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Sacred Heart Cathedral In Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. HDR Photograph.
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St Brides Kirk, Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. This is the resting place of The Good Sir James, otherwise known as The Black Douglas. It was Sir James who carried Robert The Bruces’ heart on a crusade to The Moors of Spain, where he was killed in battle.
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Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, Arizona. Designed in 1956 by Marguerite Brunswig Staude, a pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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A view looking North up the river Wear. Up to the right is Durham Cathedral. County Durham is situated in North East England.
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The walled garden at Lindisfarne Castle, which had originally been the garrison’s vegetable plot, was designed by Lutyens’ long-time friend and collaborator, Gertrude Jekyll between 1906 and 1912. It is some distance away from the castle itself. Between 2002 and 2006 it was restored to Jekyll’s original planting plan which is now held in the Reef Collection at the University of California, Berkley. The castle, garden and nearby lime kilns have been in the care of the National Trust since 1944 and are open to visitors. Lutyens used upturned disused boats (herring busses) as sheds. In 2005, two of the boats were destroyed by arson. They were replaced in 2006 and the third boat has now been renovated by the National Trust. Lindisfarne Castle can be found on Holy Island, Northeast England.
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Infrared Photo – In the late 1800s, during California’s gold rush era, Bodie’s population exceeded 10000.The boom lasted only twenty-five years, but in that period thirty mines had taken an estimated 100 million dollars of pure gold out of the ground … - Infrared adds the classic feel of Fine Arts to every home -
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Another perspective of the top of St Marks in venice Italy.
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In 1650, Durham Cathedral was used by Cromwell as a makeshift prison to hold Scottish prisoners-of-war after the Battle of Dunbar of September 3, 1650. It is estimated that as many as 3,000 prisoners died in the cathedral itself, where they were kept in inhumane conditions, largely without food, water or heat. The prisoners destroyed much of the cathedral woodwork for firewood
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Saint-Benoit, France
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Stained glass
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Above the sanctuary windows in St John’s Church, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, sits a small circular window. Though small it is simply beautiful in its simplicity. As yet I do not know the history, but will endeavour to locate it and include it here. / So if you’re interested in such things, check back in a couple of weeks time and I might just have tracked down the background and meaning.
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The symbol for St John is the eagle. This window which matches the other window at the opposite end of St John’s Anglican Church in height and size, but being an eagle, is within keeping of the name and patron saint of the church. The designer and stained glass artist also made and installed the creation window , immediately below.
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She comes here in the early morn, / amongst those that are laid to rest. / From her sad eyes, transparent teardrops fall / and from her spectral heart, a cry goes out / for her lost love of many years gone by. How can the hurt of such great loss be healed? / Alone, she daily kneels and cries and prays / that one day may their wandering spirits meet / and once again find happiness and love - / although it be in but etherial embrace. This picture, taken with my little Nikon P5100, is in the cemetary behind the St. Johns Anglican Church in Camden, NSW Australia. This is a beautiful and historic rural locality, to the South West of Sydney, just outside the Metropolitain area. Having taken the picture, there was a collaborative effort with Rosalie Dale to create a suitably vintage look. The picture of the spectral mourner is courtesy of stock art In turn, the verse was suggested by the finished image.
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The plaque on the stone pillar next to the gate states: Galong Cemetery goes back practically to the dawn of European settlement, in the late 1800s in this part of New South Wales. A local squatter, Ned Ryan (1786-1871), ever hospitable to travellers, also made provision for another type of haven. / Just one kilometre to the east of his own slab hut he set aside land for a burial ground. / The present stone wall with Scotch coping was the bequest of Ned’s son, the Hon. John Nagle Ryan, MLA,MLC. / The National Trust of Australia, NSW, included Galong Cemetery in its Register on the 18th of May, 1987. / The Friends of Galong Cemetery, established in 1994, obtained grants from the Heritage Council of New South Wales. Thanks to these grants from the NSW Government, assistance from Harden Shire Council, the [Catholic] Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn and voluntary labour from the local community, the restoration of the cemetery was accomplished… Galong is a tiny village in the midst of rural landholdings, not far from Harden and north of Cootamundra in NSW.
