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110-366 We're in Rome today. Lots of texture, to blend the thousands of tourists visiting the Vatican.
The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican, or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri; Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome.
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and one of the largest churches in the world. (wikipedia)
Other than being a medieval creation from the 14th or 15th century, it's hard to see how St Peter's could have been further improved by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1858. The church, a replacement for a genuinely medieval one, was commissioned by Rev. John Lucy and designed by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. It was consecrated in 1826 and then almost 30 years later, John Lucy decided that the apse could be improved, and gave Scott the commission. The stained-glass windows by Willement were altered so they would fit and presumably all the wonderful vaulting was added (or extended) at that point. It must have been a draughty few years while the work took place (Scott also added a new porch at the other end), and one wonders what the population of Hampton Lucy thought as the church, already much larger and grander than warranted by the size of the village, effectively became a cathedral.
This is the church of St Peter tucked away in a quiet corner of Bottesford on the outskirts of Scunthorpe UK. On a snowy January afternoon just before sunset. 06/01/10. Another HDR image with three separate exposures through Photomatix and then a bit of work in CS2.
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Roman Catholic Church
Architect Vitzthum & Burns
Art Deco Design 1953
Large crucifix designed by Latvian sculptor Arvid Strauss and executed by Chicago artist J. Watts called “Christ of the Loop.”
A most bizarre acquisition for the church was the original demonstrator Leyland Titan B15, which was clearly not to the taste of Fishwick's at Leyland, its previous operator. It was used here for around four years, and then passed to Gagg's of Bunny, near Nottingham, which brought it back into the mainstream again.
I think it may still be rotting away in Kent, in the name of preservation, which is generally another way of saying 'deferred scrapping' ....
Atlas Mill, Bolton, 11/10/84
Deene is a small village located in East Northamptonshire.
The Parish church of St Peter lies in an open field right next door to Deene Park, a huge Country house belonging to the Brudenell family.
The church itself today is redundant and is in care of the CCT.
It's a grand structure with a high broach spire making it a landmark around the surrounding hills and countryside.
The building dates from the 13th-Century but was mostly rebuilt in the mid 19th-Century by Thomas Wyatt.
St Peter's Church St Peters is the most ancient of all the churches in Shaftesbury and stands in the High Street. The registers date from 1623. It was built in the latter part of the 15th century but, by 1878, the interior was pronounced unsafe and it was not in use for many years. In 1897 the floor and seating was renewed and further work was carried out in the early 20th century.
Lavenham is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. It is noted for its 15th century church, half-timbered medieval cottages and circular walk. In the medieval period, it was among the 20 wealthiest settlements in England.
Lavenham's wealth can be seen in the lavishly constructed parish church of St Peter and St Paul, which stands on a hill top at the end of the main high street. The church is excessively large for the size of the village, and with a tower standing 141 ft (43 m) high, it lays claim to being the highest village church tower in Britain and it can be seen for miles around.
This is St Peter and St Paul in the Northumberland village of Longhoughton. Tucked away behind trees on the main coast road through the village. Luckily as I was taking photos of the outside, one of the key holders arrived to do some work on the flower arrangements inside so I was able to have a look around. Lovely and light inside, this is currently the most northern church that I've added my name to the visitor book and left a donation in the collection tin.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica
The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome.
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".
Catholic tradition holds that the Basilica is the burial site of Saint Peter, chief among Jesus's Apostles and also the first Bishop of Rome. Saint Peter's tomb is supposedly directly below the high altar of the Basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period, and there has been a church on this site since the time of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Construction of the present basilica, which would replace Old St. Peter's Basilica from the 4th century AD, began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626.
St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage and for its liturgical functions. The Pope presides at a number of liturgies throughout the year, drawing audiences of 15,000 to over 80,000 people, either within the Basilica or the adjoining St. Peter's Square. St. Peter's has many historical associations, with the Early Christian Church, the Papacy, the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-reformation and numerous artists, especially Michelangelo. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age. St. Peter's is one of the four churches in the world that hold the rank of Major Basilica, all four of which are in Rome. Contrary to popular misconception, it is not a cathedral because it is not the seat of a bishop; the Cathedra of the Pope as Bishop of Rome is in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome
Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,872,800 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the fourth most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4,355,725 residents, thus making it the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.
