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Showing posts with label churches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label churches. Show all posts
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Behind The Wall
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Hongo Road
“The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools.”
― Larry Niven, Ringworld
Monday, October 22, 2012
Piazza del Popolo
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Santa
Maria dei Miracoli and Santa Maria di Montesanto are two churches in Rome.
They
are located on the Piazza del Popolo, facing the northern gate of
the Aurelian Walls, at the entrance of Via del Corso on
the square. The churches are often cited as "twin", due to their
similar external appearance: they have indeed some differences, in both plan
and exterior details.
Looking
from the square, the two churches define the so-called "trident" of
streets departing from Piazza del Popolo: starting from the left, Via del
Babuino, Via del Corso and Via di Ripetta. The first
two are separated by Santa Maria in Montesanto, the latter by Santa Maria dei
Miracoli.
The
origin of the two churches traces back to the 17th century restoration of what
was the main entrance to the Middle Ages and Renaissance Rome,
from the Via Flaminia (known as Via
Lata and Via del Corso in its urban trait). Pope Alexander VII commissioned the
monumental design of the entrance of Via del Corso to architect Carlo Rainaldi.
This included two churches with central plant, but the different shapes of the
two areas available forced deep modifications to the projects. Both
were financed by cardinal Girolamo Gastaldi, whose crest is present in the two
churches. [Wiki]
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The Door
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Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out. Carl Sagan |
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Impressions of Coyoacan
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
In/Out
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception" ~Aldous Huxley |
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Volunteer
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| Gardening as a volunteer work in an atrium of a catholic church of rural Mexico. (Absorbed in his memories, he never noticed someone was sitting there watching his slow movements) |
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Rural Church
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Laïcité In French, laïcité (pronounced [la.isiˈte]) is a concept of a secular society, connoting the absence of religious involvement in government affairs as well as absence of government involvement in religious affairs. During the twentieth century, it evolved to mean equal treatment of all religions, although a more restrictive interpretation of the term has developed since 2004. Dictionaries ordinarily translate laïcité as secularity or secularism (the latter being the political system), although it is sometimes rendered in English as "laicity" or "laicism". In its strict and official acceptance, it is the principle of separation of church (or religion) and state. Etymologically, laïcité comes from the Greek λαϊκός (laïkós "of the people", "layman"). [Wiki] Laicismo Laicismo es la corriente de pensamiento, ideología, movimiento político, legislación o política de gobierno que defiende, favorece o impone la existencia de una sociedad organizada aconfesionalmente, es decir, de forma independiente, o en su caso ajena a las confesiones religiosas. Su ejemplo más representativo es el "Estado laico" o "no confesional". El término "laico" (del griego λαϊκός, laikós - "alguien del pueblo", de la raíz λαός, laós - "pueblo") aparece primeramente en un contexto cristiano. El concepto de "Estado laico", opuesto al de "Estado confesional", surgió históricamente de la Separación Iglesia-Estado que tuvo lugar en Francia a finales del siglo XIX, aunque la separación entre las instituciones del estado y las iglesias u organizaciones religiosas se ha producido, en mayor o menor medida, en otros momentos y lugares, normalmente vinculada a la Ilustración y a la Revolución liberal. Los laicistas consideran que su postura garantiza la libertad de conciencia además de la no imposición de las normas y valores morales particulares de ninguna religión o de la irreligión. El laicismo es distinto del anticlericalismo en cuanto no condena la existencia de dichos valores religiosos. [Wiki] |
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Notre Dame de Paris
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| Bikers Tour |
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| The Notre Dame Biker |
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| Moon Man |
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| Notre Dame Cathedral |
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| Notre Dame Birds |
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| Back View |
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| Quai de l'Archevêché. Pont Saint-Louis |
Tomorrow: Inside wonders.
Notre Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra (official chair), of the Archbishop of Paris, currentlyAndré Vingt-Trois. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in France and in Europe. It was restored and saved from destruction by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, one of France's most famous architects. The name Notre Dame means "Our Lady" in French, and is frequently used in the names of Catholic church buildings in Francophone countries.Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction spanned the Gothic period. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.
Notre Dame de Paris was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress (arched exterior supports). The building was not originally designed to include the flying buttresses around thechoir and nave. After the construction began and the thinner walls (popularized in the Gothic style) grew ever higher, stress fractures began to occur as the walls pushed outward. In response, the cathedral's architects built supports around the outside walls, and later additions continued the pattern.
The cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolution in the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. During the 19th century, an extensive restoration project was completed, returning the cathedral to its previous state.
Construction
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