Vertical panorama of the altar in St. Augustine & St. John Church in Dublin. View On Black
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!
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. [?]
Notre Dame de l'Assomption cathedral seen from Clermont Ferrand's roofs
Another of the 52 Adventure cards leads me to a photowalk around the University of Chicago campus
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.
Beautiful monuments of a past age, gothic cathedrals have so much to tell us! And with Susan's help, you'll be deciphering the messages in no time!
We've picked our jaws off of the floor and come up with this list of 15 stunning places that look like they belong in a movie.
Cologne Cathedral in Germany.
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The Ulm Cathedral is a Lutheran church in Germany, the tallest church in the world, with a steeple measuring of 161.53 m. Das Ulmer Münster ist mit einer Höhe von 161,53 Metern der höchste Kirchturm der Welt.
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Tallest of the Gothic cathedrals. At the bottom of the picture are Christmas market stalls.
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This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
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Let's explore one of the largest and most beautiful gothic cathedral in the World: the Bourges Cathedral. Includes architecture highlights and secrets...
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.