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Catholic Church / Originally called Umberumberka after the nearby township from which it was considered an offshoot, Silverton was truly born in 1883 when its name was proclaimed and it received a post office in 1883. At that time, Silverton boasted a population of 250, but in a matter of months that number had doubled. Within two years, 3,000 people had set up shop in Silverton – the peak of the township’s population. Once Silverton was established, it quickly began to flourish, with businesses, medical practitioners, solicitors, and entrepreneurs of every type springing up to line the streets. The Silverton Municipal Council was formed in 1886 and held its inaugural meeting the following January. As the town grew, the traditional methods of transport – wagons drawn by animals – had been all but exhausted. It became apparent that a railway line would be of benefit. While the South Australian Government constructed a line as far as the border, the NSW Government declined to extend the line through their territory. Thus, the Silverton Tramway Company – locally and privately owned – was formed to build and operate the line. It was opened in 1888 and ran from Cockburn, through Silverton and on to the newly discovered Broken Hill. The line functioned up until 1970. For more information: www.silverton.org.au/history.php
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TOP 10 at 08. February. 2009. in Church Ruins challenge in Historic Churches group. / FEATURED PHOTO on 08. February. 2009. Church Ruins challenge in Historic Churches group. HOLY ISLAND Lindisfarne Abbey was founded in 635AD by St Aidan, the first of 16 bishops on the island. Viking raids began in 794 and continued, forcing the monks to flee to Durham Cathedral in 875AD, taking the body of St Cuthbert with them. The most important work produced at the abbey was the Lindisfarne Gospels, between 698 and 720 AD. These elaborate manuscripts are among the finest art works produced during the dark ages. They are kept at the British Museum. The priory was re-founded in 1082 and the island was renamed Holy Island. The priory remained active until 1537 until Henry VIII dissolved it. During Henry VIII’s reign, in 1550, Lindisfarne Castle was built as a gun fortress, and remained as such until 1820. Stones and material from the priory were used to build it. It is now owned by the National Trust following restoration earlier this century. The island is accessible by boat or along a causeway at each low tide. It is cut off for six hours at a time. / FEATURED PHOTO at 04. February. 2009. in Heritage in Stone group.
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The current building of The Collegiate Church of St Peter was built by Henry III in 1245 but the site was founded some 300 years earlier by the Benedictine monks and subsequently re-endowed and greatly enlarged by Edward the Confessor in the middle of the eleventh century. Since 1066 Westminster Abbey has been the burial place of the English Monarchy. Technically it is neither a parish church nor a cathedral; it is in fact a Royal Peculiar which is a place of worship that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the Queen as opposed to the diocese. At the present time there are nine Royal Peculiars, there are also four other places of worship, in England, which are Peculiars but not Royal. Under the decree of the King of England, Westminster Abbey was designed to be not only a great monastery and place of worship, but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. The magnificent Lady Chapel was added by Henry VII. It has a quite spectacular vaulted roof and the fine craftsmanship of the Italian sculptor Torrigano can be seen in Henry’s tomb. More than three thousand people are buried here, probably the most notable being The Unknown Warrior. Note: Long ago, in London, there were two Minsters, the East Minster and the West Minster. Quite why the East Minster evolved into St Paul’s as opposed to ‘Eastminster’ and West Minster became known as Westminster instead of ‘St Peter’s’ is intriguing to say the least. / If you know the answer or simply have a suggestion, please post it. Technical: / Camera : D80 / Lens : Nikkor 18-200mm VR / ExposureTime : 1/80Sec / Aperturer : F5.0 / Program : Manual / LightSource : Cloudy / Flash : Not fired / FocalLength : 18.00(mm)
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A photo of old, historic buildings in the Slovenian coastal town of Izola
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St. John’s Lutheran Church is a historic church located at 344 Broadway NW (Emory Place) in Knoxville, Tennessee. The church is on the National Register of Historic Places. The sanctuary was constructed in 1913. R.F. Graf was the architect, and it was designed in the Gothic Revival style. Gothic elements include arches at windows and doorways, exterior buttresses, and tracery. The church’s interior utilizes quarter sawn oak. Hammerbeam trusses vault the sanctuary, rising to almost forty feet. The sanctuary includes nine stained glass windows. The congregation was initially organized in 1888, worshipping together as an English speaking congregation on Sunday evenings at the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church in downtown Knoxville. The following year, the congregation moved to their own building at the corner of Broadway and Fifth Avenue. By 1911, the congregation began constructing the present facility, and moved to Emory Place two years later.
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The Festival of Flowers and Music at Old St Pauls Church in Thorndon, Wellington, is raising funds for the ongoing restoration of this historic church. The vivid colour and glorious scent of flowers filled the church. This photo is taken during an organ recital, featuring music from Bach, Handel and Pachelbel. For many years St Pauls was Wellington’s Anglican cathedral, but now it is open to the public as an historic building, as well as being used for concerts and weddings. There are various historical displays inside and the current one relates to US troops stationed in Wellington during World War II. Some of these men developed strong links to the church, and I believe the red flag is a Marines flag dating from those days.
