Churches, Cathedrals & Chapels
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Church of Saint Clemens in New Town, Prague
We worshiped in this church when in Prague in 2005. Originally constructed in the late 16th century, with a major reconstruction in 1850 to what you see today. It now serves the Reformed Church, and is the seat of the parish church of the Evangelical Church, whichis actively used as a place of worship by the Anglican parish of Old Catholic Church. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic .
The Zagreb Cathedral on Kaptol is a Roman Catholic institution and the tallest building in Croatia. It is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and to kings Saint Stephen and Saint Ladislaus. Built 1880 - 1906
The church of All Saint's, at just 26 by 25 feet, is probably one of the smallest in the country. It shares a roof with an adjoining farmhouse. Dating from the mid-12th century, it was altered in 1480. It contains a pulpit from 1634. The adjoining farmhouse may have been used as an infirmary for the Abbey.
Interior - Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Williamstown
The current bluestone Church, designed by Melbourne architect Leonard Terry, was finally built at the cost of £600. The foundation stone was laid on 11th February 1871 by Bishop Charles Perry, and the beautiful new bluestone Church building, built on the northside of the old iron construction, was finally opened on 7th October 1874. The construction process was a very significant time in the life of Williamstown, and many local families have stories of where their forebears worshipped, and how they helped create the Church building as it stands today. The building stands structurally unchanged to this day, despite needing some tender loving care.
Of architectural and aesthetic significance as an unusual example of a Georgian detailed Wesleyan chapel. The chapel demonstrates an early use of cream brick and a rare use of the local Koonung Creek stone. The chapel is important as a substantially intact 1850s building which has undergone little alteration on the exterior or interior. It has been in continuous use as a chapel since constructed. churchhistorywhitehorsewesleyanheritage From Heritage Site - Woodhouse Grove Wesleyan Chapel
Holy Trinity Doncaster Anglican Church
This shot shows the old stone church in the foreground, opened in 1869 with the 1971 extension beyond the Balfrey. The expanded building is an excellent example of creating a modern space for worship which sensitively adapts the design signature of the past to meet contemporary needs.
Church Interior ~ Zagreb Cathedral
Looking forward from the Nave to the Chancel, Alter, and Apse
Dale Abby Ruins - Dale Abbey, UK
Dale Abbey is a village and civil parish in the borough of Erewash in Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England, 6 miles north east of Derby near Long Eton. Formerly known as Depedale or Deepdale, the village contains the remains of an abbey founded in the 12th or 13th century.
St James Anglican Church was originally situated in the settlement of Yaugher, a couple of kilometres down the road. It was dedicated in 1889 but was destroyed by bushfire in 1906. By then the Yaugher settlement had moved to its present location at Forrest. The present church was built in 1907
John Aspinall built this building on his own land in 1856. It is not only significant architecturally, but for the fact that it has been used by various congregations as a place of worship since constructed. It has undergone not modernisation and is now not allowed to be altered. under its heritage overlay.
Catholic Cathedral dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
St. Patrick's Cathedral ~ Side Entrance
The cathedral was designed in the Gothic style of early Fourteenth Century, based on the great medieval cathedrals of England, a style at the height of its popularity in the mid 19th century.
This fountain is part of a very attractive series of water features to the east of St. Patric's Cathedral.
- the seat of the Anglican Primate of Australia and home church for Anglicans in Melbourne and Victoria. The Cathedral is built in the neo-Gothic transitional style, that is, partly Early English and partly Decorated. It was designed by the distinguished English architect William Butterfield, who was noted for his ecclesiastical work. The foundation stone was laid in 1880.
The Dominican convent is ideally located in the predominantly catholic quarters of Fira, the capital of the island of Santorini, right at the town centre.
I spoke with an elderly man who was obviously a custodian of the history of this beautiful building. He informed me that the original church was founded by King Edmund I in about 943 as a royal collegiate church; however, no traces of its structure survive. The 212-foot (65 m) tower dates from 1510 to 1530 and was built in the popular Perpendicular Gothic style of the time. Apart from the tower, the cathedral was rebuilt in a classical style to the designs of James Gibbs of 1725, and it was further enlarged in 1972. At the same time, the ciborium was added over the altar. The building, previously known as All Saints' Church, became a cathedral by Order in Council on 1 July 1927.
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
A departure from the rest of the photos in this gallery, I was attracted to the beautiful architecture and stonework of this building. Catholic migrants from Ireland played a big part in settling the state of Victoria in the mid eighteen hundreds and built the first part of this church in 1869 of locally quarried granite. The second stage (the dominant front section) was completed in 1905, built of brown Glenrowan stone and included the spire .
An integral part of every service, prayer is both participatory and led.
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, Australia's largest provincial church, is dramatically sited and impressive in scale. Built in the Gothic Revival style, It was designed by Reed, Smart & Tappin in the Decorated Gothic style and built of sandstone and granite. The nave was built in 1896-1901. After a long interval, work recommenced on the cathedral in 1954 and was completed in 1977. The later works were designed by Bates, Smart and McCutcheon, the successor of Reed, Barnes and Tappin. The spire was of lighter construction than that originally designed, being steel framed and clad with a masonry veneer. Sacred Heart Cathedral is 75 metres long and has a ceiling height of 24 metres. The main spire is 87 metres high.
St. Blaise Church was originally 14th-century Romanesque, but this was badly damaged in the 1667 earthquake and finally destroyed by a fire in 1706. The church was rebuilt in its present baroque style between 1706 and 1714.
The settlement of Kedleston was recorded in the Domesday Book, and the first mention of a church here was in 1198–99. The only remaining part of that church is the Norman south doorway and the adjoining wall. The greater part of the present church dates from rebuilding in the 13th century and the building underwent a major restoration in 1884–85.
Holy Trinity Williamstown Anglican Church
Holy Trinity Church is one of the architectural gems of Melbourne. It is lovingly maintained as part of the culture and heritage of this city.
Simplicity is the design motif.