Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
The Crucified from Piran is located with in the Church of St George.
In 2009 a glass case was installed above the choir banks on the right-hand side of the presbytery to keep the Crucified from Piran, one of the key monuments of the Mediaeval sculpture art in Slovenia. The Gothic art especially intensifies the martyrdom [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Dec 5th 2015
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Above the compact town centre reigns St. George’s Cathedral, which gives the city its special character. It was probably built in the 12th century, but no exact data in this regard exists.
In the 14th century, it was built to its present size. In the year 1344, on the Day of St. George, the cathedral was [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 4th 2015
The bell tower predominates over the town of Piran.
This [the bell tower] was completed in 1608 and is a small-scale copy of the campanile of San Marco in Venice, which confirms that it was built in the period of the Venetian influence on Piran. Among other newer bells, there is also a bell from the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 3rd 2015
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The end of the alleyway in my previous post opens up into a small square when one of many small hidden churches can be found. The Square of Fraternity is also know as the Rok market. The church was built at the end of the sixteenth century and is dedicated to St. Roch.
He went on [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2015
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All that remains of the lavatorium in the west walk of the cloister are these decorative arches. The monks would have washed their hands here before entering the refectory to eat.
2 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2015
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This rare edition of the Geneva Bible was translated from the Hebrew and Greek by exiles in Geneva. It was imported because, for the first time, the bible had text divided into numbered verses, which was extremely useful for preachers and readers alike.
It was popularly called the Breeches Bible because, wheras the Authorised Version says [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2015
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In the centre of the nave a steep stone stair descends into the original 7th-century crypt.
This was discovered only in 1725 when the tower was being reinforced, but would have been the first part of the Saxon church to be built, delved out of the earth before the walls of the main church were erected [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2015
