Admiration (part 1)
Every time I visit a new place/city, I try as much as possible to visit a cathedral/church. My visit is not a religious one but an admirative one, I am simply fascinated by the time, effort, design and the details put in to building such monuments.
This is a great set of images - I love the altar but I'm also quite taken by the tiled flooring too. I'm with you on the admiration for church interiors - some have a simple beauty about them, others are the spectacular showcases of art. One of my favourite 'spectaculars' to visit is Carlisle Cathedral - the Angels and Stars ceiling leaves me speechless every time!
Amazing! Have you read Ken Follet's Pillars of the Earth? He writes about the fictionalized construction of a spectacular cathedral through the generations of those who built it. I love how he 'visits' cathedrals. He spoke of his process in the reader's note.