Carpentras is on the way from Avignon to Le Barroux. One way to get to Le Barroux is to take the bus to Carpentras and then a taxi on from there. The problem is that although Carpentras is a great place for lunch, taxis are rather hard to come by. At any rate, you do get to visit the Cathedral of St Siffrien which has this rather good Lady altar:
and an "Altar of the Chair" imitation behind the High Altar:
There is also some French baroque:
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If it ain't baroque, don't fix it...
(heheheheheheh)
Very impressive!
Just a few points:-
(i) Do not show these pictures to your senior MC - he may get grandiose 'ideas'.
(ii) Perhaps French baroque is best kept away from people with an aversion to lace cottas ;-)
(iii) On a serious note, the High Altar photograph does show how reordering is so often done with no consideration - the Novus Ordo altar stuck in front looks tragically out of place. At least it thankfully appears that no damage has been done to the original Sanctuary behind.
Dear Father,
'this rather good Lady Altar'. It's glorious !
The Lady Altar is, as you say, very impressive. It would be more so were it not so dusty. If cleanliness is next to Godliness, what does this say? From photographs I have seen on other blogs, the problem seems endemic in Rome, of all places.
"taxis are rather hard to come by"
Yes! I nearly ended up spending a January night on the pavement ...
Beautiful!
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