Truth be told, this image is really more about Laon Cathedral than the sky. In the mid 90s, my wife and I spent two successive summer vacations driving around France on our own on a pilgrimage to visit their great 12th and 13th century Gothic [and some Romanesque] cathedrals. While it's hard to pick favorites as far as overall exterior architecture is concerned, however, Laon ranks way up there. One of its especially endearing features is the collection of animals placed around the uppermost towers/columns. If you enlarge the image, you will see steer and sheep [and, sorry to say, dirt specks that accumulated on my slides over the 20 years prior to their being scanned]. As I recall, there was a large open area in front of the church with benches where we could sit and leisurely [Laon is not a big tourist town] gaze at the facade. OK -- I'll admit to having Chartres Cathedral as my favorite.
6 comments:
Awesome shot!
Happy SkyWatch!
It's an awesome structure and you've captured it well. The little cloud in the sky gives the sky some interest too. Happy SWF!
Thanks Folks! I'll be on break for a few weeks ---
Captured so beautifully!
My Sky Shot, have a great weekend.
gorgeous!!!
This is an interesting mix of Gothic and Renaissance, with the pillars! That's a great focus for a summer vacation!
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