Cami

Yet another beautiful Istanbul mosque, cami in Turkish.
 

Sé de Faro

Panoramic view of the nave of the beautiful cathedral (or Sé) in Faro, Portugal, aka Igreja de Santa Maria.

 

Street light

 

Saint Jean

St John church was a former monastery church. Built in 1477, and heavily damages during WW2, it is now home to a monastic fraternity (whatever this means. I saw a nun unlocking the door this morning). I love the simplicity of it!
A close-up of the lion above the entrance:

Place of music and dance

Aka Cité de la musique et de la danse, the most musical building in town, musicians (and I suppose dancers) rehearsing at all hours. Also a concert place, a few hundred meters from the city center.

Raven's court

Actually the raven's courtyard. Ravenscourt is a tube station in London, from where I commuted daily for a few years. Well, couldn't resist, couldn't I!
Anyway, this is the Cour du Corbeau. An old inn, it became a hotel in 1528. Yeah, things are old here! This is the entrance to it, 57 rooms in a 4 stars hotel, a few minutes from the cathedral.

The palace of the princes-bishops-cardinals de Rohan

That's right, they were princes, bishops and cardinals, all together, all at the same time. And well, seems they didn't like Ikea forniture...

The bedroom, far bigger than our flat:

They were short people.
Wonder what the toilet looks like...

Passerelle des 2 Rives

The pedestrian bridge (passerelle) linking both shores (rives) of the Rhine river, by the architect Marc Mimram, a master of mathematical science (wow). Quite impressive, but Calatrava, he is not. Calatrava was too expensive, I guess.
Well, what can I say, I am a big Calatrava fan!

Classy!

So I went for a bit of shopping, to Karlsruhe, the next big German city, an hour away. Some nice buildings there... This is but a side entrance to the former palace of the local dukes, now a museum.

Weekend in black and white

Street art can at times be quite amazing! Want some more monochromes? Click here!

St Paul

St Paul is a protestant church, built by the Germans 150 or so years ago, as their garrison church. The church has 14 entrances, one for each army corps... It is 70 meters tall, the 2nd tallest after the cathedral.
Some more skywatch photos here

St Laurent

An older photo, published on several websites before. The St Laurent chapel (1495-1505), used for adoration, weddings and funerals of parishioners.

Rock star!

Carrying on with my little series about, may I introduce the minstrel, the true rock star (pun intended) of his time! A bearded bard!

The man on the railing - L'homme de la balustrade

Another curious figure is this man leaning on a railing. Legend says that he is an architect, jealously watching what his competitor had built.

La legende raconte qu'il s'agit d'un architecte regardant ce que son concurrent avait construit.

Europa

Strasbourg est le siege de plusieurs institutions europeennes, dont celle-ci, le Parlement Europeen.

Strasbourg hosts several european institutions. This is one of them, the European Parliament.

Weekend Reflections? Here, ici!

Museum of modern lard - Musee du lard moderne

AKA the museum of modern art... But I guess, for many Strasburgers (yes, Ich bin ein Strasburger, lol), the joke has to made... It is the multicolored building in the mist, btw.

Musee de l'art moderne, en fait... Mais pour beaucoup de gens, la vanne est sans doute trop bonne... C'est le batiment colore dans le brouillard.

Du neuf sur de l'ancien - Where old meets new

Seems strange to me to see a glass... thing next to 15th century buildings... Oh well, at least it is too much of an eyesore.

Je me demande ce que les gens du coin ont du penser quand on a construit ce truc en verre... J'aime assez.

Les Ponts Couverts

Ponts Couverts, covered bridges, are part of very old line of fortifications who protected the town from invaders in the 13th century. More about them here.

Les Ponts Couverts, partie des vieilles fortifications protegeant la ville des envasseurs au 13eme siecle. Plus d'infos ici.

The red house - la maison rouge

A rich burger's house near the cathedral

Maison bourgeoise cossue, pres de la cathedrale

Les couleurs de la ville - A city full of colors

Many ancient buildings (a lot of them around!) were built from pink(ish) sandstone from the nearby Vosges mountains. But not all of them, fortunately!

Beaucoup de batiments anciens ont la couleur gris-rose sale caracteristique au gres des Vosges. Mais pas tous, heureusement!