Posted on February 2, 2018
The little Rue Saint-Yves lies within the bounds of Chartres cathedral. The gateway dates from 1257. It is known as the Porte de l’Officialité because in medieval times it provided access to the Ecclesiastical Tribunal.
My thanks to the unknown lady who appeared from around the corner just as I was taking the shot. She made all the difference, not least in giving an idea of the scale of the Cathedral itself.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Roads
Category: Black & White Tagged: Black & White, Cee's Black & White Photo Challenge, Chartres, Chartres Cathedral, Cobblestones, Roads
Posted on August 30, 2016
For Tuesdays of Texture this week, I’ve chosen an image that I came across again when I was looking through my photographs of Petra, (yet) another of which I used for the latest WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.
This is a detail of one of the city’s cobbled streets: note the rut worn in the cobbles by the passing of countless wheels thousands of years ago:
Category: Texture Tagged: Cobbles, Cobblestones, Petra, Texture, TuesdaysofTexture