https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/1393705 https://cdn.ipernity.com/p/105/57/EF/323415.buddy.jpg https://www.ipernity.com/tag/323415/keyword/1393705 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:54:41 +0000 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:54:41 +0000 https://www.ipernity.com https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/52680136 tag:ipernity.com,2024-10-31,doc-52680136 Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:36:56 +0000 2024-05-01T18:27:01+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/323415/52680136"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/01/36/52680136.9a4b84fb.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Gjirokastër, today a city with a population of about 20.000, developed on the hill where the castle is located in the Middle Ages. The first fortification dates to the 5th-6th centuries CE during the period of Slavic migrations. It was expanded in the 9th-10th centuries and urban development in the castle area dates to the 13th-14th centuries. During this period, Gjirokastër developed into a center known in medieval sources as Argyrokastron, meaning "Silver Castle". The city was first mentioned by the name Argyrokastro in 1336.<br /> <br /> The Albanian Zenebishi clan held Gjirokastër by the end of the century. In this era, the city was contested between the Italian and Serbian rulers. It was taken by the Ottomans in 1418. During the Ottoman period conversions to Islam and an influx of Muslim converts from the surrounding countryside made Gjirokastër go from being an overwhelmingly Christian city in the 16th century into one with a large Muslim population by the early 19th century.<br /> <br /> In the 1570s local nobles discussed as Greek representative of enslaved Greece and Albania with the head of the Holy League, John of Austria, the possibility of an anti-Ottoman armed struggle, but this initiative was fruitless.<br /> <br /> During the communist regime the city was elevated to the status of a museum town, as it was the birthplace of dictatorial ruler of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania Enver Hoxha.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Orthodox Cathedral was built between 2009 – 2016. The church spans over an area of 450 square meters and the dome reaches a height of 18.5 meters.</div> Gjirokastër - Orthodox Cathedral <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/323415/52680136"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/01/36/52680136.9a4b84fb.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="157" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Gjirokastër, today a city with a population of about 20.000, developed on the hill where the castle is located in the Middle Ages. The first fortification dates to the 5th-6th centuries CE during the period of Slavic migrations. It was expanded in the 9th-10th centuries and urban development in the castle area dates to the 13th-14th centuries. During this period, Gjirokastër developed into a center known in medieval sources as Argyrokastron, meaning "Silver Castle". The city was first mentioned by the name Argyrokastro in 1336.<br /> <br /> The Albanian Zenebishi clan held Gjirokastër by the end of the century. In this era, the city was contested between the Italian and Serbian rulers. It was taken by the Ottomans in 1418. During the Ottoman period conversions to Islam and an influx of Muslim converts from the surrounding countryside made Gjirokastër go from being an overwhelmingly Christian city in the 16th century into one with a large Muslim population by the early 19th century.<br /> <br /> In the 1570s local nobles discussed as Greek representative of enslaved Greece and Albania with the head of the Holy League, John of Austria, the possibility of an anti-Ottoman armed struggle, but this initiative was fruitless.<br /> <br /> During the communist regime the city was elevated to the status of a museum town, as it was the birthplace of dictatorial ruler of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania Enver Hoxha.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Orthodox Cathedral was built between 2009 – 2016. The church spans over an area of 450 square meters and the dome reaches a height of 18.5 meters.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51078568 tag:ipernity.com,2021-11-25,doc-51078568 Thu, 25 Nov 2021 13:32:00 +0000 2021-07-01T00:00:00+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/323415/51078568"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/85/68/51078568.140fe624.240.jpg?r2" width="144" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Słupsk (Stolpe) was a Pomeranian settlement in the early Middle Ages. The Dukes of Pomerelia granted the town charter (Lübsches Stadtrecht) in 1265. A decade later merchants and craftsmen from Westphalia and Holstein founded a new settlement.<br /> <br /> In 1294 Polish and Bohemian rulers tried to succeed in Pomerelia. Wenceslaus III awarded Stolp to the Brandenburg Ascanians After the fatal attempt on Wenceslas III's life, Wladyslaw I Ellenlang (aka "Ladislaus the Short") reasserted himself as ruler of Pomerelia in 1306 and declared themselves Brandenburg vassals in 1307.<br /> <br /> In 1308, the Brandenburg margraves invaded and tried to militarily enforce their previously acquired rights. However, they were ousted from Gdansk and the eastern parts of Pomerelia by the Teutonic Knights. However, they were able to hold their ground in the land of Stolp.<br /> <br /> In 1309, the Duchy of Pomerelia was divided between two feudal states. The western part went to the Brandenburgs, the larger rest including Danzig to the Teutonic Order. After Stolp became prosperous, the citizens acquired the port of Stolpmünde in 1337. In the 14th century the city was pledged to the Teutonic Order by the Pomeranian dukes, who were short of money because of numerous wars. Because the dukes could not redeem the town, but the inhabitants did not want to live under the rule of the Order, the citizens themselves raised the enormous redemption sum of 6,766 silver marks.<br /> <br /> In devastating fires of 1395 and 1477 the town burned down. In 1478 the plague raged in the town. A dispute with the dukes that lasted for years impoverished the town and forced it to leave the Hanseatic League. During the Thirty Years' War, Stolp was conquered by Swedes in 1630. Wallenstein's troops occupied the town in 1637, and Swedish troops drove them out and completely ruined Stolp. After the war ended in 1648, Stolp fell to Brandenburg in the Peace of Westphalia.<br /> <br /> The octagonal Kaplica św. Jerzego (St. George Chapel) dates back to the first half of the 15th century and was built of brick. <br /> <br /> It was part of a "St. Georgen Hospital", where people suffering from Leprosy was cared for. <br /> <br /> Originally the chapel was built on the road leading to Szczecin, outside the city walls. In 1913, the chapel was demolished due to road construction and rebuilt on its present location.</div> Slupsk - Kaplica św. Jerzego <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/323415/51078568"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/85/68/51078568.140fe624.240.jpg?r2" width="144" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Słupsk (Stolpe) was a Pomeranian settlement in the early Middle Ages. The Dukes of Pomerelia granted the town charter (Lübsches Stadtrecht) in 1265. A decade later merchants and craftsmen from Westphalia and Holstein founded a new settlement.<br /> <br /> In 1294 Polish and Bohemian rulers tried to succeed in Pomerelia. Wenceslaus III awarded Stolp to the Brandenburg Ascanians After the fatal attempt on Wenceslas III's life, Wladyslaw I Ellenlang (aka "Ladislaus the Short") reasserted himself as ruler of Pomerelia in 1306 and declared themselves Brandenburg vassals in 1307.<br /> <br /> In 1308, the Brandenburg margraves invaded and tried to militarily enforce their previously acquired rights. However, they were ousted from Gdansk and the eastern parts of Pomerelia by the Teutonic Knights. However, they were able to hold their ground in the land of Stolp.