Contemporary Mosaic Tile Murals – Vitreous Tile – Milan, Italy

Bar Code, originally uploaded by domar.

Milky Way Mosaic on Flickr – by domar

Milk Gun Mosaic on Flickr – by domar

Sun Mosaic on Flickr – by domar

Funny Dog Mosaic on Flickr – by domar

Squares Mosaic on Flickr – by domar

Pretty Girl Mosaic on Flickr – by domar

These mosaic murals are on walls around a dairy here in Milan, Italy. Artists are various and once a year the schools of Milan can participate in a public concourse. The best mosaics manufactured by the school children are then exhibited for one year aside these permanent mosaics.

Thanks again for sharing your photos & for the added info Marcello

 

Petra Church – Mosaic Floors – Petra, Jordan

Glimpse of Petra Treasury on Flickr – by charlietyack

Where is Petra?
Petra is a spectacular ancient Nabataean city in western Jordan. With massive façades that have been carved entirely out of the existing red sandstone, Petra’s magnificent temples and tombs are like no other religious buildings in the world, and the surrounding rugged landscape dotted with historical sites are a hiker’s paradise.

Petra has been a city of great religious significance both in ancient times and today. First, it has a number of connections with the Old Testament: the nearby Ain Mousa (Spring of Moses) is believed to be where Moses struck a rock with his staff to extract water and Aaron is said to have died in the Petra area and been buried on what is today the sacred site atop Jabal Haroun (Mount Aaron). Later, the city built by the Nabataeans was packed with tombs, temples, sanctuaries and altars to their gods. And in its last years, Petra was the home of several Byzantine churches.

Petra, Jordan – Sacred Destinations Travel Guide

Petra church mosaic floor on Flickr – by fee6ee

Amidst Petra’s ancient temples is a Byzantine church dating from the 5th and 6th centuries. Still being excavated, Petra Church contains some extraordinary mosaics.

Detail of the Petra church mosaics on Flickr – by fee6ee

The Petra Church seems to have first been built over Nabataean and Roman remains around 450 AD. It may have been a major 5th- and 6th-century cathedral, which is intriguing given the other evidence of Petra’s decline after a 363 AD earthquake.

Petra church mosaic detail on Flickr – by anilegna

Petra church mosaic detail on Flickr – by anilegna

mosaic floor detail on Flickr – by anilegna

How old are the mosaics of Petra?

When first constructed around 450, the church had only one apse and an entrance porch. The Mosaic of the Seasons in the southern aisle is from this period. In 500-50 AD, the church was remodeled. Two side apses were installed and the two-story atrium built. The nave was paved and the chancel screens, a pulpit, and wall mosaics were installed, as were the mosaics of the northern aisle and the eastern end of the southern aisle.

petra_church_deer_mosaic on Flickr – by taijibasset

Each of the side aisles of Petra Church is paved with 70 square meters of remarkably preserved mosaics, depicting native as well as exotic or mythological animals, as well as personifications of the Seasons, Ocean, Earth and Wisdom. Also surviving are significant remains of the nave’s paving in marble and stone in geometric designs.

Petra Church – Petra, Jordan

Mosaic Interpretation on Flickr – Photo Sharing!, by www.h4ppy.com.