Architecture That Commands Silence / #monomad challenge / [ING/ESP]
The photos 馃摳 are my entry to the #monomad contest from @monochromes and
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Greetings hivers.
I have always been fascinated by the architecture of churches, especially old Catholic churches. Their design seems intended to provoke awe, to make anyone who looks at them feel small before their greatness. If they are impressive today, it is hard to imagine what a person must have felt 200 years ago, when they were probably the tallest and most imposing structures in their surroundings. They must have been a true spectacle for the eyes.
It is no surprise that they became a powerful magnet for believers. Even today, many people enter not only to worship their saints and God, but also to admire the beauty of these monumental constructions, which continue to rise with the same symbolic and aesthetic strength with which they were conceived.
Saludos hivers.
Siempre me ha fascinado la arquitectura de las iglesias, especialmente las antiguas iglesias cat贸licas. Su dise帽o parece pensado para provocar asombro, para hacer que quien las mire se sienta peque帽o ante su grandeza. Si hoy resultan impresionantes, es dif铆cil imaginar lo que debi贸 sentir una persona hace 200 a帽os, cuando probablemente eran las estructuras m谩s altas e imponentes de su entorno. Debieron ser un verdadero espect谩culo para la vista.
No es de extra帽ar que se convirtieran en un poderoso im谩n para los creyentes. Incluso hoy, muchas personas no solo entran para adorar a sus santos y a Dios, sino tambi茅n para contemplar la belleza de estas construcciones monumentales, que siguen elev谩ndose con la misma fuerza simb贸lica y est茅tica con la que fueron concebidas.
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Technical data: Nikon camera: Nikon D700 Nikon lens: 50mm f1.4 p-ais; 105mm f2.5 p-ais; 55 f1.2; 35mm f1.8 G Translated by Deepl free version.7