Rome's history spans 28 centuries. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded by some as the first ever metropolis. It was first called The Eternal City (Latin: Urbs Aeterna; Italian: La Città Eterna) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World). After the fall of the Western Empire, which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages, Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy, and in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. Beginning with the Renaissance, almost all the popes since Nicholas V (1447–1455) pursued over four hundred years a coherent architectural and urban programme aimed at making the city the artistic and cultural centre of the world. In this way, Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance, and then the birthplace of both the Baroque style and Neoclassicism. Famous artists, painters, sculptors and architects made Rome the centre of their activity, creating masterpieces throughout the city. In 1871, Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, which, in 1946, became the Italian Republic.
Rome has the status of a global city. In 2016, Rome ranked as the 14th-most-visited city in the world, 3rd most visited in the European Union, and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy. Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The famous Vatican Museums are among the world's most visited museums while the Colosseum was the most popular tourist attraction in world with 7.4 million visitors in 2018. Host city for the 1960 Summer Olympics, Rome is the seat of several specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The city also hosts the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) as well as the headquarters of many international business companies such as Eni, Enel, TIM, Leonardo S.p.A., and national and international banks such as Unicredit and BNL. Its business district, called EUR, is the base of many companies involved in the oil industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and financial services. Rome is also an important fashion and design centre thanks to renowned international brands centered in the city. Rome's Cinecittà Studios have been the set of many Academy Award–winning movies.
St. Peter's stands near the top of a small hill just to the west of the main village. The construction of most of the current church took place between about 1340 and about 1370. The site was most probably that of a previous Anglo Saxon church. The tower is 16th century and is capped with a cupola. The church may contain the remains of Sir John Hawkwood, who was Sible Hedingham’s most famous son. He spent most of his life fighting as a mercenary in Italy, which is where he died, in Florence, in 1393 at the age of 73. King Richard II ordered that Sir John’s remains should be brought back to Sible Hedingham, and buried in St Peter’s. It is not known whether that actually happened, but there is a cenotaph in his honour inside the church.
A Funerary Monument fresco to Sir John Hawkwood by Paolo Uccello can be found in Florence's Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore. You can read more about it here.
Hi all you lovely flickrfolk. Thanks for all the wonderful best wishes you left under my goodbye pic.. I missed you. LOL! Well, not exactly while I was in Italy seeing the wonderful sights & places that I've dreamed & imagined for a lifetime....like michaelangelo's awe-inspiring "david".....aaaaah! But now I'm back & I did miss you :-) I hope you are well and I'll come see you all as soon as possible. It was a fabulous trip. Ancient cities. Modern citizens. So much to take in. Where to start? I flew to Rome so... the obvious beginning. And St Peter's Basilica..... one of the obvious "must see" s. Have a great day everyone !! (Here we go, Kat !)
St Peter's Basilica : 'a monument to artistic genius' and michaelangelo' s dome...... "a masterpiece". The third basilica consecrated to St Peter on this site, the first in the 4th C, the dome's presence can be seen & sensed from many many vantage points across Rome. This one from the banks of the Tiber River.... long stone steps took me down from Ponte Umberto . The post below..... we went to Vatican City after dark to see the basilica bathed in its night ligts but also because it's the only time there's any chance of experiencing Bernini's massive baroque St Peter's Sq. relatively empty. During the day it's a seething mass of visitors & tourists. Not easy to shoot I found, the architecture. Think Italy, think BIG. And I need some night photography skills ! S24 I'm not ! :-) The ancient egyptian obelisk in front of the basilica was brought to Rome by Caligula, from Heliopolis.
explore 96. Thanks everyone.
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St Peter sits looking out over the River Orwell.
The tower was under construction by the 1470's, and then in 1487 Margaret Hamond of nearby Trimley left half a noble to the hanging of the bells in the steeple, suggesting that it was complete by then. A date of 1636 on the south side of the tower remembers the reconstruction of the bell stage. The tower was built against a church which seems likely to have been complete by the 14th. century. The large red brick buttresses are memorable,.
