Dahlia at 'Bandra Base' Mumbai

Dahlia at the Blue Frog - Bengaluru - India

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STRIKING SIMILARITIES OF STEPPED CHURCHES ON HILLTOPS

STRIKING SIMILARITIES

OF STEPPED CHURCHES

ON HILLTOPS

Photos by 

Tony Fernandes

The Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception (Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição) is located in Panjim, Goa, India. The colonial Portuguese Baroque style church was first built in 1541 as a chapel on a hill side overlooking the city of Panjim. It was eventually replaced by a larger church in the 17th century. It is famous for the panoramic view of the city and a grand stairway to the top of the hill from Praça da Igreja, Church Square, Altinho, Panjim, Goa, India. ~ Photo by Tony Fernandes.

Remembering our visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Remedies (O santuário da Nossa Senhora do Remedios) Monte de Santo Estevão, Lamego, Portugal. 686 steps ending in a shrine built in the rocaille style in the mid-eighteenth century. 

Remembering our visit this day last year to Bom Jesus do Monte. It is a Portuguese sanctuary in Tenões, outside the city of Braga, in northern Portugal. Its name means Good Jesus of the Mount. The Sanctuary is a notable example of pilgrimage site with a monumental, Baroque stairway that climbs 116 meters (381 feet). It is an important tourist attraction of Braga. The design of the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus, with its Baroque nature emphasized by the zigzag form of its stairways, influenced many other sites in Portugal (like Lamego) and colonial Brazil, like the Sanctuary of Congonhas. These stairways have a remarkable resemblance to the ones of the Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception (Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição) Panjim, Goa. India.

Aspiring to Glory   #churches_of_portugal #spires_of_portugal

Shrine of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios. From one of the central avenues in Lamego (Avenida Dr. Alfredo de Sousa), climb to the top of the hill up an imposing baroque staircase with 686 steps ending in a shrine built in the rocaille style in the mid-eighteenth century for the worship of Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, although it was not completely finished until 1905. The steepness of the terrain accentuates the grandeur of the church and staircase in their setting, enveloped in the mystical atmosphere.

First Full Day of Spring

VERNAL EQUINOX

Dahlia at the Swig - Pune - India

Happy St. Patrick's Day

'TAPPED' at the Music, Food and Craft Beer Festival

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The Apostles Creed - Illuminated Calligraphy

CELEBRATING POPE FRANCIS

Celebrating Pope Francis.

               On March 13, 2013, white smoke billowed from the Vatican chimney, and the new Pope was revealed to the world as Francis. Suddenly, the entire Church was newly focused on his namesake, the Assisi man of poverty and of peace - Patron Saint of St. Anthony's High School, Monte de Guirim, Bardez, Goa, India.

               His Holiness Pope Francis demonstrates the joyful faith of Francis of Assisi wherever he goes. Today is the 5th Anniversary of Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church - a symbol of humility and kindness, an Apostle of peace and servitude, a voice of conscience and integrity. 

Please click on the following link to my blog article: 'Habemus Papam' - We have a Pope!

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Illuminated Calligraphy - Hail Mary

Rolling Stone Dahlia in Mumbai at The Quarter - Royal Opera House

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Dahlia at The Quarter, Royal Opera House - Mumbai

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