Looking back through my travel photos I see that in many places there was, on our agendas, an Abbey, Cathedral, Chapel, Church, Convent, Monastery, Mosque, Pagoda, Synagogue, Temple or other place of worship. As we travel along the road I often take snaps of God's houses we pass by. These buildings range from ordinary to ostentatious.
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Virgin Mary is venerated in some Christian religions as the mother of Jesus Christ. She is recognised in Gods' Houses by sculptures, paintings and other artworks. She is often portrayed holding a baby Jesus.
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| Church - Italy |
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| La Houge Bie - Jersey, Channel Islands |
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| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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| Cordoba, Spain |
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| Kotor, Montenegro |
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| Zakopane, Poland |
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| Broome, Australia |
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| A Shrine - Punta del Este, Uruguay |
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| The Pantheon - Rome, Italy |
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| Antwerp, Belgium |
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| Antwerp, Belgium |
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| Cordon, France |
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| Maputo, Mozanbique |
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| Manila, Philippines |
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| Lucca, Italy |
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| St Suzanne, France |
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| St Malo, France |
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| Pieta (Michelangelo) St Peters Basilica - Rome, Italy |
Mary is my favorite saint,.
ReplyDeleteThat sculpture from St. Paul's is strange!
So simple - the labelling told me what it was!
DeleteYour tour of Virgins bears testament to the power of Christian messaging...
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I think people of all faiths can recognise Mary in depictions of her.
DeleteI'd love for there to be more focus on Mary as a person rather than just her as a symbolic mother figure
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DeleteThe St Paul's Cathedral sculpture is very abstract but serene like the others
ReplyDeleteMore so than Michelangelo's Pieta.
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