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.
Swayambhunath’s World Peace Pond: A Coin Toward the Self-Arisen
A Nordic architect reads the World Peace Pond at Swayambhunath, Kathmandu — a gilded Buddha on a lotus, a bowl, and a coin tossed for a wish at Nepal’s self-arisen stupa.
Killone Abbey: A Lakeside Nunnery Ruin and Its Holy Well
Killone Abbey, a ruined Augustinian nunnery on Newhall Estate in County Clare, Ireland, founded in 1190, beside Saint John’s Holy Well and its pilgrimage tradition.