Most Extraordinary Churches of the World

 Most Extraordinary Churches of the World (Makanisa makubwa zaidi duniani)

 The most wonderful buildings on earth are probably churches, monasteries and other religious structures. You can do much more with a lot of faith and a lack of money than with a lot of money but without any faith.Enjoy scrolling down the list, while Panda eats another bamboo leaf.

1. The Church of Hallgrímur (Reykjavík, Iceland)

The Church of Hallgrímur is a Lutheran parish church which is also a very tall one, reaching 74.5 meters (244 ft) height. It is the fourth tallest architectural structure in Iceland.
It took incredibly long to build it (38 years!) Construction work began in 1945 and ended in 1986.
Architect: Guðjón Samúelssondesign.
More info: Hallgrímskirkja

In swahili (Kwa lugha ya kiswahili)

1. Kanisa la HallgrÃmur (ReykjavÃk, Iceland)

Kanisa la HallgrÃ-MUR ni Lutheran Parokia ya kanisa ambayo pia ni mmoja mrefu sana, kufikia mita 74.5 (244 ft) urefu. Ni usanifu mrefu zaidi ya nne katika mfumo wa Iceland.
Ilichukua muda mrefu incredibly kwa kujenga (miaka 38!) Ujenzi kazi ilianza mwaka 1945 na kumalizika mwaka 1986.
Mbunifu: Gua ° ja ³ n º Sama elssondesign.
Maelezo zaidi: HallgrÃmskirkja

Device to Root Out Evil (Calgary, AB, Canada)

It was too hot for New York City; too hot for Stanford University. But a controversial, imposing sculpture by renowned international artist Dennis Oppenheim finally found a public home in laid-back Vancouver.
A country church is seen balancing on it’s steeple, as if it had been lifted by a terrific force and brought to the site as a device or method of rooting out evil forces.
(Update: In 2008 it was moved from Vancouver to Calgary, AB, Canada)

Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe chapel (Le Puy-en-Velay, France)

Perhaps one of the most remarkable sights in France, a chapel perched on a volcanic plug. This is the Rock of Aiguilhe, on the edge of the town of Puy en Velay, in the Auvergne. The Chapelle Saint-Michel has stood there for 1042 years, since Bishop Gothescalk had it built in 962 on his return from a pilgrimage to Santiago del Compostella in Galicia. In 1955 workers found relics under the alter that had been there since it was built.

( Saint-Michel da € ™ Aiguilhe chapel (Le Puy-en-Velay, Ufaransa)
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Pengine moja ya vituko vya ajabu zaidi katika Ufaransa, chapel inapokuwa kwenye kuziba volkeno. Huu ni Mwamba wa Aiguilhe, makali ya mji wa Puy sw Velay, katika Auvergne. Chapelle Saint-Michel  alisimama huko kwa miaka 1042, tangu Askofu Gothescalk alikuwa ni kujengwa katika 962 juu ya kurejea kutoka Hija Santiago del Compostella katika Galicia. Mwaka 1955 wafanyakazi kupatikana sanduku chini ya madhabahu kuwa, walikuwa pale tangu ilikupowa ikijengwa)

 

St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery (Kiev, Ukraine)

St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery is a functioning monastery in Kiev, Ukraine. The monastery is located on the Western side of the Dnieper River on the edge of a bluff northeast of the St. Sophia Cathedral. The site is located in the historic and administrative Uppertown and overlooks the city’s historical commercial and merchant quarter, the Podil neighbourhood.
Originally built in the Middle Ages by Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych, the monastery comprises the Cathedral itself (Mykhaylivs’kyi zolotoverkhyi sobor), the refectory of St. John the Divine, built in 1713, the Economic Gates (Ekonomichna vrata), constructed in 1760 and the monastery’s bell tower, which was added circa 1716–1719. The exterior of the structure was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style in the 18th century while the interior remained in its original Byzantine style. The cathedral was demolished by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s, but was recently reconstructed after Ukraine gained its independence.

Church Ruins (Goreme, Turkey)

The rock cut ruins of a church by persecuted Christians. Not sure when it was built, but definitely look very ancient. How did those guys carved the inside of these rocks?
The Cappadocia valley, where this church stands, is very popular for its rocks that the people of the villages at the heart of the Cappadocia Region carved out to form houses, churches, monasteries.
There are an estimated 150 churches and several monasteries in the canyon between the villages of Ihlara and Selime.
Those rocks are volcanic deposits, so that means they are soft rocks, making it possible to carve such structures.

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