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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…leads to hidden wonders.
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 1st 2015
Filed under Holidays, Salisbury 2014
We need time to dream, time to remember, and time to reach the infinite. Time to be.
Gladys Taber
16 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2015
This Gatehouse guarded the Hall of the Archbishops of York. The were Lords of the Manor of Hexham for nearly 500 years until 1545. These were troubled times on the Scottish borders. This late mediaeval tower was heavily fortified with three sets of doors, overhanging parapets and murder holes. In the first-floor courtroom the Archbishop’s [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2015
