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Churches, Mosques and other religious buildings from around the world. |
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 | In 1194, the master-builder of Chartres outlined new principles which would inspire all the great architects of the 13th century. The elevation was in three tiers as it had no gallery (the relationship between the three levels should be noted), and the vaulting was quadripartite, which eliminated the need for alternating supports. Externally, an important change was introduced by abandoning the... |  | 11/23/2006 | 161 | 
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 | This small Baroque church is one of Bernini's great works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant%27Andrea_al_Quirinale | | 11/23/2006 | 167 |
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 | The Wailing Wall is the most holy place for the Jewish Religion because it is the only part of the 2nd Temple that wasn't destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago by the Romans. Although the Jews collectively rejected and to this day still reject that Jesus was the son of God this wall was standing when Jesus walked the streets of Jerusalem. | | 11/23/2006 | 531 |
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 | http://www.fsz.bme.hu/hungary/budapest/bptour/bpcast04.htm | | 11/18/2006 | 169 |
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 | It was built in 1626 and dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, who had just been canonized. It was the church of the adjacent Collegio Romano, now moved to another location | | 11/18/2006 | 136 |
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 | The basilica was probably founded by Pope St Marcus (Mark) in 336, and is one of Rome's oldest churches. It stand on the site where St Marcus is said to have lived, and was known as the Titulus Pallacinae.
The church was rebuilt in the 5th century, and was left facing the opposite direction.
It was reconstructed in the 8th century by Pope Adrian I (772-795), and ... |  | 11/18/2006 | 137 |
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 | The Queen's Chapel is a Christian chapel in central London, England that was designed by Inigo Jones and built between 1623 and 1625 as an adjunct to St. James's Palace. It is one of the facilties of the British monarch's personal religious establishment, the Chapel Royal, and should not be confused with the room known as the Chapel Royal in the main part of the palace, which is just a short di... | | 11/18/2006 | 160 |
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 | St James's Church, Piccadilly is an Anglican church on Piccadilly in the centre of London, UK. It was designed and built by Sir Christopher Wren.
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 | This striking golden-domed mosque was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd. Completed in 1978, the fine building was erected as a place of worship for the increasing numbers of Muslim residents and visitors in the capital.
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 | http://www.allsouls.org/ascm/allsouls/static/index.html | | 11/17/2006 | 141 |
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 | IRQ News, 10 December 1997, Web posted at: 04:46 GST, Dubai time (00:46 GMT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Saddam Hussein has approved the design for what he calls the world's largest mosque, a domed hall capable of holding 30,000 worshipers alongside a huge artificial lake shaped like a map of the Arab world.
Iraqi newspapers carried a picture today of the Iraqi leader and h... |  | 11/15/2006 | 827 |
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 | Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque Muscat Oman. The biggest mosque of Oman.
Sultan Qaboos Grosse Moschee Muskat Oman. Die groesste Moschee des Oman. | | 10/31/2006 | 363 |
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 | Small Wildgoose Pagoda Xian China
Kleine Wildgans Pagode Xian China |  | 10/31/2006 | 134 |
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 | 6 Banyan Trees Temple Guangzhou China
Tempel der 6 Banyan Baeume Guangzhou (Kanton) China | | 10/30/2006 | 148 |
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 | The Martyrs Shrine, located right next to the The Grand Hotel. built in 1969. Its grand and magnificent architectural style is similar to that of the Taihe Dian Imperial Palace in Beijing, Mainland China, and symbolizes the martyrs' brave spirit. | | 10/28/2006 | 167 |
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 | Nice looking mosque in Tarabulus, Libya. If anyone knows the name or any more info, please comment. | | 10/19/2006 | 252 |
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 | The Imperial Abbey of Lorsch (German: Reichsabtei Lorsch; Latin: Laureshamense Monasterium, called also Laurissa and Lauresham), in Lorsch, about 10 km (6 miles) east of Worms, was one of the most renowned monasteries of the Carolingian Empire. Even in its ruined state, its remains are among the most important pre-Romanesque buildings in Germany. Its chronicle, entered in the Lorscher Codex com... | | 10/14/2006 | 147 |
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 | St Philip's Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral, in Colmore Row, Birmingham, England, dedicated to St Philip.
It was completed in 1715 as a parish church when St Martin's was insufficient for Birmingham's growing population, designed in the then-fashionable Baroque style by architect Thomas Archer. It was enlarged in the late 19th century by J.A. Chatwin. It gained cathedr... | | 10/08/2006 | 200 |
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 | The St. Marienkirche (Church of St. Mary) is a church in Berlin, capital of Germany. The church is located in Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse (formerly Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse) in central Berlin, near the Alexanderplatz. Its exact age is not known, but it was first mentioned in German chronicles in 1292. It is presumed to date from earlier in the 13th century. It was originally a Roman Catholic church b... | | 10/05/2006 | 239 |
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 | This church was propable errected in the 14th. century and was the biggest in northern Jutland. But in the 16th century the sand began to move the area here the people had to dig their way to church untill it was impossible to use it as church, so in 1795 the church was closed after order by King Christian VII and the nave was ripped down and the stones used for other purposes. Only the tower w... | | 10/04/2006 | 418 |
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 | The Dom Tower of Utrecht is the tallest church tower in the Netherlands, at 112 metres in height.
The tower was part of the medieval cathedral of Utrecht and was built between 1321 and 1382. The building was hastily completed due to lack of money and so lacked the flying buttresses to support its walls. In 1674 a hurricane destroyed a large part of the middle section of Dom Churc... | | 09/17/2006 | 253 |
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 | Dharma Zen Center was founded by Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1974 as a place where monks and lay people from all countries can practice Zen together and find their true selves. We have formal meditation practice - bowing, chanting and sitting Zen - in the mornings and evenings for both our resident Zen students and outside members. During the day, our lay residents go out to their jobs or to schoo... | | 09/17/2006 | 124 |
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 | Diamond Way Buddhist Center New York is part of an international network of over 400 meditation centers in the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. The centers were founded and are directed by Lama Ole Nydahl according to the wishes of H.H. 16th Karmapa. They are now under the spiritual guidance of H.H. 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trinlay Thaye Dorje. | | 09/17/2006 | 133 |
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 | Fantoft stave church, one of Norways famous stave churches.
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 | The sites of Buddha's birth, enlightenment, first sermon, and death. Includes explanation, pictures and links. |  | 09/10/2006 | 345 |
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