https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/220868 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/105/57/EF/323415.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/220868 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:06:58 +0000 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:06:58 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/53274770 tag:ipernity.com,2026-03-16,doc-53274770 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:57:52 +0000 2025-12-01T12:51:42+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/53274770"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/47/70/53274770.4615b110.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Kiti is a village situated around eleven kilometres south-west of Larnaca. According to local tradition, the inhabitants of Larnaca fled to Kiti during an Arab invasion. They decided to build a church, but the plan was abandoned. Legend has it that a host of angels then erected the church overnight. This is the origin of the church’s current name: Panagia Angeloktisti = Panagia built by Angels.<br /> <br /> The church was built in the 11th century as a cross-domed church. The construction incorporated the preserved apse of an early Christian basilica from the 5th century, which had been destroyed around 800 during the Arab invasion of Cyprus.<br /> <br /> The 5th-century apse, which has survived the passage of time and was incorporated into the then-new church in the 11th century. It is decorated with a 6th-century mosaic.</div> Kiti - Panagia Angeloktisti <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/53274770"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/47/70/53274770.4615b110.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Kiti is a village situated around eleven kilometres south-west of Larnaca. According to local tradition, the inhabitants of Larnaca fled to Kiti during an Arab invasion. They decided to build a church, but the plan was abandoned. Legend has it that a host of angels then erected the church overnight. This is the origin of the church’s current name: Panagia Angeloktisti = Panagia built by Angels.<br /> <br /> The church was built in the 11th century as a cross-domed church. The construction incorporated the preserved apse of an early Christian basilica from the 5th century, which had been destroyed around 800 during the Arab invasion of Cyprus.<br /> <br /> The 5th-century apse, which has survived the passage of time and was incorporated into the then-new church in the 11th century. It is decorated with a 6th-century mosaic.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52685498 tag:ipernity.com,2024-11-06,doc-52685498 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:44:09 +0000 2024-05-01T15:24:34+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52685498"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/54/98/52685498.000ff9f5.240.jpg?r2" width="213" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ohrid became a "polis" under the name Lychnidos after Alexander the Great conquered the area around 335 BC. Around 148 BC, Lychnidos became part of the Roman Republic and thus a "colonia".<br /> <br /> When the empire was divided in 395, Lychnidos was awarded to the Eastern Roman Empire. Lychnidos became a bishopric under the Byzantines in late antiquity. Lychnidos was destroyed by a devastating earthquake and it is unclear whether the city continued to exist or was re-founded by Slavs. The place was first mentioned under the name Ohrid around 880.<br /> <br /> Ohrid was developed into a cultural and religious center of the Bulgarian Empire.<br /> <br /> Today, a citadel, built on the walls of an ancient fortress, towers over the city. When Emperor Basil II incorporated Ohrid into his empire in 1018, he had the fortress demolished. At the end of the 12th century, the Bulgarians regained their independence and reconquered Ohrid in 1198.<br /> <br /> The Ottomans took possession of Ohrid in the years around 1400. In the following centuries, the city became a supra-regional center of Islam, where mosques and places of the dervish cult were built. The city also remained a center of Christian art until the middle of the 15th century.<br /> <br /> The conversion of St. Sophia's Church into a mosque took place during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I (1413–1421). In 1462, the Albanian resistance fighter Skanderbeg conquered the city. But it was recaptured in 1466. Around 1568, the city was badly damaged by an earthquake.<br /> <br /> <br /> The present St. Sophia Church was built on the foundations of a cathedral destroyed in the first decade of the 6th century by the invasions of the early Slavs. The next church was built during the First Bulgarian Empire after the official conversion to Christianity. Some date the construction of the church to the reign of Knyaz Boris I (852 – 889). It was essentially rebuilt as a patriarchal cathedral in the form of a domed basilica in the last decade of the 10th century. It was then, under the rule of Tsar Samuil (958–1014), that Ohrid became the Bulgarian capital. It was the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.<br /> <br /> During the rule of the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. Inside the church, frescoes from the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries have been preserved, representing some of the most significant achievements of Byzantine painting of that period. The main part of the church was built in the 11th century.<br /> The numerous frescoes with which the walls were painted in the 11th century can now be seen again in the church.