Rest Your Bones in Beaune
Chapel bench, Collégiale Basilique Notre-Dame, Beaune, France
Solemn Seating
Chapel bench, Collégiale Basilique Notre-Dame, Beaune, France
It was a sunny but brisk day in Copenhagen. Perfect for a late afternoon canal tour.
Departed from Nyhavn, or new harbor. Now a trendy and tourist area, it used to be a bad section of town.
The Opera House, a gift to the country from Denmark’s richest man.
The National Theater
One of the kings liked Amsterdam so he built canals.
There are lots of low bridges.
You can climb the spire of Our Savior’s Church. Spot the tiny people.
Three entwined dragons top the Borsen, a 17th-century stock exchange. The dragons represent Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
Back to Nyhavn.
It’s sad to see the end of the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. It was a great community, and I found some great blogs to follow every week.
Side Chapel Wall Decoration, Notre Dame, Paris
Side Chapel Wall Decoration in Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France.
Join Nancy’s A Photo A Week: Orange
This week’s WordPress challenge asks us to identify a favorite place to which we return when we can. Frank’s Tuesday Photo Challenge, at Dutch Goes the Photo, also wants us to identify favorite places. I don’t have a specific favorite place I can select. I have moved around the US during my working career, and I don’t return to many of the places I visit when I travel. So I have selected some of my favorite buildings and monuments to which I would return if I could. Architecture does speak to me.
Join WPC: Favorite Place
Join Frank’s Tuesday Photo Challenge: Place
Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Cairo, Egypt
Section of a portico arcade in the Mosque of Ibn Tulun (Masjid Ibn Ṭūlūn) in Cairo, Egypt. It is said to be the oldest mosque in the city surviving in its original form and is the second oldest mosque in Egypt. Commissioned by Ahmad ibn Tulun, the Turkic Abbassid governor of Egypt, the mosque was constructed between AD 876 and 879. The upper part of the mosque’s exterior walls hold 128 arched windows with intricate pierced-stucco geometric patterns. Only four of the arched windows date back to the period of Ibn Tulun. The intersecting circle motifs are specific to that period. Each window is unique in its design motif and they are considered one of the most exquisite characteristics of the building. Stucco decoration of combining linear and floral decoration adorn the edges and soffits of the arcade and window arches. The mosque has the oldest and richest collection of stucco decoration in Egypt. For more detailed information on the style and decoration of the mosque, go to Discover Islamic Art .
