Collegiate of Santa Maria the Biggest, a photo from Zamora, Castilla y Leon

Photographer's Note

La Colegiata de Santa Marνa la Mayor es un edificio religioso que se encuentra en la localidad zamorana de Toro.

La semilla de esta colegiata es la Catedral de Zamora, que a su vez estα inspirada en la Catedral de Salamanca. Comenzσ a construirse en el siglo XII, siendo una de las construcciones mαs caracterνsticas del romαnico en su fase de transiciσn. Esta colegiata se enmarca dentro de un grupo conocido como Grupo de cimborrios del Duero formado por la Catedral de Zamora, la Catedral Vieja de Salamanca, la propia Colegiata de Toro y la Catedral de Plasencia.

Las obras se extendieron mαs de lo normal en el tiempo, ya que fueron llevadas a cabo entre el ϊltimo tercio del siglo XII y mediados del XIII. Esto provoca que fuera construida en dos etapas: la primera, en la que se realizaron las portadas laterales, los muros y las trazas; y la segunda, en la que se lleva a cabo el techo y un cimborrio con torres adosadas.

El primer maestro que trabajσ en su construcciσn utilizσ la piedra caliza para levantar el edificio, utilizando tιcnicas muy vanguardistas para la ιpoca. Sin embargo, el segundo maestro utilizσ elementos mαs antiguos estilνsticamente hablando y utilizσ la piedra arenisca en tonalidades rojizas como material base.

Dos Ws con otras fachadas de la Colegiata.

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The Collegiate church of Santa Maria the Biggest is a religious building that one finds in the locality zamorana of Bull.

The seed of this collegiate church is the Cathedral of Zamora, which in turn is inspired in the Cathedral of Salamanca. It begun to be constructed in the XIIth century, being one of the constructions most typical of the Romanesque one in his phase of transition. This collegiate church is framed inside a group known as Group of cimborrios of the Duero formed by the Cathedral of Zamora, the Old Cathedral of Salamanca, the proper Collegiate church of Bull and the Cathedral of Plasencia.

The works extended more normal thing in the time, since they were carried out between the last third of the XIIth century and middle of the XIIIth. This provokes that was constructed in two stages: the first one, in which there were realized the side fronts, the walls and the touches; and the second one, in which the roof and a cimborrio is carried out with attached towers.

The first teacher who was employed at his construction used the lime stone to raise the building, using very avant-garde skills for the epoch. Nevertheless, the second teacher used more ancient elements stylistically speaking and used the sandy stone in reddish tonalities as material base.

Two Ws with other frontages of the Collegiate church.

snunney, mauro61, Truja, amaryllis, zmey, gracious, dip, danos, lilimih33, emilbo, paura, sacimar, npecanhuk, Clementi, jlbrthnn, Dyerco, parbo, gunbud έχουν(ει) επιλέξει αυτή τη σημείωση ως χρήσιμη

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pat0500 (21561) 2008-05-19 4:43

Hola Charo,
Beautiful church...!
Une trθs jolie photo trθs bien rιalisι..! Bon cadrage, bonne lumiθre et belles couleurs..! Trθs belle architecture ιgalement...!
Very good shot..!
Amicalement.
Patrick

snunney (130967) 2008-05-19 4:43

Hello Charo,
A splendid capture of this magnificent church. Good point of view to show off the architecture to great effect. Pleasing light and colours and very good clarity.

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2008-05-19 4:46

Hola Charo.

Una vista estupenda llena de bonitos contrastes y colores. La ϊnica rabia son los focos esos.....arggggggggggggggg.

Un saludo, Oscar

BeBeHooker (0) 2008-05-19 4:46

Hi Charo!
Amazing church. Wonderful architecture. Very good POV and capture. Original job.
Cheers!

aadilj (18102) 2008-05-19 4:54

Its so brilliantly lit up and so magnificent in itself and top of that you compose it so well with that textured sky and that superb perspective making it an even grander sight

mauro61 (53411) 2008-05-19 5:00

ciao Charo, colori caldi ,bella inquadratura e ottimo risultato.La chiesa si inquadra perfettamente nell'ambiente caldo e assolato della tua Spagna.complimenti
maurizio

gildasjan (43826) 2008-05-19 5:11

Bonjour Charo
magnifique cette composition et ses couleurs en totale harmonie.
Bravo et bonne journιe.
Amicalement
Gildas

