Church – where's gary

Lisbon 2.0

October 16, 2021May 14, 2023 Categories: Art · Lisbon · Portugal · TravelTags: Art · Church · Lisbon · Museum · Portugal

Almost to the date four years later, I am back in Lisbon. The beauty of not getting to see all sights on the first visit is that there are more new things to see upon one’s return. Convento do Cormo (or the Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) was built between 1389 and 1423 in the Gothic style. Considered by many to be Lisbon’s loveliest church, this convent has not had a roof since it fell in during the 1755 earthquake. A lawn now covers what was once the main nave. Mannerist and baroque architecture dominate the São Roque Church,…

To God and King

June 15, 2013April 4, 2014 Categories: Amsterdam · Architecture · Europe · Netherlands · TravelTags: Amsterdam · Church · Koninklijk Paleis · Our Dear Lord in the Attic · Royal Palace · Sint-Nicolaaskerk1 Comment

What major city in Europe would not have churches and palaces? During the Middle Ages, the Netherlands was a bastion of Catholicism. However, from the end of the 1500s, Calvinism took hold with Protestant opposition to Spanish Catholic rule. There was the Iconoclastic Riots of 1566 when the decorations of Catholic Churches were destroyed and lost forever. And in the early 1600, when a blind eye – in return for payment – resulted in clandestine churches. Formerly the town hall, the Koninklijk Paleis (Royal Palace) is still used by the Dutch Royal Family. Designed by Jacob van Campen, the neo-classical…