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Churches have always excited architects and artists due to its various styles, massiveness, and intricate motifs.....
This church looks short and squat from the outside and sits uncomfortably in it's little square, bulging, an ugly duckling! The exterior fails to suggest any majesty compared to Vienna's other large palaces of worship such as Stephandom & Karlskirche, but then you go inside! The baroque interior is so busy and heavy with detail that it is impossible to take in what you are seeing. You need to take a picture so that you can study it later and decipher the church's mysteries... or alternatively sit through a very long service!
Vertical panorama of the altar in St. Augustine & St. John Church in Dublin. View On Black
Church architecture refers to the architecture of Christian church buildings. It has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion. Given below are the fundamental features which are used in church architecture.
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These 7 castles in Wales are amazing to visit. From the opulent interiors of Cardiff Castle to the gardens of Powis Castle, there are lots of great castles.
Another of the 52 Adventure cards leads me to a photowalk around the University of Chicago campus
A self guided Cotswolds day trip to Castle Combe and Lacock - everything you need to know to plan your own trip. A perfect London side trip!
An exploration of the top Gothic Prague sights, from the spooky to the stunning, with that special dose of Bohemian magic that makes Prague such a wonder!
Call it divine intervention. After three years of restoration, plus six of master-planning, the housands of square feet of scaffolding have finally come down from St. Patrick's Cathedral in Midtown, just in time for Pope Francis's late September visit, an unplanned yet fortuitous synchronicity.
There are castles and then there are chateau castles and France is the winner in this category. The Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers is a castle located in the west-central part of France.
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Blaise Castle is an 18th century mansion-house and estate near Henbury in Bristol (formerly in Gloucestershire), England. Blaise Castle was immortalised by being described as “the finest plac…
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Tibidabo Church, Barcelona
This guide to a day trip to York has everything you need to spend a day in York, England. From the minster to the walls, there's a lot to do.
One of the first examples of pre-Romanesque loggia that we know is the double Oriel Window of the building named Santa María de Naranco that was commissioned by the Asturian monarch Ramiro I in the ninth century. It was completed in 848 as part of the palatial complex that was built as a response to […]
One of the great things about Europe is architecture built "with" the landscape and not against it, like this marvelous church with its tall steeple and the Grossglockner behind it.
This subreddit is a hub for architecture enthusiasts and everyone who appreciates the beauty and complexity of buildings. From towering skyscrapers to intricate historical structures, the online community features a wide range of wonders from around the world.
I would love to have my wedding at one of these amazing venues in Georgia!
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Normally I wouldn't consider myself a buttress man, but flying buttresses get me every time. These sexy copper-topped flying buttresses are best seen about half-way up the spiraly climb to the top of the Strasbourg Cathedral's rooftop viewing platform. See where this picture was taken. [?]
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Besides eating bamboo leaves I like all kind of oddities. Being bored of usual buildings I have traveled the world (with the help of Internet) and found 50 strangest and most extraordinary churches in the world, and I'm kind enough to share it with you.
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