Archive for April, 2013
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Stained Glass
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2013
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The Black Gate
Taken from a signboard located in front of the Black Gate:
Built between 1247 and 1250 during the reign of King Henry III, the Black Gate was the last addition to the medieval Castle defences. Now a scheduled Ancient Monument and Grade I Listed Building it was the gatehouse of the barbican, a walled defensive entrance [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2013
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The Castle Keep and The Black Gate
In this photograph The Castle Keep is situated behind The Black Gate. The Castle Keep website has this to say about the keep:
The Castle Keep of Newcastle upon Tyne was built by Henry II between 1168-1178, it is one of the finest surviving examples of a Norman Keep in the country.
It stands within a [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 16th 2013
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The Castle Keep and the Walls
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 15th 2013
Believe one who knows: you will find more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which can never learn from the masters.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1641 – 1712)
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2013
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Central Arcade
Info from Wiki:
The Central Arcade in Newcastle upon Tyne, England is an elegant Edwardian shopping arcade built in 1906 and designed by Oswald and Son, of Newcastle. It is contained within the Central Exchange building, which was built by Richard Grainger in 1836-38 to the designs of John Wardle and George Walker. The [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2013
The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology reports of a submerged monumental structure underneath the sea of Galilee, Israel.
From News.Com.au:
The mysterious rock pile is 10 metres high and 70 metres in diameter – about twice the diameter of Stonehenge. The basalt boulders weigh a total of about 60,000 tons.
Researchers believe the structure is a giant cairn, or rock [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 13th 2013
