I didn’t want to concentrate on one only, take your pick. The St. Peter und Paul Church in Hochheim am Main. The mosque in Weinheim. The Russian Orthodox church in Wiesbaden. The Buddhist temple in Siedelsbrunn. The great synagogue in Plsen. An oak. Monochrome Madness: … Continue reading What’s Your Doctrine of Choice?
Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge: October Alphabet Q or U in the word
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“Green is the prime colour of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.”
– Pedro Calderon de la Barca
It is said that the favourite colour of the prophet Mohammad was green. Considering that he lived in a desert country, I can totally relate. How lovely to find green shoots in the sand after a short shower!
However, I wonder if he would approve of the neon coloured trimmings one finds on the outside of many mosques in Saudi Arabia.
The mosque shown here is found in Germany, though, and I admit I tweaked the green tint a bit to make my point.
For more photos inspired by the Calderon de la Barca quote, click here.
The seventh week of Tourmaline’s colour challenge: Colour Your World.
Other people’s colour photographs are linked here.
These are skylights in the four corner buildings of the mosque in the palace gardens in Schwetzingen, Germany. These are not proper skylights but fake windows in the dome of the roofs, showing different phases of the moon: quarter, half, three quarters and full moon. The Red Mosque was never intended as a place of worship but is considered a “folly” – a building which served no purpose but to be there and be beautiful. It was constructed at the end of the 18th century when all things Turkish were very fashionable. It combines elements of Eastern and Western architecture.
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