Vames (4356) 2008-05-19 5:44

hiCharo,very nice architecture and beautiful church

jurek1951 (42198) 2008-05-19 6:10

Hi Charo,
Excellent composition and perspective.Very beautiful old architectural view.The colors are really great and natural.
Georg

Truja (4953) 2008-05-19 6:47

Hola Charo,
imponente presencia de la Colegiata, se alza poderosa bajo ese cielo tan pintoresco y fotogιnico. El POV es realmente acertado, mostrαndonos el conjunto arquitectσnico perfectamente. Los colores tienen ricas tonalidades y contrastan magnνficamente.
Tambiιn me agradan los 2 WS en formato vertical, pero la foto principal es sin duda la que tiene mαs fuerza y personalidad.

Un abrazo, Jordi

amaryllis (37047) 2008-05-19 8:14

bonjour,
superbe collθgiale trθs imposante avec une tres belle architecture, une superbe pierre , un art roman, belle couleur sur cette pierre
vu tes ws avec faηade principale, et sur cette photo le dome est superbe
Peut-etre aurons nous l'occasion de voir l'intιrieur de celle-ci?
merci de ce si beau partage
juliette

zmey (7335) 2008-05-19 8:27

hola charo

i like the composition and how much of the collegiate building you have managed to show in the frame. however, i cannot escape the feeling that either the sun was way too harsh or you went overboard brightening the scene in post-processing. the fasade seems 'washed' out. 'washing out' is suggested also by the look of the greenery: the leaves appear almost gray.

warm regards,
kristaps

jonathan_hart (21276) 2008-05-19 9:36

nice brightness and vivid colours, a very massive architecture, interesting and well captured :)
regards
jo

Gustaw (21670) 2008-05-19 10:00

Hi, my friend!
Beautiful architecture. Interesting composition. I very like your interesting old building. Good warm colours and nice light. Well done. It must be very interesting place.
Marek

dta (98560) 2008-05-19 10:04

Hola Charo ,
An amazing architecture . Great light colors and a good POV .
Bravo
Denis

NMaverick (0) 2008-05-19 11:50

Hi Charo,
first of all very useful note. Then I must tell you about the halos I can see because of the USM used. In addition the church seems flat, try increasing the contrast a bit.
The rest seems fine, nice framing and composition.
TFS

gracious (20025) 2008-05-19 12:23

Hola my friend,
Absolutely beautiful piece of architecture presentation of a great church!
the structure and pattern is just beautiful against the blue sky!
the image is sharp with fine colour and details
many thanks
Saludos
Tony

dip (23892) 2008-05-19 13:22

Hi Charo,
very nice architecture photo with excellent POV and framing,
interesting note too,
very well done,
Dimitris.

danos (110407) 2008-05-19 14:17

Hola Charo,
very nice composition and at the same time presentation of this splendid view of the Collegiate church.I like the vivid and contrasted colors and light that floodlighted the whole scene.The sharpness and the clarity are unique.Informative and useful the note.

Regards,Danos

Greg1949 (9011) 2008-05-19 14:59

Charo, you have peaked my curiosity. The shot is very good, the colors are great and all is lit. Where are the shadows? The sky is so bright that it is noticeable that they are missing. Don't get me wrong, the shot, all three of them are good, and the overall presentation is very nice.

Greg

lilimih33 (9918) 2008-05-19 15:05

Hello Charo!
Very beautiful this cathedral and lovely colours and detail in your picture!
Both WS are very nice, too!
Best regards!
Lili

emilbo (22616) 2008-05-19 16:00

Hola Charo!
Trθs jolie cette ιdiffice bien prιsentι tel une carte postale avec une excellente qualitι d'image. L'architecture est superbe et belle harmonie de couleurs avec le ciel. Trθs bonne note historique.
Amicalement,
Emilius

paura (25802) 2008-05-19 16:28

Charo,
Os ajuste de exposiηγo e cores estγo excelentes. A construηγo, por si sσ, jα ι linda. Mas sua composiηγo a mostrou de forma soberba.

