Sentences with phrase «century cathedral of»

Celuisma Las Lomas is a comfortable 3 star hotel in Oviedo, Spain, only minutes away from the center, which host the famous 14th century Cathedral of San Salvador, and the Campoamor theatre.

The ornate 7th century Cathedral of Syracuse, which has been both a mosque and a church in its long history.

The thirteenth century Cathedral of Santa Maria della Bruna made from tufa stone, stands tall overlooking the Sassi from the hightest point on Civita hill.

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Within a century, the foundation of St. Sofia was laid, and the cathedral became the burial place of church leaders and saints.

Such flowery verbiage is not unusual at National Cathedral, conceived early in the twentieth century as an American version of Westminster Abbey to enshrine the spiritual achievements of American Christianity, statecraft and civil religion.

Could the Byzantine cathedral then be a reminder to the great Western Empire of the 20th century that there was yet need to look eastward?

Another lottery - supported project at Durham Cathedral, Open Treasure, involves the Anglo - Saxon Treasures of St Cuthbert installed at their new permanent home - the 14th century monastic Great Kitchen.

His heart has been on display at the cathedral since the 13th century, when it was a Catholic house of worship.

«This year - long tour has given me a real understanding of how the innovation and vibrancy displayed by cathedral staff and their congregations is ensuring that these important churches continue to play a crucial role at the heart of local communities now and for centuries to come.»

The venerable Durham Cathedral in England houses a manuscript containing a collection of eleventh - century Old English proverbs known as the Durham Proverbs.

Public education flourished in the nineteenth century and schools came to dominate small town America's landscape in the way cathedrals dominated the landscape of European villages.

The same is true of candy canes two centuries earlier, also invented to keep children happy, this time at a Cologne cathedral Christmas service — the curve of the candy cane resembles a shepherd's crook.

He proceeds sequentially, from the sacred architecture of the Old Testament to the early Christian basilicas, then on to the Byzantine and Romanesque cathedrals and churches, and from there to the Gothic, the classicism of the Renaissance, the baroque and rococo, the neoclassicism and «revival» styles of the nineteenth century, and on to the present day.

Examining personal diaries, newspaper reports and advertisements from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Schmidt noted the way Christmas was once celebrated in department stores like Wanamaker's in Philadelphia, which featured hymn - singing and elaborate religious symbolism that turned the store's cathedral - like central area into a commercialized version of a church.

Henry Burton, writing at the end of the 19th century, likens these two chapters to the entryway of the grand cathedral of the Gospel.

One of the buildings destroyed was this cathedral, which traced its roots to the 12th century.

To take just one example, Mayernik describes two venerable Roman processions» the Possesso, the papal coronation procession from St. John Lateran to St. Peter's Basilica (i.e., from the cathedral of the Bishop of Rome to the most prestigious church in Rome, the site of St. Peter's tomb and the church closest to the part of Rome continuously inhabited from the fall of Rome to its sixteenth - century rebirth); and the annual Corpus Domini procession in the Borgo Vaticano.

It was during this time that the Church developed scholasticism, built the Gothic cathedrals (with their stained - glass windows and monuments), created the universities and the hospitals, encouraged the sciences and technical progress, perfected international relations between states, abolished slavery, advanced social progress and raised the condition of women, in such a way that, in the fourteenth century, Europe had far surpassed all the other continents.

The eleventh century saw the great cathedrals begun and the crusades launched, following decades of increasing contact with Byzantium and the Levant.

Gibbon had felt the energy of Gothic cathedrals when he visited them in the eighteenth century, and had condemned it; Ruskin had praised it in the nineteenth.

A nod to New York - style neo-speakeasies, this dimly lit subterranean hideaway lurks behind a set of 17th - century cathedral doors, but one step inside the elegantly adorned, leather - clad barroom, and any lingering eeriness is instantly forgotten.

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Up to now, a total of 9000 skeletons as old as the 9th century AD have been recovered from the excavations in the cathedral square in St. Pölten.

AUSTIN — If you walked the cobblestone streets and bustling markets of 16th and 17th century Mexico City, you would see people born all over the world: Spanish settlers on their way to mass at the cathedral built atop Aztec ruins.

Subsequently, the sixth century Byzantine Emperor Justinian contributed another layer of preservation when he completed the construction of a massive new cathedral, the Nea Ekklesia of the Theotokos, just to the north - east of the site on Mt. Zion.

