Religious architecture

[Kyriakos]

Mirc's post in some thread about how beautiful orthodox churches are made me decide to post a few pics of the ones in this city, which were built during the Byzantine Empire era and are some of the greatest byzantine monuments everywhere since Thessalonike was a very important city of the empire

You can post pics of religious buildings in your country, and compare architecture, or just note what you like

Here we go:

Cathedral of St Demetrios:

The Panagia Chalkeon:

Detail from the church of the Holy Apostles:

A modern church:

I will find more pics later

 

[holy king]

 

[Kyriakos]

I was expecting the Stefanskirche from you, HK, since i proposed one posts images from his country

 

[holy king]

here you are.

 

[Shekwan]

When I think of impressive Orthodox churches, I think of the Russian ones. I can respect the age of the ones Varwnos, but they aren't all that beautiful when it comes to Churches.

 

[Kyriakos]

I like byzantine architecture, but other orthodox ones as well

This is a pic of the orthodox cathedral of Timisoara, in Romania:

 

[Mirc]

Better pics of the above cathedral in Timisoara:

HUGE PIC!
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2522157.jpg

Spoiler :

Inside:

I will come back to this thread when I have more time.

 

[Lillefix]

We don't have many big nice churches in Norway, but we have at least one gothic one in the city where I study:

Spoiler :

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[Gilder]

Here's some local flavor:

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence:

Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston:

 

[Birdjaguar]

This church is Albuquerque's oldest and dates back to 1718. The soft lines of the adobe construction are evident.

 

[Annex]

St. Basil's, heavily Baroque

Milan Cathedral, interesting to say the least

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[Kyriakos]

The Duomo (cathedral of Milan) is indeed amazing
Along with this, the cathedral of Florence, is the other of my two favourite italian churches:

 

[Perfection]

Sadly, most American churches are like this.

 

[cardgame]

Sadly, most American churches are like this.

It's funny because it's true

 

[sophie]

I'm sorry, I live in San Jose, and here in San Jose we don't understand the concept of aesthetically pleasing architecture...

 

[Chukchi Husky]

This is Wells Cathedral. Wells is England's smallest city.

This is Bath Abbey.

 

[trader/warrior]

Stave churches incorporating norse and christian architecture:

Also they are really old.

 

[Kyriakos]

That third stave church is wonderfull

This is the cathedral of the transfiguration, in a russian island:

 

[ArneHD]

Other than those mentioned by Lillefix and T/W, the famous cathedral in Norway is the Arctic Cathedral (called Ishavs katedralen in Norwegian, literally "The Ice Sea Cathedral"):

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Also there is the Stavanger Cathedral, but there isn't a good wikipedia picture of that.

 

[Kyriakos]

Interesting design, ArneHD

Some serene churches in Santorini, a greek island: