Harvest Door
by Lucinda Walter
Title
Harvest Door
Artist
Lucinda Walter
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art, Fine Art
Description
Photograph was taken of an old door in Szentendre, Hungary.
Szentendre (Croatian: Senandrija, Serbian: Сентандреја, Sentandreja) is a riverside town in Pest county, Hungary, near the capital city Budapest. It is known for its museums (most notably the Open-Air Ethnographic Museum), galleries, and artists. Due to its historic architecture and easy rail and river access, it has become a popular destination for tourists staying in Budapest. There are many facilities, including souvenir shops and restaurants, catering to these visitors. The name of the town is ultimately based on the Medieval Latin form Sankt Andrae (English: St.Andrew). Because of the diverse mix of nations to have once settled in Szentendre, the settlement has a variety of names according to language. The Hungarian name for the town is Szentendre; the German name is Sankt Andrä; in Serbian, the name is Sentandreja (Serbian Cyrillic: Сентандреја); the Slovak name is Svätý Ondrej. Populated for well over a millennium in ancient times, under the Romans it was called Ulcisia Castra, meaning Wolf Castle for their fort.
Since the Middle Ages, Szentendre and the surrounding villages had also been settled by many Bulgarians. In 1690, the Serbian teacher and hegumen Stevan wrote that Szentendre was called Bolgarija by some. The Bulgarian neighbourhood included Catholic settlers from Chiprovtsi and a Roman Catholic "Chiprovtsi church" (Csiprovacska templom). The names of many locals show Bulgarian ancestry. Since the 16th century, the town was considered the center of the Serb community in this part of Hungary. At one point it had as many as eight Serbian Orthodox church buildings and three chapels, and only one each Roman-Catholic and Evangelical. It is still the see of the Buda Diocese of the Serb Orthodox Church. In the 18th century, after liberation from the Ottomans, the Crown recruited farmers and artisans from Germany and southern Slavs to repopulate areas that had been occupied by the Ottomans. Szentendre enjoyed a rebirth, with new settlers including Serbian, Croatian, Slovak, and Greek immigrants, who settled alongside the Magyar residents. According to the 1720 data, 88% of the population of the town were South Slavs (mostly Serbs, but also some South Slavic Catholics).[2] The town to this day is characterised by southern European elements, including baroque architecture, churches of various faiths, narrow sidestreets, and cobblestone roads.
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October 11th, 2013
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Comments (12)
Laura D Young
Beautifully done - such richness to the wood, lovely texture and lighting. Has an ancient feel to it.l/f
Lucinda Walter
Joan, thank you very much for the feature in Window and Door Photography. I'm honored
Lucinda Walter
Joan, thank you very much for the feature in Window and Door Photography. I'm honored!
Lucinda Walter
Jouko thank you very much for the feature in Art from the Past group. I'm very honored.
Lianne Schneider
Couldn't get to this the other day Lucinda but oh how very beautiful it is. Seeing these magnificent places through your eyes feels almost like being there. We are so fortunate that wars and unrest throughout Europe in the mid to late 20th centuries and in the Balkans didn't destroy more of these treasures. Just beautiful. F/V
Lucinda Walter replied:
Dear Lianne, thank you very much for all your visits & wonderful comments. I so appreciate them!!! Being able to see & capture the treasures found in Europe is truly wonderful for me. You are right about all the wars in Europe, it is great that some of these architectural details still remain. Thanks again, dear one.