The Coventry Blitz of 14 November 1940 resulted in the destruction of the 14th century cathedral church of Saint Michael by the German Luftwaffe.

We set off from Amman early in the morning... which was built on the site of the ruins of an old Byzantine Cathedral dating back to the 6th century.

Amman Dating Sites We set off from Amman early in the morning... which was built on the site of the ruins of an old Byzantine Cathedral dating back to the 6th century.

Disney's musical version of the Victor Hugo classic centers on a disfigured man who rings the bells of Notre Dame Cathedral in 15th - century Paris.

In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and only the deformed bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral can save her.

When Ken Follett published his massive novel «The Pillars of the Earth» some 21 years ago, my first reaction was one of misgiving - 1000 - pages - plus about building a cathedral in 12th century England?

However by the 14th Century, ropewalking had apparently been reinstated to its previous entertainment status, and perhaps even ratcheted up a notch since, according to an article at Atlas Obscura, during the lavish coronation of Queen Isabeau in 1389 Paris, an acrobat carrying candles «walked along a rope suspended from the spires of the cathedral to the tallest house in the city.»

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'' «We are going to win a Nobel Prize,» I breathed.As they stay up all night to read the 9th - century Codex, it spills answers to all the burning questions of the thinking Camino pilgrim, including: Is there any chance at all that a Middle Eastern Jew's bones are in a crypt in Santiago de Compostela, Spain?Why, in the cathedrals along the Camino, are there so many portraits of St. James riding his horse over people?Did the legend of James in Spain — and the nation of Spain, sort of — really begin with a scribal error in an old manuscript — the modern equivalent of a typo?We're spirited to early 800s northwestern Spain, where King Alfonso II is in a pickle.

The Picasso Museum marks its 50th anniversary in 2013 with three special exhibitions, while the cathedral - like Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya is showcasing the work of 19th - century painter Marià Fortuny this summer.

The first images of Russian Borzoi are considered the frescoes in St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev that appeared in the XIII century.

Set out on a guided tour of the old town and its 13th - century Gothic cathedral, a World Heritage site.

The city's landmark is the golden cathedral, begun in the late 13th century on the ruins of a mosque, and other historic sights in Ciutadella include a clutch of handsome Gothic palaces and churches, a colourful Modernista (Art Nouveau) fish market, and a pair of sturdy 17th - century bastions.

The hotel enjoys splendid views of the city, where you can visit its fairy - tale Alcázar castle, which inspired Walt Disney; well - preserved Roman aqueduct, winding alleys, stunning churches and 16th Century cathedral.

Explore the cathedral, viewing its intricate, 12th - century mosaic floor, and venture into a chapel containing the bones of more than 800 martyrs of the Turkish invasion of 1480.

Michelozzo, Antonio da Sangallo il Vecchio, Baldassarre Peruzzi, Vignola are only some of the names contributing to the urban aspect of Montepulciano, whose main buildings are mostly included within its city walls: the elegant Piazza Grande with its Palaces and the Cathedral; the long artery that under different names winds through the city, ranging along its sides sixteenth century or medieval façades, renaissance churches, and even sculptured stones dating back from the etruscan times; the charming little squares and the narrow, romantic passages.

This comfortable city hotel in Spain is located within walking distance from the main touristic sites in Segovia, such as the Santa María de Segovia Gothic Cathedral, the Alcázar Castle of the 11th century, or the Ayala Berganza, Castilian palace of the 15th century.

Day 7: Visit The Government Palace, The Baroque Cathedral Visit the Museum of the Revolution and an 18th century aqueduct Farewell dinner

The city's central square, the Plaza Mayor, the University of Salamanca as well as the 12th century Romanesque cathedral and the 16th century cathedral are all less than 30 minutes walk away from the hotel, making this a convenient place for visiting the golden city and its buildings made from glowing Villamayor sandstone.

Last year, the city's august heritage was further illustrated when workers restoring the city's 15th - century cathedral uncovered a set of frescoes by the Italian Renaissance masters Francesco Pagano and Pablo de San Leocadio, which had been obscured by later work.

It is impossible to fully appreciate the cathedral of Notre - Dame, Mont St Michel or the alignments of Carnac if you do not understand the reasons these structures were built and the way they have been used over the centuries.

Marvel at the 13th - century Romanesque cathedral and the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall)-- built on an island in the middle of the Regnitz River.