The timber framed south porch has been converted into a vestry, and so you enter the church through the west doorway beneath the tower. You step into an unbroken line of nave and chancel that is small and simple, white-walled under an old barrel-vaulted roof. At some point metal ties have been put in to stop the walls spreading. Brick floors enhance the simplicity, and there are red brick outlines to the windows.
The font dates of the late 15th. century and probably came at about the same time as the tower. Its 17th century font cover is of silvered oak. The pulpit is contemporary with the font cover and the rustic 19th. century benches against it look towards a sanctuary which is faced with 17th. century wood panelling, said to have been brought from nearby Brightwell Hall.
The church received Grade: I listed building status on 16th. March 1966. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 286180).
St Peter's Church, on the north bank of the River Wear in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, looking resplendent with its new floodlighting.
The new lighting scheme is part of project that has seen the footprint of the original monastic buildings marked out in stone.
It often comes as something of a surprise when people are first told of the historical importance of what at first seems a very unassuming little church. To walk around the church and grounds, you really are walking in the footsteps of saints.
This church, dedicated to St Peter, was built on a parcel of land given by King Ecgfrith to St Benedict Biscop in 673 AD. That makes it one of the earliest Christian churches in the UK.
It was here, that the Venerable Bede, thought to have been born in Monkwearmouth, was brought by his parents. Bede would eventually become known as the father of English history.
Taken during the World Wide Photo Walk in London Ontario. Inside St. Peter's Catherdral Basilica.
The parish now known as St. Peter's was established 10 August 1834 and the first church was constructed of logs at the southwest corner of Dufferin Avenue and Richmond Street. Prior to this, a travelling priest visited the area to celebrate Mass for Catholic residents. The church was dedicated to St. Lawrence and could hold 180 people. It was destroyed along with much of the town in the London fire of 11 April 1845.
A larger frame church was built with donated materials and labour, but this church also burned in August 1850. This was replaced by a new St. Lawrence Church constructed of brick. The new church was located at the northeast corner of Dufferin and Richmond, just in front of the present structure. This land was granted by the Crown to Bishop Alexander Macdonell of the Diocese of Kingston. The cornerstone for the new church was laid 29 June 1851, on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul.
The Diocese of London was created in 1856 and Bishop Pierre-Adolphe Pinsoneault selected St. Lawrence as his cathedral renaming the church St. Peter's. In 1859, Bishop Pinsoneault moved the seat to Windsor where it remained until 1868 when Bishop John Walsh, Pinsoneault's successor, moved it back to London.[1]
Bishop Walsh felt that the diocese should have a cathedral that was a true monument to its people. He selected Joseph Connolly as architect [2] and construction began in July 1880.[3] The structure was built in a 13th-century French French Gothic Revival style between 1880 and 1885. [4] The Cathedral was dedicated on 28 June 1885. The first stained glass windows were added in 1889 but the interior decoration was not completed until 1926. The Casavant organ was also installed in that year.
In 1958, the twin towers on the facade, Lady Chapel and sacristy were added, stained glass windows were installed in the narthex and additional interior painting and decoration completed. St. Peter's was raised to the status of a minor basilica on 13 December 1961 by Pope John XXIII.[5] The current bishop of the Diocese of London is the Most Reverend Ronald P. Fabbro, CSB. - wikipedia
I used 32 Bit Processing in Lightroom for this HDR, this was my first attempt at using this method to create an HDR image. Then into Elements to use some Topaz filters and noise reduction. Added the watermark and posted to flickr. I found that this was a much faster way for my computer to process.
The entrance to the churchyard is via a lychgate built in the late 1920's by local carpenter John Shingles using oak from local trees. Parts of the church date from the 13th. century, local tradition holds that the church was built in 1462, reflected by White's and Kelly's directories and the will of Richard Medewe, proved in 1463, leaves 12d. to the "construction of the church". Probably the building was partially reconstructed or altered at that date.
Following restoration in the 1860's the interior is now almost entirely Victorian. A church is mentioned at Bramerton in the Domesday Book and the present building contains Roman bricks and stone from Caen in Normandy, suggesting it replaced an earlier church.
St. Peter's received Grade: II* listed building status on 26th. November 1959. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 227142).