<br /> <br /> In 1309, the Duchy of Pomerelia was divided between two feudal states. The western part went to the Brandenburgs, the larger rest including Danzig to the Teutonic Order. After Stolp became prosperous, the citizens acquired the port of Stolpmünde in 1337. In the 14th century the city was pledged to the Teutonic Order by the Pomeranian dukes, who were short of money because of numerous wars. Because the dukes could not redeem the town, but the inhabitants did not want to live under the rule of the Order, the citizens themselves raised the enormous redemption sum of 6,766 silver marks.<br /> <br /> In devastating fires of 1395 and 1477 the town burned down. In 1478 the plague raged in the town. A dispute with the dukes that lasted for years impoverished the town and forced it to leave the Hanseatic League. During the Thirty Years' War, Stolp was conquered by Swedes in 1630. Wallenstein's troops occupied the town in 1637, and Swedish troops drove them out and completely ruined Stolp. After the war ended in 1648, Stolp fell to Brandenburg in the Peace of Westphalia.<br /> <br /> The octagonal Kaplica św. Jerzego (St. George Chapel) dates back to the first half of the 15th century and was built of brick. <br /> <br /> It was part of a "St. Georgen Hospital", where people suffering from Leprosy was cared for. <br /> <br /> Originally the chapel was built on the road leading to Szczecin, outside the city walls. In 1913, the chapel was demolished due to road construction and rebuilt on its present location.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51077090 tag:ipernity.com,2021-11-24,doc-51077090 Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:58:46 +0000 2021-07-01T00:00:00+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/323415/51077090"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/70/90/51077090.603d7e78.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="195" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Darlowo (Rügenwalde) was a trading point already in the 11th century, prorected by a fortress named Dirlow. The town, that evolved was destroyed in 1283 during a local war- It got rebuilt and received its city rights (Lübsches Stadtrecht) in 1312. The town passed to the Duchy of Pomerania in 1347 and over the years Dukes constructed a Ducal Castle on a nearby island and chose it as their seat.<br /> <br /> In 1412 Rügenwalde (Darlowo) became part of the Hanseatic League and had its own trade fleet, larger than in other surrounding towns. Boats and ships owned by local merchants travelled as far as Normandy and Spain.<br /> <br /> At the end of the 14th century a couple of St. Gertrudis hospitals were founded in Pomerania. This was among them. It was built in 1406 dedicated to the care of the poor, the sick and travelers. <br /> <br /> St. Gertrude's Church is a late Gothic central building. There are actually four such buildings in Pomerania. I had seen St. Gertrude's Chapel in Koszalin (Köslin) before.</div> Darlowo - Kościół św. Gertrudy <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/323415/51077090"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/70/90/51077090.603d7e78.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="195" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Darlowo (Rügenwalde) was a trading point already in the 11th century, prorected by a fortress named Dirlow. The town, that evolved was destroyed in 1283 during a local war- It got rebuilt and received its city rights (Lübsches Stadtrecht) in 1312. The town passed to the Duchy of Pomerania in 1347 and over the years Dukes constructed a Ducal Castle on a nearby island and chose it as their seat.<br /> <br /> In 1412 Rügenwalde (Darlowo) became part of the Hanseatic League and had its own trade fleet, larger than in other surrounding towns. Boats and ships owned by local merchants travelled as far as Normandy and Spain.<br /> <br /> At the end of the 14th century a couple of St. Gertrudis hospitals were founded in Pomerania. This was among them. It was built in 1406 dedicated to the care of the poor, the sick and travelers. <br /> <br /> St. Gertrude's Church is a late Gothic central building. There are actually four such buildings in Pomerania. I had seen St. Gertrude's Chapel in Koszalin (Köslin) before.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51048034 tag:ipernity.com,2021-11-01,doc-51048034 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 22:05:03 +0000 2021-07-01T00:00:00+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/323415/51048034"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/80/34/51048034.039fdeaf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="186" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Slavic Ranen lived on the island of Ruegen and the mainland opposite the island. They were independent heathens up to the middle of the 12th century, and so maybe the last non-Christian people in Central Europe.<br /> <br /> In 1168 Danish King Valdemar I defeated the Ranen and destroyed "Jaromarsburg" their main sanctuary. After the Danish victory, the Slavic princes became feudatories of the Danish crown and accepted the Christian faith.<br /> <br /> They founded Strale, which prospered because of the rich herring stocks in the waters, many merchants settled here who saw this as their basis for trade. Already in 1234 Slavic Prince Wizlaw I granted the village the town charter (Lübsches Stadtrecht). Stralsund now became an important trading town in the Baltic region, mainly due to settlers from Westphalia. The German settlers clearly outnumbered the Slavic population already around 1300. From 1325 on Stralsund belonged to Pomerania-Wolgast. In the 14th century, it was the most important Hanseatic city in the southern Baltic region after Lübeck. <br /> <br /> The 15th century was Stralsund's heyday. Long-distance trade was the most important economic factor. Around 1450, 350 merchants were involved in such trade. In 1488, 50 skippers founded the "St. Marienbruderschaft der Schiffer", the forerunner of the still existing "Stralsund Schiffercompagnie".<br /> <br /> As early as 1525, the majority of Stralsund's citizens converted to the Protestant faith. After the Thirty Years' War Stralsund belonged to the Kingdom of Sweden for almost 200 years. In 1815 Stralsund came to Prussia.<br /> -<br /> <br /> Located next to Marienkirche is the octagonal Appolonia Chapel. It was built in 1416 as an atonement for three priests who were burned at the stake by the Stralsunders in the "Papenbrand thom Sunde" (= Burning of priests in Stralsund). <br /> <br /> When church taxes were reduced in the course of a economical deterioration, the archdeacon of the time carried out an example of punishment. He had several houses and huts burnt down outside the city gates, and several Stralsunders died in the confusion. That unleashed the people´s anger and the priests were burned on the "Neuer Markt" next to the Marienkirche by angry citizens.</div> Stralsund - Apollonienkapelle <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/323415/51048034"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/80/34/51048034.039fdeaf.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="186" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Slavic Ranen lived on the island of Ruegen and the mainland opposite the island. They were independent heathens up to the middle of the 12th century, and so maybe the last non-Christian people in Central Europe.<br /> <br /> In 1168 Danish King Valdemar I defeated the Ranen and destroyed "Jaromarsburg" their main sanctuary. After the Danish victory, the Slavic princes became feudatories of the Danish crown and accepted the Christian faith.