Old and beautiful Churches

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thanks! that little church is very pretty.
i hope they will be able to preserve it!
 
My wife and always take a road trip over Memorial Day weekend. We plan it so that we attend Saturday night Mass at St. Fidelis.
 
That part of the state has some stunning old country Catholic Churches. Russian and German influence.
 
I looked through my photos to find something old and beautiful from around Los Angeles for this thread. Many of our churches are rather new and utilitarian, since they were rapidly built to keep up with the population boom after WWII. But we have a few from the old days that qualify. This is All Souls Chapel, from Calvary Cemetery, built in 1902:
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And this is the altar at the old San Fernando Mission church. Founded in 1797, the church has been rebuilt several times, after earthquakes and periods of neglect. The most recent renovation was in 1986, and they tried to keep it as true to original as possible:

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Where I attend Mass. National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Baltimore, Md.

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St. Alphonsus Shrine entrusted to Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter - Catholic Review

“It’s a real pleasure and a real joy to be able to offer Mass in such a historic, beautiful church,” said Father Kiefer, a former Army captain who was deployed to Mogadishu in Somalia and Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
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National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori | FSSP

The FSSP's apostolate in America's premier episcopal see. A place of spiritual refuge and prayer in the heart of Baltimore.
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That’s really stunning! There aren’t really any churches in my country that look like that or so I know of.
 
That chapel looked like people really worked to make it lovely!
 
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Where I attend Mass. National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Baltimore, Md.

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That is absolute beautiful! Thank God it was spared the bulldozer. I am not sure if we have the artisans around to build such an edifice today.
 
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I could pitch a tent and live in this one. 😀
 
Literally two short blocks around the corner of the National Shrine of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, a less than 4 minute walk, is another beautiful landmark. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was blessed and opened on May 31, 1821. I frequent there as well. When the 32-month restoration project was completed in 2006, the Basilica’s crypt and undercroft was made accessible to the public for the first time in it’s history. Nine of the fourteen deceased Archbishops of Baltimore have been laid to rest in the undercroft and you can visit their tombs! There’s a little Chapel down there, and one can get lost for hours just sitting before the Blessed Tabernacle. There’s something very special in the atmosphere in the undercroft of the Basilica. It’s like you’re in the catacombs! You’ll find me there often!

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And then there’s the undercroft (crypt area)

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Mark, that’s another beauty! Love the crypt area!!

Are there any old pictures of the interior of the church? It looks like they may have whitewashed the inside.
 
In the Carpathian region of Ukraine a lot of old wooden churches that can be called architectural masterpieces.
In the past, I traveled to the Carpathian region and decided to share my thoughts.
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The beautiful wooden churches in the Carpathian region of Ukraine Eastern Catholicism
In almost every village of the Carpathian mountains you can see the beautiful wooden churches. These churches are frequently built in the Gothic style, they are often man-made delights and architectural monuments of Carpathia. Some of these beautiful churches also on the UNESCO Heritage list.
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Yes. Whitewashed would be a good description of it. I’m torn on it. The old interior was a subdued grayish color. The floors were a dark marble. The pews were dark wood stain. Surprisingly, I cannot locate many pictures of the old interior. Here’s a few.
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The new exterior vs. the old;

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If you take photos from other resources, they will not be authentic, so just type in Google “Wooden churches of the Carpathian region” and you will be surprised by the beauty of these wooden very old churches.
 
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