Dnext

April 7, 2023 6:14am

#monastery #stantaclara #portugal #poem #mywork
The Ruins of the Monastery of Santa-Clara-a-Velha-Coimbra
PORTUGAL

Flooded and drowning in its own tears.
Abandoned, stripped of treasures, not even a bell in its bell tower
Silenced.
There is still the beautiful Rose Window.
There are still some starry tiles on a wall.
The color red made from drops of blood from human beings.
I think of those long ago workmen creating beauty with their
hard work, sweat and blood.
I walk the hallways with saintly ghosts. We stop to look out of the windows.
One has a dainty, white handkerchief. She reaches out to dry my tears.

earendil

March 29, 2023 11:09am

#restoration

#monastery

#Iraq

(https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2023/3/29/mass-held-at-st-michaels-monastery-in-mosul-northern-iraq)

Mosul’s St Michael’s Monastery holds mass 20 years after invasion

The Iraqi city’s Christian community was driven out by an ISIL occupation and successive waves of violence.

earendil

February 17, 2023 6:14pm

#progress

#monastery

(https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-monks-get-electricity-for-the-first-time-thanks-to-solar)

Chinese monks get electricity for the first time, thanks to solar

Ten panels at the Boluo Temple provide power for the monks, as well as a ginger cat named Flower. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Hackaday (unofficial)

January 13, 2023 7:00pm

A medieval Gothic Monastery built using CAD / CAM

#cnchacks #interest #architecture #cad #carmelitemonks #carving #cnc #gothic #limestone #monastery #hackaday
posted by pod_feeder_v2

A Medieval Gothic Monastery Built Using CAD / CAM

Just because you’re a monk doesn’t mean you can’t use CAD. The Carmelite monks of Wyoming are building a grandiose Gothic Monastery, and it’s awe inspiring how they are mana…

Michael

January 10, 2022 9:13pm

Monastery in Galicia

After 20+ years, with huge chunks of photography time turned to online forums (Flickr, G+, etc.), I've had a little time to look back at some of my pre-social media albums. I was curious how they'd display on the platforms (like this) I now use.

Perhaps ahead of my time, I designed these pages so you could just click (this was before the era of tapping on tiny screens) to take a self-tour around a labyrinth of related photos. I think it works great these days too. While there are text links (designed for big monitors), the "tap on the photos" self-touring works and can let you casually stroll around the globe, the world as seen by me. ;)

More photography from Spain @ http://www.fenichel.com/spain

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