Nora Caracci's photos with the keyword: monastère

Monestir del Camp - Rossello - Catalunya Nord - França Santa Maria del Camp (Monastir del Camp, oficialment en francès), és un antic establiment religiós fundat el 1090 a la comuna rossellonesa de Paçà, a la Catalunya del Nord. La llegenda diu que aquest monestir s'aixecà a petició de Carlemany, quan aquest passà per la zona de tornada de la batalla del Coll de Panissars (juny del 785), però el Priorat és físicament almenys dos segles posterior a aquell fet bèl·lic. Segons la tradició, les tropes franques acampades a dues llegües de Paçà cercaven una font; quan un soldat clavà la seva espasa al llit sec d'un riu. L'aigua en brollà tan abundosament que tots pogueren abeurar-se del Riu del Miracle. Carlemany, en agraïment a la Mare de Déu, que havia socorregut l'exèrcit esgotat per la batalla contra els moros, demanà que se li bastís una capella en aquell indret. Explored Do not use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. All rights reserved - Copyright © Nora Caracci

Adiacente alla Cattedrale di Savona, la struttura (monumento visitato da più di quarantamila turisti all’anno in tempi "normali") fu costruita nelle sue forme attuali intorno alla fine del XV secolo. Racchiude, assieme al Palazzo vescovile, quanto rimane dell’antico convento francescano. In esso hanno avviato la loro vita religiosa i futuri papi savonesi Sisto IV e Giulio II. Sul lato destro rispetto alla mia foto, si apre la nostrana Cappella Sistina, voluta da Sisto IV come mausoleo per i suoi genitori Della Rovere. La mia foto è antecedente ai recenti restauri, il chiostro non si presentava molto bene, perciò l'ho un po' rimaneggiata con un sepia Do not use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. All rights reserved - Copyright © Nora Caracci

Abbaye de Sénanque - abadiá de Senhanca Vaucluse - Provence - France Do not use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. All rights reserved - Copyright © Nora Caracci

Thoronet Abbey (French: L'abbaye du Thoronet) is a former Cistercian abbey built in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century, now restored as a museum. It is sited between the towns of Draguignan and Brignoles in the Var Department of Provence, in southeast France. It is one of the three Cistercian abbeys in Provence, along with the Sénanque Abbey and Silvacane, that together are known as "the Three Sisters of Provence." Thoronet Abbey had a significant influence upon the Swiss architect Le Corbusier Following the Second World War, Father Couturier, a Dominican priest and artist, who had contacts with contemporary artists Marc Chagall, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard, invited Le Corbusier to design a convent at La Tourette, close to Lyon. Father Coutourier wrote to Le Corbusier in 1953: "I hope that you can go to Le Thoronet, and that you will like that place. It seems to me that there you will find the essence of what a monastery must have been like at the time it was built; a place where men lived by a vow of silence, devoted themselves to reflection and meditation and a communal life which has not changed very much over time." Le Corbusier visited Thoronet, and wrote an article about his visit, including the observation, "the light and the shadow are the loudspeakers of this architecture of truth." The convent that he eventually built has a number of features inspired by Thoronet, including the tower and the simple volumes, and the alternating full and empty spaces created by bright light falling on the walls. Explored Do not use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. All rights reserved - Copyright © Nora Caracci

The Abbey of Saint-Roman (Abbaye de Saint-Roman), is a cave monastery located in the communes of Beaucaire and Comps, in the Gard département of France. The site, which includes the ruins of a castle, the château de Saint-Roman-d'Aiguille, has been protected by the French Ministry of Culture as a "monument historique" since 1990 and includes a chapel, cloisters, terrace, tombs and walls. It was constructed in the 9th, 10th, 12th and 15th centuries. The abbey is reached by a signposted path from Beaucaire which leads past a vast chamber and the monks' cells to the chapel carved out of the rock (in photo here) which contains the tomb of St Roman. From the terrace, there is a fine view over the Rhône, Avignon and the Mont Ventoux area with Tarascon in the foreground (see PiP ). The Michelin Guide describes it "a site of captivating simplicity". Do not use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. All rights reserved - Copyright © Nora Caracci

Monestir del Camp - Rosselló - França Sfortunatamente era chiuso, niente Rivesaltes :( ma un cane c'era ;-))) PS: non riesco ad aggiungerla al gruppo Black & White Friday !!! Explored Do not use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. All rights reserved - Copyright © Nora Caracci

Andrò infatti nel Rossiglione - Catalogna del nord - Francia (Rosselló - Catalunya del nord - França) Questo è il Monastero (Monestir) di Santa Maria del Vilar Do not use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. All rights reserved - Copyright © Nora Caracci

Visitar Santa Maria de Ripoll és acostar-se a un dels edificis més bells i evocadors de Catalunya. La portalada, la basílica i el claustre, en fan un conjunt únic, un gaudi per als amants de l’art. Ripoll, monestir de patronatge comtal, va ser fundat vers el 879-880 per Guifré el Pelós, comte d’Urgell, Cerdanya, Girona-Besalú i Barcelona, dins un pla molt ambiciós d’afermament del seu poder a l’alta vall del Ter i en territoris de més al sud, que des de la revolta d’Aissó (826-827) havien restat desorganitzats i amb una població molt minsa. PiP Do not use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit written permission. All rights reserved - Copyright © Nora Caracci