Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: neogothic

Cerinogla was a municipium at the time of the Roman Empire. Re-founded by the Normans, in the Middle Ages it became part of the Kingdom of Naples and from 1418 it was the feudal property of the Caracciolo family for several centuries. In 1503 the city was the scene of the struggle between the French and the Spanish for the possession of the Kingdom of Naples. The "Battle of Cerignola" saw the victory of the Spaniards, so that the Kingdom of Naples became Spanish. Since the previous cathedral was no longer sufficient for the population of Cerignola at the beginning of the 19th century, a new church was to be built. After the rich fellow citizen Paolo Tonti had bequeathed his fortune to the city in 1855 for the construction of the new cathedral (that's why many call it "Duomo Tonti"), the construction of the neo-Gothic cathedral was finally started in 1873. Work progressed slowly and in 1934 the inauguration was celebrated.

In the background the medieval bridge, crossing the river Sorgue in Saint-Affrique. On the left the massive neogothic church, constructed in the end of the 19th century, on a place, where a church has been since the early time, over the tomb of Saint Affrique. Nearly nothing is known about him. The very large camel, standing right in the river, surprised me. The camel was real. It moved from time to time and drank water from the river. I tried pretty hard, but I found no connection between this wonderful animal, known from the north-african deserts - and Saint-Affrique. Later that evening I met the owner of the camel. It actually belonged to a small circus.

Saint-Affrique is a little town in the neighbourhood of the very small village of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, world famous for it´s Roquefort cheese, made from ewe´s milk. Through St. Affrique runs the river Sorgue, crossed here by five (!) bridges. The oldest, seen here, was constructed around 1270. In the background the neogothic from the late 19th century church with it´s towering steeple (81m).

Montpellier has a special relationship to Saint Roch, as he was born here in 1348. St. Roch is a very popular Saint, mostly his is pictured as a pilgrim, with a wound on his tigh - and a dog, holding a bread, at his side. He is Patron Saint of invalids, surgeons, gravediggers, apothecaries - and pilgrims, just to name a few. The neogothic church St. Roch was built in the 19th century, but the plans had to be cut, as money was running out. The construction never came to the planned end. The facade is finished, just the two towers never grew upwards.