I was in Fife for a course last week and managed to make a flying visit to the Abbey before it closed. It being Fife, the beggars took my money before telling me the place was closing in five minutes. Anyway, a quickly-snatched photo on the phone, no less, gives you an impression of the sheer quality of the Norman architecture here. I shall return.
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Chateau staircase
Inside the chateau at Cabriès.
The chapel at La Vieille Charité in Marseille
The chapel in the centre of the courtyard of the hospital and almhouses of La Vieille Charité in Marseille. From our trip to Provence in the summer of 2014.
Light and shadow at MuCEM
Structural forms at MuCEM
Looking out from MuCEM
Rooftop terrace at MuCEM
Fan vaulting in Bath Abbey
This is another picture from my brief trip to Bath a week ago. The fan vaulting in this abbey church is spectacular and amongst the best in the country, totally enhanced by the golden Bath stone (an oolitic limestone). The ceiling was originally built under Robert and William Vertue and restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century.