<br /> <br /> The frescoes are to be seen in the context of the iconoclastic controversy against the emperors Leo and Constantine, who were both iconoclasts.<br /> <br /> All of the frescoes in St. Sophia's Church were painted over during the rule of the Ottoman Empire and the use of the church as a mosque and were forgotten. The frescoes were rediscovered between 1950 and 1957.</div> Ohrid - Saint Sophia <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52685498"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/54/98/52685498.000ff9f5.240.jpg?r2" width="213" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ohrid became a "polis" under the name Lychnidos after Alexander the Great conquered the area around 335 BC. Around 148 BC, Lychnidos became part of the Roman Republic and thus a "colonia".<br /> <br /> When the empire was divided in 395, Lychnidos was awarded to the Eastern Roman Empire. Lychnidos became a bishopric under the Byzantines in late antiquity. Lychnidos was destroyed by a devastating earthquake and it is unclear whether the city continued to exist or was re-founded by Slavs. The place was first mentioned under the name Ohrid around 880.<br /> <br /> Ohrid was developed into a cultural and religious center of the Bulgarian Empire.<br /> <br /> Today, a citadel, built on the walls of an ancient fortress, towers over the city. When Emperor Basil II incorporated Ohrid into his empire in 1018, he had the fortress demolished. At the end of the 12th century, the Bulgarians regained their independence and reconquered Ohrid in 1198.<br /> <br /> The Ottomans took possession of Ohrid in the years around 1400. In the following centuries, the city became a supra-regional center of Islam, where mosques and places of the dervish cult were built. The city also remained a center of Christian art until the middle of the 15th century.<br /> <br /> The conversion of St. Sophia's Church into a mosque took place during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I (1413–1421). In 1462, the Albanian resistance fighter Skanderbeg conquered the city. But it was recaptured in 1466. Around 1568, the city was badly damaged by an earthquake.<br /> <br /> <br /> The present St. Sophia Church was built on the foundations of a cathedral destroyed in the first decade of the 6th century by the invasions of the early Slavs. The next church was built during the First Bulgarian Empire after the official conversion to Christianity. Some date the construction of the church to the reign of Knyaz Boris I (852 – 889). It was essentially rebuilt as a patriarchal cathedral in the form of a domed basilica in the last decade of the 10th century. It was then, under the rule of Tsar Samuil (958–1014), that Ohrid became the Bulgarian capital. It was the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.<br /> <br /> During the rule of the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. Inside the church, frescoes from the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries have been preserved, representing some of the most significant achievements of Byzantine painting of that period. The main part of the church was built in the 11th century.<br /> The numerous frescoes with which the walls were painted in the 11th century can now be seen again in the church.<br /> <br /> The frescoes are to be seen in the context of the iconoclastic controversy against the emperors Leo and Constantine, who were both iconoclasts.<br /> <br /> All of the frescoes in St. Sophia's Church were painted over during the rule of the Ottoman Empire and the use of the church as a mosque and were forgotten. The frescoes were rediscovered between 1950 and 1957.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52685486 tag:ipernity.com,2024-11-06,doc-52685486 Wed, 06 Nov 2024 11:33:47 +0000 2024-05-01T15:24:07+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52685486"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/54/86/52685486.38189f9c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ohrid became a "polis" under the name Lychnidos after Alexander the Great conquered the area around 335 BC. Around 148 BC, Lychnidos became part of the Roman Republic and thus a "colonia".<br /> <br /> When the empire was divided in 395, Lychnidos was awarded to the Eastern Roman Empire. Lychnidos became a bishopric under the Byzantines in late antiquity. Lychnidos was destroyed by a devastating earthquake and it is unclear whether the city continued to exist or was re-founded by Slavs. The place was first mentioned under the name Ohrid around 880.<br /> <br /> Ohrid was developed into a cultural and religious center of the Bulgarian Empire.<br /> <br /> Today, a citadel, built on the walls of an ancient fortress, towers over the city. When Emperor Basil II incorporated Ohrid into his empire in 1018, he had the fortress demolished. At the end of the 12th century, the Bulgarians regained their independence and reconquered Ohrid in 1198.<br /> <br /> The Ottomans took possession of Ohrid in the years around 1400. In the following centuries, the city became a supra-regional center of Islam, where mosques and places of the dervish cult were built. The city also remained a center of Christian art until the middle of the 15th century.<br /> <br /> The conversion of St. Sophia's Church into a mosque took place during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I (1413–1421). In 1462, the Albanian resistance fighter Skanderbeg conquered the city. But it was recaptured in 1466. Around 1568, the city was badly damaged by an earthquake.