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The door to the right as you enter the basilica leads to the crypt, a series of eerie vaults at the bottom of 50 steps, with tombs guarded by monoliths representing Mourning and Eternity. Among those at rest here are Cardinal József Mindszenty.
The great sacristy has a shallow cruciform plan, surmounted by a dome. Originally designed by Diego de Riaño ca. 1530, work carried on after his death in 1534 under Martín de Gainza and was completed ca. 1544. Designed in the Plateresque style, it houses the treasury. Among the displays are silver reliquaries and monstrances, and artworks by Goya, Murillo, and Zurbarán.
Lukinić Brdo - Wooden Chapel of St. John the Baptist
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The Roman Catholic wooden church of St. Francis of Assisi, made of red spruce, was built at the end of the 15th century in the Gothic style. It is situated on a small elevation in the centre of the village of Hervartov in the Bardejov district. Since 2008 it has been included in the list of UNESCO monuments.
It is the oldest and one of the best preserved wooden churches in Slovakia. The church is enclosed by a stone wall with pilasters, which gives visitors the impression of a small fortress. The sacral building consists of a polygonal sanctuary, a nave, a sacristy and an undercroft, which has been modified to create a granary. The church also includes a bell tower.
While the exterior of the oldest wooden church on the Slovak side of the Carpathian Mountains has remained unchanged, the interior has undergone several modifications due to the Reformation, the Recatholization and the Baroque style. Surface compositions of geometric shapes as well as scenes from the lives of saints or moral scenes make up the rich decoration of the interior walls of the Hervart church.
«Le rivoluzioni non le fanno gli architetti.
Noi osserviamo, interpretiamo i cambiamenti in atto nel mondo. Allora il cambiamento era nell’aria, qualcuno doveva ben costruire un museo che uscisse dalla sacralità, che smettesse di intimidire.
Così è nato il Beaubourg».
Renzo Piano
L'opera veniva inaugurata a Parigi 40 anni fa (31 gennaio 1977), cambiando per sempre la nostra idea dei musei ma anche molto di più: il nostro modo di concepire l’architettura, l’urbanistica, gli spazi delle nostre città.
Fu vinta la sfida lanciata dal presidente Georges Pompidou che voleva «un insieme architettonico e urbano capace di segnare la nostra epoca».
Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Zagreb Cathedral on Kaptol is a Roman Catholic institution and not only the tallest building in Croatia but also the most monumental sacral building in Gothic style southeast of the Alps. It is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and to kings Saint Stephen and Saint Ladislaus. The cathedral is typically Gothic, as is its sacristy, which is of great architectural value. Its prominent spires are considered to be landmarks as they are visible from most parts of the city.
In 1093 when King Ladislaus (1040-1095) moved the bishop's chair from Sisak to Zagreb, he proclaimed the existing church as a cathedral. Construction on the cathedral started shortly after his death and was finished in 1217 and consecrated by king Andrew II of Hungary. The building was destroyed by the Mongols in 1242 but rebuilt by bishop Timotej (1263-1287) a few years later. At the end of the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire invaded Croatia, triggering the construction of fortification walls around the cathedral, some of which are still intact. In the 17th century, a fortified renaissance watchtower was erected on the south side, and was used as a military observation point, because of the Ottoman threat.
The cathedral was severely damaged in the 1880 Zagreb earthquake. The main nave collapsed and the tower was damaged beyond repair. The restoration of the cathedral in the Neo-Gothic style was led by Hermann Bollé, bringing the cathedral to its present form. As part of that restoration, two spires 108 m (354 ft) high were raised on the western side.
When facing the portal, the building is 46 meters wide and 108 meters high. The cathedral contains a relief of Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac with Christ done by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović. The cathedral was visited by Pope Benedict XVI on 5 June 2011 where he celebrated Sunday Vespers and prayed before the tomb of Blessed Aloysius Stepinac.
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.
Wald is a village in the south of Baden – Württemberg in the district of Sigmaringen.
Masterbuilder Franz Beer I. built this sacral building between 1696 and 1698. the consecration was held by the auxiliary bishop of Constance in the year 1709.
Abess Maria Dioscora von Thurn und Valsassina let in the years 1751 – 1766 the inner rebuilt in rococo style.
Johann Jakob Schwarzmann was the stucco plasterer, Johann Melchior Eggmann painted the frescos. But he left the building site, so, Meinrad von Ow finished the paintings. On the rgue gallery the is an instrument constructed by Johann Georg Aichgasser, the only one who exist made by him.
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The impressive church, in the south west of the city centre, still retains extensive parts of the original building and is one of the oldest sacral buildings in Cologne. The monumental church of St. Pantaleon originated at the middle of the 10th century with the founding of a Benedictine abbey by the Archbishop Bruno. His niece by marriage, the Byzantine Theophanu, made sure building work continued after Bruno's death in 965.
