St Dominic’s Holy Well in Truro, Cornwall: a 17th-century spring reached by stone steps, tied to the lost Dominican friary founded in the 13th century.
Pushkar Lake: A Scandinavian Architect at the Sacred Ghats
A Nordic architect reads Pushkar Lake in Rajasthan — its 52 ghats, 500 temples, the Brahma lotus legend, and the ancient ritual of bathing into sacred water.
Gosaikunda: A Held Void in the Nepal High Country
Gosaikunda, a sacred alpine lake at 4,380 m in Nepal’s Langtang National Park, read through a Nordic architect’s eye: light, cold water, and pilgrimage.
Har Ki Pauri: A Nordic Architect Reads the Ganges Ghat
A Scandinavian architect reflects on Har Ki Pauri, the sacred Ganges ghat at Haridwar, where pilgrims float leaf-and-flower diyas as offerings of hope.
Fontana delle Tartarughe: Rome’s Renaissance Turtle Fountain
The Fontana delle Tartarughe in Piazza Mattei, Rome, designed by Giacomo della Porta and sculpted by Taddeo Landini, a late Renaissance fountain of bronze ephebes and turtles.
St Myllin’s Well: A Holy Spring Above Llanfyllin, Powys
St Myllin’s Well, or Fynnon Coed y Llan, is a Grade II holy well above Llanfyllin in Powys, Wales, tied to a 6th-century saint, baptism by immersion and rag-tree wishes.