Do you think that The Holy Stairs are situated only in The Papal Archbasilica of St. John in Lateran,Rome?
Well,not quite.
Couple of weeks ago,after buying some fresh asparagus from one friendly farmer,I decided to chose other than usual way back home.
Passing the crossroad in the village I noticed an interesting little church and decided to stop there for a while.
The oldest part of the church,(now presbytery),was erected in 1244 in romanesque style.The main nave and side aisles plus the tower were finished between 1487 to 1500 in gothic.The vestibule and transepts were ready by the end of a second half of the XVIIIth century in baroque style.
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Churchyard and the walls outside are full of historical architectural details
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The inside is bright,neat and nicely simple,despite baroque
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Looking around you can spot many old tombstones like this,dated for a year 1487
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and this from 1587...
and these from 1623...
But the biggest surprise waits for you in the western transept - the marble copy of the Holy Stairs of Rome,founded in the 1776 by one pious baroness,who was actually buried below them.
Photo taken about 8 minutes after sunrise (sunrise was about 4:50 AM)
Lookng at sunrise from near the top of Cadillac Mountain overlooking part of Bar Harbor and islands in Frenchman Bay
Tripod mounted A7r and Minolta CLE MC 40mm f2 M-Rokkor lens
ISO 200, probably f11, 1/60 second; processed in LR 6.10.1
Exposure corrected -0.48 Stops
June 27, 2015
At near the top of Cadillac Mountain, Mount Desert Island, Acadia NP, Maine
Peire -- Such an impressive overview of the church! Worthy of National Geographic article. Thank you for sharing your vision and technical information.
Peire wrote:
Do you think that The Holy Stairs are situated only in The Papal Archbasilica of St. John in Lateran,Rome?
Well,not quite.
Couple of weeks ago,after buying some fresh asparagus from one friendly farmer,I decided to chose other than usual way back home.
Passing the crossroad in the village I noticed an interesting little church and decided to stop there for a while.
The oldest part of the church,(now presbytery),was erected in 1244 in romanesque style.The main nave and side aisles plus the tower were finished between 1487 to 1500 in gothic.The vestibule and transepts were ready by the end of a second half of the XVIIIth century in baroque style.
But the biggest surprise waits for you in the western transept - the marble copy of the Holy Stairs of Rome,founded in the 1776 by one pious baroness,who was actually buried below them.
Kingfishphoto wrote:
Night blooming Organ Pipe in my front yard, this morning, 6/08/2017. Minolta 50, 100 macros and Tamron 180 macro used.
Harry Palmer
Great to see this cactus again, wonderful captures, and takes me back to backpacking in Organ Pipe Nat. Monument.
Thanks Robert, i havent been down there for almost 50 years. I have heard and seen on the TV news that the park is really trashed from all the illegal crossings from Mexico and is also quite dangerous.
Out and about after a several month break due to an on going medical issue, not me luckily, but it didn't allow me to get out much. Finally escaped and headed into Chicago for a night. Here are a couple taken on the Batis 18 and the Batis 25 respectively on the 7r2.