<br /> <br /> They founded Strale, which prospered because of the rich herring stocks in the waters, many merchants settled here who saw this as their basis for trade. Already in 1234 Slavic Prince Wizlaw I granted the village the town charter (Lübsches Stadtrecht). Stralsund now became an important trading town in the Baltic region, mainly due to settlers from Westphalia. The German settlers clearly outnumbered the Slavic population already around 1300. From 1325 on Stralsund belonged to Pomerania-Wolgast. In the 14th century, it was the most important Hanseatic city in the southern Baltic region after Lübeck. <br /> <br /> The 15th century was Stralsund's heyday. Long-distance trade was the most important economic factor. Around 1450, 350 merchants were involved in such trade. In 1488, 50 skippers founded the "St. Marienbruderschaft der Schiffer", the forerunner of the still existing "Stralsund Schiffercompagnie".<br /> <br /> As early as 1525, the majority of Stralsund's citizens converted to the Protestant faith. After the Thirty Years' War Stralsund belonged to the Kingdom of Sweden for almost 200 years. In 1815 Stralsund came to Prussia.<br /> -<br /> <br /> Located next to Marienkirche is the octagonal Appolonia Chapel. It was built in 1416 as an atonement for three priests who were burned at the stake by the Stralsunders in the "Papenbrand thom Sunde" (= Burning of priests in Stralsund). <br /> <br /> When church taxes were reduced in the course of a economical deterioration, the archdeacon of the time carried out an example of punishment. He had several houses and huts burnt down outside the city gates, and several Stralsunders died in the confusion. That unleashed the people´s anger and the priests were burned on the "Neuer Markt" next to the Marienkirche by angry citizens.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/51048026 tag:ipernity.com,2021-11-01,doc-51048026 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:21:02 +0000 2021-07-01T00:00:00+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/323415/51048026"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/80/26/51048026.d60a3d48.240.jpg?r2" width="169" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Slavic Ranen lived on the island of Ruegen and the mainland opposite the island. They were independent heathens up to the middle of the 12th century, and so maybe the last non-Christian people in Central Europe.<br /> <br /> In 1168 Danish King Valdemar I defeated the Ranen and destroyed "Jaromarsburg" their main sanctuary. After the Danish victory, the Slavic princes became feudatories of the Danish crown and accepted the Christian faith.<br /> <br /> They founded Strale, which prospered because of the rich herring stocks in the waters, many merchants settled here who saw this as their basis for trade. Already in 1234 Slavic Prince Wizlaw I granted the village the town charter (Lübsches Stadtrecht). Stralsund now became an important trading town in the Baltic region, mainly due to settlers from Westphalia. The German settlers clearly outnumbered the Slavic population already around 1300. From 1325 on Stralsund belonged to Pomerania-Wolgast. In the 14th century, it was the most important Hanseatic city in the southern Baltic region after Lübeck. <br /> <br /> The 15th century was Stralsund's heyday. Long-distance trade was the most important economic factor. Around 1450, 350 merchants were involved in such trade. In 1488, 50 skippers founded the "St. Marienbruderschaft der Schiffer", the forerunner of the still existing "Stralsund Schiffercompagnie".<br /> <br /> As early as 1525, the majority of Stralsund's citizens converted to the Protestant faith. After the Thirty Years' War Stralsund belonged to the Kingdom of Sweden for almost 200 years. In 1815 Stralsund came to Prussia.<br /> -<br /> <br /> Located next to Marienkirche is the octagonal Appolonia Chapel. It was built in 1416 as an atonement for three priests who were burned at the stake by the Stralsunders in the "Papenbrand thom Sunde" (= Burning of priests in Stralsund). <br /> <br /> When church taxes were reduced in the course of a economical deterioration, the archdeacon of the time carried out an example of punishment. He had several houses and huts burnt down outside the city gates, and several Stralsunders died in the confusion. That unleashed the people´s anger and the priests were burned on the "Neuer Markt" next to the Marienkirche by angry citizens.</div> Stralsund - Apollonienkapelle <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/323415/51048026"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/80/26/51048026.d60a3d48.240.jpg?r2" width="169" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Slavic Ranen lived on the island of Ruegen and the mainland opposite the island. They were independent heathens up to the middle of the 12th century, and so maybe the last non-Christian people in Central Europe.<br /> <br /> In 1168 Danish King Valdemar I defeated the Ranen and destroyed "Jaromarsburg" their main sanctuary. After the Danish victory, the Slavic princes became feudatories of the Danish crown and accepted the Christian faith.<br /> <br /> They founded Strale, which prospered because of the rich herring stocks in the waters, many merchants settled here who saw this as their basis for trade. Already in 1234 Slavic Prince Wizlaw I granted the village the town charter (Lübsches Stadtrecht). Stralsund now became an important trading town in the Baltic region, mainly due to settlers from Westphalia. The German settlers clearly outnumbered the Slavic population already around 1300. From 1325 on Stralsund belonged to Pomerania-Wolgast. In the 14th century, it was the most important Hanseatic city in the southern Baltic region after Lübeck. <br /> <br /> The 15th century was Stralsund's heyday. Long-distance trade was the most important economic factor. Around 1450, 350 merchants were involved in such trade. In 1488, 50 skippers founded the "St. Marienbruderschaft der Schiffer", the forerunner of the still existing "Stralsund Schiffercompagnie".<br /> <br /> As early as 1525, the majority of Stralsund's citizens converted to the Protestant faith. After the Thirty Years' War Stralsund belonged to the Kingdom of Sweden for almost 200 years. In 1815 Stralsund came to Prussia.<br /> -<br /> <br /> Located next to Marienkirche is the octagonal Appolonia Chapel. It was built in 1416 as an atonement for three priests who were burned at the stake by the Stralsunders in the "Papenbrand thom Sunde" (= Burning of priests in Stralsund). <br /> <br /> When church taxes were reduced in the course of a economical deterioration, the archdeacon of the time carried out an example of punishment. He had several houses and huts burnt down outside the city gates, and several Stralsunders died in the confusion. That unleashed the people´s anger and the priests were burned on the "Neuer Markt" next to the Marienkirche by angry citizens.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50573072 tag:ipernity.com,2021-02-03,doc-50573072 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:54:57 +0000 2020-10-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50573072"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/30/72/50573072.48eeb045.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="213" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">St. Magdalena is a round church, located isolated on the Danube river. <br /> It may have been founded by Count Heinrich I of Ortenburg († 1241), who is said to have designed the building as a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but there could be as well a connection to a pilgrim hospital that was looked after by Knights Templar.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church got an octagonal tent roof during a late Gothic renovation. The structure has a diameter of 14.6 meters. The north-facing buttresses and the vault date back to the 15th century. The tower in front of it is dated to the 17th century.<br /> <br /> We were very lucky to meet the person who could open the church.<br /> <br /> The vault is supported by a central pillar.</div> Hausbach - St. Magdalena <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/323415/50573072"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/30/72/50573072.48eeb045.