izmir: offerings

Saturday, February 16, 2008

offerings

Pilgrims leaving offerings at grates -which are a kind of spiritual message board- on a wall outside the House of the Virgin Mary close by Ephesus near Izmir, where some believe the Virgin Mary spent her final years.

4 comments:

Petrea Burchard said...: Sweet, subtle color. Very moving.; February 18, 2008 at 5:22 AM
monoblog said...: Thank you Petrea...; February 19, 2008 at 9:16 AM
kostas said...: I hope some day may have the opportunity to visit the east coast of the Aegean sea.; February 21, 2008 at 10:10 AM
monoblog said...: Kostas, you're always welcome here...; February 22, 2008 at 8:56 AM

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The city of Izmir is located in the western Anatolian Peninsula, in the midst of the beautiful Aegean shoreline. Being a metropolitan city with multicultural aspects, it is the third largest city in Turkey.

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