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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
The landmark of the old mining village with interesting spindle-shaped urbanism is the Lutheran Church located on a low hill at the upper end of the village called Koceľovce. The church is an almost intactly preserved Gothic building from the first half of the 14th century, originally dedicated to St. Bartholomew.
The single-nave space with a polygonal chancel, a sacristy on the north side and a high tower on a square plan in the west, which turns into an octogon on the upper floors, is covered by a high gabled roof with shingles. The roofing of the tower, with an atypical metal Art Nouveau helmet, dates from the beginning of the 20th century. The nave is vaulted with classicist Theresian vaults instead of the original beamed ceiling, which is stylishly followed by an equally vaulted brick porch. During the last third of the 14th century, the polygonal chancel was built and vaulted with a cross rib vault. The stylistic purity of the church is emphasized by high windows divided by profiled bars and tracery and a system of supporting pillars of the chancel. The current southern entrance to the church was opened during the restoration in the 2nd half of the 18th century, it is closed by a Gothic door with decorative fittings, which were transferred here from the original entrance portal in the tower. Another Gothic door with rich wrought iron decoration is in the portal to the sacristy. This interesting wrought iron door also became the logo of the church.
Excerpt from cologne.de:
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.
Haridwar es una de las ciudades mas sagradas de India. Los peregrinos acuden en riadas para hacer abluciones en el sagrado Ganges. Haridwar esta muy concurrida durante el yatra, de abril a noviembre pero el gran evento anual es el Magh Mela que cada seis agnos se convierte en el Ardh Magh Mela y cada doce agnos en el Kumbh Mela (ultimo en 2010) que atrae a millones de peregrinos (pronto haremos una entrada sobre este evento que se celebrara a finales de enero de 2013 en Allahabad).
La ciudad puede recordar en cierta manera a Varanasi (sin tanto pesado y con el agua limpia), aunque quizas con un poco mas de ambiente.
El Ghat principal es el Har-Ki-Pairi-Ghat (el Ghat de la Pisada de Dios) ya que se eleva en el lugar exacto en el que Visnu vertio un poco de nectar divino y dejo impresa la huella de su pie. Es un lugar de enorme sacralidad para los hindues, un sitio donde expiar los pecados. A la noche cientos de fieles se reunen para la Ganga Aarti (ceremonia de adoracion al rio). El mejor momento para visitar el Ghat es a primera hora de la manana o justo antes del anochecer, aunque hay ambiente durante todo el dia.
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.
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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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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"The area where Szentendre is today was uninhabited when the Magyars arrived. In the 9th century, Árpád's companion, the sacral prince Kurszán, settled here. He renovated the Roman fortress that had fallen into ruin and reestablished a settlement on the remains of the Roman buildings.
Little is known about the history of Szentendre between the 9th and 10th centuries.
The city was largely depopulated in the Ottoman era. According to a 17th-century census, only one family and their service staff remained here at that time.
After the Ottomans were expelled from the area, foreign settlers moved to the settlement. Today evidence of the town's prosperity in this time can be seen in the baroque style of the houses, the Mediterranean atmosphere of the town's architecture, its beautiful churches, the cobblestoned streets, and its narrow alleys. During the Great Turkish War, Serbs were invited to emigrate to Hungary to evade the Ottoman Empire. Because of this invitation, there was a mass emigration of Serbs in 1690 to the Szentendre region. These Serbs left enduring traces on the townscape and its culture. The buildings in the city center have tried to preserve this Serbian influence in their architecture, but these buildings do not in fact date to the 17th century. Based on maps from the end of the century, the city center actually boasted other buildings at that time.
There was also considerable Dalmatian immigration. The Dalmatian families settled on Donkey Mountain where Dalmát Street preserves their memory today. Even in the 1980s, this street was inhabited exclusively by descendants of the original Dalmatians. These descendants now live throughout the city.
Although the Ottomans had decimated the population of the region, starting in the 1690s, the population slowly began to increase and in 1872 it reached a level when the town-like character began to dominate again instead of the village-like character. The public administration as well as the business establishments made it possible to practice all the privileges entailing a city. Szentendre was granted city-status in 1872.
The calm provincial life of the city has attracted artists since the beginning of the 20th century. The Szentendre colony of artists came into existence in 1929. The so-called Szentendre School is connected with it. Today, more than two hundred fine and applied artists, authors, poets, musicians and actors live in the city." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szentendre
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The Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the alpine village of Mogno in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It was built between 1992 and 1996 on the site of an older church, which was destroyed by an avalanche in 1986.
The church was designed by the Swiss architect Mario Botta who used marble and granite from the valleys of the area.
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the church St. Sebastian in Ramsau near Berchtesgaden is not really a sunset location. The mountains in the west are too high and too close, they hide the sun very early. It's much more beautiful during the blue hour with the lights at the church... I just came that early to save a place for my tripod at this popular place (what was not necessary, I was alone in the end). But luckily a short time after sunset the whole sky was glowing and the creek reflected the color...
The Basilica was built next to the ancient church of San Giorgio, the site of the first burial of both Saint Francis in 1226 and Saint Clare in 1253.
The construction of the Basilica and the Monastery next to it began in 1257, two years after the canonization of Clare. The body of the Saint was placed under the high altar on 3 October 1260. The solemn consecration of the Basilica was celebrated in 1265.
