In The Jewish Quarter

 Historically Vienna had a thriving Jewish community and this is celebrated in really cool museum in Judenplatz and just outside of this stands a very moving holocaust memorial.

The streets around Judenplatz are very atmospheric, none more so than Schulhof (the first three images) which is where there was once a school, "Schulhof" translates to "school yard".

I particularly like the third image where the sunlight reflected in the windows on the right is projected onto the walls of the church on the left.

The final image I have added as this is a square on the edge of the Jewish quarter and is home to the fire service museum. I don't think I have ever seen such a pretty fire station. I believe that the building was completed in 1730. The exhibitions are housed on the upper floors and are manned by members of the fire service and visits to the museum can be interrupted when the crews get a shout and have to go out and save lives.

An Unusual Church

So these are the last of my pictures from Peyre, which as you will know from my posts over the past few days is a troglodyte village.  Obviously not all of the houses are built into the cliffs but the higher up the side of the hill they are.  The focus of today's pictures are the two churches in the village.

In the first picture the church can be seen as the highest building to the right, with two angular projections and the top of the arched door just visible above the nearby rooftops.

The second picture shows a small grotto with a natural spring built into the wall of the old church.  the water constantly flows into the trough just outside.

The third picture shows the interior of the church with the natural rock forming the main wall and the roof, with a stone built exterior wall on the left.  It was really an intriguing structure.

The final picture shows the "modern" church obviously built to meet the needs of a growing community.

I really enjoyed our brief visit to this small village and I hope that you have enjoyed it too from the pictures I have shared.

Around Bruges

I've posted several pictures from Bruges before today and for today I have chosen some examples of the fine architecture which I am sure you will agree is really quite beautiful and worth a look.