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Filed under Holidays, Lucerne 2013
Alhambra Hall of Mirrors
This hall of mirrors is situated near to the glacier garden.
Set up for the amusement park at the Swiss National Exhibition of 1896 in Geneva.
Created by Heinrich Ernst, a Zurich architect, the Alhambran labyrinth of mirrors was one of the main attractions a the Parc de Plaisance during the Swiss National Exhibition in Geneva in [...]
17 Comments CherryPie on Oct 28th 2013
The harmony of the world is made manifest in Form and Number, and the heart and soul and all the poetry of Natural Philosophy are embodied in the concept of mathematical beauty.
D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860 – 1948)
5 Comments CherryPie on Oct 27th 2013
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Lucerne 2013
Jesuitenkirche (Jesuit Church)
Lured to Lucerne by the wealthy Ludwig Pfyffer von Altishofen, the Jesuits brought the Counter Reformation to Lucerne in the 17th century; the elaborate Jesuitenkirche, dedicated to Francis Xavier, was constructed in 1666. Architects from Italy and Austria built what many believe to be the most beautiful Baroque church in Switzerland.
9 Comments CherryPie on Oct 26th 2013
…doing something he loves.
THIS MONUMENT
was erected in 1845 by Public Subscription to the memory of
ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD
who in the Royal Sovereign on the 21st October 1805, led the British Fleet
into action at Trafalgar and sustained the Sea Fight for upwards of an hour
before the other ships were within gun shot, which caused Nelson to exclaim
“SEE [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 25th 2013
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Lucerne Gallery
In the next few days I will be getting back to sharing some of the places I visited on my Lucerne Holiday. In the meanwhile I have uploaded my photos to the ‘Cherry on her Travels’ gallery, they can be viewed here.
4 Comments CherryPie on Oct 24th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Newcastle Moot Hall
A moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues:
In Anglo-Saxon England, a low ring-shaped earthwork served as a moot hill or moot mound, where the elders of the hundred would meet to take decisions. Some of these acquired permanent buildings, known as moot halls. However, many moot halls are on relatively new sites within later [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 23rd 2013
