barocca con il campanile indipendente e un battistero domina il promontorio sopra la città di Pirano. Il pendio del promontorio con il complesso sacrale è sorretto da archi di sostegno. L’odierno edificio di culto sorge dove prima si trovava una chiesa gotica usurata che fu riedificata dopo il 1595, per essere poi ultimata e consacrata nel 1637. L’odierno duomo è la più grande chiesa di Pirano ed è dedicato al santo patrono della città, San Giorgio, che stando alla leggenda salvò la città da una furiosa tempesta. Parte della ricca collezione e degli oggetti sacri della chiesa sono esposti nel museo parrocchiale di S. Giorgio; tra essi spicca la statua d'argento San Giorgio su un cavallo e un reliquiario a forma di gamba. Anche il lapidario e la grotta archeologica meritano una visita.
CANON EOS 6D Mark II con ob. CANON EF 70-300 f./4-5,6 IS USM
1152 is mentioned for the first time in a document in the community of St. Johann in Toggenburg.
The last Benedictine abbey in Switzerland is founded there. In 1468 Toggenburg was bought by the St. Gallen monastery and became sovereign over St. Johann. Several disputes with the Abbey of St. Gallen, so in 1523 Toggenburg joined the Reformed Faith, but in 1538 they had to return to the Prince Abbey of St. Gallen. In 1555 the St. Johann Abbey was downgraded to a priory.
At the beginning of the 17th century a disease struck the monks. These leave the monastery buildings and move into the surrounding houses. To make matters worse, the abandoned monastery burned down in 1626.
The prince abbot of St. Gallen now decides to relocate the monastery near Nesslau, a little further down the valley. The new foundation is called Neu St. Johann.
In September 1626 the foundation stone for the new monastery was laid. The Misoxer master builder Pietro Andreota is won for this task. The church was not built from 1629 to 1641. The Misox master builder Pietro Andreota was hired to continue building the church in 1641. In 1643 the high altar is erected. Construction is on hold again, this time for 35 years. In 1678 the tuff vault was drawn in and stuccoed. Most of the church was equipped by 1680.
Johann Wirthensohn, altar maker from Vorarlberg, creates the organ prospect on the west gallery, which contains an instrument by Johann Michael Grass. The original organ is only partially preserved.
This type of croix de chemin is known as a calvaire. I arrived at this spot just as the light was fading on my first day in Quebec. The winds were dying down a bit, though you can see the snow being kicked around in the background, and I'd had an amazing first day of photography. A great memory.
Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce), Québec, Canada.
This image is one in a series of croix de chemin (roadside crosses) taken during my December 2022 photographic trip to Québec. There are between 2,500 and 3,000 croix de chemin scattered all over rural Québec, the historic centre of North American Catholicism. Despite the decrease in influence of the Catholic Church during the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s and the prediction that, as a result, croix de chemin would disappear from the rural landscape, recent surveys have shown that around 80% of the croix that were surveyed in the 70s and 80s are still standing. Croix de chemin are large (15 to 20 feet tall) crosses that where originally “erected to fulfill a vow, to sacralize the land, or to ward off calamities” (Kaell, p. 135). They hark back to the cross that Jacques Cartier erected on the Canadian mainland, in Gaspé, on July 24, 1534 on his first exploration trip of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but also represent their owners’ Catholic devotion and are examples of beautiful rural folk art. Croix de chemin are most often made of wood (though some more modern ones are made of metal) and are decorated with iconography of the Passion. Each year their caretakers try to repaint them and every 40 or 50 years they have to be replaced altogether. There are three main types of croix de chemin: (1) the simple croix de chemin which may have some decorative elements at the end or centre, (2) the croix de chemin featuring instruments of the Passion which are decorated with a lance, nails, hammer, whip, ladder, crown of thorns, and/or rooster and (3) the calvaire, which depicts the crucifixion scene.
The primary reason I wanted to photograph the croix de chemin was that they are wonderful pieces of folk art – made and maintained, sometimes for many decades, by local artisans, and are pretty much unique to Québec in Canada (although emigrants from Québec brought a few to Ontario and Manitoba in the 19th century). I spent many hours of scouting the locations of croix de chemin using the fantastic website Les Croix de Chemin au Québec and searching out and photographing them to create this series was a highlight of my recent trip. In the end, I photographed almost 40 croix de chemin to create this series.
Kaell, H. (2017) Marking memory: Heritage work and devotional labor at Québec’s croix de chemin. In K. Norget (Ed.), The Anthropology of Catholicism (pp. 122-138). University of California Press.
