Siena Cathedral

The grandeur of the Cathedral of Siena is extreme. One of the most beautiful Cathedrals in the world. The outside is huge and majestic. There is so much to see on the inside. The floor, the pillars and the arches, the Piccolomini library... and several individual art objects. For the technical information about this Cathedral I advise you to read the Wikipedia page about this Doumo.

This blog gives an impression about the pillars and arches.

The light is coming in....

A bit north of Copenhagen in Lyngby is the Frilands Museet. An open air museum with a collection of  historic buildings from the countryside. Walking in and out of these houses and farms, the overall impression is: These houses were dark inside. In the daytime the small windows let in just enough light to eat or write or work near the windows. The summers were OK, but the winters must have been very dark times.

The past staring you in the face....

Walking in Copenhagen along the harbor you are bound to pass theSkuespil Huset (across the Opera). Like the Black Diamond the facade that faces the water is mainly glass. This time there were people staring at passers by from the inside..... More or less strange figures, emerging like ghosts out of their Dickensian surroundings. 

An alienating experience. Like by looking into a window we can see not only what is behind us, but also into the past.