A Study in Sacred Architecture: Churches of Stone

In 2011, I was lucky enough to be a recipient of the Phillips Travel Scholarship, which enabled me to spend about two and a half months backpacking through Europe, studying sacred architecture, mostly churches. The story goes that the lady who originated the scholarship had only one condition for recipients: that they come back and tell her what they learned on their travels. I, being the gloriously 1 wing 2 that I am, kept a detailed blog, along with an explainer page for some of the architectural terms I used in the blog. I like to think my writing is better, but there’s no replacing this 200-page testament to those times and place. If nothing else, you can use it for a small virtual tour around Europe during these, our plague years. Click the picture below to explore.