Hello lovely peeps, here I am again with a postcard. This time from Austria. It comes from my friend Maggie, who travels a lot and she sent me not one but two postcards of this amazing church (in an envelope).
It's the St Barbara church in Bärbach, Austria. It was designed by Hunderwasser.
There was nothing on Wikipedia, but from all the different sites I visited, I cobbled this information together:
Despite its post-war origin, St Barbara Kirche was in need of renovating in the late 1980s. Local citizens voted to commission the maverick Viennese artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser to undertake the redesign.
Below the other postcard of the church by night:
Work began in 1987 and was completed in 1988.The façade, the roof and the tower with the golden sphere are rich in colour and form. The twelve gates symbolise the twelve world religions,
(Below two images from the Internet)
and with their symbols Hundertwasser made a gesture of ecumenism, dialogue between all denominations and tolerance. The interior of the church invites to silence and prayer and shows works by local artists., with Hundertwasser's own works in the altar niche and at the baptismal font being particularly impressive.
This church is not a museum-like place, but a lived expression of diversity, spirituality, and artistic freedom. An inspiring destination in the Graz Region that uniquely combines art, religion, and imagination.
Here are more images if you like to see them
I like this unusual art by Hundertwasser, like I like Gaudi.
The stamp on the envelope was this:
It celebrates the cello.
This past week has still been awful weather, but one of my boys Richard came to see me. He lives in the UK but was in Barcelona for business. He caught a flight to Granada and we enjoyed a couple of days together. That lifted my spirits no end. He took me out to lunch:
And we went for a long walk in between showers:
We met a snake along the path who had the same idea:
I don't know what sort it was, and it didn't stop, just crossed the road.
The weather was really stormy and at times it was difficult to stay on my feet.
We also went out for dinner and it is here that I can show you my drink that is a requirement to join the T-Party hosted by Bluebeard and Elizabeth.
My bottle of alcohol free beer. (I'm still on antibiotics for my peridental problem).
Then a friend and I drove him to Malaga airport to fly home.
The below picture was taken out of the car:
It's the Sierra Nevada mountains. Still very snowy.
I'll end with a photo of Ronnie, my cat, sleeping beside me as I type.
That is all for today,
Happy T-Day all,
Lisca
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