The World's Greatest BuildingsA tour of one hundred examples of the world's finest architecture - including palaces, bridges, skyscrapers, and stadiums. |
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... churches like Salisbury Cathedral ( below ) . pilgrimage applies to inspiring modern shrines such as Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp , built since World War II . The church of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona was conceived as an expiatory ...
... churches like Salisbury Cathedral ( below ) . pilgrimage applies to inspiring modern shrines such as Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp , built since World War II . The church of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona was conceived as an expiatory ...
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... church became for him a profound act of faith . The inspiration for the building- conceived as a church of atonement for Barcelona's increasingly revolu- tionary ideas and known originally as the Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family ...
... church became for him a profound act of faith . The inspiration for the building- conceived as a church of atonement for Barcelona's increasingly revolu- tionary ideas and known originally as the Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family ...
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... church , Unity Temple , was to amaze and ultimately please its congregation : With its squat , horizontal con- crete mass lined with squarish columns , and its recessed windows set high under its overhang- ing roof , it was like no church ...
... church , Unity Temple , was to amaze and ultimately please its congregation : With its squat , horizontal con- crete mass lined with squarish columns , and its recessed windows set high under its overhang- ing roof , it was like no church ...
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The World's Greatest Buildings: Masterpieces of Architecture & Engineering Henry J. Cowan No preview available - 2000 |
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