#monestary

[bobcronkphotography]

Pena Palace (Palácio da Pena)

Sintra, Portugal

Bob Cronk

[arc-hus]

Monastery of Leça do Balio Extension, Porto - Álvaro Siza

Spotlight: Álvaro Siza

One of the most highly regarded architects of his generation, Portugese architect Álvaro Siza (born 25 June 1933) is k

[utwo]

Madonna della Corona

© Sara Zanini 

[th3-0bjectivist]

Skyelorne

The Remnants of Atma’Zae: The New and Once-Great Settlements of The World, After the Nemesis. Art Entry # 6. Click the title for lore, acrylic paint on canvas

Entry # 1: God’s Port, Entry # 2: Ruins of Qraeto, Entry # 3: Esmer-Alda, Entry # 4: Gryphon’s Perch and Entry # 5: Xylania's Garden.

[balluprojects]

Under Lines, 2025

@ Jerónimos's Monestary, Belém, Lisboa, Portugal

a knowledgeble tuesday*

[danielkupfer]

DK

[666chainz]

[haveatthee83]

THINK ABOUT IT THURSDAY

OKAY, OKAY BUT THINK ABOUT IT...

Random Kinda AU Vibe-What if the Dadan Family were actually members of an abbey/monastery. Dadan acting as their Abbess. (Please forgive any error, I am no expert, this is just for fun)

Ace, Luffy, and Sabo fall under her care like in regular plot, but somehow their antics are amplified tenfold.

I can just see the boys collecting frogs by the creek and letting them loose during a sermon about the Plagues in Egypt (Exodus). Ace convinces the other two to sneak into the back and yoink some communion wine. They would run through the halls sword fighting with the brooms and mops they were supposed to use to clean the floors, tripping monks and nuns along the way. They get assigned to pulling weeds on the grounds and end up upending the entire garden. They sneak into the kitchen constantly. The brotherly sake ritual happens in the courtyard or the bell tower. They have to say a lot of Hail Mary's over the years.

Villagers climb up the mountain to the Abbey to tell Dadan about how the boys are misbehaving, but she turns them away and tells them that she knows how to care for her wards. In secret that night the boys find they have a couple of cookies in their room that weren't there before.

When Sabo "dies" Luffy cries not only to the sea but to God. He asks why He'd do that to his poor brother. When Ace finds him, he makes him swear he won't die, and afterwards Luffy prays that it'll stay true (It was the first time Luffy had prayed on his own). Luffy lights a candle for Sabo on his birthday.

When Ace sets sail, Dadan blesses him and sends him off with his bible from childhood and a necklace with charms for St. Christopher (Travelers), St. Dismas (Thieves), and St. Nicholas (Sailors/Thieves).

Ace's beaded necklace is actually made of rosary beads.

Ace and Luffy both don't know if they necessarily believe all of the teachings from over the years. They're not devout, they don't attend services or receive the covenants. But sometimes when the sea looks a little too vast, and they miss their brothers a little too much, they might look up to the stars and talk to whoever might listen.