Religion Religious buildings (photos and discussion)

[Second Summer]

One of my pictures was reposted on Instagram. A bit of small fun, as they repost really good photographers, and then the picked one of my pictures too.

The picture was of the Swedish church at Kungslena.

Great picture, I can see why it was reposted!

 

[peacefulveglady]

I am enjoying the structures however, i am nothing religious no more.

 

[Mikkel]

Great picture, I can see why it was reposted!

Thanks. I'm really happy with that picture.

 

[KLS52]

One of my pictures was reposted on Instagram. A bit of small fun, as they repost really good photographers, and then the picked one of my pictures too.

The picture was of the Swedish church at Kungslena. I visited her on my vacation when I traveled in Arn's footsteps. There was a big battle at Lena in 1208. The church was probably build between 1100 and 1110. So and other medieval church.

All of the churches that is mentioned in the books about Arn was open. In Norway, I discovered that most of them was closed. So I had to joke a bit about it with some friends, that God is in Norway only on Sundays (I guess most Norwegians are only in chruch at things as weddings and funerals, and the 24th December...).

I love this!

 

[Second Summer]

Thanks. I'm really happy with that picture.

If you want more praise and exposure to even larger audiences, you can also upload your favorite photos to sites like Wikimedia Commons (so the photos can be used by multiple language versions of Wikipedia) and Flickr. (Make sure to choose a suitable licence.)

 

[Mikkel]

If you want more praise and exposure to even larger audiences, you can also upload your favorite photos to sites like Wikimedia Commons (so the photos can be used by multiple language versions of Wikipedia) and Flickr. (Make sure to choose a suitable licence.)

Thanks. Perhaps I'll do that when I get better. I haven't that many pictures that is good enough yet.


I have one more photo I like of my churches. And it reminds me of the good photos do not neccessary need to be taken in the front of the church.

Gudhem Church in Sweden. She was first build sometimes between 1160 and 1200, but was burned down in 1560 and rebuild. On the right you see a small part of the ruins of Gudhem Abbey. I guess you can translate Gudhem to God's Home in fact. This church is very simple, also on the inside, but very beautiful.

I was very surprised about Varnhem Monastry and Gudhem Abbey. I always thought they where bigger and lighter, but they are quite small and had to be quite dark too. Some places at Varnhem, I was able to touch both walls with my hands (and I'm 163 cm, so my arms aren't that long...).

 

[Mikkel]

Btw. I think I'm going to use some of the great winterdays to take pictures of the interesting churches close to where I live. A lot of them are white of cause, and white churches, blue sky and white snow makes good photos.

 

[Mischief]

Thanks. Perhaps I'll do that when I get better. I haven't that many pictures that is good enough yet.


I have one more photo I like of my churches. And it reminds me of the good photos do not neccessary need to be taken in the front of the church.

Gudhem Church in Sweden. She was first build sometimes between 1160 and 1200, but was burned down in 1560 and rebuild. On the right you see a small part of the ruins of Gudhem Abbey. I guess you can translate Gudhem to God's Home in fact. This church is very simple, also on the inside, but very beautiful.

I was very surprised about Varnhem Monastry and Gudhem Abbey. I always thought they where bigger and lighter, but they are quite small and had to be quite dark too. Some places at Varnhem, I was able to touch both walls with my hands (and I'm 163 cm, so my arms aren't that long...).

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Lovely!

 

[Mikkel]

The dogs were going to the vet today, so we visited a chuch on the way too. There's so much history close to where I live, so no need to travel to other side of Norway to look at old churches.

Oppegård Church was build in 1876. In 1150, there was a stave church built here, but she was removed in 1721 when they built a lumber church. That one was replaced by this wooden church in 1876. The oak you see in the background on the left is several hundreds years old. Some of the tombstones here was from the 18th and 19th century.

Not far from this church, Roald Amundsen's home is too.

 

[Mikkel]

I went to visit Ski Church today. It's 10 minutes for me to drive. It was under reconstruction, so I have to go back.

And I found this page: Hjem - Kirker i Norge | Kirkesøk That is poetry (or porn ). And I have 191 medieval churches to visit!

 

[peacefulveglady]

Here is that Las Vegas Cathedral i was speaking about .

 

[Chryssie]

Beautiful pictures everyone!

 

[peacefulveglady]

This is my other fascinating religious structors , my Grandma got me into this in the 80s and 90s, now its a Catholic church..

 

[Mikkel]

Nesodden Church.

An other medieval church from Norway, not far from where I live. She was buit between 1136 and 1180, and has church books back to 1709.

 

[Moll Flanders]

'Archaeology on steroids': huge ritual arena discovered near Stonehenge | UK news | The Guardian

It's amazing that archaeologists think they have discovered huge monuments buried under a grassy bank close to Stonehenge.

ETA I have been invited to Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge a few times but I have never gone. It probably would be a memorable experience.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I used to often go and sit in the Barking Abbey ruins. It is a really peaceful place even though it is so close to Barking town centre, East London.

Barking Abbey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the Curfew Tower.

 

[Mischief]

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ETA I have been invited to Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge a few times but I have never gone. It probably would be a memorable experience.

You should absolutely go. I would love to, and never will, so go in my stead.

 

[Blobbenstein]

Here's an old one:

Nympsfield Long Barrow is the remains of a Neolithic burial site or barrow, located close to the village of Nympsfield in Gloucestershire, South West England.[1]

It lies at the edge of a woods, and is now the location of a picnic site.[1] It is one of the earliest examples of a barrow with separate chambers.[2] It was constructed around 2800 BCE.[3]

Nympsfield Long Barrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I was up there this afternoon, and took some pictures.......older than the pyramids I think...?



There is a still intact barrow about a mile down the road, called Hetty Pegler's Tump. Maybe I will go there again...not as photographic, but I think you can go inside it.

 

[Mikkel]

Duddingston Kirk is a medieval stonechurch in Duddingston Village, Edinburgh, Scotland. She's the only surviving building from that period.

 

[Mikkel]

Eidsberg Church. She lays in Rakkestad in Østfold, and is a medieval church. She was built during the 13th century, but as most churches from those days both chanced, made bigger and restored. I liked this one really good, as it a bit different from the other mediaval churches in Norway. Quite a bit bigger also. I have to go back one day it's open to take a look inside too.

Even though the churches are very old, the tomb stones aren't. So a lot is removed and replaced with newer one. I've found tomb stone dated back to the beginning of 19th century this far, but no one older.