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Churches, Mosques and other religious buildings from around the world. |
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 | This church is known by several names. St. Laurens and St. Laurentius both remind of its catholic origins, while it has been also known as Grote Kerk ('great church') since it was confiscated and became a protestant church. |  | 08/26/2005 | 409 | 
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 | This mosque was completed in 1990 as a memorial to the late King Hussein's Grandfather |  | 08/26/2005 | 1,002 |
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 | A little bit Swedish, a little bit Russian - totally Finnish. The largest orthodox cathedral in Scandinavia |  | 08/25/2005 | 347 |
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 | The Lutheran Cathedral (also Suurkirkko or St. Nicholas church) is Helsinki's most important landmark. The majestic outline of its 71m central tower illustrates the true glory of the White City of the North. The cathedral was designed by C.L. Engel in 1830 | | 08/25/2005 | 378 |
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 | Temppeliaukio Church was built in 1968-1969. It was designed by the architect brothers, Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen. The church is built into solid rock, therefore, it is also known as the Church of the Rock. Natural light brightens the inside through 180 glasses between the dome and the wall. |  | 08/25/2005 | 574 |
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 | Meeting place of the Peter Cooper UU Fellowship - Memphis Tennessee USA | | 08/24/2005 | 389 |
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 | The largest Christian church in Cote d'Ivoire Africa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Our_Lady_of_Peace_of_Yamoussoukro | | 08/24/2005 | 389 |
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 | The Church of the River (Unitarian-Universalist) in Memphis, TN, USA. The sanctuary has a glass wall which allows communicants to look out at the river view. | | 08/24/2005 | 429 |
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 | Pampulha church, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. | | 08/24/2005 | 412 |
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 | In the dome of Berlin is the thomb of Otto von Bismarck, the first Imperial Chancellor of the second German empire. |  | 08/24/2005 | 489 |
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 | The ancient burmese site of more than 2,000 pagodas - sometimes called Pagan. | | 08/24/2005 | 488 |
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 | The Zapotek and Mixtek Monuments on Monte Alban near Oaxaca in Mexico | | 08/24/2005 | 482 |
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 | The Golden Mount is part of the Wat Saket temple located just outside the old royal city precincts, next to the Pom Mahakhan fort. The mount has a somewhat unusual history. It was started by King Rama III early in the 19th century, who wanted to build a large chedi on the site to mark the entrance to the city. However, the soft marshy ground could not support such a large structure and it colla... | | 08/24/2005 | 534 |
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 | Across the street from the Golden Mount, Wat Ratchanadda probably the most unique temple design in Bangkok. Rama III began construction of the ‘Loha Prasat’ in the 19th century but due to its complexity of design, it was completed only recently. Wat Ratchanadda comprises five towers of varying sizes topped by huge iron spikes. The temples many columns create a labyrinth that is great fun to exp... | | 08/24/2005 | 445 |
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 | The City Pillar Shrine (San Lak Muang):
This shrine is at the south east corner of Phramane Ground or Sanam Luang. While Thailand is a Buddhist country, aspects of Brahmanism which preceded Buddhism, can still be seen.
The Thais, believe that the City Pillar symbolized the establishment of a community. The City Pillar of Bangkok was first built on April 21, 1782. L... | | 08/23/2005 | 521 |
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 | Home of the shroud of Turin, cloth that purports to be the burial cloth of Jesus, with his image miraculously preserved upon it. Believe what you want. |  | 08/23/2005 | 381 |
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 | There seems to be a surrealistic amount of churches in Venice. Here are some of them. | | 08/23/2005 | 652 |
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 | Vatican City — formally State of the Vatican City, or Vatican City State (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanæ and Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano) — is a sovereign landlocked enclave surrounded by Rome, Italy. The modern-day home of the popes, it is the smallest independent state in the world in terms of area(0,45 sqm) and population(805). It is administered by the Holy See, the ecclesiast... | | 08/23/2005 | 1,226 |
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 | The most famous church in New York City. Info from the Archdiocese of NY. |  | 08/23/2005 | 510 |
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 | This Church was distroyed in the WW 2. Today it is a memorial. Next to it a very modern church was built. | | 08/23/2005 | 380 |
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 | A Norman building from the 11th century. | | 08/23/2005 | 373 |
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 | Bragernes Church is in new gothic style and iIts well known altarpiece with the Resurrection was painted by Adolph Tidemand. It has 35 bells. | | 08/23/2005 | 332 |
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 | Phra Pathom Chedi (Thai พระปฐมเจดีย์ ) is the highest stupa of the world with a height of 127 m. It is located in the town Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Unfortunately, very low-res image.
The name Phra Pathom Chedi means Holy chedi (stupa) of the beginning. The stupa at the location is first mentioned in scripture... |  | 08/22/2005 | 455 |
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 | This is the Center of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" (Mormon). They hold the world's largest collection of genealogical records. It's the home of the "Mormon Tabernacle Choir" and the "Familiy History Library" that has records of more than 2 billion names to search within. You can use these records online too. http://www.familysearch.org/ | | 08/21/2005 | 590 |
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 | AFAIR correctly from my visit this is the world´s highest minaret (rougly 72m = 240ft.). Note the minaret´s long shadow. | | 08/21/2005 | 707 |
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