<br /> <br /> <br /> The present St. Sophia Church was built on the foundations of a cathedral destroyed in the first decade of the 6th century by the invasions of the early Slavs. The next church was built during the First Bulgarian Empire after the official conversion to Christianity. Some date the construction of the church to the reign of Knyaz Boris I (852 – 889). It was essentially rebuilt as a patriarchal cathedral in the form of a domed basilica in the last decade of the 10th century. It was then, under the rule of Tsar Samuil (958–1014), that Ohrid became the Bulgarian capital. It was the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.<br /> <br /> During the rule of the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. Inside the church, frescoes from the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries have been preserved, representing some of the most significant achievements of Byzantine painting of that period. The main part of the church was built in the 11th century.<br /> The numerous frescoes with which the walls were painted in the 11th century can now be seen again in the church.<br /> <br /> The frescoes are to be seen in the context of the iconoclastic controversy against the emperors Leo and Constantine, who were both iconoclasts.<br /> <br /> All of the frescoes in St. Sophia's Church were painted over during the rule of the Ottoman Empire and the use of the church as a mosque and were forgotten. The frescoes were rediscovered between 1950 and 1957.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -<br /> Medieval Murals<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1290430" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1290430</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Ohrid,<br /> <br /> "Lake Ohrid",<br /> <br /> "Lychnidos",<br /> <br /> "Alexander the Great",<br /> <br /> Byzantine,<br /> <br /> "Bulgarian Empire",<br /> <br /> "Basil II",<br /> <br /> Ottomans,<br /> <br /> Skanderbeg,<br /> <br /> "Saint Sophia",<br /> <br /> "Knyaz Boris I",<br /> <br /> "Tsar Samuil",<br /> <br /> fresco,<br /> <br /> apse,<br /> <br /> "Byzantine Iconoclasm",<br /> <br /> "North Macedonia",</div> Ohrid - Saint Sophia <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52685486"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/54/86/52685486.38189f9c.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ohrid became a "polis" under the name Lychnidos after Alexander the Great conquered the area around 335 BC. Around 148 BC, Lychnidos became part of the Roman Republic and thus a "colonia".<br /> <br /> When the empire was divided in 395, Lychnidos was awarded to the Eastern Roman Empire. Lychnidos became a bishopric under the Byzantines in late antiquity. Lychnidos was destroyed by a devastating earthquake and it is unclear whether the city continued to exist or was re-founded by Slavs. The place was first mentioned under the name Ohrid around 880.<br /> <br /> Ohrid was developed into a cultural and religious center of the Bulgarian Empire.<br /> <br /> Today, a citadel, built on the walls of an ancient fortress, towers over the city. When Emperor Basil II incorporated Ohrid into his empire in 1018, he had the fortress demolished. At the end of the 12th century, the Bulgarians regained their independence and reconquered Ohrid in 1198.<br /> <br /> The Ottomans took possession of Ohrid in the years around 1400. In the following centuries, the city became a supra-regional center of Islam, where mosques and places of the dervish cult were built. The city also remained a center of Christian art until the middle of the 15th century.<br /> <br /> The conversion of St. Sophia's Church into a mosque took place during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I (1413–1421). In 1462, the Albanian resistance fighter Skanderbeg conquered the city. But it was recaptured in 1466. Around 1568, the city was badly damaged by an earthquake.<br /> <br /> <br /> The present St. Sophia Church was built on the foundations of a cathedral destroyed in the first decade of the 6th century by the invasions of the early Slavs. The next church was built during the First Bulgarian Empire after the official conversion to Christianity. Some date the construction of the church to the reign of Knyaz Boris I (852 – 889). It was essentially rebuilt as a patriarchal cathedral in the form of a domed basilica in the last decade of the 10th century. It was then, under the rule of Tsar Samuil (958–1014), that Ohrid became the Bulgarian capital. It was the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.<br /> <br /> During the rule of the Ottoman Empire, it was converted into a mosque. Inside the church, frescoes from the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries have been preserved, representing some of the most significant achievements of Byzantine painting of that period. The main part of the church was built in the 11th century.<br /> The numerous frescoes with which the walls were painted in the 11th century can now be seen again in the church.<br /> <br /> The frescoes are to be seen in the context of the iconoclastic controversy against the emperors Leo and Constantine, who were both iconoclasts.<br /> <br /> All of the frescoes in St. Sophia's Church were painted over during the rule of the Ottoman Empire and the use of the church as a mosque and were forgotten. The frescoes were rediscovered between 1950 and 1957.