If you read the first part of this review you will know that I paid Mannum a very quick visit as a stop on the Mid Murray Eco Drive. Our original plan was the spend a couple of days in Mannum but given inclement weather forecasts, which didn’t actually eventuate, we cut a longer stay in Mannum from this trip. As such, this is a very brief entry based on a short stroll along part of the foreshore and part of the town’s main street and I will write more when I get a chance to visit the town again.
Continue reading “A quick stop in Mannum, South Australia – Day 302 (Pt2.)”Bethlehem Lutheran Church
I was especially attracted to the Bethlehem Lutheran Church because of its very distinctive bell tower/spire – unsurprisingly, very German looking. The round windows are a another interesting and distinctive feature of the church. Continue reading “Bethlehem Lutheran Church”
Church of Jesus
The octagonal Lutheran Church of Jesus, designed by architect H. F. Breitkreic and to the rear of the unmissable Latvian Academy of Sciences, was constructed in 1818 (renovated 1939) and, with its 37 metres high two tier tower, it is the largest wooden church in Riga and one of the largest wooden churches in Europe. Given its colour it is hard to tell that this is a wooden building until you are right up beside it. Continue reading “Church of Jesus”
Riga Cathedral And Cloisters
The generally acknowledged founder of Riga, Bishop Albert, laid the foundation stone for Riga Cathedral (originally St Mary’s) on 25 July 1211.
Today’s cathedral, the seat of the Archbishop of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church and the largest medieval church in the Baltics dominates the Doma Laukums (square), in the centre of the Old City. Continue reading “Riga Cathedral And Cloisters”
The Rambling Wombat 