Looking up towards heaven inside The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria. When The New Cathedral was designed it was to be the largest, tallest and most majestic cathedral in Austria. The bureaucracy had decreed however that in Austria-Hungary no building was allowed to be higher than Saint Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. Stifled […]
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Grub Castle can be seen across the water from the Austrian village of Hallstat on the eastern shore of Lake Hallstatt. This privately owned residence is immaculate and as such it is hard to imagine this fairy story castle has a 500 year history with humble beginnings as a simple farmhouse. In the intervening years […]
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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria is also known as the New Cathedral. ‘New’ is a timely reminder on just how old Europe is where a building constructed in late 1800’s is described as new! This is just a small part of this Roman Catholic church which can hold up to 20,000 […]
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This shop in the Irish village of Blarney reminded my of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory but on a much smaller scale. That hot pink is something you’d never see back in my home town where the incumbent chocolate shops are all in white, creams and brown. Bring on the colour! Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Mind Meltingly […]
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Before or after, up or down, there is a hint of Christmas but no one’s around. This Escher’s puzzle is full of detail and minutia. You can wander the pixels for hours, inspect the goods and note the trimmings. Before or after, there are no clues, it could be either. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Christmas Puzzle’, […]
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