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="213" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">St. Magdalena is a round church, located isolated on the Danube river. <br /> It may have been founded by Count Heinrich I of Ortenburg († 1241), who is said to have designed the building as a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but there could be as well a connection to a pilgrim hospital that was looked after by Knights Templar.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church got an octagonal tent roof during a late Gothic renovation. The structure has a diameter of 14.6 meters. The north-facing buttresses and the vault date back to the 15th century. The tower in front of it is dated to the 17th century.<br /> <br /> We were very lucky to meet the person who could open the church.<br /> <br /> The vault is supported by a central pillar.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50573048 tag:ipernity.com,2021-02-03,doc-50573048 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:43:24 +0000 2020-10-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50573048"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/30/48/50573048.30ef0d52.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="179" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">St. Magdalena is a round church, located isolated on the Danube river. It may have been founded by Count Heinrich I of Ortenburg († 1241), who is said to have designed the building as a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but there could be as well a connection to a pilgrim hospital that was looked after by Knights Templar.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church got an octagonal tent roof during a late Gothic renovation. The structure has a diameter of 14.6 meters. The north-facing buttresses and the vault date back to the 15th century. The tower in front of it is dated to the 17th century.<br /> <br /> We were very lucky to meet the person who could open the church.<br /> <br /> The vault is supported by a central pillar.</div> Hausbach - St. Magdalena <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/323415/50573048"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/30/48/50573048.30ef0d52.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="179" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">St. Magdalena is a round church, located isolated on the Danube river. It may have been founded by Count Heinrich I of Ortenburg († 1241), who is said to have designed the building as a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but there could be as well a connection to a pilgrim hospital that was looked after by Knights Templar.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church got an octagonal tent roof during a late Gothic renovation. The structure has a diameter of 14.6 meters. The north-facing buttresses and the vault date back to the 15th century. The tower in front of it is dated to the 17th century.<br /> <br /> We were very lucky to meet the person who could open the church.<br /> <br /> The vault is supported by a central pillar.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50572944 tag:ipernity.com,2021-02-03,doc-50572944 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:45:42 +0000 2020-10-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50572944"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/29/44/50572944.6ef93dce.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="219" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">St. Magdalena is a round church, located isolated on the Danube river. <br /> It may have been founded by Count Heinrich I of Ortenburg († 1241), who is said to have designed the building as a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but there could be as well a connection to a pilgrim hospital that was looked after by Knights Templar.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church got an octagonal tent roof during a late Gothic renovation. The structure has a diameter of 14.6 meters. The north-facing buttresses and the vault date back to the 15th century. The tower in front of it is dated to the 17th century.</div> Hausbach - St. Magdalena <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/323415/50572944"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/29/44/50572944.6ef93dce.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="219" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">St. Magdalena is a round church, located isolated on the Danube river. <br /> It may have been founded by Count Heinrich I of Ortenburg († 1241), who is said to have designed the building as a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but there could be as well a connection to a pilgrim hospital that was looked after by Knights Templar.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church got an octagonal tent roof during a late Gothic renovation. The structure has a diameter of 14.6 meters. The north-facing buttresses and the vault date back to the 15th century. The tower in front of it is dated to the 17th century.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50572692 tag:ipernity.com,2021-02-03,doc-50572692 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:43:21 +0000 2020-10-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50572692"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/26/92/50572692.1f5199a7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="216" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">St. Magdalena is a round church, located isolated on the Danube river. <br /> It may have been founded by Count Heinrich I of Ortenburg († 1241), who is said to have designed the building as a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but there could be as well a connection to a pilgrim hospital that was looked after by Knights Templar.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church got an octagonal tent roof during a late Gothic renovation. The structure has a diameter of 14.6 meters. The north-facing buttresses and the vault date back to the 15th century. The tower in front of it is dated to the 17th century.</div> Hausbach - St. Magdalena <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/323415/50572692"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/26/92/50572692.1f5199a7.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="216" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">St. Magdalena is a round church, located isolated on the Danube river. <br /> It may have been founded by Count Heinrich I of Ortenburg († 1241), who is said to have designed the building as a replica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but there could be as well a connection to a pilgrim hospital that was looked after by Knights Templar.<br /> <br /> The Romanesque church got an octagonal tent roof during a late Gothic renovation. The structure has a diameter of 14.6 meters. The north-facing buttresses and the vault date back to the 15th century. The tower in front of it is dated to the 17th century.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50570170 tag:ipernity.com,2021-02-01,doc-50570170 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:26:52 +0000 2020-10-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50570170"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/01/70/50570170.0f0c67ef.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="212" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Already in 748, the place was a palace of the Agilolfinger, dukes of Bavaria. Forty years later it became the Carolingian royal palace. King Carloman of Bavaria (aka "Karlmann"), the oldest son of Louis the German founded a collegiate church in Altoetting in 876. This church got destroyed by Hungarian troops in 917. Only the octagon of the baptistery survived the destruction. The collegiate got refounded and the church got rebuilt later. <br /> <br /> In 1489 there were reports of two healing miracles which started the pilgrimage to Altoetting, that became one of the most important pilgrimage destinations of its time. <br /> <br /> The Shrine of Our Lady of Altoetting (aka "Chapel of Grace") is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The shrine is often called the "Lourdes of Germany".