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> -<br /> Medieval Murals<br /> <a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1290430" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/album/1290430</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Ohrid,<br /> <br /> "Lake Ohrid",<br /> <br /> "Lychnidos",<br /> <br /> "Alexander the Great",<br /> <br /> Byzantine,<br /> <br /> "Bulgarian Empire",<br /> <br /> "Basil II",<br /> <br /> Ottomans,<br /> <br /> Skanderbeg,<br /> <br /> "Saint Sophia",<br /> <br /> "Knyaz Boris I",<br /> <br /> "Tsar Samuil",<br /> <br /> fresco,<br /> <br /> apse,<br /> <br /> "Byzantine Iconoclasm",<br /> <br /> "North Macedonia",</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661436 tag:ipernity.com,2024-10-12,doc-52661436 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 22:09:44 +0000 2024-03-01T14:32:09+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661436"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/14/36/52661436.080f8c98.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> A pig</div> Castañeda - Santa Cruz de Castañeda <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661436"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/14/36/52661436.080f8c98.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> A pig</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661418 tag:ipernity.com,2024-10-12,doc-52661418 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 21:36:15 +0000 2024-03-01T14:31:08+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661418"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/14/18/52661418.ff8edbd2.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> A musician playing a harp</div> Castañeda - Santa Cruz de Castañeda <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661418"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/14/18/52661418.ff8edbd2.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> A musician playing a harp</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661400 tag:ipernity.com,2024-10-12,doc-52661400 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:58:12 +0000 2024-03-01T14:29:46+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661400"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/14/00/52661400.70950f9c.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> A musician playing a vielle</div> Castañeda - Santa Cruz de Castañeda <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661400"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/14/00/52661400.70950f9c.240.jpg?r2" width="160" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> A musician playing a vielle</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661394 tag:ipernity.com,2024-10-12,doc-52661394 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:46:00 +0000 2024-03-01T14:26:56+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661394"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/13/94/52661394.5b234a78.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="130" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> Corbels under thr roof</div> Castañeda - Santa Cruz de Castañeda <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661394"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/13/94/52661394.5b234a78.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="130" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> Corbels under thr roof</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661218 tag:ipernity.com,2024-10-12,doc-52661218 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:44:42 +0000 2024-03-01T14:25:30+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661218"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/12/18/52661218.84e75e24.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="203" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> A bull under thr roof</div> Castañeda - Santa Cruz de Castañeda <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661218"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/12/18/52661218.84e75e24.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="203" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851<br /> <br /> <br /> A bull under thr roof</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661118 tag:ipernity.com,2024-10-12,doc-52661118 Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:53:13 +0000 2024-03-01T14:26:08+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661118"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/18/52661118.2839f372.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851</div> Castañeda - Santa Cruz de Castañeda <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52661118"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/11/18/52661118.2839f372.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="158" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa Cruz de Castañeda Santa Cruz de Castañeda was founded around the 10th century as a Cluniac Benedictine monastery. In the 12th century, it became a collegiate church run by canons of the Order of St Augustine. At that time, it was a royal domain, the dominion of which Alfonso XI ceded to his son Don Tello in the 14th century, who then passed it on to the Manrique family.<br /> <br /> In 1420, the church appears as the property of Doña Aldonza Téllez de Castilla and her husband García Fernández Manrique, Count of Castañeda from 1430.<br /> <br /> All that remains of the original monastery is the church, which was built in the 12th century in Romanesque style and whose appearance has been altered by additions and renovations. The church serves the parish since 1851</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/23339215 tag:ipernity.com,2013-07-06,doc-23339215 Sat, 06 Jul 2013 21:32:15 +0000 2011-08-01T00:00:00+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/23339215"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/133/92/15/23339215.f50147d6.