Abraηo

Paulo

sacimar (38173) 2008-05-19 16:53

Hola Charo,

bonita colegiata, buena resolucion y detalles, te haces a la idea perfectamente como es el edificio,

Un saludo

Sergio

npecanhuk (79329) 2008-05-19 17:00

Hi Charo!
First of all, I'm a fan of churches arquitecture!
Second, this example you show is very beautiful because of its shapes and color!
And last but not least, you gave us a great POV and excellent sharpness!
TFS - Congratulations!
Greetings from Brazil,
Neyvan Peηanhuk

PS.: Gracias tambiιn por las palabras muy informativas!

Clementi (52514) 2008-05-19 20:05

Ciao Charo,
imponente e magnifico edificio, mi piace molto l'architettura,
bellissima prospettiva e buon contrasto, peccato per i lampioni.
bel lavoro
Giorgio

UnTrained (0) 2008-05-19 22:34

Hola Charo,
superb POV to capture the church in a total view and also done with brilliant light against the sky. High clarity and sharpness, well added by the details from the workshops.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

pablominto (53746) 2008-05-20 0:29

Hello Charo,
The architecture leaves a massive impact!
Fine point of view to show the details, a classic composition with fine colour reproduction...
Greetings,
Pablo -

Nicou (193806) 2008-05-20 0:31

Hello,

mangigique cette collιgiale, des couleurs trθs douces, une nettetι parfaite, et un super cadrage qui montre bien l'importance et l'ampleur du bβtiment.

Bravo et amitiιs

Nicou

emka (152388) 2008-05-20 0:32

Hola Charo,
A mi me gusta mas la fachada principal de la Colegiata, pero otras fotos son tambien muy interesante e linde. Esta colegiata es un edificio imponente. Supongo que esta iluminada por la noche .
Malgorzata

jlbrthnn (76041) 2008-05-20 2:51

Bonjour Charo,
Le format est bien rempli par cette imposante ιglise. trθs bon point de vue et superbes couleurs. Bonne qualitι aussi.
Passe une bonne journιe
Amωicalement
joλl

r021251 (3917) 2008-05-20 3:45

Quelle belle architecture . What a beatiful monument , the color is special and very beautiful . I can see all the details
Super great shot
Rιal.

Dyerco (10185) 2008-05-20 7:15

Hi Charo.
We get a sense of the scale with the person standing in front. I wonder what this looks like at night with those lights on the church. It could use a half to two thirds less exposure but other than that a nice compsition.
Phil

ptibelo (3380) 2008-05-20 11:44

Je suis impressionnι par la taille du monument et son architecture...et une belle qualitι de photo.
amitiιs
JMarie

parbo (11092) 2008-05-20 20:16

Hi Charo,

Yellow facades in rich geometry are spectacular while stone facades creating a splendid texture. Terracotta roof tiles, cloud sky, especially lonely visitor perfectly added your photo. Congratulations.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

gunbud (34066) 2008-05-21 17:53

Hi Charo,
The magnificent old castle is seen in all its fine intricate details as it stands out brilliant against the vivid blue sky. Excellent details and sharpness to this lovely historic image.
Regards, Tom

giorgimer (35017) 2008-05-26 5:13

Hola Charo,

wonderful architecture! It would be perfect for my theme "italian churches" if only it was italian... ;)

Excellent POV, there's just a little lack of shrpness.

TFS

Gio

denisn72 (8314) 2008-05-27 17:53

Hello Charo
I like very much the colours and the architecture of that church. I like the angle you chose. It would make a great postcard. Good job!
Best regards
Denis!

francio64 (39888) 2008-10-01 3:05

Ciao Charo,
eccellente POV dove metti in piena evidenza la maestositΰ di questa chiesa.
Ottimo il contrasto tra la chiesa ed il cielo.

Ben fatto amica.
Francesco

Photo Information

Copyright: Charo Parras (Charo) (51290)
Genre: Τοποθεσίες
Medium: Έγχρωμο
Date Taken: 2008-03-15
Categories: Αρχιτεκτονική
Camera: HP Photosmart R717
Έκθεση: f/4.8
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Έκδοση φωτογραφίας: Πρωτότυπη έκδοση, Workshop
Θέμα(τα): Templos [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-19 4:35

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Points: 78

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