Archive for September, 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
The Walled Garden…
…Attingham Park, July 2015
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Leuven 2015
Wolvenpoort
The two half-relief figures of wolves above the gateway are the only remainders of this edifice. The right-hand wall runs steeply up toward the Naamestraat to a ruin that is accesible via an outside staircase. The gateway appears to be an archway, but it was probably a wall tower in which a passageway to the [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 14th 2015
Just as a flower gives out its fragrance to whomsoever approaches or uses it, so love from within us radiates towards everybody and manifests as spontaneous service.
Swami Ramdas
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 13th 2015
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Leuven 2015
Michael the Archangel
3 Comments CherryPie on Sep 12th 2015
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Leuven 2015
The Cathedral of Saints Michael and Gudule – Interior
Owing to the ransackings by Protestant iconoclasts in 1579 and thefts by French Revolutionists in 1793, the interior of the cathedral is far less rich than it was in medieval times. It nonetheless contains some fine stained glass, such as the Last Judgement Window, dating from 1528, on the west front of the cathedral, facing [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 11th 2015
Although it is the national church of Belgium. Cathedrale Sts-Michel-et-Gudule was granted cathedral status only in 1962. It was built with a sandy limestone brought from the local quarries and is one of the finest surviving examples of Brabant Gothic Gothic architecture
There has been a church on the site of the cathedral since at least [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 10th 2015
