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I Ventured Into The Italian Countryside And Found An Abandoned Monastery

Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:40:59 +0300

Sacred, it is this place at the end of a path which not long ago I have walked: forested, the road rises from the foot of a small Italian city and ends at the top of a hill, where you will find an imposing monastery rich in art and history, engulfed by an oak forest, a place hard to find for vandals. Perhaps that’s why the interior of the church has been preserved so well.

Stephen King’s Pet Sematary Remake Had Cats From Shelters Who Were Trained To Become Cat Actors

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:32:52 +0300

We’re all probably familiar with Stephen King’s legendary horror stories. One of the more iconic pieces is the 1983 horror novel Pet Sematary that was turned into a horror thriller and hit the screens in 1989. By this century, both the novel and the film are widely recognized as classics, and with the current “age of revival” it’s no shocker that Pet Sematary hit the silver screens once more.

Street Artist Transforms Abandoned Church In Morocco With Brilliantly Bright Graffiti

Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:27:19 +0300

Street artist Okuda San Miguel is well known for his strikingly colorful and geometrically inspired street art, but his graffiti on this old abandoned church in Morocco might be some of his best work yet. If Okuda's graffiti style looks familiar, you might remember him as the same artist from the story we shared last year about the 100-year-old Spanish church converted into a skate park and then covered in graffiti.

A 100-Year-Old Church Transformed Into A Skate Park Painted With Colorful Graffiti

Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:05:09 +0300

A historic church in the Spanish city of llanera was transformed into a skate-park earlier this year by La Iglesia Skate; titled Kaos Temple, it has now undergone a second, more colorful transformation at the hands of street-artist Okuda San Miguel.

400-Year-Old Colonial Church Emerges From Waters In Mexico

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:26:57 +0300

A 400-year-old church submerged in a reservoir in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas has emerged due to a drought in the region that has reduced water levels by 25 meters (82 feet). Local fishermen have been taking visitors onto the Grijalva river to visit the church, which was submerged by a dam built in 1966 to form the Nezahualcoyotl reservoir. The church has emerged twice since the dam was built.

Strange South African Pastor

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:13:32 +0400

Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries, South Africa, has ordered his parishioners to eat grass as a way of proving that you can eat anything to feed yourself.

The Church of Saint George in Lalibela

Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:56:18 +0400

Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia that is famous for its monolithic rock-cut churches. Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities, second only to Aksum, and is a center of pilgrimage for much of the country.