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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

A Plethora of Pictures: National Cathedral

I'm posting different categories of DC trip pictures in separate posts.
To keep the front page from getting too long, I'm hiding the pictures on the main page. (The pictures are still loading in the background, so my apologies to anyone reading this over dialup. It may take a while.)

To see the pictures, click on the timestamp link of each post (for example, the "7:00" link at the bottom of this post.) Click on the small versions of the pictures to see a larger version. Hover your pointer over the small versions to read a description or a "witty" comment.

(Okay, so that timestamp is a lie. It isn't really 7:00 yet. I fiddled with the timestamps so that I could re-order the posts.)

The pictures in this post are of the National Cathedral. Technically, it's called the Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, and is the Cathedral for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington. It is a beautiful building, built in the English Gothic style, using English Gothic techniques: no steel girders! It took 83 years to build, and was only finished in 1990. Note the flying buttresses!

Woodrow Wilson and Helen Keller (and about 200 other people) are buried here. Reagan's funeral was held here.


The Space Window, with a rock from the Moon in the center.  Very cool!The light from the stained-glass windows throws moving colors on the walls.Side view of the Cathedral from the gardens.  Note the flying buttresses!A poor picture of the High AltarThe Holy Spirit Chapel is reserved for private prayer.Hmm.  No FLYING BUTTRESSES in this shot.

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kate said...

*sigh* English Gothic . . . nothing like an architectural style inspired by the Virgin Mary. . . .

9/13/2005 7:13 PM

 
Brian said...

I've been struck with "comment spam"!
(not you, kate.)

I've tried to delete it, but Blogger seems to be acting funny at the moment.

9/14/2005 3:04 PM

 
DTG said...

Whoa! Look at those buttresses fly!

9/14/2005 11:59 PM

 

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