{"id":18470,"date":"2024-12-19T10:05:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T18:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=18470"},"modified":"2024-12-19T10:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T18:08:14","slug":"camino-photo-of-the-day-a-look-up-at-the-abbey-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-a-look-up-at-the-abbey-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Camino Photo of the Day: a Look Up at the Abbey Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">W<\/span>e spent several hours exploring the medieval village of Conques. This included a walk around the great abbey church. Like many medieval constructions, there is ample evidence of additions, changes, and restorations. In fact, the church is under restoration right now. You can see some of the scaffolding on the right. It somehow reminded me of a quote by G.K. Chesterton:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change. If you leave a white post alone it will soon be a black post. If you particularly want it to be white you must be always painting it again; that is, you must be always having a revolution. Briefly, if you want the old white post you must have a new white post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53378236194_6dd9b523ef_o-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53378236194_6dd9b523ef_o-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53378236194_6dd9b523ef_o-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53378236194_6dd9b523ef_o-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53378236194_6dd9b523ef_o-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53378236194_6dd9b523ef_o-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/53378236194_6dd9b523ef_o-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date: <\/strong>27 August 2023 <br><strong>Place:<\/strong> Conques, Aveyron D\u00e9partement, Region of Occitanie, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Maps!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"595\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10.png 964w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10-150x93.png 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-10-768x474.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"437\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-1024x437.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-1024x437.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-150x64.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-768x328.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-1536x655.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/VP-arrow-11-Conques-2048x873.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent several hours exploring the medieval village of Conques. This included a walk around the great abbey church. Like many medieval constructions, there is ample evidence of additions, changes, and restorations. In fact, the church is under restoration right now. You can see some of the scaffolding on the right. It somehow reminded me of a quote by G.K. 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