cathedral of saint paul - st. paul, minnesota

nobody@flickr.com (Dan Anderson (dead camera, RIP)) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:01:39 -0800

Dan Anderson (dead camera, RIP) posted a photo:

Panoramic view of the Cathedral of Saint Paul - home church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis Minnesota. Opened in 1915, this impressively symmetrical place of worship sits high on Cathedral Hill overlooking downtown St. Paul, MN (the Minnesota state capitol city that bears the same name). In 2009 it was designated as the National Shrine of the Apostle Paul by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Vatican.

Check out this dizzying 360 degree interior view of the cathedral from Rack Virtual Tours: rackphoto.com/panos/rackoramas/stpaul/stpaul.html

lakewood cemetery memorial chapel minneapolis

nobody@flickr.com (Dan Anderson (dead camera, RIP)) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:06:33 -0700

Dan Anderson (dead camera, RIP) posted a photo:

Inside the amazing 100-year-old Memorial Chapel at Lakewood Cemetery Minneapolis Minnesota

More than you probably want to know:
The Memorial Chapel at Lakewood was designed in 1909 by Minneapolis architect Harry Wild Jones to look like the famous Hagia Sophia basilica in Turkey. The interior was created by New York designer Charles Lamb who went to Rome and came back to Minnesota with 6 mosaic artists and over 10 million little bits of mosaic tiles made from colored stones, glass and marble. Those madly skilled Italians spent the next year creating what is considered the most perfect example of Byzantine mosaic art in North America. (Byzantine refers to the Eastern Roman Empire - they used a lot of mosaic art in their buildings back then - I had to look that one up).

The Chapel was completed in 1910 and everything you see on the walls and ceiling is little pieces of tile about the size of a nickel. What's also cool is the stained-glass windows that ring the 65 foot tall center dome act like a ginormous sundial marking the time of day and season (if you know how to read it).

The Chapel sits in the middle of the Lakewood cemetery close to Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis and is used for funerals and other special events. Help yourself to a complimentary self-guided tour brochure at: www.lakewoodcemetery.com/files/chapel.pdf

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