Joly, D. (2007). Wayside crosses. In Encyclopedia of French cultural heritage in North America. www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-296/Wayside_Crosses.html
I wrote a blog post about my December 2022 photographic trip to the rural areas of Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce) and Bas-Saint-Laurent, south and east of Québec City. If you'd like to see some behind the scene shots, video and read some stories about how I shot these images, take a look.
If you'd like to see the rest of the images from this trip, take a look at my Québec album and if you'd like to see the series within the series - the croix de chemin - there's an album for them, as well.
The Monastery at Lébény was established between 1199 and 1203, by a nobleman, for private worship. The complex was dedicated to the Apostle Saint James the Great. Though the existing charter for approving the donations and construction was signed by Andreas II (1208), one of the walls of the church had “1206” engraved in them, which may indicate that the church was already built at that time. It is also mentioned in the RegestrumVaradiense (an important language memorial), which was made in the late cathedral chapter of the present Oradea (Nagyvárad) in the 13th century. The monastery of Lébény was attacked and burnt down several times; the first by Mongols, then the second by King Ottokar I of Bohemia; and thereafter by the Turks, which was probably in 1529 and definitely in 1683. The monastery was taken back from the Turks by the arch-abbot of Pannonhalma in 1540. He named a new abbot, though the title only existed on paper for a little bit longer than two decades. In 1563 the monastery was burnt down again for the third time and was left devoured. Presently, the only part of the complex that is still standing is the iconic three-nave Romanesque church in the middle of Lébény village. This church is one of the most important Romanesque style buildings of Hungary, which was most probably restored in the 17th century by the Jesuits, and it was the first ever Hungarian monument that was restored in the second half of the 19th century. In addition, the Romanesque church is also operating as a parish of the village.
In 1500, Cardinal Diego Hurtado de Mendoza ordered the original chapel to be enlarged for burial, since the great devotion that the Virgin of Antigua had among the Sevillians well deserved the largest chapel of those considered minor chapels. The fresco of the Virgin of Antigua, which presides over the marble altarpiece by José Fernández de Iglesias with sculptures by Pedro Duque Cornejo (half S.XVIII). There is a legend that explains the name of this Virgin but the reality she is not so old, she dates from the time when the mosque was used as a Christian temple (14th century). The goldsmith’s crown was added in 1929 for her canonical coronation. The paintings, which iconographically represent the history of the Virgin of Antigua, as well as the saints and some landscapes, are works by Domingo Martínez (first half of the 18th century). Also noteworthy are the tombs of Cardinal Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, in Renaissance style, made by Doménico Fancelli (early 16th century) and that of Archbishop Luis Salcedo y Azcona, made by Pedro Duque Cornejo (mid 18th century) and inspired by the Renaissance one. Stained glass windows: San Fernando, designed by José Gestoso (19th century).
The parish church of St. Martin stands high above Marktoberdorf.
Johann Georg Fischer (known from Wolfegg, Kißlegg) is commissioned by Pastor Joseph Ignaz Klaus to build a new church. In 1732, Fischer began construction as an architect, his parlier Paul Bienz led the new building, which was consecrated in 1738. The tower (onion dome 1722) and the floor plan of the choir are taken over from the previous building.
Abraham Bader from Wessobrunn decorates the church interior with stucco.
Franz Georg Hermann and Balthasar Riepp paint the ceiling frescoes, with Hermann taking over the main cycle. The nave shows the victory of Emperor Constantine over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge in Rome and the discovery of the cross by the imperial mother Helena.
In 1747 Joseph Stapf from Pfronten delivered the high altar, the two side altars were created by Dominikus Bergmüller in 1735.
A simple, small and slightly wonky croix de chemin near the town of Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie in Bas-Saint-Laurent.
This image is one in a series of croix de chemin (roadside crosses). There are between 2,500 and 3,000 croix de chemin scattered all over rural Québec, the historic centre of North American Catholicism. Despite the decrease in influence of the Catholic Church during the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s and the prediction that, as a result, croix de chemin would disappear from the rural landscape, recent surveys have shown that around 80% of the croix that were surveyed in the 70s and 80s are still standing. Croix de chemin are large (15 to 20 feet tall) and were “erected to fulfill a vow, to sacralize the land, or to ward off calamities” (Kaell, p. 135). Croix de chemin are most often made of wood and are decorated with iconography of the Passion. There are three main types: (1) the simple croix de chemin which may have some decorative elements at the end or centre, (2) the croix de chemin featuring instruments of the Passion which are decorated with a lance, nails, hammer, whip, ladder, crown of thorns, and/or rooster and (3) the calvaire, which depicts the crucifixion scene.
