Friday, November 10, 2006

On the tower

8 comments:

My Frontier Thesis said...

Wow, AI. Context, please. Is this Orthodox archetecture? I can see that the structure itself is shaped like a cross. I'm sure that wasn't an accident. Tell me what you know.

My Frontier Thesis said...

Also, considering the amount of windows in the structure, I'm gonna take a stab and say it's a product of the High Middle Ages, proto-Renaissance (about 1,100-to-1,200AD)?

Arelcao Akleos said...

It is a potentially magnificent Mosque

Mr roT said...

The baptistry-minaret is a little squat for the imam's taste. Demolish it and put up a proper one.

Tecumseh said...

Kind of scary up there on the tower. The thing is really leaning, no question about it. Had to crouch to take this pic, otherwise the vertigo could have been just too much for me. Churches there are Catholic, guys.

Mr roT said...

Most Orthodox does are octagonal, aren't they AI?

Tecumseh said...

Beats me, JJ. Never counted sides, for some reason. Way to found out?

My Frontier Thesis said...

Churches there are Catholic, guys.

Didn't know how far east you were travellin', AI.