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Cathédrale Notre Dame de Strasbourg

 

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Almost lunch time. Bon appétit!
 

Reflections

 Light play in Strasbourg's Notre Dame cathedral

A bubbly weekend reflection

Old photo, at the cathedral. More weekend reflections here.
 

"I'm well done on this side. Turn me over!"

St Lawrence is supposed to have said it, when he was martyred on the grill. Immortalised in stone on our cathedral here in Strasbourg. The pink sandstone  stonework dates back 800 years... 

More b&w for this weekend here.
 

Weekend in black and white

We've had last night the heaviest snowfall since 2006, up to 45 cm, a foot and a half near the Basel airport. About 6 inches, 15 cm here. Anyway, more b&w here.

The original, non edited:

 

First winter morning

Strasbourg's cathedral, as seen from my balcony this morning
 

A weekend reflection

Parts of the cathedral reflected in the windows of the Rohan palace.
More weekend reflections here

A Buddha plethora

A few step from the (catholic) cathedral. True ecumenism!
More weekend reflections here.

Weekend in black and white

Scene from bubblier times.
More b&w here.

City daily photo theme day: brown

Originally pink, the cathedral's stones turned brown, or even grey, over many centuries of pollution. Still beautiful though.
More theme day photos here

Weekend in black and white

Notre Dame de Strasbourg, seen from rainbow street, rue de l'arc en ciel. 142 meters tall, or 465 inches.
More black and white here

Notre Dame de Strasbourg

Well, they built things to last, 1003 years ago...

Stitching

Old photo... Actually a composite of 7 photos, with the help of a little program called Microsoft Image Composite Editor, aka ICE. free, very easy to use. Without it, this photo would have been impossible, and it is one tall lady!!! 142 meters/466 feet.
The technique used is call stitching.

Light

Gorgeous light in the cathedral a few weeks ago

Having a laugh

Those 2 gargoyles always make me smile. I wonder what they're laughing about... Me? The tourists? Are they planning their next shenanigans? We will never know. I've tried to ask them, but was met with a stony silence.

Good morning!

The view from my kitchen window, whilst sipping my first coffee of the day

Pink sandstone

Once upon a time, the cathedral, our Lady of Strasbourg, used to be pink. Pink sandstone, from the nearby Vosges mountain range. You can guess what happened: smoke during the last few centuries, pollution, weather, pigeons... She is rather dark now, a dirty greyish-brown. Cleaning the stone is never ending work... You can see the original color in the faces. Pink she was, pink she will be again, one day.
This was all carved on site 700-800 years ago. Totally amazing craftsmanship!!!!!

Francis, looking up

I don't go to the cathedral as often as I did once. You might know that France is still in a state of emergency, due do terrorist attacks. At the cathedral, you have now controls, restricted opening times, long to very long queues (tourists!). Last sunday, surprise; no queue!!! So, let's go in! Well, there was a mass, so no going around. Found my old mate (saint) Francis, just standing there, staring at something. What do you see, Francesco???