Churches and Cathedrals of the World

>>70792923
we have no good big cathedrals.

However, around the inner suburbs there are lots of comfy 19th century churches.

>>70793102
I'm pretty sure Australia is better than Algeria on all measures

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Saving the thread with neo-gothic qts from my country.

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>>70793388

>>70792691
shit thread

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Baroque

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Tallest cathedral in the world

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We have beautiful churches , USA comes and make it ugly.

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>>70793606

>>70793659

my country is better than yours

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>>70793655
Costa Rica have better churches than Panamá IMO.

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Sainte-Cécile d'Albi

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Saint-Etienne de Bourges

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>>70793659

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>>70793565

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Notre-Dame de Reims

>>70793807
I go there almost everyday

also my country is better than yours

>>70793710
that one looks nice

>>70793807
I've always loved this one

Je suis catholique/10

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This is a map with some churches and other buildings in my country.

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>>70792691
this

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>>70794011
we have a samll russian one too

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Saint-Nicolas de Nice for the Russian Orthodox

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>>70794059
and this

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Notre-Dame d'Amiens

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>>70794116

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Americans can post too

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>>70793388

>>70794314
Are there many christians in Algeria left ?

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>>70794297

>>70794380
500k Protestant
~100k Catholic
1000 Coptic

I'm protestant myself

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>>70794314
filters**

>>70794440
wow, I thought we sucked at converting in the Maghreb, guess not.

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Notre Dame in Ottawa

>>70797154
The 1960s were a mistake

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To me this is the most beautiful church in the country

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Barcelona's Cathedral

>>70793598
That's Cologne, and by far

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Ugliest cathedral in the world, Madrid's cathedral of the Almudena

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>>70798639
No it's not

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>>70798639

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>>70798694
From the inside

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Catedral de la Almudena, Madrid

>>70798694
What the fuck, why did someone build a cathedral next to a nuclear reactor?

>>70798769
The cathedral is the nuclear reactor

>>70798704
>>70798639
I will never we people hate it so much... fits well with Royal Palace.

>>70798804
understand*

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The lack of italians in this thread is starting to seriously annoy me

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>>70798639
>Ugliest cathedral in the world

Far from it. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles spent hundreds of millions of dollars on this ugly modernist shit.

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>>70792691
From the Outside
>>70798741
>No Altar
>No place where to confess
>No fancy candle holding cupboards
>No illustrated scene of the Bible
>More generally no liturgical furnishings

I bet this "Cathedral" isn't even consecrated

Pure product of Vatican 2

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>>70799207
From the inside

>>70794092

been there, nice building. something about it being the largest orthodox church in France I think?

>>70799358
I thought that would be St. Alexander Nevsky in Paris?

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>>70799207
The basilica the French built is way better but they decided to make it a museum.

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>>70792691
Canterbury is a small city but we do have a world heritage site in town

>>70799435
>high altar
>altar rails
>statues and icons of saints
>our lady, pray for us and for muslims
>has a pulpit
>crosses and candles everywhere
>actually looks catholic and not like a modern art piece

Nope, can't have that!

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I miss my hometown ;_;

>>70799398

maybe it's the largest in southern france then. either way a pretty incredible building

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>>70798851
same. why no wogs itt

>>70799739
Yeah for real, Eastern churches and cathedrals are almost always beautiful.

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>>70792691
Why these catholic churches looks so beautiful.
It's not fair

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>>70798851
one of my favourite cathedrals, looks like something out of a video game

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>>70799841
What do you mean? Orthodoxbros have nice ones too

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>>70799741
>>70799440
>>70798851
>>70793745
I'm jealous. Many cathedrals and churches in Spain are unfinished because there was no money left to finish them. For example, many lack one tower.

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St. Mark's in Venice, most beautiful cathedral in the world imo

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>>70799841
desu orthodox churches make up for it inside

>>70799575
i though the same

>>70799435
imo they should transform the "cathedral" into a museum, and change the museum into a cathedral


kek

>>70799841
Italian expertise m8

The Italians are the kings when it come to architecture

something in their blood imo

>>70794011
Does anyone actually go there for services or is it just a museum?

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>>70792691
moroccan cathedral

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>>70799921
>>70800068
Maybe for a foreigner it's looks really nice and unusual but I see them everyday when I've drive to work or a shopping mall.

>>70798639
It's not ugly, but I think the style better suits a goverment building than a church

>>70800307
Wikipedia says that there are 20,000 Catholics, a mix between people of Italian and French descent and native Tunisians.

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Honolulu

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oldest in america

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me rate

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>>70800448

hmmmm

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acceptable modern designs

>>70800999
I used to drive past this place every day on the way to work. Everyone I knew called it "Gondor"

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>>70800999
get that heretical shit out of here

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>>70801190

why all the hate for mormons?

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>>70801383

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>>70801435

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>>70793598
pic related is the nicest one in my city/province
there's not really a population that's deserving of a megachurch

>>70797154
Man I fuckin hate Niemeyer so much

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'back' of st pauls cathedral

>>70800415
actually those numbers are not true and outdated every year people leave islam and become christian (mostly protestant ) i would say there are at least 150-200k christian in tunisia

>>70800999
>acceptable
>modern designs

Pick one and only one*

*if you pick two you gonna go to Hell

>>70801754
>islam and become christian (mostly protestant)

Evangelical ?

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>>70792691

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We need to retake Wilno sometime.

>>70801114
>Everyone I knew called it "Gondor"
kek

>>70796375
Viva Santiago! I was there in October. Is it still being restored?

I like that DIY cathedral in Spain, don't know the name already.

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GOTHIC
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>>70800894
Truly saddening.

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rate this church

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10/10

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different angle

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inside

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>>70793598
It's not even the tallest in France wtf Anon

>>70806879
>>70806925
>>70807253
Inside is 10/10

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textbook colonial cathedral here

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Are abbeys ok

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>>70808308

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>>70808308
abbeys are cool

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>>70808445
Yea boi

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get on my level

>>70808848
This is one of the nicest churches I have ever seen

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>>70808848
Alri

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>>70809304

>>70806465
wtf is going on there?

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the only pretty building in brussels