Andreas Manessinger

7176 - Pöllau IV

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Directly below the cupola. Search the exact spot, kneel down, adjust, hold your breath, and hope that nobody comes close in the last second 😁

7175 - Pöllau III

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This is a big church. Utrawide-material, and still you have trouble getting straight lines.

7174 - Pöllau II

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

An impressive ceiling as well. Imagine being the painter. We know what it cost Michelangelo to paint the Sixtina’s frescos. Sure, this is not Michelangelo and not the Sixtina, but it was still years of a painter’s life.

7173 - Pöllau I

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Pöllau is the small town at the foot of mountain Pöllauberg. It features a quite impressive church itself. It would have been a shame to miss it.

7172 - Vorau XXXIV

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A last view at a heavenly Madonna, and with this image, we leave Vorau.

7171 - Vorau XXXIII

Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A painted bicycle as decoration? Nice. I remember there were also at least a blue and a red one. I can’t remember why I didn’t take pictures of them.

7170 - Vorau XXXII

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

An interesting combination of styles.

7169 - Vorau XXXI

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

We are back in the main room now, looking towards the entrance.

7168 - Vorau XXX

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here, once again, slightly from the side, also in HDR, because of the unholy contrast.

7167 - Vorau XXIX

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Centered at the front of the inner room, hidden from the main room, we see a small gothic apsis with a simple cross.

7166 - Vorau XXVIII

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Now we are on the other side of the wall and look to the right. This part of the inner room is seemingly used as a baptistery.

7165 - Vorau XXVII

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Stift Vorau was the mighty monastery we’ve just seen. It is outside Vorau proper. Now we are in Vorau’s own church, Sankt Ägydius or Saint Giles, one of the most unusual churches I’ve ever seen, with two connected rooms. The concept is that of a medieval rood screen, but rood screens are uncommon in baroque.

7164 - Vorau XXVI

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This deserves a closer look. This is not a church wall, this is someone’s private home.

7163 - Vorau XXV

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

An interesting cross, mounted to the wall of an otherwise ordinary old house. Interesting.

7162 - Vorau XXIV

Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Finally, back-to-front. With this last image, we leave this impressive monastery church.

7161 - Vorau XXIII

Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ok, everybody moved aside or has left. Here’s the front-to-back view. Sometimes I try to even out the shadows (e.g. on the ceilings), sometimes I don’t. It’s a matter of seeing what I want to show or not. In this case I went for normal contrast.

7160 - Vorau XXII

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A side-altar. The virgin Mary with her child, both crowned and surrounded by angels. Due to the correction of the verticals, the top is very dominant, but this plays well with the general impression you get in this ornament-heavy church.

7159 - Vorau XXI

Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

No joke, this church is prime baroque. Wonderful!

7158 - Vorau XX

Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A detail from the altar: ecstatic behavior of the rich, a scene from Mar-a-Lago 😁

7157 - Vorau XIX

Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Ultra-wide in front of the altar. A magnificent church, at least as long as you have no aversion against gold 😄

7156 - Vorau XVIII

Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

And now we are in the church, starting with the ceiling. This is unusual. Normally, I would have started with a shot along the nave, usually with the 12-100/f4 at 12 mm, to establish a feeling for the room. I can only guess that the line of sight was blocked by visitors unimpressed by my ready-to-shoot posture 😁

7155 - Vorau XVII

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Even closer and more lateral.

7154 - Vorau XVI

Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This monastery gives me the vibes of an army in Napoleon’s time.

7153 - Vorau XV

Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Again under the arcades, this time looking back from the opposite side.

7152 - Vorau XIV

Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Still the same red tree. You’ve got to work with what you get 😁

7151 - Vorau XIII

Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

It’s a monastery. Monasteries have libraries, and this one has a monument to the art of reading.

7150 - Vorau XII

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A shelf of books, made of stone.

7149 - Vorau XI

Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

From the other side. Seems, like the tree really fascinated me.

7148 - Vorau X

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Under the arcades. Again, this is not a place of contemplation, this is a place of power.

7147 - Vorau IX

Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Sculptures and a wonderful tree.