Her interest in the church was most certainly due to family reasons, but the patronage of Saint Pantaleon in particular played a decisive role, since he originated from Theophanu's native country. After her death she was buried in St. Pantaleon. Her mortal remains lie there today in a modern marble sarcophagus.
A special feature in St. Pantaleon is the original Baroque features in the chancel. In all other comparable churches in Cologne these were removed throughout the course of the 19th century. Furthermore, it is home to one of the two choir screens that still exist in Cologne today.
This choir screen, unfortunately only half of which remains, depicts late Gothic forms and is 20 years older than the one in St. Maria in the Capitol. The relic shrines of Saint Albinus and Saint Maurinus on the crossing are also remarkable and date back to the late 12th century.
St. James´s Parish Church is situated in the oldest area of the town. One of the theories about its beginnings says that Losert and Palacký Streets date back to the time when Lipník was just a little settlement. Merchant came here both from Hranice and Olomouc to market their goods in the marketplace at the church. Only after the town got its walls, another route arose in the southern part: the street which led from Hranická Gate to Oseká Gate. The original church which once stood here, might have been a Roman-style building, but Lacek of Kravaře had a new church built in its place efore 1400 – this time in Gothic style. In 1596, the tower was decotated with a peristyle and a dome.
The major part of the interior is from the 60´s of the 18th century when the church was rebuilt in baroque style. The opposite building incorporated in the town walls is the Parish House.
Dopo un intero pomeriggio di meteo incerto, piovaschi e schiarite... me lo sentivo dire che alla fine ci sarebbe stato un tramonto da favola. Ed eccomi qui, a contemplare quanto sia magnifico e religiosamente silenzioso questo posto. Capisco ora gli indiani Navajo quando parlavano di "sacralità" di un posto, questo ne emana da ogni dove. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Ferie 2013.
Non posso che considerare la estrema sacralità che emana questo luogo e fare il confronto con la vomitevole paccottiglia di marmi, ottoni, e vari ammennicoli di certi cimiteri di oggi !
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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg) is a Roman Catholic church and is one of the most important cathedrals in European architectural history as well as the largest sandstone buildings in the world. Like the city of Strasbourg in general, the Liebfrauen-Münster also links German and French cultural influences.
The cathedral was built from 1176 to 1439 from pink Vogesensandstein on the site of a burned-down predecessor building from the years 1015 to 1028, which in turn had replaced a 1007 burned-down church from the Carolingian period. The new building was built from northeast to southwest and was initially in Romanesque, then Gothic style. From at least 1647 to 1874, the cathedral with its 142 meter high north tower was the tallest structure of humanity and the highest building completed in the Middle Ages.
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Die Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg) ist eine römisch-katholische Kirche und eine der wichtigsten Kathedralen der europäischen Architekturgeschichte sowie die größten Sandsteinbauten der Welt. Wie die Stadt Straßburg im Allgemeinen verbindet auch das Liebfrauen-Münster deutsche und französische kulturelle Einflüsse.
Der Dom wurde von 1176 bis 1439 aus rosa Vogesensandstein an der Stelle eines niedergebrannten Vorgängergebäudes aus den Jahren 1015 bis 1028 erbaut, das seinerseits eine 1007 niedergebrannte Kirche aus karolingischer Zeit abgelöst hatte. Das neue Gebäude wurde von Nordosten nach Südwesten gebaut und war zunächst im romanischen, dann im gotischen Stil. Von mindestens 1647 bis 1874 war die Kathedrale mit ihrem 142 Meter hohen Nordturm das höchste Bauwerk der Menschheit und das höchste im Mittelalter fertiggestellte Bauwerk.
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The fortified early Gothic church from the first half of the 14th century was built on the site of an older building. In the 15th century it was fortified with a wall and a wooden bell tower was built on the grounds in 1657. The single-nave space with a square-ended presbytery and a built-in sacristy has a painted cassette ceiling from 1758, the presbytery is characteristic by its rib vault. The mural paintings date back to the 60s of the 14th century and the creator of at least a part of them is the Master of Ochtiná presbytery. These interior frescoes were discovered in the early 20th century by I. Huszka who was restoring them in 1905. All the paintings, interior and exterior ones, were completely restored between 1983 and 1985 by J. Josefík, L. Székely and I. Žuch.
Within the almost intact medieval church, the murals have a uniquely strong impression and informative value, thanks to their scale and complexity of preservation. Thematically they focus on individual scenes from the Marian and the Passion cycle, but they do not have a uniform concept unlike the upper belt on the nave’s northern wall with a complete depiction of the St. Ladislaus legend.