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Saint-Pierre, parish church of Champagnolles (pop. 500), got erected on the floorplan of a Latin Cross in the second half of the 12th century. To enrich the floorplan, semicircular absidioles were added in the east. The builders did not invest much artistic creativity into the portal or the interior, as only some rough capitals can be found there.<br /> <br /> They obviously concentrated on the rich decoration of eastern walls of Saint-Pierre. All around the apses are dozends of carved mystic and fantastic corbels and capitals. Actually this church is known for "rude" carvings. Here is another "megaphallus", that is a bit clumsy and much more weathered then the guy on the previous upload.</div> Champagnolles - Saint-Pierre <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/23339215"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/133/92/15/23339215.f50147d6.240.jpg?r2" width="180" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Saint-Pierre, parish church of Champagnolles (pop. 500), got erected on the floorplan of a Latin Cross in the second half of the 12th century. To enrich the floorplan, semicircular absidioles were added in the east. The builders did not invest much artistic creativity into the portal or the interior, as only some rough capitals can be found there.<br /> <br /> They obviously concentrated on the rich decoration of eastern walls of Saint-Pierre. All around the apses are dozends of carved mystic and fantastic corbels and capitals. Actually this church is known for "rude" carvings. Here is another "megaphallus", that is a bit clumsy and much more weathered then the guy on the previous upload.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647346 tag:ipernity.com,2024-09-28,doc-52647346 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 20:48:48 +0000 2024-03-01T17:36:23+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647346"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/73/46/52647346.2094a08b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="135" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> A musician</div> Mosteiro de Santa María de Ferreira <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647346"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/73/46/52647346.2094a08b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="135" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> A musician</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647344 tag:ipernity.com,2024-09-28,doc-52647344 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 20:37:20 +0000 2024-03-01T17:38:19+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647344"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/73/44/52647344.34442b69.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="197" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.</div> Mosteiro de Santa María de Ferreira <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647344"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/73/44/52647344.34442b69.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="197" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647176 tag:ipernity.com,2024-09-28,doc-52647176 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 15:30:34 +0000 2024-03-01T17:38:32+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647176"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/71/76/52647176.f31737cb.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> Dogs attack a donkey, now seen from the other side. Now the owner of the horse can be seen.</div> Mosteiro de Santa María de Ferreira <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647176"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/71/76/52647176.f31737cb.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> Dogs attack a donkey, now seen from the other side. Now the owner of the horse can be seen.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647166 tag:ipernity.com,2024-09-28,doc-52647166 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 15:04:59 +0000 2024-03-01T17:39:20+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647166"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/71/66/52647166.1d7ff327.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> Dogs attacking a horse</div> Mosteiro de Santa María de Ferreira <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647166"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/71/66/52647166.1d7ff327.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> Dogs attacking a horse</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647052 tag:ipernity.com,2024-09-28,doc-52647052 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 12:13:44 +0000 2024-03-01T17:40:21+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647052"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/70/52/52647052.8a3385f3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> A pride of lions under the roof of the apse</div> Mosteiro de Santa María de Ferreira <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52647052"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/70/52/52647052.8a3385f3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> A pride of lions under the roof of the apse</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52646976 tag:ipernity.com,2024-09-28,doc-52646976 Sat, 28 Sep 2024 11:55:58 +0000 2024-03-01T17:42:04+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52646976"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/76/52646976.1d9de611.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The apse<br /> <br /> <br /> Muchas Gracias to the nuns! They let us in.