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“Far away across the field / The tolling of the iron bell / Calls the faithful to their knees / To hear the softly spoken, magic spell…” / ~Pink Floyd Mann’s Chapel is Vermilion County, Illinois’, oldest pioneer church, built in 1857. It is located just east of Illinois Route 1 a few miles south of the village of Rossville. Samuel Gilbert and his son James donated land for use as a cemetery when James’ eleven-day-old son Samuel died in August 1839. On April 1, 1855, Samuel and his wife donated additional land next to the cemetery for the chapel. It was built of bricks burned by Abraham Mann, who came to this area directly from England in 1832. Abraham had planned to build a new house with the bricks, but decided that the new church was more important. The church fell into disuse in the 1920s, but was later restored through the efforts of several women’s clubs in Rossville.
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Place of Prayer, Iona Chapel, Isle of Iona, Scotland The Isle of Iona is an old and established Holy place. This nook of prayer is off the side of the main sanctuary.
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Taken with: Nikon D60 – Lens: Nikkor 18-55mm St. Ann’s First Nations Roman Catholic Parish. The first church building was consecrated in 1880. It burned down in 1900, but quickly replaced with this current structure. Father Pierre Rondeault established a mission to the Cowicahan Indians in 1858. In 1870 he built the old stone “Butter Church” on Comiaken Hill. But in 1890 he was forced to abandon that church and build St Ann’s just down the road where the diocese had clear title to the land. The original St Ann’s was destroyed by fire in 1902 and the current structure built in 1903. It continues to serve the Cowicahans and more recent settlers in the Duncan area. The Way of the Cross, a pilgrimage from St Ann’s to the White Cross visible on the top of Mt. Tzouhalem remains a Good Friday tradition. Father Rondeault died in 1900 after 41 years with the Cowichan. He is buried beneath the small chapel at the back of St Ann’s. The oldest gravestone is marked 1891. For a historical perspective, consider the historical time line. Vancouver Island (British Columbia) became the self governing colony in 1849 with James Douglas, the factor of Hudson’s Bay Company atFort Victoria as the governor. Bishop Modeste Demers worked to establish the civilizing influence of the church on this ex-fur trading post. Bishop Demers went to Quebec to enlist the aid of priests and nuns willing to work as missionaries in the new colony on the edge of the frontier. Father Rondeauld, an Oblate priest answered the call with one other priest, two lay brothers including Brother Michaud and four Sisters of St Ann. They changed history. When they arrived back in Victoria in 1858, things had changed dramatically, Gold! The Barkerville gold rush was underway and new immigrants, rough miners, were everywhere. Father Rondeauld went to the Cowichan area and built three churches: the original log structure, the Stone Butter Church and St Ann’s. The original wooden church built in 1880 was destroyed by fire in 1902 and rebuilt in 1903. Father Rondeauld died in in 1900 and never saw the final St Ann’s but he is remembered and buried under the chapel at the back. The Sisters of St Ann built in 1859 St Ann’s Academy in Victoria, a convent and school for girls. See waymark WM67BO for the history. The sisters also built Providence House near St Ann’s Church, Duncan in 1864. It remained a school for girls, many Cowichan natives for 100 years. Brother Michaud who also came from Quebec in 1858 with Bishop Demers built St Andrew’s Church as a classic Quebecois church as the cathedral for the diocese. This became St Ann’s Chapel in 1871. This handful of religious people have left there mark as they civilized the transition of British Columbia from a fur trading post to a self governing colony to a province in the Dominion of Canada. These waymarks trace this micro-history. From the small details on the accomplishments of individual people, we can better appreciate historical change than affects our destiny. The oldest grave in the graveyard is dated 1890. / Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 06/06/1890 Church is open to the public from: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM Street address of Church: / 1775 Tzouhalem / Duncan, BC Canada / V9L 5L6
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The following information is the same as I used for my night shot of the Shrine. The photo was taken the next day when the weather had moderated a little, in the spring of 1954. “The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré is a basilica set along the Saint Lawrence River in the Province of Quebec, Canada, 30 kilometres (19 miles) east of Quebec City. It has been credited by the Roman Catholic Church with many miracles of curing the sick and disabled. It is an important Catholic sanctuary which receives about a half-million pilgrims each year. The peak period of pilgrimage is around July 26, the feast of Saint Anne, the patron saint of Quebec.” / The above information quoted (approximately) from Wikipedia. Several churches have been built on the site, the first being in 1658,during which the healing of Louis Guimond was the first recorded miracle. / The Second Church was built of both wood and stone, and occupied the period 1661-1676. / The third church was a place of worship for two centuries, from 1676 to 1876 and was demolished in 1878. / The fourth church (first Basilica )lasted from 1876 to 1922. It was much larger and honoured Saint Anne who was proclaimed patroness of the province of Québec. The Basilica was destroyed by fire on March 29, 1922. / The present Basilica was constructed in 1923 The camera was an Exakta Varex 35mm. SLR using Kodachrome film, ASA 10.F2.0 Biotar Lens, processed by a photo lab in 1954. Using a tripod but memory fails me as to exposure time. Scanned in 2004 with a Canoscan 4000DPI scanner.
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