August Photo Contest Discussion: Religious Buildings (page 5 of 6)

Bell tower of the church of Betancuria, Fuerteventura



Our Lady of Cabo Espichel, Portugal

The mosque-church of Mértola, Portugal



Religious overlap... Church of Saint John the Evangelist and Roman temple, Évora

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Two rooms, two vibes... 😛

On one side, the rooftops of St. Peter’s Basilica and its square—XXL!



And on the other, a modest church in a small village in the Philippines, surrounded by XXS rice fields instead.

Detail ;)

A few Cycladic churches:

Mykonos:





Naxos on the monastery circuit (Halki):





Filoti (still Naxos)

A few photos of the church in Lohja, Finland, and its beautiful frescoes.

Taken yesterday 😊

A city that’s not easy to photograph with all the cars and signs...

A few churches in Lübeck today

Chicken Church on the island of Java:

Never seen that before! 😄

After the Breton Saint-Michel Chapel posted in the contest thread, here’s its Norman neighbor from the salt meadows:

Back in Brittany in Locronan:

Never seen anything like it!

Just a few kilometers from Borobudur. I’ll take the opportunity to post a photo even though it’s much better known...

Never seen that before!

A few kilometers from Borobudur. I’ll take the opportunity to post a photo even though it’s much better known...



Didn’t see the chicken either 😄

But not far from there, the Prambanan temple

In Port Pirie (South Australia), as the sign on the left indicates, we follow another religion... that of Fish&Chips!

Back to a Catholic style: the church of Campeche (Mexico) By day

Early evening



At night

Rohia Monastery in Maramureș (Romania) Village churches of Maramureș (Romania)

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I won’t insult you by introducing the theme, but this is Live! !

You should’ve gone during Covid—sure, we wore masks and museum hours were shorter, but St. Mark’s Square was almost empty. The photo isn’t edited; I didn’t remove anyone 😏. The Campanile reflects in the acqua alta. We even got lucky with MOSE, which lifted just in time for our departure because of the high tide. Otherwise, we would’ve had to carry our suitcases on our heads, and I hadn’t trained for that!

Good evening,

Unless I'm mistaken or missed something, I can't find the practical details such as:

- How long can we post our photos?

- When can we start and stop voting?

Thanks!

Photo taken around 6 AM on Monday, May 6, 2002. Not a soul in sight! Just one or two pigeons!! I was all alone in Saint Mark’s Square in front of the basilica of the same name. Such pride!



Same day but a little later, view of the basilica’s rooftop from the top of the campanile.

This is the Collegiate Church of Saint Bartholomew in Liège (Belgium): the two towers and a detail.

11th and 12th century, so Romanesque. I read on-site that it’s "Mosan art or style." A restoration was done in the 2000s to restore the building’s original polychromy. I haven’t seen anything similar elsewhere, but in these valleys (Meuse, Rhine) at the crossroads of Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands, I’ve only been to Liège.

I said I’d post some photos of religious monuments in Uzbekistan—mosques and madrasas that were decommissioned by the USSR but have since been beautifully restored. Here are a few shots I hope will inspire some of you to visit this welcoming country where the food is also amazing! ;) Check out the travel journal Bibouns51 has been posting on this forum lately too!