<br /> <br /> The octagonal chapel in the center dates back to the 8th century. The nave was added in 1494. Some historians even date the chapel back to about 660. It was probably once part of an Agilolfingian or Carolingian structure.<br /> <br /> Inside the shrine is a "Black Madonna" (dated ~ 1330). There is a porch gallery around the building. Here more than 2000 ex-votos are nailed to the walls and ceilings.<br /> <br /> Three popes were under the many pilgrims, that entered the chapel. Pope Pius VI was in Altoetting in 1782, Pope John Paul II visited in 1980 and in 2006 Pope Benedict XVI came to Altoetting. For him this was probably not the first visit to the Shrine, as he was born under the name of Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in Marktl, just 10kms to the east.</div> Altoetting - Gnadenkapelle <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/323415/50570170"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/01/70/50570170.0f0c67ef.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="212" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Already in 748, the place was a palace of the Agilolfinger, dukes of Bavaria. Forty years later it became the Carolingian royal palace. King Carloman of Bavaria (aka "Karlmann"), the oldest son of Louis the German founded a collegiate church in Altoetting in 876. This church got destroyed by Hungarian troops in 917. Only the octagon of the baptistery survived the destruction. The collegiate got refounded and the church got rebuilt later. <br /> <br /> In 1489 there were reports of two healing miracles which started the pilgrimage to Altoetting, that became one of the most important pilgrimage destinations of its time. <br /> <br /> The Shrine of Our Lady of Altoetting (aka "Chapel of Grace") is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. The shrine is often called the "Lourdes of Germany".<br /> <br /> The octagonal chapel in the center dates back to the 8th century. The nave was added in 1494. Some historians even date the chapel back to about 660. It was probably once part of an Agilolfingian or Carolingian structure.<br /> <br /> Inside the shrine is a "Black Madonna" (dated ~ 1330). There is a porch gallery around the building. Here more than 2000 ex-votos are nailed to the walls and ceilings.<br /> <br /> Three popes were under the many pilgrims, that entered the chapel. Pope Pius VI was in Altoetting in 1782, Pope John Paul II visited in 1980 and in 2006 Pope Benedict XVI came to Altoetting. For him this was probably not the first visit to the Shrine, as he was born under the name of Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in Marktl, just 10kms to the east.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50562232 tag:ipernity.com,2021-01-28,doc-50562232 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 08:52:56 +0000 2020-10-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50562232"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/22/32/50562232.99d5f319.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="204" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Westerndorf is a hamlet, that is by now part of the much larger Rosenheim. A church existed here in 1315 and was in disrepair after the Thirty Years' War. It got demolished and the planning for the now existing church started. The church was completed in 1691.<br /> <br /> The floor plan of the church is circular (diameter 20 m), while the interior has a cruciform.</div> Westerndorf - St. Johann Baptist und Heilig Kreuz <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/323415/50562232"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/22/32/50562232.99d5f319.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="204" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Westerndorf is a hamlet, that is by now part of the much larger Rosenheim. A church existed here in 1315 and was in disrepair after the Thirty Years' War. It got demolished and the planning for the now existing church started. The church was completed in 1691.<br /> <br /> The floor plan of the church is circular (diameter 20 m), while the interior has a cruciform.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50561694 tag:ipernity.com,2021-01-27,doc-50561694 Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:30:16 +0000 2020-10-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50561694"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/16/94/50561694.a38282d8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="192" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Westerndorf is a hamlet, that is by now part of the much larger Rosenheim. A church existed here in 1315 and was in disrepair after the Thirty Years' War. It got demolished and the planning for the now existing church started. The church was completed in 1691. <br /> <br /> The floor plan is circular (diameter 20 m). The dome reaches a height of 20 m.</div> Westerndorf - St. Johann Baptist und Heilig Kreuz <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/323415/50561694"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/16/94/50561694.a38282d8.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="192" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Westerndorf is a hamlet, that is by now part of the much larger Rosenheim. A church existed here in 1315 and was in disrepair after the Thirty Years' War. It got demolished and the planning for the now existing church started. The church was completed in 1691. <br /> <br /> The floor plan is circular (diameter 20 m). The dome reaches a height of 20 m.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50555400 tag:ipernity.com,2021-01-23,doc-50555400 Sat, 23 Jan 2021 22:41:17 +0000 2020-10-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50555400"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/54/00/50555400.042c62ac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="193" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Johanneskapelle ("St. John´s chapel") on the edge of the Welfenmünster´s little graveyard is a round building, built around 1200. Probably another (small) copy of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It was moved to this place within the 15th century - and got a new roof, but there is still a small tympanum - and left and right from the entrance are two lions. <br /> <br /> Welf VI (1115 - 1191), founder of the abbey, Duke of Spoleto, margrave of Tuscany and (thanks to Bernard of Clairvaux preaching at Speyer) combattant in the Second Crusade, and his son Welf VII (1140 -1167), who fought in Italy against the pope with Friedrich I (aka "Barbarossa") and died from malaria in Siena, have their graves here.</div> Steingaden - Johanneskapelle <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/323415/50555400"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/54/00/50555400.042c62ac.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="193" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The Johanneskapelle ("St. John´s chapel") on the edge of the Welfenmünster´s little graveyard is a round building, built around 1200. Probably another (small) copy of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It was moved to this place within the 15th century - and got a new roof, but there is still a small tympanum - and left and right from the entrance are two lions. <br /> <br /> Welf VI (1115 - 1191), founder of the abbey, Duke of Spoleto, margrave of Tuscany and (thanks to Bernard of Clairvaux preaching at Speyer) combattant in the Second Crusade, and his son Welf VII (1140 -1167), who fought in Italy against the pope with Friedrich I (aka "Barbarossa") and died from malaria in Siena, have their graves here.