The typical facade, like the whole basilical complex, is embellished on the outside with alternating strips of white and pink stone from Subasio. Three large arches built at the end of 1300 are visible to the left of the building. The interior of the Basilica, which once had to be entirely frescoed, is linear and clear in its Gothic structure with a Latin cross and a single nave ending in a transept with a polygonal apse.
Inizio un nuovo Album - "il Casentino".
Con il Camper ci dirigiamo verso - La Verna.
accompagnati da stupenda foresta di faggi e abeti.
Arriviamo al "Santuario"
al suo interno diverse opere di Luca della Robbia.
(Luca - fu il primo di una dinastia di artisti,
che diffusero con grande successo l'arte
della terracotta policroma invetriata).
Sotto il tempietto, l'Annunziata di "Andrea della Robbia".
(nipote di Luca - l'erede del patrimonio artistico dello zio).
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Nel 1213 La Verna entra nella storia per un'offerta,
fatta a, Francesco d'Assisi - dal conte di Chiusi - Catani.
(Ho uno Monte solitario "salvatico" ...
s'egli ti piacesse io te lo donerei a te e ai tuoi compagni,
per la salute dell'anima mia"
Purtroppo ora non è più "salvatico".
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Per fare questa foto ... ho seguito l'antico sentiero medievale.
Vista dalla "Cappella delle Stimmate".
Sacralità - Sasso Spicco ... in bilico ma mansueto.
Salutiamo Averna e proseguiamo il nostro viaggio.
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Attenzione ... amici cari ...
manteniamo le distanze,
portiamo la mascherina che copra anche il naso,
e laviamoci spesso le mani.
Sperando che arrivino alla svelta i vaccini
Un caro saluto da Liliana.
Dome of the Chain is located at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and it stands next to the Dome of the Rock. It is believed that this building was used as a model for the Dome of the Rock. If we are to consider that Dome of the Chain was a prototype then there are many differences between the two structures. It is also considered one of the oldest Islamic buildings that are still standing to this day. According to Islamic belief is the spot where Judgment Day will occur in the “end of days” and where a chain will stop the sinful.
Usually, I'm not a fan of novelty films, all those pre-exposed effect films I find more or less unusable. I'm not a huge fan of special, coloured films, either. But, this LomoChrome Purple, I find it quite likeable. This roll was shot at 200 ASA, with a lot of sunshine, I'll have to buy a few more rolls, I have to try shooting it a stop over/under to see how it behaves.
Here, a small, roadside chapel in the middle of a crossroad. June 2021.
I've shot this chapel with another LomoChrome film, the Turquoise one, check it out 📷 here.
Taken with Nikon F100 film camera, with Nikon AF Nikkor 28–85mm F3.5–4.5 zoom lens, on a roll of LomoChrome Purple XR100–400 film. 1/500 exposure, ƒ/11, 200 ASA at 28mm.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFIlm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner, using VueScan 9.
Woman wearing traditional Russian horned headpiece called Soroka and authentic homespun shirt with sacral slavic embroidery. Kolovrat is an ancient Sun symbol protecting from evil forces
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Salvator Church in Duisburg, Germany
The Salvator Church in Duisburg has a long history. First mentioned in a document in 9oo. In details one can discover several stylistic epochs in the architecture. Started as a wooden church, then a Romanesque stone building and today the Salvatorkirche is a Gothic basilica with a three-nave, six-bay nave. The tower temporarily had a height of 112 meters. It was first completed in 1367 and rests on four mighty pillars in the western part of the church. The west wall of the tower's basement presents a remarkable window facing the Alter Markt.
On May 13, 1943, a devastating bomb attack on Duisburg hit the Salvator Church. The burning church tower falls on the nave and the church burns out completely. In 1960 the reconstruction was completed. From 1989 to 2002 a general renovation of the Salvator Church takes place.
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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© by Jean Claude Castor l 030mm - Photography
Berlin, Skyline, Lustgarten, 2015
Hier noch eine 180° Ansicht in Richtung Unter den Linden / Lustgarten smile emoticon Ist ein doppelreihiges Panorama aus insgesamt 12 Einzelbildern...gemacht hatte ich das, damit ich die Engelsstatuen mit draufkriege ! Very dramatic...
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.
The pride not only of Šariš, but also of the whole of Slovakia is the ancient town of BARDEJOV, which is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful Slovak towns. It was included in the UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage List in 2000. Bardejov has also a fitting nickname – “the most gothic town in Slovakia”.
The picturesque square with colorful burgher houses, the majestic Basilica Minor of St. Egidius, the Jewish suburb, the historic town hall, the Executioner's House, well-preserved city walls with bastions ... A huge number of valuable and remarkable monuments in a relatively small area. The city center is formed by the Town Hall Square surrounded on three sides by 46 burgher houses on narrow medieval plots. In the middle stands the Basilica Minor of St. Egidius, in front of which is located the original pair of bells Ján and Urban. The bells were originally placed in the bell tower of the Basilica’s tower. The old bells got damaged over time, so they were replaced by new castings. The Basilica of St. Egidius was built in the middle of the 14th century and contains a unique collection of 11 late Gothic winged altars. Feeling like climbing a flight of stairs? The tower of the basilica offers the most beautiful views of the city.
The Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the alpine village of Mogno in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It was built between 1992 and 1996 on the site of an older church, which was destroyed by an avalanche in 1986.
The church was designed by the Swiss architect Mario Botta who used marble and granite from the valleys of the area.
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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.