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St Stephen’s Cathedral as e show through Vienna streets
Roof wey get patterns above Vienna everyday life
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Di story behind di frame
St Stephen’s Cathedral dey appear for di end of one narrow street, between two tall building fronts. Di roof wey get patterns take di middle of di upright photo, while di pointed stone details and di dark entrance carry your eye back down to street level. Under am, shop signs, café seats and people wey dey pass fill di front of di picture. Warm lights bring out small patches of colour against di cooler stone and sky. Di people wey near di camera look soft and partly blurred. Dem make di scene feel like say movement dey, but dem no cover di shape of di cathedral. Di photo bring this well-known Vienna landmark come di level of ordinary waka. Di building fronts wey seem to draw closer guide your eye, but di street still keep im own details: windows, signs wey hang, one cable overhead and people wey dey find their way through di city. You fit see di architecture and everyday life together.
About di place
Vienna · Austria
St Stephen’s Cathedral stand for Stephansplatz, inside Vienna historic centre. Di Romanesque west front wey still remain include di Giant’s Door and di lower parts of di two western towers. Later Gothic building work shape plenty of di cathedral wey people know today. Di steep roof wey dem cover with tiles na one of im most recognisable features. If you look from di streets around am, di roof patterns, stonework and different viewing angles give you different ways to understand di building. Di photo follow di approach to di west front, with di roof and main doorway between di buildings around dem.
St Stephen’s Cathedral as e show through Vienna streets · Vienna · Austria
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