</div> Mosteiro de Santa María de Ferreira <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52646976"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/69/76/52646976.1d9de611.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="160" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery dates back to the 10th century and it seems to have been a monastery for monks and nuns from the earliest times until the 12th century. In 1175 after a period of decadence, Countess Fronilda de Lemos restored monastic life, the monastery was rehabilitated and integrated into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The church of the monastery is due to its profuse and diverse ornamentation, especially in its apse. It is considered to have been built prior to the incorporation of the monastery into the Cistercian order.<br /> <br /> The apse<br /> <br /> <br /> Muchas Gracias to the nuns! They let us in.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52636608 tag:ipernity.com,2024-09-19,doc-52636608 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 15:00:53 +0000 2024-03-01T17:28:18+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52636608"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/66/08/52636608.d351c8a5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="172" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa María de Xunqueira de Espadañedo was founded in 1150 as an Augustinian convent and passed to the Cistercian Order in 1170. The nearby Montederramo monastery, which was a filiation of the primary abbey of Clairvaux, became the mother monastery.<br /> <br /> In 1546 the monastery joined the Castilian Cistercian Congregation. The government's dissolution of the monastery in 1835 brought the end of the monastery.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church has three naves and three semicircular apses.</div> Santa María de Xunqueira de Espadañedo <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52636608"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/66/08/52636608.d351c8a5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="172" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Santa María de Xunqueira de Espadañedo was founded in 1150 as an Augustinian convent and passed to the Cistercian Order in 1170. The nearby Montederramo monastery, which was a filiation of the primary abbey of Clairvaux, became the mother monastery.<br /> <br /> In 1546 the monastery joined the Castilian Cistercian Congregation. The government's dissolution of the monastery in 1835 brought the end of the monastery.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church has three naves and three semicircular apses.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52366272 tag:ipernity.com,2024-03-18,doc-52366272 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:02:45 +0000 2023-03-01T13:49:03+01:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52366272"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/72/52366272.89729092.240.jpg?r2" width="122" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery of Sanfins existed until 1834.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church dates back to 604, when the Visigoths ruled here. However, it was later remodelled.</div> Mosteiro de Sanfins <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52366272"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/72/52366272.89729092.240.jpg?r2" width="122" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The monastery of Sanfins existed until 1834.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church dates back to 604, when the Visigoths ruled here. However, it was later remodelled.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52172118 tag:ipernity.com,2023-10-24,doc-52172118 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:28:37 +0000 2023-01-01T15:05:39+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52172118"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/18/52172118.aba7a098.240.jpg?r2" width="150" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In 192 BC, the Romans conquered the area and founded the outpost Toletum. Due to its iron ore deposits, Toledo developed into an important settlement. Since the first barbarian invasions, the ancient walls were reinforced. In 411 the Alans and later the Visigoths conquered the city. Toledo was the capital of the Visigoths' empire from about 531 to 711.<br /> <br /> The Moors conquered the place in 712. Toledo experienced its heyday during the period of Moorish rule as Ṭulayṭula during the Caliphate of Córdoba until its conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085, after a four-year siege. In 1088, only a few years after the conquest, Archbishop Bernard of Toledo obtained confirmation from Pope Urban II that Toledo should hold the "primatus in totis Hispaniarum regnis" (primacy in all the kingdoms of the Iberian dominions). The Archbishop of Toledo is still today the Primate of the Catholic Church of Spain.<br /> <br /> In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Toledo school of translators translated ancient philosophical writings (Plato, Aristotle) that had been translated from Greek into Arabic, but also genuinely Arabic writings from the fields of astronomy, mathematics, Islamic religion and theology into Latin.<br /> <br /> After the conquest by Alfonso VI, Toledo became the residence of the Kingdom of Castile in 1087 and remained the capital of Spain until 1561.<br /> <br /> El Cristo de la Luz was erected in 999 as a mosque. It is in much the same state as it was when it was originally built. The Arabic inscription in Kufic on the building states that Musa Ibn Ali built it.