Monday Window – Venice

Posted on December 2, 2019

An impressive array of windows on the upper floor of this palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice.

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Monday Window: Carcassonne

Posted on November 25, 2019

An unusually-shaped and exceptionally ornate stained glass window in the Basilique de Saints Nazaire et Celse in the city of Carcassonne.

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Monday Window: Unoccupied building, Chabanais

Posted on November 18, 2019

This window above the abandoned premises of a video hire shop (remember them?) in the town of Chabanais is lifted out of the ordinary by the eerie presence of an old lace curtain.

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Monday Window: The Grand Mosque, Muscat

Posted on November 11, 2019

The Grand Mosque in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman, features many stained glass windows. In accordance with Islamic tradition, images are geometrical and abstract rather than featuring depictions of the human form.

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Monday Window: Derelict house, Cahors

Posted on November 4, 2019

This derelict building in the medieval centre of the town of Cahors, in southern France, still has stained glass in its upper part, which gives some indication of how grand it must once have been. #MondayWindow.

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Monday Window: Old barn at Asniers

Posted on October 21, 2019

My contribution to #MondayWindow this week is a now bricked-up little window in an old barn in the nearby village of Asniers. Originally, this would have provided light and ventilation for the livestock kept within, but in all likelihood this barn (like ours) is now only used for storage.