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- February 6, 2010 at 3:41 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773636
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ParticipantPart 3
February 6, 2010 at 3:39 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773635Praxiteles
ParticipantPart 2
February 6, 2010 at 3:35 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773634Praxiteles
ParticipantSome interesting clips on the Gothic:
February 6, 2010 at 3:30 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773633Praxiteles
ParticipantThis short clip indicates where our interest in Spanish Gothic architecture must eventually take us:
February 6, 2010 at 3:26 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773632Praxiteles
Participantditto
February 6, 2010 at 3:14 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773631Praxiteles
ParticipantSome more of Burgos Cathedral
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February 6, 2010 at 9:35 am in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773628Praxiteles
Participant@Quillber wrote:
Am i the only one who would rather not look at the term ‘Irish Catholic Church’ at the moment? In a forum dedicated to global regeneration projects and architectural development, isn’t there a church related forum you can find? You aren’t discussing Irish churches anyway..
An multifaceted insularist?
February 5, 2010 at 11:24 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773626Praxiteles
ParticipantSome views of the interior of Burgos Cathedral:
February 5, 2010 at 11:21 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773625Praxiteles
ParticipantAnd a curiosity of Burgos Cathedral
February 5, 2010 at 11:17 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773624Praxiteles
ParticipantOn a more general note, this short video presents an interesting take on contemporary European cathedrals and churches:
February 5, 2010 at 11:13 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773623Praxiteles
ParticipantSome more Burgos Cathedral shots:
February 4, 2010 at 10:09 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773620Praxiteles
Participant@gunter wrote:

Burgos is a very interesting structure for several reasons.
The cathedral is predominantly mainstream French gothic, with Spanish flourishes, but the openwork spires are German.
According to Wiki, the Bishop of Burgos travelled north to attend the four-year-long Council of Constance in 1417. Part circus, part trade fair, this was the council that dealt finally with the Avignon schism which had resulted in there being no less than three sitting popes at this time, presumably slugging it out like a Dave Allen sketch while dispatching liberal quantities of papal bull.
Job done, the Bishop of Burgos apparently returned to Spain with some teutonic master-masons including one Juan de Colonia . . . [John of Cologne] . . . and that’s how Burgos ended up with German openwork spires 🙂
Juan may have embellished his cv somewhat, since we know that the towers of Cologne Cathedral were just half-built stumps at this time [posted a few pages back] and just about the only actual built example of the fabled ‘German openwork spire’ at this time was the 14th century masterpiece at Freiburg Minster



Freiburg is one of the true high points of gothic, there is subtlety in every detail and unlike the cluttered spires subsequently built [to the medieval plans] at Ulm and Cologne in the 19th century, the space under Freiburg spire is totally open and has to be one of the most extraordinary spaces ever constructed.
Here is the link to the Council of Konstanz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Constance
And the seat of the Council still survives in Konstanz:
February 4, 2010 at 7:25 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773619Praxiteles
ParticipantBurgos Cathedral
The west rose from the Choir:
February 4, 2010 at 7:22 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773618Praxiteles
ParticipantBurgos Cathedral
The south transept
February 4, 2010 at 7:21 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773617Praxiteles
ParticipantBurgos Cathedral
The Rose window:
February 4, 2010 at 7:19 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773616Praxiteles
ParticipantBurgos Cathedral
The 16th century choir stalls:
February 4, 2010 at 7:16 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773615Praxiteles
ParticipantBurgos Cathedral
The vault of the sanctuary:
February 4, 2010 at 7:14 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773614Praxiteles
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February 3, 2010 at 9:29 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773611Praxiteles
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The tomb of Pedro Fernandez de Valasco, Constable of Burgos, and of his consort:
February 3, 2010 at 9:25 pm in reply to: reorganisation and destruction of irish catholic churches #773610Praxiteles
ParticipantBurgos Cathedral
El Santissimo Cristo de Burgos in the Capilla del Cristo
An example of the kind of religious art recently exhibited in London:
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