Harajuku: Japanese Futuristic Church
This futuristic
protestant church
is located in Tokyo and it was first unveiled by the design firm of
Ciel Rouge Creation in 2005.
The ceiling is specially made to reverberate natural sound for 2 seconds
to provide a unique listening experience for worshipers and tourists.
Saint Basil's Cathedral: The Red Square's Colorful Church
(photo: Lst1984)
The
St. Basil's Cathedral
is located on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. A Russian Orthodox
church, the Cathedral sports a series of colorful bulbous domes that
taper to a point, aptly named onion domes, that are part of Moscow’s
Kremlin skyline.
The cathedral was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible to commemorate the
capture of the Khanate of Kazan. In 1588 Tsar Fedor Ivanovich had a
chapel added on the eastern side above the grave of Basil Fool for
Christ, a Russian Orthodox saint after whom the cathedral was popularly
named.
Hallgrímskirkja: Iceland's Most Amazing Church
(photo: Stuck in Customs)
The
Hallgrímskirkja (literally, the church of Hallgrímur) is a Lutheran parish church located in Reykjavík, Iceland.
At 74.5 metres (244 ft), it is the fourth tallest architectural structure in Iceland.
The church is named after the Icelandic poet and clergyman Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614 to 1674), author of the Passion Hymns.
State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design of the church was commissioned in 1937; it took 38 years to build it.
Temppeliaukio Kirkko: The Rock Church
The
Temppeliaukio Kirkko
(Rock Church) is a thrilling work of modern architecture in Helsinki.
Completed in 1952, it is built entirely underground and has a ceiling
made of copper wire.
It was designed by architect brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and
completed in 1969. They chose a rocky outcrop rising about 40 feet above
street level, and blasted out the walls from the inside.
It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Helsinki and
frequently full of visitors.
Cathedral of Brasília: The Modern Church of architect Oscar Niemeyer
The
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida
in the capital of Brazil is an expression of the architect Oscar
Niemeyer.
This concrete-framed hyperboloid structure, seems with its glass roof to
be reaching up, open, to heaven.
On 31 May 1970, the Cathedral’s structure was finished, and only the 70 m
diameter of the circular area were visible.
Niemeyer's project of Cathedral of Brasília is based in the hyperboloid
of revolution which sections are asymmetric.
The hyperboloid structure itself is a result of 16 identical assembled
concrete columns.
These columns, having hyperbolic section and weighing 90 t, represent
two hands moving upwards to heaven. The Cathedral was dedicated on 31
May 1970.
Borgund Church: Best Preserved Stave Church
The
Borgund Stave Church
in Lærdal is the best preserved of Norway’s 28 extant stave churches.
This wooden church, probably built in the end of the 12th century, has
not changed structure or had a major reconstruction since the date it
was built.
The church is also featured as a Wonder for the Viking civilization in
the video game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings.
Las Lajas Cathedral: A Gothic Church Worthy of a Fairy Tale
(photo: Jungle_Boy)
The
Las Lajas Cathedral
is located in southern Colombia and built in 1916 inside the canyon of
the Guaitara River.
According to the legend, this was the place where an indian woman named
María Mueses de Quiñones was carrying her deaf-mute daughter Rosa on her
back near Las Lajas ("The Rocks").
Weary of the climb, the María sat down on a rock when Rosa spoke (for
the first time) about an apparition in a cave.
Later on, a mysterious painting of the Virgin Mary carrying a baby was
discovered on the wall of the cave.
Supposedly, studies of the painting showed no proof of paint or pigments
on the rock - instead, when a core sample was taken, it was found that
the colors were impregnated in the rock itself to a depth of several
feet.
Whether true or not, the legend spurred the building of this amazing
church.
St. Joseph Church: Known for its Thirteen Gold Domed Roof
The
St. Joseph The Betrothed
is an Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Chicago.
Built in 1956, it is most known for its ultra-modern thirteen gold domed
roof symbolizing the twelve apostles and Jesus Christ as the largest
center dome.
The interior of the church is completely adorned with byzantine style
icons (frescoes). Unfortunately the iconographer was deported back to
his homeland before he was able to write the names of all the saints as
prescribed by iconographic traditions.
As one of our readers wrote us, it was actually built in 1975–1977, by architect Zenon Mazurkevich. --Thanks Ulana!
Ružica Church: Where Chandeliers are made of Bullet Shells
Located over the Kalemegdan Fortress in Belgrade, Serbia, the
Ružica Church is a small chapel decorated with... with trench art!
Its chandeliers are entirely made of spent bullet casing, swords, and cannon parts.
The space the church now occupies was used by the Turks as gunpowder
storage for over 100 years and it had to be largely rebuilt in 1920
after WWI.
Though damaged by bombings there was an upshot to the terrible carnage
of The Great War.
While fighting alongside England and the US, Serbian soldiers on the
Thessaloniki front took the time to put together these amazing
chandeliers.
It is one of the world's finest examples of trench art.
Chapel of St-Gildas: Built into the base of a bare rocky cliff
The
Chapel of St-Gildas
sits upon the bank of the Canal du Blavet in Brittany, France.
Built like a stone barn into the base of a bare rocky cliff, this was
once a holy place of the Druids.
Gildas appears to have travelled widely throughout the Celtic world of
Corwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland.
He arrived in Brittany in about AD 540 and is said to have preached
Christianity to the people from a rough pulpit, now contained within the
chapel.
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