This is from our Iceland trip about this time last year. This large Lutheran church sits upon a hill overlooking downtown Akureyri. Akureyri is the 2nd largest city in the country and sits on the northern coast.
Hofskirkja Turf Church
This beautiful little turf church is in the southeast coast of Iceland near the village of Hof. There are only six turf churches left in the country and we got a chance to see two of them on our last trip to Iceland. As you might have noticed, there are graves all around the church courtyard which are the small mounds in the foreground of this photo. None of them have grave headstones or markers, but I assume they have records of who is buried where around the church.
St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
I loved this cathedral in downtown Kiev, but I had a hard time capturing it. It’s large so you need to get back to get it all in, but you can’t due to the outside wall surrounding the building. You also can’t get a clean shot without dozens of people standing in the way. There are some clean perspectives around the back that are not as pretty. So, I went with this zoomed in perspective of the rooftop, which was also hard to capture due to trees (as you can see).
The position of this cathedral is great within the city. Its at the end of a major road overlooking the Dnieper River. The facility itself is amazing. I just failed as a photographer to capture it. Sorry about that.
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Sunday Church Service
We went on a little Urbex photo walk today to a couple of great Pittsburgh spots. We explored a big abandoned church and attached school, plus another spot that I’ll share later. Today’s photo is from this morning’s exploration of the abandoned church. I don’t think it’s been abandoned for very long…maybe since 2010. Regardless, it’s a wonderful architectural treasure and I enjoyed capturing. I’m sure it will change over time due to weather and human destruction. Its too bad it won’t be preserved for future generations to enjoy.
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