Tag Archives: Basilica  Every once in a while I try to get put to shoot my hometown as if I were visiting a foreign place. Some cities have certain iconic structures that I feel I have to photograph. The Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome, the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City are all symbols of…  In the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, you will find one of the biggest Christmas trees in the world at this time of year. The whole square is alive with locals and tourists alike and everyone seems to be in a happy mood as they greet each other, take photos, and move on to their…  The Basilica di Santa Prassede all’Esquillin (commonly known in Italian as Santa Prassede) was my favourite church in Rome. Trust me, it’s hard to pick just one out of all the churches in the city, since every second building seems to be a church, basilica, or cathedral. Some of the churches are insanely opulent while…  So many churches and cathedrals in Europe are mind numbingly beautiful. The Duomo or Cathedral of Florence is no exception. In my opinion, the exterior of the building is one of the most breathtaking structures created by man. However, the austere interior left me rather disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, it has its charms, and…  I had rather lousy weather in Rome during my stay there but I made the most of it by going to shoot interiors when it was raining. I also got up really early such as for this photo of the beautiful angel statue on the Ponte Sant’Angelo that I took on my last morning in…  Here is the last of the images in this series from the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls. We are looking at the main doors with our backs to the tabernacle in the central nave of the church. I mentioned the 265 portraits of the Popes in the frieze above the columns in…  I wish that I could not just show you the beautiful mosaic from the apse of the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls but convey the feeling that I got when standing there under it in awe. I can only imagine how long it must have taken to complete this masterpiece. The details…  This is the opposite view of the first image that I presented in this series of photos from Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls. This time we are looking toward the front of the church from the far right hand side. One thing that is a little different about this church is the… |
