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Corroios Church, Portugal


Corroios Church, Portugal
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Copyright: Francisco Santos (xuaxo) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2470 W: 161 N: 2259] (3927)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-30
Categories: Architecture
Map: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Eglises, Eglises citadines - City churches, Chapels/SMALL churches of everywhere in World II, Churches of our Lady, Churches and chapels in the world, Churches [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-08 9:54
Viewed: 357
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is the Igreja Paroquial de Nossa Senhora da Graça (Parish Church of Our Lady of Grace), in Corroios, Portugal.
There was here a church since some five centuries ago. The earthquake of 1755 destroyed that first church. It was restored; but in the next century the parish was extinguished and the church became ruins again. By the middle of the 20th century this church was reestablished and restored again.
This is a typical parish church of a village in Southern Portugal. Its size was according to the population of the Corroios village of that time. Now Corroios is just a part of the big urban area around Lisbon, full of apartment blocks; it has much more population. But, by the other hand, nowadays much less people attend the church services, therefore the small church is enough for a bigger population. This is also a hint how the Catholic Church attendance dwindled.
See in the workshop how the small village became a large city.
In another workshop I made a fake postage stamp, just for fun.
pelin, maloutim, npecanhuk, plimrn, vbbreizh, AiresSantos, mikolaj_kawa, Bluejeans, stego, lucasgalodoido, TeresaT, Docarmo has marked this note useful
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Boa tarde Francisco!
Thank you for sharing this testimony of the religious history of Portugal! True! The richer the people, the less religious they seem to become! Probably they become more attached to worldly goods than to spiritual cares. But on the other hand, I think it was easier for the Church to keep its power on people when they were poor uneducated villagers.
Anyway, enough of philosophical diatribes! Your photo looks very nice . I like the colours and the sharpness.
Your composition also proves your note to be right, with the old houses on the left and the new housing estates on the right.
Cumprimientos.
MarieLouise.

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  • plimrn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3588 W: 226 N: 4741] (15087)
  • [2008-05-08 11:55]
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Ola Francisco,
I love the interesting shapes of the church against the perfect sky. I probably would have cropped the building on the left, but my first thought was that it was well-framed so perhaps it would look worse cropped. Interesting note & WS.
SAA, Pat

Bonsoir Francisco,
Bien différente des églises bretonnes, mais sous un ciel presqu'aussi bleu ;o)
Excellent cadrage et belle maîtrise de la lumière. Bravo !
A wechal paotr !
Gilles

Olá Francisco,
Outra bela foto, mostrando-nos a boniteza da arquitetura portuguesa, a simplicidade de suas pequenas cidades, com um lindas formas e cores, bem como uma excelente nitidez!
Parabéns!
Abraço,
Neyvan

Ola Francisco
Uma bonita vista de corroios onde podemos ver para alem da Igreja as habitaçoes.
As cores estao muito bonitas e a luz bem manuseada
Um abraço Amigo
Aires

Ola Francisco! Very interesting church. Interesting architecture and story. Good POV. Good lightness. Beautiful colors. Original work. Saude!

Oi amigo ,
Bonito ponto de visão , com a igreja em grande plano com as ruas laterais a dar profundidade , gostei muito das cores , boa luz,parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

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  • stego Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3378 W: 575 N: 4348] (13304)
  • [2008-05-10 13:27]
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Olá Francisco,
Esta é sem dúvida uma das tuas especialidades: dar a conhecer os pequenos recantos que a desordem urbana dessa zona ainda não conseguiu destruir. Tens vindo a mostrar-nos belos campos florids, agora é a vez desta igrejinha branca.
Um abraço, José.

Olá Francisco,
uma igrejinha bem simpática essa, curioso ela ser mais larga que alta, aqui no Brasil é o contrário. A cor do céu ficou ótima na foto também.
Parabéns e Abraço!

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  • tomi1 Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 26 W: 0 N: 42] (353)
  • [2008-05-11 9:26]
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Oeiras,11-5-2008
Francisco Santos
I do not Know Corroios village in the other side of the river. The picture shows me its church and a little of the village. Have you stayed there for a long time. Did you work at this area? Greetings. Domingos

Olá Francisco,
Engraçado que já devo ter passado por esta Igreja mais de 100 vezes...e nunca me deu para a fotografar.
Mas vendo esta tua foto...até me deu vontade.
Resultou bem! Só é pena esse fio de electricidade, mas quanto a isso não podias fazer nada.
Um abraço
Teresa

Olá Francisco,
Uma igrejinha muito simpática, que você apanhou num momento de luz excelente. O sol parece estar quase a pino, mas a inclinação foi suficiente para dar sombras agradáveis de se ver.
Por falar em pino e em sombras, intriga-me a ausência de sombras dos pinos verdes à frente da igreja, aqueles ali delimitando o beco lateral. E a sombra de um fio no canto inferior direito, desta não vejo o fio que originou a sombra.
Mas são detalhes que me pus a observar, sem a menor importância. Pois é uma foto que atrai a atenção e fiquei olhando muito tempo ;-) Isso é um elogio ;-)
Um abraço,
MCV

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