Cattedrale di San Giusto by ltodd

Cattedrale di San Giusto

This is the interior of the Trieste Cathedral in northern Italy, one of my favourite churches on this trip so far. It is built using parts of excavated Roman buildings, and as you can see is surprisingly small & simply adorned inside. Parts of the floor are Roman mosaic, and where possible areas seem to have been preserved and respected. Some areas (not seen here) have been repaired in an almost ultra-modern look which I actually liked, as throughout the building there is a sense of man-kind moving through time with a sense of purpose. The large circular Gothic window contains simple clear glass rather than stained glass decoration, but it bathed the interior with the soft warm glow from the late afternoon sun.

works nicely viewed on black too if you have time. :)
Fav. The lighting in this is amazing, especially how it catches the chandelier, and it reminds me of a renaissance painting.
June 17th, 2016  
Very nice on black, and lovely architecture!
June 17th, 2016  
What a beautiful space!
June 17th, 2016  
@jbd1962 thanks Jonathan :) it was very late in the afternoon and there were no electric lights on apart from on the paintings and I thought the amazing textures were fabulous.
June 17th, 2016  
Spectacular on black indeed. Awesome light and shadows highlighting the textures so beautifully. The perfect choice of composition makes it look like wonderful painting. Most excellent t, Lyn. FAV
June 17th, 2016  
Very nice. I like the pew ends catching the light.
June 17th, 2016  
There would be more than one reason to get lost in thought there- looks fascinating. Beautiful shot!
June 26th, 2016  
Gorgeous architecture!
July 2nd, 2016  
Great use of the lighting on the chairs that lifted the whole picture.
July 2nd, 2016  
such beautiful light you've captured here!
July 7th, 2016  
Lee
Wonderful light.
July 9th, 2016  
great composition - and light. Have only discovered your photos....they are just wonderful Lyn.
July 14th, 2016  
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