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Pilgrimage to Fatima


Pilgrimage to Fatima
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Copyright: Philippe BUFFARD (cobraphil8) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1743 W: 981 N: 1832] (11000)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2001-08
Categories: Ceremony, Architecture, Artwork
Camera: Minolta Dynax 500si, Sigma 28-80 mm, Fuji Sensia 100
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-03-15 4:46
Viewed: 7545
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
While waiting for impatiently the development of my two last films slides, which is increasingly long...

I present a crowned place to you which one can compare with Lourdes, it acts of Fatima in Portugal, in addition to the commercial side of the religion which jumps to the eyes, they also carried out a
superb basilica, the interior is an incredible beauty.

Here some explanations on this place and what it is judicious to have been held there before:

Fátima is a town in Portugal famous for the religious visions that are said to have taken place there in 1917.

Fátima is a city (cidade) of approximately 10,000 inhabitants located in the district of Santarém in central Portugal, 187 km south of Oporto and 123 km north of Lisbon. Fátima is a freguesia (parish) in the concelho (municipality) of Ourém.

The name of the city (formerly a very small village or place) comes from the Arabic Fahima or Fatima. History or rather legend claims that a Moorish girl with that name around the 12th century converted to Catholicism, then changing her name to Oriana, which gave the name to Ourém, the head of the county.

Fátima's claim to fame is the shrine called the Sanctuary of Fátima, built to commemorate the events of 1917 when three peasant children claimed to have seen the "Virgin of the Rosary", Our Lady of Fatima.

Fátima now attracts hosts of believers from far and wide, particularly on the pilgrimage days, and the shrine has been developed on a correspondingly large scale. The large torch-light processions in the evening are particularly impressive.

The pilgrims gather in Cova da Iria, on a huge esplanade in which is built a little chapel where the Virgin is believed to have appeared to the children. Around the esplanade are a considerable number of shops and stalls selling all kinds of religious articles.

On the far side of the esplanade rises the gigantic basilica, in neo-classical style, with a central tower 65 meters high, the construction of which was begun on 13 May 1928. It is flanked by colonnades linking it with the extensive conventual and hospital buildings. In the basilica are the tombs of two of the three seers, Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto, who died in 1919 and 1920 respectively, and were beatified in 2000. The third seer, Lúcia dos Santos, died in 2005.

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  • Paolo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4701 W: 146 N: 9001] (39569)
  • [2006-03-15 4:47]

Salut Philippe, excellent shot. the POV and the sky are both great!
a cloudy blue sky with a strong contrast with the grey of the stone of the church and the pillars.
good focus too, and an excellent note.
thanks, ciao

Salut Philippe,
Beau point de vue ici, j'aime bien les courbes aidees par la distortion qui guident l'oeil vers la basilique, l'angle de presentation est excellent, la qualite du scan est tres bonne aussi par contre j'ai l'impression que l'image est plus soft du cote gauche, la ou il y a les 3 arches doubles. pas trop grave, le sujet principal est bien net.
Bonne journee,
Jean-Yves

Hello Philippe
la ferveur catholique des Portugais n'a d'égale (et encore ...) que la grandeur des sites religieux ... Fatima, Bom Jesus, les monasteres de Batahla et des Jeronimes ... je ne suis jamais allé à Fatima ...mais je decouvre une basilique fidela à l'idee que je pouvais m'en faire.
Une belle compo, et l'immensite est accentuee par le grand angle et sa distorsion
Le ciel nuageux ajoute un caractere spirituel et dramatique à l'image
Amities, hugues

Salut Philippe. Je me demande ce que tu es allé faire à Fátima... j'espère que tu ais eu, au moins, une réponse à tes prières. Bref, j'y suis allé à plusieurs reprises, moi aussi, bien évidemment, car j'ai toujours été fasciné par le côté commercial des miracles en général. Nul besoin de faire du marketing à Stanford ou Harvard. Suffit d'apprendre avec nos amis de l'église catholique.

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  • cherubin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 531 W: 96 N: 336] (1961)
  • [2006-03-15 10:24]

Salut Philippe,
tres bon cadrage, pas en face, qui met en valeur ce chef-oevre d'architecture, toutes les detailles sont tres reussies, bravo
amities,
cherubin

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  • gaby Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1574 W: 48 N: 1587] (19023)
  • [2006-03-15 12:17]

Philippe bonsoir - ta phjoto est d'une telle qualité qu'on dirait une 3 D - c'est splendide -
la lumière aussi est très belle, notamment sur la droite, et elle s'accorde parfaitement avec ce ciel très torturé -
Merci et bonne journée
Gaby

Salut Philippe,
Une note intéressante et une belle image pour illustrer ce lieu. La lumière ainsi que les nuages ont permis d'obtenir un bon éclairage sur ce monument et tu as choisi un POV qui permet de se faire une idée de la dimension du lieu. Un scan d'une grande qualité.
Amicalement, Brigitte

Salut Philippe
Très belle vue de cette basilique!J'aime beaucoup la composition, le sujet est pile poil à sa place dans l'image. Le ciel est aussi de la partie, j'y vois même un visage qui regarde la basilique en haut à gauche! T'as pris ta photo le 13 ou quoi? La note est aussi bien instructive. Du tout bon!
Quentin

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