Ella's Adventures Blog
The arches that saved the cathedral
Wells Cathedral has one of my favourite emergency repairs anywhere, mostly because nobody would ever guess that's what it is. By 1313, the central tower was in real trouble, cracking...
The arches that saved the cathedral
Wells Cathedral has one of my favourite emergency repairs anywhere, mostly because nobody would ever guess that's what it is. By 1313, the central tower was in real trouble, cracking...
The statue that got there first
Everyone assumes the statue outside Hallgrímskirkja has something to do with the church. It doesn't. That's Leif Erikson, given to Iceland by the Americans in 1930 to mark a thousand...
The statue that got there first
Everyone assumes the statue outside Hallgrímskirkja has something to do with the church. It doesn't. That's Leif Erikson, given to Iceland by the Americans in 1930 to mark a thousand...
The church that was never a church
This building has been fooling people for a hundred and fifty years, and it's doing it on purpose. Feskekôrka looks exactly like a Gothic church, pointed arches, tall windows, all...
The church that was never a church
This building has been fooling people for a hundred and fifty years, and it's doing it on purpose. Feskekôrka looks exactly like a Gothic church, pointed arches, tall windows, all...
The earthquake that became a political weapon
On the 26th of March 1812, Maundy Thursday, this cathedral was full of worshippers when an earthquake tore through Caracas, killing an estimated fifteen to twenty thousand people across the...
The earthquake that became a political weapon
On the 26th of March 1812, Maundy Thursday, this cathedral was full of worshippers when an earthquake tore through Caracas, killing an estimated fifteen to twenty thousand people across the...
The cars that never stopped, out of necessity
I always assumed Havana's classic cars were kept around for the look of the thing, a bit of nostalgia for the tourists. That's not it at all. When the United...
The cars that never stopped, out of necessity
I always assumed Havana's classic cars were kept around for the look of the thing, a bit of nostalgia for the tourists. That's not it at all. When the United...
The statue that gets struck by lightning every ...
Here's something the postcards never mention. Standing at the top of Corcovado mountain the way it does, Christ the Redeemer takes three to five lightning strikes a year, on average,...
The statue that gets struck by lightning every ...
Here's something the postcards never mention. Standing at the top of Corcovado mountain the way it does, Christ the Redeemer takes three to five lightning strikes a year, on average,...