A-Z Blogging Challenge 2024: V is for Virgin Mary

 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. 

For the Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Blogging Challenge my theme is Gods' Houses. During April I invite you to join me for an online tour of Gods' Houses from my digital albums.

The 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.

Church - Italy

La Houge Bie - Jersey, Channel Islands

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cordoba, Spain

Kotor, Montenegro

Zakopane, Poland

Broome, Australia

A Shrine - Punta del Este, Uruguay

The Pantheon - Rome, Italy

Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp, Belgium

Cordon, France

Maputo, Mozanbique

Manila, Philippines

Lucca, Italy

St Pauls Cathedral, London, England

St Suzanne, France

St Malo, France

Hagia Sophia (Now a Mosque) - Istanbul, Turkey

Pieta (Michelangelo) St Peters Basilica - Rome, Italy

A-Z Blogging Challenge 2024: R is for Religious Art

 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. 

For the Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Blogging Challenge my theme is Gods' Houses. During April I invite you to join me for an online tour of Gods' Houses from my digital albums. 

My R phrase is Religious Art. I'm taking a broad brush to this topic and including Paintings, Calligraphy, Mosaics, Carvings, Friezes, Sculptures, Statues, Tapestries, Frescoes and any other media I find interesting. 

Shanghai, China

Vienna, Austria

Jersey, Channel Islands

Mumbai, India

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Antwerp, Belgium

St Isaacs Cathedral - St Petersburg, Russia

Kuching, Malaysia

Manila, Philippines

Mumbai, India

St Barbara's Cathedral - Kutna Hora, Czechia

Goa, India

Bucharest, Romania

Saint-Germaine-des-Pres, Paris, France

Hue, Vietnam

Penang, Malaysia

Sugimoto Shrine, Japan

St Stephen Walbrook - London, England

Colombo, Sri Lanka

This whole Church is a work of art
St Telio's Church - St Fagans Museum, Cardiff, Wales

Duomo - Florence, Italy

A-Z Blogging Challenge 2024: P is for Pagodas and Pulpits

 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. 

For the Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Blogging Challenge my theme is Gods' Houses. During April I invite you to join me for an online tour of Gods' Houses from my digital albums.

I had planned to highlight Pews in this post but saw that Pews were obvious in my Naves post. Realising that I've had a Christian bias I've decided to cover Pagodas (even though my collection is sparse) and Pulpits (which I have in abundance)

Tokyo, Japan

Helsinki, Finland

Kaishiung, Taiwan

St Nicholas - Cuddington, England

Giske Church - Giske, Norway

Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, England

Somewhere in China - Taken from a River Cruise

Private Chapel in The Elms - Tauranga, New Zealand

Bruges, Belgium

Kristianopel, Sweden

Pantheon, Rome, Italy

Kutna Hora, Czechia

Mykonos, Greece

Kaoshiung, Taiwan

A Huge Complex - Hue, Vietnam

Hue, Vietnam

Oops - I didn't tag this one

Lima, Peru

Qaqortoq Greenland

Vietnam