The Surprising Little Church At The Châteaux In Chimay
Whilst on my recent travels, there was an opportunity to visit the princely castle of Chimay. Which is in a beautiful little town in Wallonia of the same name, famous for its beer, cheese and being the last non-royal principality of Belgium. The castle was gutted by fire in 1935, losing much of its Baroque furniture and interior decoration. Over the last few decades, some rooms have been restored to their former glory, including…
The Chapel
Which is a very pretty place for Catholic worship. But the more that I looked around, the more that images like…
This
Started to flash into my imagination. It became clear to me that, some hundreds of years ago, someone had said, to a baroque interior designer, “Build Me A Spanking Church”.
The Prayer Kneelers
The first of these, that I noticed, were these
Excellent for kneeling on to receive a back flogging or bending over the other way for a holy birching. Just a nice height for either of these activities and comfortably padded…
Unlike Some Others That I have Seen
But when I turned around…
There Were Some Even Better Ones
That were far more sturdy, solid and unlikely to move around during a severe punishment of a sinner, under the torment of a holy lash. And even more…
One For Chastising A Pair Of Sinners At The Same Time
And then I noticed the general seating of the chapel which were just the right size, height and shape to be…
Padded Birching Benches
Which could easily be used…
Like This
Or This
I suppose you have to have a spankos mindset to see what the designer had in mind, when furnishing this Chapel. But there are some spiritual spankos out there who need a friendly place to pray and play, sometimes. Perhaps this is the place for them.
🙂
This post was inspired by the Netflix series
Prefectdt