The Chapelle Saint-Pierre (Saint Peter's Chapel) dates from the sixteenth century. Used as a storeroom for local fishermen's nets and equipment for most of the 19th and early part of the 20th century, it was eventually restored in 1957. The interior of the chapel was decorated by the artist Jean Cocteau with many paintings/murals. Unfortunately, it is not allowed to take pictures of them.
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There has been a church at this location at least since 1200 AD, but the oldest parts of the current building only date from around 1380. It has been continuously expanded and modified since then, until it was largely destroyed in the destruction of Darmstadt on 11 September 1944. However, as the walls remained standing, it was possible to restore the church to its present state after the war.
The Stadtkirche (=city church) is the largest protestant church and the largest sacral building in Darmstadt.
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This church in New Town holds two records among Prague’s sacral buildings. The first is the height of its vaults - 34 m - and it was never even completed to its planned size! Its imposing appearance can be best viewed from the adjoining Franciscan Garden. The church also features the highest column altar in Prague.
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Church of st. Mary Magdalene in Dukla is one of the most valuable Polish rococo churches.
It was built as a gothic one, around 1461, with a brick chancel and a wooden nave. When in 1738 there was a fire in the city, the nave burned down entirely, and the chancel became the basis for the reconstruction of the temple.
The owner of Dukla and the Grand Marshal of the Crown, Józef Wandalin Mniszech, the same one who donated the land for the Bernardine monastery, undertook it. The temple was given a baroque appearance, but another fire and the death of Józef Vandalin in 1747 interrupted the work. They were continued in 1764 by the son of the marshal, Jerzy August Mniszech, supported by his wife, Maria Amalia. It was then that the church's interior acquired a rococo interior and fittings that have survived to this day.
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Dubulti church, the most expressive object and the visual dominant of the surrounding area is the most monumental and exquisite Art Nouveau building in Jurmala from the viewpoint of historical and sacral architecture. The size and details of the building clearly show the tradition of national romanticism that may be seen in the rich sculptural elements of the building in the placement of the elements, decor of ornamental sculptural details, as well as the diversity of the facade decoration with the smooth, corrugated and coarse plaster.
Dubulti church with 750 seats as it is today, was built by Riga building contractor and manufacturer, master of masonry Krisjanis Kergalvis (1856-1936) according to the design of the architect Wilhelm Ludwig Bockslaff (1858-1945) and Edgar Woldemar Eduard Friesendorf (1881-1945). Its foundations were laid in September 1905, but officially the foundation stone celebration took place on 16 June 1907.
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The church of St. Bartholomew was built in 1600, and then over the centuries it was altered and restored a number of times.
The log church is oriented towards the East, and comprises a post-and-frame tower, a post-and-beam vestibule as well as a brick sacristy, which was added later. The nave is covered with a double-pitched roof and the chancel with a slightly lower three-pitched roof. The roof over the nave features a neo-Baroque turret. The tower with tapered walls, comprises a top chamber, and is clad with wood boards, and topped with a bulbous cupola.
Inside there is a coved ceiling, and barrel vault in the sacristy. The gallery is supported by four pillars. The entrance from the chancel to the sacristy is framed with ogee arch. The doors to the side of the nave feature the reinstalled Gothic fittings and a hammered lock from ca. 1600.
The Baroque and late Baroque furnishings inside include the high altar from the 1700s, two side altars at the entrance to the chancel from the 1600s, a unique pomegranate-shaped pulpit from the 1700s, as well as a Baroque chalice-shaped baptismal font made from black marble from the 1700s. The benches from 1756 are embellished with painted representations of the Apostles, representatives of various social strata, and scenes from the New Testament. The late-Baroque confessional, dating from the same time, is also decorated with paintings.
In Rogi, there once was a fortified castle, and relics of the ramparts can still be seen here. A reference to the castle, dating from 1462, can be found in a document related to the division of the estate between Czarnocki brothers. According to the document, the stronghold had two towers.
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...la tradizionale manifestazione che vede, lungo le vie del paese, l’allestimento delle natività.
Nata nel 1984 ad opera di Giampietro Baldracchi, la manifestazione è cresciuta sia nel numero di visitatori che di presepi partecipanti, sino al record toccato nel 2008 con ben 160 allestimenti della natività di ogni fattezza e particolarità; cosa che fa contare e superare la media di un presepio o più per famiglia residente.
Grande merito anche all'impegno di tutti gli abitanti che, con la gioia di poter esprimere l'ingegno e la sacralità dell'evento, si prestano a realizzare i presepi ed aiutare affinché tutta la manifestazione si svolga nell'interesse del paese e della tradizione natalizia.
In ogni angolo, nei giardini, sotto i porticati, le rappresentazioni brillano per la loro particolarità e sono ancor più affascinanti al tramonto.