Convent of St Teresa Avila Spain is a photograph by Joan Carroll which was uploaded on October 11th, 2017.
Convent of St Teresa Avila Spain
I stood in the covered doorway of a building across from the Church/Convent of St Teresa in Avila Spain contemplating how to outsmart the... more
by Joan Carroll
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Convent of St Teresa Avila Spain
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Joan Carroll
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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art
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I stood in the covered doorway of a building across from the Church/Convent of St Teresa in Avila Spain contemplating how to outsmart the intermittent rain and sporadic traffic in order to photograph the beautiful Baroque facade of the church. I’d get all my settings ready and my lens dried off, then run out into the street and get the picture framed and shot before a car came along. Usually a car came barreling around the corner behind me just as I was ready, then I had to start the procedure all over again! If you are not Catholic, you may find yourself in Avila Spain without realizing its importance as a pilgrimage city. Once there, you can hardly avoid learning something about St Teresa of Avila. Many sites in the historical part of the city are closely associated with her life. The Convent of St. Teresa is one of those sites. The 17th-century convent was built after the canonization of St. Teresa (1515-82) over the house where she was born. It is an active convent and much of it remains closed to visitors, but pilgrims can visit the site of Teresa's birthplace, now an elaborate chapel within the Baroque church. The chapel is decorated with scenes of the saint demonstrating her powers of levitation. An adjacent museum contains her relics, along with those of her friend and spiritual advisor St. John of the Cross. The Convent of St Teresa lies within the Old Town of Avila, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
FEATURED PHOTO, Unesco World Heritage Sites group, 10/11/17
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