Skybird
05-19-09, 03:55 PM
There are some birthdays being celebrated in Germany this year.
60 years of German constitution (or the surrogate of it...).
60 years since the founding of the democratic German federal republic.
1000 years since finishing the dome in Mainz.
That puts it a bit into perspective, eh? :lol:
Okay, you know me: me and churches - well... :woot:
However, I found this link of a virtual tour through the worldfamous Mainzer Dom.
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/745730?inPopup=true
You know the drill. The icons move you around inside the pictures. Scroll wheel zooms in and out. Holding left button moves the camera. You can move around inside all of the inside hall, even areas that usually are prohibited to the public. However, access to the menu that allows you to enter the basement and the 1st floor (2nd for our American friends), is only available from the windowed mode. Return from fullscreen mode by hitting ESC.
What you see, has been build, painted and has been carved from stone and wood one thousand years ago. Make sure you zoom in on the details of the wooden carvings inside. Also note that at the beginning you can set the picture to full screen.
Incredible that they were able to build thingslike this back then. Incredible that they could stick for a century and longer to get such an effort completed. Compare with the modern time, understand the meaning of patience, and learn what dedication is. The hectic, short-termed interests of ours today fade in comparison. We could already have been on Mars since 10, since 20 years - what hindered us? really just practical constraints - or lacking determination and interest, and a shifting of resource-spendings as a result?
Some of the huge European cathedrals were build over a time of up to 400 years.
60 years of German constitution (or the surrogate of it...).
60 years since the founding of the democratic German federal republic.
1000 years since finishing the dome in Mainz.
That puts it a bit into perspective, eh? :lol:
Okay, you know me: me and churches - well... :woot:
However, I found this link of a virtual tour through the worldfamous Mainzer Dom.
http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/content/745730?inPopup=true
You know the drill. The icons move you around inside the pictures. Scroll wheel zooms in and out. Holding left button moves the camera. You can move around inside all of the inside hall, even areas that usually are prohibited to the public. However, access to the menu that allows you to enter the basement and the 1st floor (2nd for our American friends), is only available from the windowed mode. Return from fullscreen mode by hitting ESC.
What you see, has been build, painted and has been carved from stone and wood one thousand years ago. Make sure you zoom in on the details of the wooden carvings inside. Also note that at the beginning you can set the picture to full screen.
Incredible that they were able to build thingslike this back then. Incredible that they could stick for a century and longer to get such an effort completed. Compare with the modern time, understand the meaning of patience, and learn what dedication is. The hectic, short-termed interests of ours today fade in comparison. We could already have been on Mars since 10, since 20 years - what hindered us? really just practical constraints - or lacking determination and interest, and a shifting of resource-spendings as a result?
Some of the huge European cathedrals were build over a time of up to 400 years.