<br /> <br /> Legend has it that a shaft of light guided the king to a figurine of the crucified Christ that had been hidden for centuries. The legend says that King Alfonso VI arrived in Toledo after capturing the city in 1085 when his horse fell in front of this chapel.<br /> <br /> In 1186, Alfonso VIII gave the building to the Knights of the Order of St John, who established it as the Chapel of the Holy Cross (Ermita de la Santa Cruz). It was at this time that the mosque was renamed and the apse was added.<br /> <br /> The small, almost cubic mosque (side lengths and height are each about eight meters) has a square ground plan. About half of the building material used is fired brick and half is roughly hewn quarry stone, which is mostly arranged in horizontal bands, following the Roman model. After the conquest of Toledo in 1085, the mosque building was converted into a church. In the 12th century this was expanded in the Mudejar style, so the former mosque became a kind of narthex. Inside the former mosque. The interior of the apse attached to the older mosque</div> Toledo - El Cristo de la Luz <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52172118"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/21/18/52172118.aba7a098.240.jpg?r2" width="150" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">In 192 BC, the Romans conquered the area and founded the outpost Toletum. Due to its iron ore deposits, Toledo developed into an important settlement. Since the first barbarian invasions, the ancient walls were reinforced. In 411 the Alans and later the Visigoths conquered the city. Toledo was the capital of the Visigoths' empire from about 531 to 711.<br /> <br /> The Moors conquered the place in 712. Toledo experienced its heyday during the period of Moorish rule as Ṭulayṭula during the Caliphate of Córdoba until its conquest by Alfonso VI in 1085, after a four-year siege. In 1088, only a few years after the conquest, Archbishop Bernard of Toledo obtained confirmation from Pope Urban II that Toledo should hold the "primatus in totis Hispaniarum regnis" (primacy in all the kingdoms of the Iberian dominions). The Archbishop of Toledo is still today the Primate of the Catholic Church of Spain.<br /> <br /> In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Toledo school of translators translated ancient philosophical writings (Plato, Aristotle) that had been translated from Greek into Arabic, but also genuinely Arabic writings from the fields of astronomy, mathematics, Islamic religion and theology into Latin.<br /> <br /> After the conquest by Alfonso VI, Toledo became the residence of the Kingdom of Castile in 1087 and remained the capital of Spain until 1561.<br /> <br /> El Cristo de la Luz was erected in 999 as a mosque. It is in much the same state as it was when it was originally built. The Arabic inscription in Kufic on the building states that Musa Ibn Ali built it.<br /> <br /> Legend has it that a shaft of light guided the king to a figurine of the crucified Christ that had been hidden for centuries. The legend says that King Alfonso VI arrived in Toledo after capturing the city in 1085 when his horse fell in front of this chapel.<br /> <br /> In 1186, Alfonso VIII gave the building to the Knights of the Order of St John, who established it as the Chapel of the Holy Cross (Ermita de la Santa Cruz). It was at this time that the mosque was renamed and the apse was added.<br /> <br /> The small, almost cubic mosque (side lengths and height are each about eight meters) has a square ground plan. About half of the building material used is fired brick and half is roughly hewn quarry stone, which is mostly arranged in horizontal bands, following the Roman model. After the conquest of Toledo in 1085, the mosque building was converted into a church. In the 12th century this was expanded in the Mudejar style, so the former mosque became a kind of narthex. Inside the former mosque. The interior of the apse attached to the older mosque</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51941268 tag:ipernity.com,2023-05-30,doc-51941268 Tue, 30 May 2023 12:01:39 +0000 2022-08-01T12:18:18+02:00 nobody@ipernity.com (Martin M. Miles) <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51941268"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/12/68/51941268.94d39702.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="186" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Redekin is a small village south of Jerichow. It has been known since 1144 and was the property of the Jerichow Monastery.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque brick church with the wide westwork dates from around 1200 and is influenced by the church of Jerichow Monastery. Experienced craftsmen who had also worked in Jerichow probably built here.</div> Redekin - Dorfkirche <p class="who"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/home/323415">Martin M. Miles</a> has posted:</p><p class="preview"><a href="https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51941268"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/12/68/51941268.94d39702.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="186" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Redekin is a small village south of Jerichow. It has been known since 1144 and was the property of the Jerichow Monastery.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque brick church with the wide westwork dates from around 1200 and is influenced by the church of Jerichow Monastery. Experienced craftsmen who had also worked in Jerichow probably built here.</div> Martin M. Miles