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50529914 tag:ipernity.com,2020-12-14,doc-50529914 Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:37:30 +0000 2020-01-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50529914"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/99/14/50529914.9386c616.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Mallorca is the largest island in the Mediterranean Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain. Mallorca is an extremely popular holiday destination. The Palma de Mallorca Airport, one of the busiest in Spain, is used by about 30 million tourists per year.<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the island was invaded by the Vandals in 425. The time of the Vandals ended, when Byzantine troops general took the island in 534. The first Muslim arrivals were in 707. These ended the Byzantine domination and established their own hegemony. Until 903, the island was part of the Umayyad Caliphate.<br /> From between 902 and 1229 the island was under Islamic control. James I of Aragon ( aka "Jaume el Conqueridor") conquered Mallorca in December 1229.<br /> <br /> Located in the centre of Sa Pobla´s cemetery is since 1899 this very nice round funeral chapel.</div> Sa Pobla <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/323415/50529914"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/99/14/50529914.9386c616.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Mallorca is the largest island in the Mediterranean Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain. Mallorca is an extremely popular holiday destination. The Palma de Mallorca Airport, one of the busiest in Spain, is used by about 30 million tourists per year.<br /> <br /> After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the island was invaded by the Vandals in 425. The time of the Vandals ended, when Byzantine troops general took the island in 534. The first Muslim arrivals were in 707. These ended the Byzantine domination and established their own hegemony. Until 903, the island was part of the Umayyad Caliphate.<br /> From between 902 and 1229 the island was under Islamic control. James I of Aragon ( aka "Jaume el Conqueridor") conquered Mallorca in December 1229.<br /> <br /> Located in the centre of Sa Pobla´s cemetery is since 1899 this very nice round funeral chapel.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/50327178 tag:ipernity.com,2020-09-03,doc-50327178 Thu, 03 Sep 2020 08:43:54 +0000 2019-10-01T00:00:00+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/323415/50327178"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/71/78/50327178.85890db2.240.jpg?r2" width="170" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Bari was an early settlement and passed under Roman rule in the 3rd century BC. It developed strategic significance as the point of junction between the coast road and the Via Traiana and as a port for eastward trade. The first bishop of Bari was Gervasius who is known from the Council of Sardica in 347.<br /> <br /> After the decline of the Roman Empire, the town was devasted and taken by Alaric´s Visigothic troops, then was under Lombardian rule, before the Byzantines took over. In 755 it was conquered by Pepin the Short (Charlemagne´s father) and from 847 on it was an Islamic Emirate. The Byzantine fleet returned in 871 and since 885 Bari ws the residence of the local Byzantine governor.<br /> <br /> Following a three-year siege, Bari was captured by Robert Guiscard in 1071. After the relics of Saint Nicholas, which were surreptitiously brought from Myra in Lycia (Byzantine territory), arrived in Bari, the Basilica di San Nicola was founded in 1087. This attracted pilgrims, whose encouragement and care became central to the economy of Bari. Pope Urban II consecrated the Basilica in 1089. In 1096 a crusader army embarked in the port of Bari for the First Crusade.<br /> <br /> After the murder of archbishop Griso in 1117 a civil war broke our and the control was seized by Grimoald Alferanites, a native Lombard, in opposition to the Normans. He later did homage to Roger II of Sicily, but rebelled and was defeated in 1132.<br /> <br /> The Castello Normanno-Svevo (aka "Castello di Bari") was probably built around 1132 by Norman King Roger II. When in 1155 the Baresi rebelled against the Normans, the castle got destroyed, so as a retaliatory action, William I of Sicily (aka William the Wicked") had the city destroyed except for the cathedral and the Basilica of St. Nicola.<br /> <br /> Bari recovered and had its heydays under Frederick II. When he returned from his crusade after 1229, the city gates were locked so he had to use force to gain entry. Therefore, he probably had the fort built in 1233 to keep the city in check. On the other hand, he granted the city generous trade privileges and left it the leading role in the region.<br /> <br /> -<br /> <br /> The construction of the "Cattedrale di San Sabino" (aka "Bari Cathedral" started around 1170 on. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto. It is dedicated to Saint Sabinus, a bishop of Canosa, whose relics were brought here in the 9th century.<br /> It was erected on the site of the ruins of the Imperial Byzantine cathedral, destroyed in 1156 by William I of Sicily with the rest of the city.<br /> <br /> For the reconstruction of the cathedral materials from the preceding church and other destroyed buildings got reused. During the 18th century the façade, the nave and aisles and the crypt were refurbished in Baroque style. The building later underwent a series of refurbishments, demolitions and extensions. The original Romanesque appearance of the interior was restored in the 1950s.<br /> <br /> The round structure was once the baptistery of the cathedral and stood a couple of metres apart from the church. It is meanwhile connected to the cathedral and is used as a sacristy.</div> Bari - Cattedrale di San Sabino <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/323415/50327178"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/71/78/50327178.85890db2.240.jpg?r2" width="170" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Bari was an early settlement and passed under Roman rule in the 3rd century BC. It developed strategic significance as the point of junction between the coast road and the Via Traiana and as a port for eastward trade. The first bishop of Bari was Gervasius who is known from the Council of Sardica in 347.<br /> <br /> After the decline of the Roman Empire, the town was devasted and taken by Alaric´s Visigothic troops, then was under Lombardian rule, before the Byzantines took over. In 755 it was conquered by Pepin the Short (Charlemagne´s father) and from 847 on it was an Islamic Emirate. The Byzantine fleet returned in 871 and since 885 Bari ws the residence of the local Byzantine governor.<br /> <br /> Following a three-year siege, Bari was captured by Robert Guiscard in 1071. After the relics of Saint Nicholas, which were surreptitiously brought from Myra in Lycia (Byzantine territory), arrived in Bari, the Basilica di San Nicola was founded in 1087. This attracted pilgrims, whose encouragement and care became central to the economy of Bari. Pope Urban II consecrated the Basilica in 1089. In 1096 a crusader army embarked in the port of Bari for the First Crusade.<br /> <br /> After the murder of archbishop Griso in 1117 a civil war broke our and the control was seized by Grimoald Alferanites, a native Lombard, in opposition to the Normans. He later did homage to Roger II of Sicily, but rebelled and was defeated in 1132.<br /> <br /> The Castello Normanno-Svevo (aka "Castello di Bari") was probably built around 1132 by Norman King Roger II. When in 1155 the Baresi rebelled against the Normans, the castle got destroyed, so as a retaliatory action, William I of Sicily (aka William the Wicked") had the city destroyed except for the cathedral and the Basilica of St. Nicola.