Sentences with phrase «old stone church»

MY FAVOURITE BUILDING IS the Old Stone Church, FOR ITS historical value before and during the Anglo Boer War.

For the music - lovers onboard, there's the opportunity to visit an old stone church in Dubrovnik, where you'll be treated to a private concert of classical music, performed by the Croatian National Philharmonic Orchestra.

Experience Old Manila by foot and travel through Rizal Park; the Walled City of Intramuros; Fort Santiago; San Augustin, the country's oldest stone church; and Casa Manila before boarding a horse - drawn carriage and trotting off to Chinatown.

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The few old men around took shelter in the shade beside the massive stone foundations of the church.

Our mothers and fathers, and the children when they got old enough, were involved on several fronts in order to make the social soil suitable for growth: the neighborhood, the white world that tried to put immovable stones in the soil, and the church that helped provide moral and spiritual (and often political) sustenance.

I used to think it was the old European women from three or four generations back that had religion and superst.ition fed to them in equal amounts — even some as recent as my mother's generation with the nuns» stories about lying before communion and having their tongue fall out of their mouths, or having the stone lions in front of the protestant church come to life and eat them or having the earth open up and swallow them because they didn't go to confession.

The 60 - year - old was found guilty of 12 sexual offences, against two boys known to him, while he was priest at St Luke's Church at Stone Cross, near Eastbourne, in the Chichester diocese.

I also have a huge penchant for really old churches, the old stone work and dainty glass windows fascinate me.

Cartagena's Spanish - colonial architecture, centuries old stone walls, cobblestone streets, vast balconies and historic churches where the perfect canvas for my natural elegance vision.

It's known for its five - star retreats, great food, high quality wines, old stone cottages and Lutheran church spires.

The local stone masonry can be seen in the traditional old village houses and pretty churches.

Marvel at beautiful churches and one of the oldest stone bridges crossing the River.

As you fly into Guatemala City one of the most modern cities in Central America, you will be met by a representative of our Voltan Adventure team, then travel to Antigua Guatemala place where you will stay for two nights, with plenty of time to walk along the cobble stone streets, visit the old churches, monasteries, the central plaza take pictures of the colorful and Spanish style buildings with three volcanoes.

The narrow paved streets with low stone benches, twisting and turning like a labyrinth, ancient pillars and Roman marble urns mapping out the oldest historical remains of the city, and the most stunning of it all — the tiny church of Epta Martyres («the Seven Martyrs») perched on top of a small hill, seemingly floating on the azure sea... you will feel like you're inside a fairytale.

Together with Palme, Mrs. Knight visited old wood churches and ancient stone castles before construction on Vikingsholm began in 1929.

The church features Gothic architecture, with a pointed arch, supporting buttresses and belfry, with the main highlight being the gold - painted wooden statue of Mae de Deus, followed by the adorning black stones which were excavated from the church's original location in Old Goa.

The city, which was founded after the Spanish conquest, has attractive old buildings that include churches, convents, and colonial homes — some of these are constructed from white sillar stone, which glimmers in the sun.

Adjacent to the location guests will find the ever impressive Dutch Reform Church dating back to the early 1800's, some stunning old buildings with true Cape Dutch and Victorian architecture as well as the Drostdy Museum that is just a stone's throw away.