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I visited La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona about eight years ago  saw a few Gaudi locations in Barcelona, all of them very strikingly beautiful, I must say |
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I hope Martle doesn't notice those tiny open walkways between the towers!  Made me feel pretty sick I must say. |
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The church I sometimes play in is St Chad's in Shrewsbury. Unusually (to me at least) the main body is round, so everyone sits in a circle:  This is the best photo I could find that shows the layout of the building. It's the one in the middle:  |
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Not having any belief in Christian tradition myself, I'm mostly unmoved by churches and cathedrals. However, one place which has an overpowering atmosphere for me is the Svetiskhoveli ("Tree Of Life") Cathedral in Mtskheta, the former (medieval) capital of Georgia (the country in the Caucasus Mts, not the Otis Redding song). Hearing three old black-clad nuns chant the catechism in the characteristic Georgian polyphony, when visiting during the depth of Soviet repression in the late 1970s, was one of the seminal experiences in my early adult life. |
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Here is the church of Manaton, right on the edge of Dartmoor.  That is the exterior. And the interior is this:  The screen here is typical of Devon - they date from just before the break with Rome. They even built screens like that in the reign of Mary I. The screens all tend to follow the same design - as does the church - no clerestory and a barrel roof. The screen close up looks like this - the faces have been scratched out as idolatrous, but the figures remain.  What is wonderful is that you just walk in and there it is - no heritage interpretation, no audio guides, no fussy Friends of the Cathedral, no prayers on the hour. Its just there. |
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St Peter's in Harborne, taken this afternoon. It was really quite pleasant today, had a nice stroll round one of my favourite churches - just next to one of my favourite cricket grounds.  [cotitsalv] |
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« Reply #96 on: 21:52:57, 30-03-2008 » |
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I hope Martle doesn't notice those tiny open walkways between the towers! Did I forget to say 'Aaaaaaargh!!!'? That's appalling. Thanks, RB. Funnily enough, I've walked across that walkway without the slightest hint of nausea, or anything but complete wonderment, but that was 15 years ago, before the vertigo kicked in. That cathedral is astonishing; as is, for that metter, all the other Gaudi stuff in Barcelona. |
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« Reply #97 on: 21:58:04, 30-03-2008 » |
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Funnily enough, I've walked across that walkway without the slightest hint of nausea That's more than I can say. I found it the scariest building I've ever been in. Absolutely awesome though. I hope I live long enough to see it finished, but that seems unlikely. |
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« Reply #98 on: 22:06:29, 30-03-2008 » |
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A front view of St Peter's, also taken this afternoon - just before 5 o'clock it appears! Ooops, forgot to change the time on my camera, it says I took it at 1603   [cotitsalv] |
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« Reply #99 on: 22:07:52, 30-03-2008 » |
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Is that the distinctive Midland pink sandstone, Andy? St Peter's Where Did You Say?
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Is that the distinctive Midland pink sandstone, Andy? St Peter's Where Did You Say?
Harborne, Don B, in S Birmingham, about 2.5 miles away from me. John W will recognize it I'm sure. The stone certainly looks pretty pink though a lot of the sandstone around here is quite a deep orangey-red colour. |
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« Reply #101 on: 22:23:41, 30-03-2008 » |
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Where I come from in East Devon, the fields and some of the churches, (Clyst St George for example) are the bright orange of Old Red Sandstone. Not the major churches though, Exeter Cathedral, Ottery St Mary, Crediton.
When I first traveled to Cheshire en route to the Lakes in my teens, I was intrigued by the dirty pink of Cheshire and the West Midlands, which I always associate with Cheshire Cheese.
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Talking about St Peter's, here is the Metropolitical Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, York, aka York Minster, first from the City walls  and the interior  It is an extraordinaryily light interior, which I attribute to the medieval stained glass which fills the nave. The large West Window is called the Heart of Yorkshire. There is a heart shape in the design. The vault looks like a stone vault as in all other great churches, but in fact is wooden. York Minster claims to be the Largest Medieval Gothic Church North of the Alps. Beat that. |
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I was brought up in Cheshire, with the pink sandstone walls and churches. Liverpool Anglican Cathedral's sandstone as well.
I like flint churches, like in East Anglia and the Chilterns. It's an interesting texture - they glitter in the right light.
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« Reply #104 on: 22:59:26, 30-03-2008 » |
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Yes, York Minster is beautiful. I think King's College Chapel takes some beating for lightness and airiness. And just look at that fan vaulting!  Ceilings are a study in themselves. Just to be going on with, here's a Blythburgh angel:  |
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