<br /> <br /> Bari recovered and had its heydays under Frederick II. When he returned from his crusade after 1229, the city gates were locked so he had to use force to gain entry. Therefore, he probably had the fort built in 1233 to keep the city in check. On the other hand, he granted the city generous trade privileges and left it the leading role in the region.<br /> <br /> -<br /> <br /> The construction of the "Cattedrale di San Sabino" (aka "Bari Cathedral" started around 1170 on. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Bari-Bitonto. It is dedicated to Saint Sabinus, a bishop of Canosa, whose relics were brought here in the 9th century.<br /> It was erected on the site of the ruins of the Imperial Byzantine cathedral, destroyed in 1156 by William I of Sicily with the rest of the city.<br /> <br /> For the reconstruction of the cathedral materials from the preceding church and other destroyed buildings got reused. During the 18th century the façade, the nave and aisles and the crypt were refurbished in Baroque style. The building later underwent a series of refurbishments, demolitions and extensions. The original Romanesque appearance of the interior was restored in the 1950s.<br /> <br /> The round structure was once the baptistery of the cathedral and stood a couple of metres apart from the church. It is meanwhile connected to the cathedral and is used as a sacristy.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/49533738 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-08,doc-49533738 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 22:22:27 +0000 2019-07-01T00:00:00+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/323415/49533738"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/37/38/49533738.a7dfa71b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="199" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The former Collegiate Church "Santa Maria della Scala in Chieri". As it is really large, it is often named "Duomo di Chieri", though it never was a cathedral. <br /> <br /> The first church here was erected on the site of a Roman temple to Minerva within the 5th century. This got replaced by a Romanesque buildig in the first decades of the 11th century. <br /> <br /> From 1405 on this Romanesque church got completely remodeled and rebuilt in Gothic style and was consecrated in 1437. <br /> <br /> -<br /> The ocotogonal "Battistero del Duomo" is Romanesque and older than the Duomo. It was built from bricks coming from Roman buildings within the 13th century and was originaly detached from the Romanesque Duomo. It was connected to the Gothic structure.</div> Chieri - Battistero del Duomo <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/323415/49533738"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/37/38/49533738.a7dfa71b.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="199" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The former Collegiate Church "Santa Maria della Scala in Chieri". As it is really large, it is often named "Duomo di Chieri", though it never was a cathedral. <br /> <br /> The first church here was erected on the site of a Roman temple to Minerva within the 5th century. This got replaced by a Romanesque buildig in the first decades of the 11th century. <br /> <br /> From 1405 on this Romanesque church got completely remodeled and rebuilt in Gothic style and was consecrated in 1437. <br /> <br /> -<br /> The ocotogonal "Battistero del Duomo" is Romanesque and older than the Duomo. It was built from bricks coming from Roman buildings within the 13th century and was originaly detached from the Romanesque Duomo. It was connected to the Gothic structure.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/49533716 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-08,doc-49533716 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 22:10:39 +0000 2019-07-01T00:00:00+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/323415/49533716"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/37/16/49533716.20b8e62d.240.jpg?r2" width="236" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The former Collegiate Church "Santa Maria della Scala in Chieri". As it is really large, it is often named "Duomo di Chieri", though it never was a cathedral. <br /> <br /> The first church here was erected on the site of a Roman temple to Minerva within the 5th century. This got replaced by a Romanesque buildig in the first decades of the 11th century. <br /> <br /> From 1405 on this Romanesque church got completely remodeled and rebuilt in Gothic style and was consecrated in 1437. <br /> <br /> -<br /> The ocotogonal "Battistero del Duomo" is Romanesque and older than the Duomo. It was built from bricks coming from Roman buildings within the 13th century and was originaly detached from the Romanesque Duomo. It was connected to the Gothic structure.</div> Chieri - Battistero del Duomo <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/323415/49533716"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/37/16/49533716.20b8e62d.240.jpg?r2" width="236" height="240" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">The former Collegiate Church "Santa Maria della Scala in Chieri". As it is really large, it is often named "Duomo di Chieri", though it never was a cathedral. <br /> <br /> The first church here was erected on the site of a Roman temple to Minerva within the 5th century. This got replaced by a Romanesque buildig in the first decades of the 11th century. <br /> <br /> From 1405 on this Romanesque church got completely remodeled and rebuilt in Gothic style and was consecrated in 1437. <br /> <br /> -<br /> The ocotogonal "Battistero del Duomo" is Romanesque and older than the Duomo. It was built from bricks coming from Roman buildings within the 13th century and was originaly detached from the Romanesque Duomo. It was connected to the Gothic structure.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/49516782 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-03,doc-49516782 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 21:00:43 +0000 2019-07-01T00:00:00+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/323415/49516782"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/67/82/49516782.484bb5d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="190" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ancient Novara, which dates to the time of the Ligures and the Celts, was a "municipium", that got its name, by the Romans, when the local Gauls obtained the Roman citizenship. It was destroyed by in 386 by Magnus Maximus, rebuilt by Theodosius I., in 405 sacked by Gothic king Radagaisus and again by Attila in 452.<br /> <br /> Under the Lombards, Novara became a duchy; under Charles III (aka "Charles the Fat"), emperor of the Carolingian Empire, a countship. In 1110, it was conquered by Henry V and destroyed, but in 1167 it joined the Lombard League. At the end of the 12th century, it accepted the protection of Milan and became practically a dominion of the Visconti and later of the Sforza. In the Battle of Novara in 1513, Swiss mercenaries defending Novara routed the French troops besieging the city. This ended the French invasion of Italy in the "War of the Holy League".<br /> <br /> Novara was the centre of a bishopric already within the 4th century. A large cathedral was erected within the 11th century. It was demolished in the mid-19th century to make way for the current Neo-Classical structure, built 1863 - 1869.<br /> <br /> The baptistery was spared from Antonelli´s renovation. It is the earliest Christian monument in Novara, dating back to the early 5th century, built on a side already occupied in Roman times. In the centzer are the remains of an octagonal pool used for baptism by immersion.</div> Novara - Baptistery <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/323415/49516782"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/67/82/49516782.484bb5d5.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="190" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ancient Novara, which dates to the time of the Ligures and the Celts, was a "municipium", that got its name, by the Romans, when the local Gauls obtained the Roman citizenship. It was destroyed by in 386 by Magnus Maximus, rebuilt by Theodosius I., in 405 sacked by Gothic king Radagaisus and again by Attila in 452.