I wanted to photograph the croix de chemin is as wonderful pieces of folk art – made and maintained, sometimes for many decades, by locals, that are uniquely Québecois. In the end, I photographed almost 40 croix de chemin to create this series.
Kaell, H. (2017) Marking memory: Heritage work and devotional labor at Québec’s croix de chemin. In K. Norget (Ed.), The Anthropology of Catholicism (pp. 122-138). University of California Press.
Joly, D. (2007). Wayside crosses. In Encyclopedia of French cultural heritage in North America. www.ameriquefrancaise.org/en/article-296/Wayside_Crosses.html
Bas-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.
I wrote a blog post about my December 2022 photographic trip to the rural areas of Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce) and Bas-Saint-Laurent, south and east of Québec City. If you'd like to see some behind the scene shots, video and read some stories about how I shot these images, take a look.
If you'd like to see the rest of the images from this trip, take a look at my Québec album and if you'd like to see the series within the series - the croix de chemin - there's an album for them, as well.
Ruins of a medieval fortified church are located above the village of Lúčka, situated at the border of the Slovenské rudohorie mountain range and the national park of Slovenský kras. The village had been known since 1409 as part of the Turňa Castle Estate donated to Pál Besen by King Sigismund.
According to the testimony provided by the local church, however, the village dates back to at least the half of the 13th century. The church itself was built as an early-Gothic church of the Gemer style. In the first half of the 15th century, it was surrounded by a defensive stone wall with a watchtower situated in the front. The small fortress was captured by Jan Jiskra’s troopsand is commonly called the Hussite church by the locals. Only the external walls of the church and the considerably lowered defensive wall with the tower that later on served as a belfry have been preserved up to the present. The quadratic tower used to have two floors in the past, with three windows on the first floor and three loopholes on the ground floor that served to watch the surroundings and to protect the fortress from three sides: the west, the south, and the east. The top of the slope upon which the church was built provided for the natural protection from the north.
The area where the church stands counts among the ecologically cleanest territories in Slovakia. It provides for exceptionally good conditions for recreationin a peaceful natural setting and for short walks in the basin of the Čremošná, to the lake of Lúčka, as well as to the surrounding beech and fir forests. Moreover, the unique natural reserve of Zádielska dolina is located in close distance, lined with plateaux where traces of fortified prehistoric settlements were confirmed by archaeological surveys.
Saint Michael’s Cathedral of Alba Iulia was built between 1247 and 1291, which makes it contemporary to the famous Notre Dame of Paris. Furthermore, it appears that a great French architect, Villard de Honnecourt, contributed to its design. In addition to being the oldest and the longest cathedral in Romania (at 89.16 m measured along its axis), it is also considered the most important monument of Romanesque architecture in Transylvania.
The site is registered in the National Archaeological Repertory of Romania.
Il Nadaam una festa speciale in Mongolia. Quello più grande avviene nella capitale, ma durante l’estate se ne svolgono anche nelle poche “cittá” di periferia. Abbiamo avuto la fortuna di capitare il giorno giusto in quello di Karakorum.
E’ una festa per e del popolo, della gente comune, dove si cimentano gli arcieri, i contorsionisti, i musicisti, i lottatori e si assiste alle corse dei cavalli con i bimbi come fantini. Arriva gente dai dintorni con i costumi tipici e i volti carichi di storia e vita. Naturalmente il tutto è avvolto nella sacralità del buddismo.
Questo è un immenso tappeto di seta, cucito a mano che rappresenta un buddha.
Ci si gira intorno in senso orario e si prega. Era srotolato su un pendio solo per qualche ora. Qualcosa di solenne, preziosissimo e spettacolare di un Paese dove la sacralitá é vita.
Kalkar is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Cleves. The most famous building of Kalkar is its church St. Nicolai, which has one of the most significant sacral inventory from the late Middle Ages in Europe or the Brick Gothic town hall build in 1446.
Kalkar was founded by Dirk VI of Cleves in 1230 and received city rights in 1242. It was one of the seven "capitals" of Cleves (called Kleve), until the line of the Duchy of Cleves died out in 1609, whereupon the city went over to the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves retired to Monreberg castle in Kalkar, where she founded a Dominican convent in 1455. Under her influence the city bloomed and artists were attracted to the favorable climate for cultural investment. She died at Monreberg castle in 1463.
