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10 Most Beautiful Churches
Budget Travel ^ | 04/20/2011 | Terry Ward

Posted on 04/21/2011 8:29:49 PM PDT by loreldan

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I miss churches with windows.
1 posted on 04/21/2011 8:29:51 PM PDT by loreldan
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To: loreldan

I get that.
The buildings are magnificent. Thanks for posting.


2 posted on 04/21/2011 8:40:33 PM PDT by svcw (Non forgiveness is like holding a hot coal thinking the other person will be blistered)
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3 posted on 04/21/2011 8:42:27 PM PDT by mylife
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May I add:

http://www.travelbbb.com/alexander-nevsky-cathedral-sofia-bulgaria/

http://www.kusadasi.tv/hagia-sophia.html

Hagia Sophia but imagine it without the Islamic Towers to death and destruction tacked onto the four corners as an afterthought.

Sorry I don’t know how to post photos, so just the links.


4 posted on 04/21/2011 8:42:47 PM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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This one is nice as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy_Cadet_Chapel


5 posted on 04/21/2011 8:45:04 PM PDT by loreldan (I'm shocked)
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To: mylife

They don’t make them like that anymore.


6 posted on 04/21/2011 8:45:59 PM PDT by loreldan (I'm shocked)
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To: loreldan

I have been their. My brother went to the Academy. From the inside it is amazing. Like being inside an airplane wing! Very cool! Thanks for reminding.


7 posted on 04/21/2011 8:47:22 PM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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To: loreldan

I have a special place in my heart for them.


8 posted on 04/21/2011 8:48:44 PM PDT by mylife
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To: DariusBane

Oh shnikes! Their, There... Good thing engrish is my third language...


9 posted on 04/21/2011 8:49:58 PM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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To: loreldan

Catholic Cathedral (Basilica of the Assumption), Baltimore, MD,
Benjamin Latrobe, Architect.

10 posted on 04/21/2011 8:51:01 PM PDT by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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10 Most Beautiful Churches

The kingdom of God is within you.

- Luke 17:21


11 posted on 04/21/2011 8:51:26 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
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Amen


12 posted on 04/21/2011 8:55:00 PM PDT by mylife
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A number of years back I was able to spend about 4 hours viewing the Hagia Sophia. I had a large picture book of the place with me that had pre-Mohammedan rendering of the site compared with it after the Mohammedan conquest.
Frankly, I liked it better as it was originally. There were some outside changes, gardens and water courses added that were nice - but the interior, major changes, changes just destroyed the intent of the building.

A lot of people came over and were very interested in the book. Many had no idea of the Hagia Sophia original meaning.

Constantinople vs Istanbul.....;)
13 posted on 04/21/2011 8:55:08 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito Ergo Conservitus.)
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To: oyez

Nice Neo Byzantine.


14 posted on 04/21/2011 8:55:23 PM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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To: loreldan

http://www.utah3d.net/panoramas_5/white-slot.html


15 posted on 04/21/2011 8:56:06 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Talisker

No doubt.

However although I don’t view the buildings as holy, I have a great respect for the unique aesthetic, and architectural language that is unique to Churches. For me in particular the Byzantine and it’s many orthodox revolutions.

This thread is not about theology. Please take that elsewhere. It is about art.


16 posted on 04/21/2011 8:57:48 PM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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And the small church award goes to Thorn Crown in Arkansas


17 posted on 04/21/2011 8:58:55 PM PDT by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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To: Tainan

I am green with envy. It is one of my unrequited dreams to go to Constantinople.


18 posted on 04/21/2011 8:59:19 PM PDT by DariusBane (People are like sheep and have two speeds: grazing and stampede)
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To: oyez

Very nice


19 posted on 04/21/2011 9:00:40 PM PDT by loreldan (I'm shocked)
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To: Talisker

True. But most modern churches just aren’t awe-inspiring any more.


20 posted on 04/21/2011 9:02:11 PM PDT by loreldan (I'm shocked)
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