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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.
The Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church was built between 1826 and 1829 for the Russian soldiers of the choir of the Russian colony of Alexandrowka. It is the oldest Russian Orthodox church building in Western Europe, modeled on Old Russian architecture, and an example of early Russian historicism. As part of the Alexandrowka colony, the church has been under UNESCO protection since 1999 as part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin World Heritage Site.
Wat Rong Suea Ten
The Blue Temple of Chiang Rai /
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A pleasant valley of the meandering Muráň river south of Jelšava has a significant landmark. You cannot overlook the strategically interesting hill above the village of Šivetice, on which a brick Romanesque church dedicated to St. Margaret of Antioch was built in the middle of the 13th century. Šivetice belonged to the Jelšava estate back then and from the 15th century on was administered by the Castle of Muráň. In the past, the village was known for its typical ceramics.
The church has the shape of a rotunda with an internal diameter of 11 m and is one of the largest structures with circular footprint in Central Europe. In addition to the primary sacral significance, it is assumed that the rotunda originally served as a watchtower, taking into consideration its location on a hill and its proximity of a castle (that no longer exists). During the 14th century, the interior of the church was divided into a nave and a chancel by a monumental pointed triumphal arch. Original Romanesque murals depicting scenes from the legend of St. Margaret were covered by gothic paintings with the same theme and complemented with scenes of the Passion Cycle. Like many other Gemer temples, the rotunda of Šivetice belonged in the 17th century to the Evangelical Lutheran church. In the 18th century, the church was partially rebuilt into Baroque style and the bell tower with the entrance gate was inserted into the stone wall. A cemetery is surrounding the church nowadays.
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Wat Rong Suea Ten
The Blue Temple of Chiang Rai /
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In the vicinity of Jelšava, an old mining village Rákoš hides a quiet church with unique Gothic paintings. The church was built on an elevated site in the northern part of the village under the slope of Železník Hill on top of which a castle of the Bubek Family was once standing.
The Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity is an early Gothic single-nave building from the mid-13th century. It has still a Romanesque horseshoe-shaped apse and slotted Romanesque windows, but the entrance portal is already formed by a Gothic arch. The nave has a flat wooden painted ceiling from the end of the 17th century. In front of the church stands a Baroque brick belfry with a wooden superstructure.
Wall paintings from the last third of the 15th century cover the walls and the vault of the chancel and almost the entire northern wall of the nave. High-quality Italian fresco paintings can be seen, a piece of art ordered by the wealthy noblemen from the House of Bubek. Travelling through northern Italy in the service of King Louis the Great, they had an opportunity to acquaint themselves with the best works of Italian masters whom they brought to the Kingdom of Hungary to decorate churches in Plešivec, Štítnik, and Rákoš. The vault of the sanctuary depicts the Christ Pantocrator with angels, the four church fathers and the symbols of the Evangelists (Matthew – angel, Mark – lion, Luke – bull, and John – eagle). On the walls of the sanctuary, we can find prophets, apostles and three saint kings: Ladislaus, Stephen, and Emeric. In the window lining, there are figures of women saints: Catherine, Barbara, Elisabeth and Margaret of Hungary. One of the most interesting parts is the unconventional depiction of Christ standing in a grave held by Mother Mary. The scene is complemented with the figures of an angel and of St. John the Baptist. Figures of saints, prophets, a depiction of the ten virgins, a partially damaged figure of the Virgin Mary Protector and a very well-preserved sitting figure of God with three faces giving blessings are on the walls of the triumphal arch. This unusual way of portraying the Holy Trinity which has been later banned by the Trident Council for its striking resemblance to the pagan god Triglav, still appears in two other locations in Slovakia – Ochtiná (logo of the Gothic Route) and Žehra.
The northern wall of the nave is almost entirely covered with murals in three horizontal bands. The upper band depicts scenes from the St. Ladislaus legend, it shows lancer horse riders of the St. Ladislaus’s royal entourage at the forefront, in a dynamic moment of fight with the Cumans. The second and the third band below portray the Last Judgment with the central figure of Christ the Redeemer with angels and a number of saints on the sides. Right below them we can see open graves from which dead are rising. Archangel Michael divides them into two groups, the saved ones, who walk to the left towards the heaven‘s gate, and the damned ones, whose chains are bound by the devils to the gate of hell. The most recent of the paintings date back to the first half of the 15th century; they depict the Assumption of the Virgin, individual figures of saints and the Stigmatization of St. Francis. We have chosen the hand of St. Francis with a stigma as the logo of the church. On the outer southern wall of the church, fragments of the painting of Madonna and Child have been preserved. Since 1992, there have been intermittent renewal activities of the church taking place, during which the restoration of murals was included. Furniture is stored and it would be returned into the church, once the restoration works are finished.
