The beautiful church thread: please post photos / links to beautiful Catholic churches!

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I live in Germany w/ my husband whose in the Air Force. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to see the Dome Cathedral in Cologne. I took some pictures. It was so big I couldn’t fit most of it in one shot, even standing several feet back. To think it was built in the middle ages!
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Wonderful pics, Katie!
Mine are on a disc somewhere, and didn’t come out half that good!
Did you do the 509 steps? :coolinoff: <—Just thinking about it! LOL!
 
This is almost too beautiful to be true. Sensory overload! 😃

Las Lajas Cathedral

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Las Lajas, or the Las Lajas Cathedral [wiki] in Colombia, was built in 1916 on a site where, according to local legend, the Virgin Mary appeared. The story goes like this: 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 a gothic church worthy of a fairy tale.





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Lepanto said:
This is almost too beautiful to be true. Sensory overload! 😃

Las Lajas Cathedral

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Las Lajas, or the Las Lajas Cathedral [wiki] in Colombia, was built in 1916 on a site where, according to local legend, the Virgin Mary appeared. The story goes like this: 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 a gothic church worthy of a fairy tale.

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That is absolutely stunning and awe-inspiring!!!
 
seekdatruth said:
Hi! 👋 fellow South Westerner!
Thanks for the pics! I must get over to see those!
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👋 We have a few nice churches here in AZ, its actually interesting because in the central and southern part of the state we have a more Spanish mission influence, while up north you can see more Gothic influence.
I found a few interiors of the Nativity of the B.V.M in Flagstaff.








Oh and of course St. Mary’s Basillica…how could I have forgotten that?
 
La Sagrada Familia, or Catalan for “The Holy Family”, is a yet-to-be-finished Roman Catholic basilica in Barcelona, Spain. Estimated completion is in year 2026.

The church’s design is rich with Christian symbolism, with façades featuring intricate details describing the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Perhaps the most awe inspiring is the eighteen towers representing the 12 Apostles, 4 Evangelists, the Virgin Mary, and a central tower - the tallest of them all - representing Christ.

The construction of the Sagrada Familia basilica started in 1882, directed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, who devoted his life to it. When people said that the construction had taken a very long time, Gaudí replied that he was building the church for God, and that his client wasn’t in a hurry. He then became known as “God’s Architect.”

In 1926, Gaudí got run over by a street car. Because of his raggedy attire and empty pockets, no one wanted to take him to the hospital. Eventually, he was taken to a pauper’s hospital where no one recognized him until his friends found him and tried to move him to another hospital. Gaudí refused, saying that he belonged with the poor, and died a few days later.

Because Gaudí refused to work with blue prints, preferring to use his imagination and memory instead, construction of La Sagrada Familia was halted after his death. Part of the church was even burnt during the Spanish Civil War. Construction of La Sagrada Familia was restarted afterwards and continues until today.

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Notre Dame in Ottawa, Canada =)

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