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Nativity Scene

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:26:50 -0800

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A nativity scene or crèche is a depiction of the birth of Jesus as described in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. While the term "nativity scene" typically includes two dimensional depictions in film, painting, printmaking, and other media, in the history of art and culture, as well as in popular use, the term refers to static, three dimensional, artistic, commercial or folk art dioramas, or pantomimes called "living nativity scenes" in which real humans and animals participate. Nativity scenes exhibit figures representing the infant Jesus, his mother Mary, and Joseph. Other characters from the nativity story such as shepherds, the Magi, and angels may be displayed near the manger in a barn (or cave) intended to accommodate farm animals. A donkey and an ox are typically depicted in the scene, as well as camels belonging to the Magi.

I photographed the diorama at a church in Lima, Peru.

© Istvan Kadar Photography

Marburg Castle

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:44:40 -0800

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Architecturally, Marburg is famous both for its medieval churches and for its castle Marburger Schloss. In particular the Elisabethkirche—one of the two or three first purely Gothic churches north of the Alps outside of France—is an archetype of Gothic architecture in Germany. More important, however, is Marburg's status as an unspoilt, spire-dominated, castle-crowned Gothic/Renaissance city on a hill, intact because Marburg was isolated between 1600 and 1850.

© Istvan Kadar Photography

Marburg

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:42:09 -0700

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Wettenberg

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:39:51 -0700

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Wettenberg is a municipality in the district of Gießen, in Hesse, Germany.

© Istvan Kadar Photography

Reformed Church, Gidófalva

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:27:56 -0700

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It formed part of the Székely Land region of the historical Transylvania province. Until 1918, the village belonged to the Háromszék County of the Kingdom of Hungary. After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, it became part of Romania.

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Csíksomlyó

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:14:03 -0700

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The settlement was first recorded in 1333, when a sacerdos de Sumbov was mentioned. A year later it was mentioned as Sumlov, in 1444 as Somlyo. The village name Csíksomlyó was given in 1913.

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Chapel in Székely Land

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:27:09 -0700

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The Székely people or Szeklers, are a Hungarian speaking, (roman catholic or protestant) ethnic group mostly living in the counties of Harghita, Covasna and Mureş in Transylvania, Romania. Most of the world's Székely population live in Romania in an area informally known as 'Székely Land'. The Székelys therefore account for a significant part (60%) of the Hungarian minority in Romania.

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St. Peter's Basilica

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:31:02 -0700

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Windows above the entrance.

Façade of St. Peter's Basilica

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 11:20:50 -0700

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The façade designed by Maderno, is 114.69 metres (376.3 ft) wide and 45.55 metres (149.4 ft) high and is built of travertine stone, with a giant order of Corinthian columns and a central pediment rising in front of a tall attic surmounted by statues of Christ, John the Baptist, and eleven of the apostles. The inscription on the facade reads: IN HONOREM PRINCIPIS APOST PAVLVS V BVRGHESIVS ROMANVS PONT MAX AN MDCXII PONT VII.
In the towers to either side of the facade are two clocks. The clock on the left has been operated electrically since 1931. Its oldest bell dates from 1288.

Temple of Venus and Roma

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:44:13 -0700

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The Temple of Venus and Rome was the largest known temple in Ancient Rome.
Construction of the temple began in 121. It was officially inaugurated by Hadrian in 135, and finished in 141 under Antoninus Pius. Damaged by fire in 307, it was restored with alterations by the emperor Maxentius.
This temple, designed by emperor Hadrian himself, was dedicated to the patron goddesses of Rome. Roma, the divine personifaction of the city, and Venus, the mother of Aenaeas ancestor of Romulus and Remus. It was this temple which caused the famous rift between Hadrian and Apollodorus, the brilliant court architect of emperor Trajan. For when asked his opinion about the emperor's design, Apollodorus pointed out that the seated statues of the godesses were too large for the temple. For if they would stand up, they would actually knock their heads on the ceiling. But Hadrian was not a man able to handle criticism. Those comments should eventually cost Apollodorus his life.

Santa Barbara dei Librai

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:41:30 -0700

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The church of Santa Barbara dei Librai was built into one of the vaults under the cavea (the semi-circular seating area) of the Theater of Pompey some time before 1100 AD. The only real "exterior" of the church is the façade. The sides and back are completely enclosed by other structures built into or on the ruins of the cavea of the Theater of Pompey. The two-level façade, designed and built in 1680, is the work of the Roman architect and painter Giuseppe Passeri, a pupil of Carlo Maratta. In the lower section, the "first order", we find the door, framed by two columns capped with composite capitals and an arched tympanum enclosing the head of a cherub. The architrave bears the Latin inscription "S.Barbarae V.M. Sacr." In the second (upper) order there is a niche enclosing the travertine statue of Saint Barbara by Ambrogio Parisi. Flamboyant candelabra flank the terminal tympanum. Two windows with an elegant seashell motif almost form small lateral wings. Below the right hand window a Latin inscription indicates that on the 22nd February 1638 the Guild of Book Sellers bought the whole piazza in front of the church up to the public thoroughfare for "scudi 400". What appear to be 18th century structures encroach on the left side of the second level of the façade.

~ MMDTKW

Before the High Mass

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:26:07 -0800

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Sepsiszentgyörgy, Transylvania

Haunted Churchyard

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:31:30 -0800

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Reformed castle church in Sepsiszentgyörgy, Transylvania.
The castle church was built at the end of the XIVth century in gothic style.

Necropolis

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:08:49 -0800

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Reformed castle church in Sepsiszentgyörgy, Transylvania.
The castle church was built at the end of the XIVth century in gothic style.

Corpus S. Victor

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:33:52 -0700

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Corpus S. Victor A.V.M below Cappella Capocaccia (1694),
altar with Vision of St. Joseph, by Domenico.
Santa Maria della Vittoria. Roma, Italy.

Cordonata leading to Piazza del Campidoglio

nobody@flickr.com (fesign) — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:19:23 -0700

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The cordonata (a shallow step-less ramp), designed by Michaelangelo, leading from Via del Teatro Marcello up to Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, Italy. The two Roman statues at the top of the steps are the mythical twins Castor and Pollux, placed there in 1583. The Piazza was designed in the 1530s by Michaelangelo for Pope Paul III. The building opposite the top of the steps (with the tower) is Palazza Senatorio, Rome's City Hall. The massive flight of 134 steps, on the left, leads up to the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli.