Archive for the tag 'Christ on the Cross'

Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015

Cerkev SV. Roka

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

Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Mechelen 2014

St Rumbold’s Cathedral – Christ at the Cross

This painting depicting Christ on the cross was painted by Anthony Van Dyck in 1630.  It decorated the main altar of the former Friar Minors’ church before the French revolution.

6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2014