RELIGION AND ARCHITECTURE
DUOMO, ITALY Milan Cathedral. One of the largest cathedrals in the world and the second large by capacity after the Saint Peter’s Dome in Rome. The cathedral construction started in 1386, lasted for 600 years and was completed only as late as the beginning of the XIX century, when at the order of Napoleon façade decoration was terminated.
CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL, USA This protestant church in the Californian town Garden-Grove is practically fully made of glass and by its form it reminds of the four-pointed crystal. About 12 thousand glasses were used for construction, and inside there is the world largest organ with 16 thousand pipes.
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KOSTNICE, CZECHIA The finery of this Czech church situated on the skirts of the Kutná Hora town is completely made of bones, which gave to this church the name of the Kostnice or Ossuary. The church was built in the territory of an old cemetery closed in 1870 and its interior is made of bones of about 40 thousand people who had been buried here. The author of the church, a semi-blind monk František Rint was charged with the task to «put in order» the territory of the cemetery. It is for this purpose that he sorted the bones by size and form, washed and bleached them and then used for the church decoration.
MAGNIFICENT UBUDIAH MOSQUE built under the design of an Indian architect is situated in the KualaKangsar city (Malaysia), a residence of the Perak sultanate. The mosque is situated at the Bukit Candan hill and is thought to be one of the most beautiful in the country.