Plešivec is an ancient seat of the Bubek family. The Ákoš family, the ancestors of the Bubeks, received it from King Belo IV. in 1243, after the battle on the Slaná River, where the ancestor of the Bubeks, Detrik, allegedly saved the king’s life. After stabilizing his position in 1320, Dominik Bubek built a water castle in Plešivec. In its vicinity, he built a monumental church, which also served as a burial place for the representatives of the family. It was constructed on the site of an older church built by his ancestors. The church, originally nearly twice as long as it is now, was a two-nave Gothic building with a polygonal ending of the chancel, originally vaulted on the central pillars.
From 1349, we have a record of the request of Juraj Bubek to the Pope for the possibility of collecting the indulgences to finance its construction. In the middle of the 14th century, the interior of the church was completed with fresco paintings of very high quality, carried out by Italian masters. In the first quarter of the 15th century, the church was completed with the north-facing funeral chapel of the Bubeks, built according to the pattern of the Spiš funeral chapels. We enter into the chapel through an impressive portal, the architecture of which is associated with the works of the Cathedral of St. Elizabeth in Košice. In its interior, we find three three-part late Gothic windows with an original tracery in the ogive arch shape and corbels of the former vaults.
In 1558, at the time of the Turkish threat, the church was severely damaged, the vault collapsed and the building remained as a ruin until its reconstruction in 1617. By that time, the church was taken over by the reformed believers who reduced its layout to its current length of 19 meters; they covered the nave with a flat ceiling and closed the entrance to the unused chapel. At that stage, the entrance to the church was established from the south and three window openings were made on the south wall. From that period comes a valuable matroneum with painted decorations from 1627. In 1807, a bell-tower was built, a beautiful example of the so-called Gemer classicism.
Kalkar is a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Cleves. The most famous building of Kalkar is its church St. Nicolai, which has one of the most significant sacral inventory from the late Middle Ages in Europe or the Brick Gothic town hall build in 1446.
Kalkar was founded by Dirk VI of Cleves in 1230 and received city rights in 1242. It was one of the seven "capitals" of Cleves (called Kleve), until the line of the Duchy of Cleves died out in 1609, whereupon the city went over to the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Marie of Burgundy, Duchess of Cleves retired to Monreberg castle in Kalkar, where she founded a Dominican convent in 1455. Under her influence the city bloomed and artists were attracted to the favorable climate for cultural investment. She died at Monreberg castle in 1463.
This lovely croix overlooks the mighty St. Lawrence River.
Bas-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada.
This image is one in a series of croix de chemin (roadside crosses). There are between 2,500 and 3,000 croix de chemin scattered all over rural Québec, the historic centre of North American Catholicism. Croix de chemin are large (15 to 20 feet tall) and were “erected to fulfill a vow, to sacralize the land, or to ward off calamities” (Kaell, “Marking Memory”, p. 135). Croix de chemin are most often made of wood and are decorated with iconography of the Passion. There are three main types: (1) the simple croix de chemin which may have some decorative elements at the end or centre, (2) the croix de chemin featuring instruments of the Passion which are decorated with a lance, nails, hammer, whip, ladder, crown of thorns, and/or rooster and (3) the calvaire, which depicts the crucifixion scene.
I wrote a blog post about my December 2022 photographic trip to the rural areas of Chaudière-Appalaches (Beauce) and Bas-Saint-Laurent, south and east of Québec City. If you'd like to see some behind the scene shots, video and read some stories about how I shot these images, take a look.
If you'd like to see the rest of the images from this trip, take a look at my Québec album and if you'd like to see the series within the series - the croix de chemin - there's an album for croix, as well.
The Monastery at Lébény was established between 1199 and 1203, by a nobleman, for private worship. The complex was dedicated to the Apostle Saint James the Great. Though the existing charter for approving the donations and construction was signed by Andreas II (1208), one of the walls of the church had “1206” engraved in them, which may indicate that the church was already built at that time. It is also mentioned in the RegestrumVaradiense (an important language memorial), which was made in the late cathedral chapter of the present Oradea (Nagyvárad) in the 13th century. The monastery of Lébény was attacked and burnt down several times; the first by Mongols, then the second by King Ottokar I of Bohemia; and thereafter by the Turks, which was probably in 1529 and definitely in 1683. The monastery was taken back from the Turks by the arch-abbot of Pannonhalma in 1540. He named a new abbot, though the title only existed on paper for a little bit longer than two decades. In 1563 the monastery was burnt down again for the third time and was left devoured. Presently, the only part of the complex that is still standing is the iconic three-nave Romanesque church in the middle of Lébény village. This church is one of the most important Romanesque style buildings of Hungary, which was most probably restored in the 17th century by the Jesuits, and it was the first ever Hungarian monument that was restored in the second half of the 19th century. In addition, the Romanesque church is also operating as a parish of the village.
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