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Pillars

Pillars

Parts of these monastery ruins were placed in a Heidelberg museum, although most of the stone was taken down and sold in the late 1500s.

As the ruins stand today, they seem to echo the long-lost Mercury temple that once stood here.
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Whoa! Now I could get into worshipping at a site like this! Makes me want to look for chicken entrails or something. Quite magnificent, both the site and the shot!
Lynne
Fri 02-27-2009
Chicken entrails??? LOL!

Great capture here Motts!
Jude
Fri 02-27-2009
Lynne, wanna help me sacrifice a virgin instead? You find the virgin, I'll do the rest! ;)
Dr Sketch
Sat 02-28-2009
Romans considered Wotan and Mercury to be one and the same.....

Forget chickens.....sacrifice a bull!!!
Caro
Sat 02-28-2009
er....for the record, this is an outstanding photo.
Caro
Sat 02-28-2009
Ummm...if this were a monestary I don't think the occupants would have been interested in a virgin...maybe a ram?
pegasus64
Sun 03-01-2009
Wonderful shot!
And I believe the monastery was most likely built with, and on top of, pagan temple ruins, as many churches, monasteries, etc were.
AvalonSeeker
Sun 03-01-2009
Love the B&W on this one. Looks like the pillars are holding up the sky. Oh what I would give for a time machine to be able to see some of these places when they were occupied or in use.
nvusofmotts
Mon 03-02-2009
I'm glade that I have no need to sacrifice animals for I was washed clean in the of the Cross.

Way cool shot Motts, So powerful the rocks of the past.
Canada
Mon 03-02-2009
GORGEOUS shot! B & W was perfect for conveying the timelessness you've captured in this composition. Grand work, as always.
Mel
Wed 03-04-2009
Wallpaper?! please :)
Erzsebet
Thu 03-05-2009
I'm in just awe in this whole set, Man! Really nice job as usual!
Jake
Sat 03-07-2009
wow! so beautiful again i love it so much!!
Maika
Mon 03-09-2009
Those are really neat. It's like time has stood still for all these years.
Call Me Rachael
Sun 03-15-2009
that is a really great picture.
Jade Jean
Fri 03-20-2009
I just adore this frame. It'd surely be a place you'd find someone like me spending hours away at.
Darkie
Mon 04-27-2009

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