<br /> <br /> Under the Lombards, Novara became a duchy; under Charles III (aka "Charles the Fat"), emperor of the Carolingian Empire, a countship. In 1110, it was conquered by Henry V and destroyed, but in 1167 it joined the Lombard League. At the end of the 12th century, it accepted the protection of Milan and became practically a dominion of the Visconti and later of the Sforza. In the Battle of Novara in 1513, Swiss mercenaries defending Novara routed the French troops besieging the city. This ended the French invasion of Italy in the "War of the Holy League".<br /> <br /> Novara was the centre of a bishopric already within the 4th century. A large cathedral was erected within the 11th century. It was demolished in the mid-19th century to make way for the current Neo-Classical structure, built 1863 - 1869.<br /> <br /> The baptistery was spared from Antonelli´s renovation. It is the earliest Christian monument in Novara, dating back to the early 5th century, built on a side already occupied in Roman times. In the centzer are the remains of an octagonal pool used for baptism by immersion.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/49516286 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-03,doc-49516286 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:52:10 +0000 2019-07-01T00:00:00+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/323415/49516286"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/86/49516286.4f9385e3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ancient Novara, which dates to the time of the Ligures and the Celts, was a "municipium", that got its name, by the Romans, when the local Gauls obtained the Roman citizenship. It was destroyed by in 386 by Magnus Maximus, rebuilt by Theodosius I., in 405 sacked by Gothic king Radagaisus and again by Attila in 452.<br /> <br /> Under the Lombards, Novara became a duchy; under Charles III (aka "Charles the Fat"), emperor of the Carolingian Empire, a countship. In 1110, it was conquered by Henry V and destroyed, but in 1167 it joined the Lombard League. At the end of the 12th century, it accepted the protection of Milan and became practically a dominion of the Visconti and later of the Sforza. In the Battle of Novara in 1513, Swiss mercenaries defending Novara routed the French troops besieging the city. This ended the French invasion of Italy in the "War of the Holy League".<br /> <br /> Novara was the centre of a bishopric already within the 4th century. A large cathedral was erected within the 11th century. It was demolished in the mid-19th century to make way for the current Neo-Classical structure, built 1863 - 1869.<br /> <br /> The baptistery was spared from Antonelli´s renovation. It is the earliest Christian monument in Novara, dating back to the early 5th century, built on a side already occupied in Roman times. Standing inside - the dome.</div> Novara - Baptistery <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/323415/49516286"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/62/86/49516286.4f9385e3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="180" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ancient Novara, which dates to the time of the Ligures and the Celts, was a "municipium", that got its name, by the Romans, when the local Gauls obtained the Roman citizenship. It was destroyed by in 386 by Magnus Maximus, rebuilt by Theodosius I., in 405 sacked by Gothic king Radagaisus and again by Attila in 452.<br /> <br /> Under the Lombards, Novara became a duchy; under Charles III (aka "Charles the Fat"), emperor of the Carolingian Empire, a countship. In 1110, it was conquered by Henry V and destroyed, but in 1167 it joined the Lombard League. At the end of the 12th century, it accepted the protection of Milan and became practically a dominion of the Visconti and later of the Sforza. In the Battle of Novara in 1513, Swiss mercenaries defending Novara routed the French troops besieging the city. This ended the French invasion of Italy in the "War of the Holy League".<br /> <br /> Novara was the centre of a bishopric already within the 4th century. A large cathedral was erected within the 11th century. It was demolished in the mid-19th century to make way for the current Neo-Classical structure, built 1863 - 1869.<br /> <br /> The baptistery was spared from Antonelli´s renovation. It is the earliest Christian monument in Novara, dating back to the early 5th century, built on a side already occupied in Roman times. Standing inside - the dome.</div> Martin M. Miles https://www.ipernity.com/doc/323415/49515958 tag:ipernity.com,2019-12-03,doc-49515958 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 13:49:01 +0000 2019-07-01T00:00:00+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/323415/49515958"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/59/58/49515958.6ccef1e3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="196" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ancient Novara, which dates to the time of the Ligures and the Celts, was a "municipium", that got its name, by the Romans, when the local Gauls obtained the Roman citizenship. It was destroyed by in 386 by Magnus Maximus, rebuilt by Theodosius I., in 405 sacked by Gothic king Radagaisus and again by Attila in 452.<br /> <br /> Under the Lombards, Novara became a duchy; under Charles III (aka "Charles the Fat"), emperor of the Carolingian Empire, a countship. In 1110, it was conquered by Henry V and destroyed, but in 1167 it joined the Lombard League. At the end of the 12th century, it accepted the protection of Milan and became practically a dominion of the Visconti and later of the Sforza. In the Battle of Novara in 1513, Swiss mercenaries defending Novara routed the French troops besieging the city. This ended the French invasion of Italy in the "War of the Holy League".<br /> <br /> Novara was the centre of a bishopric already within the 4th century. A large cathedral was erected within the 11th century. It was demolished in the mid-19th century to make way for the current Neo-Classical structure, built 1863 - 1869.<br /> <br /> The baptistery was spared from Antonelli´s renovation. It is the earliest Christian monument in Novara, dating back to the early 5th century, built on a side already occupied in Roman times</div> Novara - Baptistery <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/323415/49515958"><img src="https://cdn.ipernity.com/200/59/58/49515958.6ccef1e3.240.jpg?r2" width="240" height="196" alt=""/></a></p><div class="description">Ancient Novara, which dates to the time of the Ligures and the Celts, was a "municipium", that got its name, by the Romans, when the local Gauls obtained the Roman citizenship. It was destroyed by in 386 by Magnus Maximus, rebuilt by Theodosius I., in 405 sacked by Gothic king Radagaisus and again by Attila in 452.<br /> <br /> Under the Lombards, Novara became a duchy; under Charles III (aka "Charles the Fat"), emperor of the Carolingian Empire, a countship. In 1110, it was conquered by Henry V and destroyed, but in 1167 it joined the Lombard League. At the end of the 12th century, it accepted the protection of Milan and became practically a dominion of the Visconti and later of the Sforza. In the Battle of Novara in 1513, Swiss mercenaries defending Novara routed the French troops besieging the city. This ended the French invasion of Italy in the "War of the Holy League".<br /> <br /> Novara was the centre of a bishopric already within the 4th century. A large cathedral was erected within the 11th century. It was demolished in the mid-19th century to make way for the current Neo-Classical structure, built 1863 - 1869.<br /> <br /> The baptistery was spared from Antonelli´s renovation. It is the earliest Christian monument in Novara, dating back to the early 5th century, built on a side already occupied in Roman times</div> Martin M. Miles