S. Antonio Abate Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the church Sant'Antonio Abate in the Old Town of Locarno in the Swiss canton Ticino. It is the huge catholic main church of the city and it was built from 1668 to 1674 and altered in the 19th century. An older church on this place has been proven for the 14th century.
At the end of the 17th century the rich corn-dealer guild of Locarno commissioned Guiseppe Antonio Felice Orelli a huge side altar with an also huge painting. You can see it in the workshop. The motto of the whole interior of this church was "No chance to Reformation!"
In 1863 a part of the church collapsed under the weight of too much snow and the choir, the nave and parts of the facade had to be rebuilt.

Sant'Antonio is a very dark church - but the today's possibilities of photography help to show it's most impressive splendour inside. Please see workshop photos.

There's an interesting noteworthiness: The church has a rather holey natural stone facade. It's the only place where a bird from the southern edge of the Mediterranean broods in Central Europe, the Pallid swift (Apus pallidus). You can detect them rushing around the steeple in my photo.

robertosalguero, ellelloo, saxo042, jhm, snunney, PixelTerror, Kielia, mvdisco, asajernigan, hrschwartz, zeca, mikolaj_kawa, adelune has marked this note useful

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robertosalguero (2759) 2008-08-23 23:20

Hi Frank,

This is my type of architecture. I really like this image because of the buildings and the angle used to capture the scene. Good light and details. The church does look impressive and large. Thanks Frank.

Roberto

ellelloo (4684) 2008-08-24 0:06

Hello Frank,
A nicely composed photo with excellent control of light and beautiful colours. Thanks for the technically brilliant interior photos too. I always learn new things from your notes, this time also about Pallid swifts. We have in Finland only the Common swift species.
Greetings from Espoo, which somewhat unexpectedly got some rain again.
Lasse

jhm (81817) 2008-08-24 1:39

Guten Morgen Frank,

A type church that not a lot for come in Europe, you show this image very well.
Nice composition with nice perspective and good colours.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice sunday,
John.

snunney (34186) 2008-08-24 2:11

Hello Frank,
A fine contribution to the Sunday pappagolfade. A good capture of this rather austere looking church with its many straight lines. Well chosen point of view to put it in context. Good light and colours.

PixelTerror (86036) 2008-08-24 2:31

Ciao Frank
Nice Papagolfada Ticinese with the elongated belltower quite typical of the region, good light all around.
Have a nice sunday JY

Kielia (8201) 2008-08-24 4:57

Hallo Frank,
toller POV auf diese schöne Kirche und eine sehr interessante note. Das Licht und die Farben tragen sehr zum gelungenen Gesamteindruck bei. Ausgezeichnete Arbeit!
Liebe Grüße aus dem kalten Norden!
Harriet

jplebrun (16638) 2008-08-24 5:09

Bonjour Frank
elle semble bien conservé cette vieille église bien cadré dans ce ciel tout bleu et ce soleil.
Amitiés
Jean-Pierre

mvdisco (11380) 2008-08-24 6:19

Bonjour Frank,
Belle prise de vue et architecture de cette vielle église S. Antonio Abate, belle présentation et point de vue , belle couleurs et détails..
bon dimanche.
Michel

asajernigan (13929) 2008-08-24 7:25

Frank,
Excellent Papagolfade! Your composition is fine here placing the church off center and showing it from a nice angle. The angle creates nice depth and direction. The street creates a nice diagonal through the shot leading our eye past the church. The lighting and colors here are great as is the sharpness and detail.
TFS,
Asa

hrschwartz (692) 2008-08-24 7:41

Hi Frank,

What a coincidence: Yesterday Mady informed me that our friend, with the apartment on Lago Maggiore, told her to plan on attending his marriage next June ("pencil in June 28") and here you go back to Ticino with today's photo.

I hope to see more photos from this region and become more educated, because next year I will be there!

From 'really nice weather' Raleigh

Have a good Sunday.
Randy

Nicou (43977) 2008-08-24 10:46

Hello,

Très belle image, cette église tessinoise est superbe, comme la région de Locarno, avec les eux cyprès et de très belles couelurs, superbe.
Dés septembre je vais souvent aller au Tessin dès que le Hockey sur glace commence, car je suis fan d'Ambri-Piotta et je me réjoui, tu me mets l'eau à la bouche.

Merci et amitié

Nicou

zeca (20026) 2008-08-24 20:08

Hallo Frank!
Its a nice capture from Locarno, giving us a nice idea about the place and revealing its nice architecture. I always find nice architecture here in your gallery. TFS once more!
Regards,
Zeca

mikolaj_kawa (29406) 2008-08-26 0:48

Hello Frank! Very interesting church. Nice lightness. Good perspective. Very good shot. Hi Fi. Well done!

adelune (2) 2008-09-01 6:18 [Comment]