New project.
In my region are a lot of puplic and sacral buildings made out of concrete. Most of them are from the 70s. Some are built by famous architects like Alvar Aalto.
I will try to collect them all.
Built: 1960
Architect: Gerhard Langmaack
La fonte nuragica Li Paladini si trova in mezzo ad un fitto e lussureggiante bosco, alle falde del Monte de Deu. Costruita in pietra di granito, la fonte incamera un vena sorgiva ancora attiva e presenta sul davanti una grande pietra di soglia con incisa una canaletta per il deflusso dell'acqua. La camera di captazione è chiusa superiormente da una semicupola ogivale che si conclude in alto con due lastre di copertura a piattabanda. Nonostante le manomissioni che hanno alterato non poco l’originale forma dell’atrio, la piccola fonte di Li Paladini mantiene ancora intatto il senso di sacralità proprio di tutti gli edifici dedicati in Sardegna al culto delle acque.
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It was time to go home and I really was relieved that the conference was almost over. After breakfast I walked through the neighbourhood to take pictures and take my mind off the bad news for a while. I then went into this church and lit some candles. I'm not a religious person but I thought it would be a nice gesture that my grandmother would have appreciated.
This image was taken in the cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral. The structure seen at the very end of the corridor formed part of an art exhibition.
Il bianco contiene in se tutti gli altri colori, unficando quindi la totalità, ed è usato per sostenere e segnalare diversi passaggi di stato. Si pensi al vestito bianco della sposa o al bianco funerario delle culture orientali. É il colore adatto per un nuovo inizio, una soglia di passaggio verso qualcosa di nuovo
É associato con la luce, la bontà, l'innocenza, la purezza e la verginità. Simbolizza l'indifferenziato, la castità e la santità, la sacralità e la redenzione. Associato al nero simbolizza la dualità, i due opposti, il bene ed il male. Associato al rosso simbolizza il diavolo, il purgatorio
Il bianco contiene in se tutti gli altri colori, unficando quindi la totalità, ed è usato per sostenere e segnalare diversi passaggi di stato. Si pensi al vestito bianco della sposa o al bianco funerario delle culture orientali. É il colore adatto per un nuovo inizio, una soglia di passaggio verso qualcosa di nuovo.
É associato con la luce, la bontà, l'innocenza, la purezza e la verginità. Simbolizza l'indifferenziato, la castità e la santità, la sacralità e la redenzione. Associato al nero simbolizza la dualità, i due opposti, il bene ed il male. Associato al rosso simbolizza il diavolo, il purgatorio.
Nei sogni il colore bianco tende a sottolineare ed indicare le fasi di passaggio, il cambiamento, la tendenza verso l'alto, l'innocenza, la semplicità.
É considerato il colore della perfezione. Bianco significa sicurezza, purezza e pulizia. gli angeli sono di solito rappresentati con vesti bianche.
Il bianco è spesso associato anche con i concetti di poco peso, cibo con poco grasso e latticini.
Tutto ciò che è immateriale e privo di peso, infatti, e legato ad altri mondi o altri stati dell'essere, facilmente appare come bianco. Anche fantasmi e spiriti in genere vengono ricordati come chiari, bianchi, luminosi e lattiginosi.
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From the archives: a visit to Marija Bistrica shrine. Early May 2011.
It's hard to believe, especially for me, but this and previous photo are the only ones taken with my primary DSLR for years, and my widest DSLR lens for years, Pentax-DA 18–55mm kit lens. Really hard to believe, since I've been using the camera extensively. Apparently not with that lens…
Taken with Pentax K20D camera and smc Pentax-DA 18–55mm F3.5–5.6 kit lens.
Домский собор – собор архиепископа Риги и Латвии, храм Домского прихода. Исторически Рижский Домский собор был центральным кафедральным собором Ливонии, вплоть до ее распада в 1561 году. Рижский Домский собор – крупнейшее и одно из старейших сакральных строений Средневековья в Латвии и Балтийском регионе.
The Dome is the Latvian Archbishop’s cathedral and a church of the Dome parish. Historically, the Riga Dome was the Livonian Order’s central cathedral until the disintegration of the Order in 1561. In the medieval period, the Riga Dome Cathedral was the largest and one of the oldest sacral buildings in Latvia and the entire Baltic Region.
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