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Re: [OM] St Giles Cathedral - Edinburgh

Subject: Re: [OM] St Giles Cathedral - Edinburgh
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 08:46:46 +1000
Nice work Piers, I particularly like the spiral staircase.

...Wayne

> 
> Since we seem to condone bootleg photography (!) here's a trio from St
> Paul's Cathedral in London, where photography is also not allowed :-) -
but
> the policy is usually better-policed than at St Giles, regrettably (I was
lucky
> enough to have an in-house 'minder', and did not use the camera in the
> more public areas).
> 
> The crossing from the Whispering Gallery, which gives a good feel for the
> interior of this architectural wonder, different from any other English
> church:
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/P5110150.jpg
> 
> The Geometric Staircase, with Anthony Gormley's 'Flare II':
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/P5110151.jpg
> 
> Wren's original 'Great Model' of his initial Cathedral design - rejected
as being
> un-Cathedral-like! Now over 300 years old, and housed within the building
> which developed from it:
> http://www.hemy.me.uk/img/P5110156.jpg
> 
> Piers
> 


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