Cloister by Akinom

Photography • Architecture • posted on Apr 10, 2004

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On our walk we have now reached the Mosque. Here in this silent place, the cloister, we can take a rest before looking around. The cloister was created like those from christian monasteries but also refered to the so called Medrisi, the Koran schools behind Oriental mosques. This Oriental building had been created between 1779 and 1792. First of all it had been just a scenery for the nobles' delight but also a symbol for enlightenment and tolerance. The mosque had never been used for religious ceremonies also it had never been consecrated. If you ask yourself why they had built a mosque here in Germany those day... oriental culture, philosophy and art had become very modern in the upper class due to a dream of oriental luxury since the oriental fairytales from 1001 Night had been translated for the Europeans in the early 18th century. Ok... enough history lesson for now me thinks ;o) There will be more shots from the mosque within the next days. Thanks for your time and interest. Thanks also for viewing and commenting on my previous shot Mosque Hugs Monika

Comments (32)

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addiek

3:49PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

Interesting historical site. The crown on the top of the mosque and the star at its door may have held some significance to its designers. A very unique looking building I must say. Well captured by you.

Tedz

4:18PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

Great Colors to this....and a wonderful History Lesson ..baiser..

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SoulEatar

4:57PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

Total - Subject lines colors Capture balance - Wonderful mood !!

Kropot

4:58PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

Yeah, lovely place, I like these tronger colors. It looks like our buildings are so dominately grey :)

cynlee

5:57PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

a doorway for each of us... fantastic color & architecture... you take us to the neatest places! thanks moni squeeze :]

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kenmo

8:01PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

Outstanding...love the colours...

logiloglu

8:51PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

a wonderful place, Monika. the colours are so beautiful. superb work. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!

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SophiaDeer

9:06PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

Exquisite colors!! Gorgeous photograph!

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creanum

10:29PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

Fantastic colors and architecture, great shot Monika......

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kansas

11:44PM | Sat, 10 April 2004

What a wonderful place. I enjoyed reading the history of this structure. Thanks. A great shot.

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firestorm

1:32AM | Sun, 11 April 2004

love the colour and softness to this...and the history lesson :)

jyriviuhko

1:34AM | Sun, 11 April 2004

Strong in it's colors and a beautiful POV and cropp.. nice work..

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WandM

3:00AM | Sun, 11 April 2004

Great architecture and shot!

Raven_427

4:13AM | Sun, 11 April 2004

Please get there again in a month or so. Must be a gorgeous image when the trees are green again? Great the way you've done it, please don't get me wrong Moni! hugz

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zulaan

4:31AM | Sun, 11 April 2004

Wow ! Perfect work Monika ! I love the colors ;)

PapaGuru

6:20AM | Sun, 11 April 2004

Warm colours, fine picture and an interesting history-lesson :)

Brenda_Guiles

9:07AM | Sun, 11 April 2004

Wow! The mystery is revealed! Excellent shooting! Love this image, so bright and colorful, and ummmm dunno how to tell you this, but your history lessons rock! Can't say that about the history teacher I had in High School, he was boring with a boring monotone voice! :-S

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PhrankPower

11:21AM | Sun, 11 April 2004

I love the post work you do in this series. Very subtle, but so very effective.

NarayanaKow

3:52PM | Sun, 11 April 2004

Amazing to see these oriental shapes and colours backed by German trees. Muss doch bald mal wieder nach Deutschland. Beautiful. LoL.

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jwdell

11:56PM | Sun, 11 April 2004

Stunning image!!! Awesome!!!

funkandjazz

1:32AM | Mon, 12 April 2004

Sensational image Monika! Agree with everybody else... the postwork rocks! :)

schadtc

5:29AM | Mon, 12 April 2004

Congratulation Monika! You've done this image so well. I like your soft postwork on this building and the beautiful colors. Thanks for sharing. hugz

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pjaj

6:50AM | Mon, 12 April 2004

Fantastic photograph my friend Moni! Excellent shot!!

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Drea71

7:58AM | Mon, 12 April 2004

Those colours are marvellous - and so very "non German" in architecture. But then the whole building is like that :-)

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StudioTjeerd

4:18PM | Mon, 12 April 2004

Superb photo, Monika! Excellent POV! (love the colors!) Much hugz and xxx, Tjeerd

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jgeorge

3:17PM | Tue, 13 April 2004

Something out from a fairy tale, I'm sure of it!

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Mikan

6:59AM | Wed, 14 April 2004

Love your history lessons - are u a teacher :D ? Excellent tour, again!

OldFaithful

10:47AM | Wed, 14 April 2004

Fabulous architecture and your postwork brings them to life on what looks to be a grey day:) Thanks for the history lesson, it really adds to a great shot...thanks for a great walk, Moni...can't wait to see where we are going:)

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