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Mon Sep 2, 2013, 12:00 PM Sep 2013

The World's 50 Most Unusual Churches (PHOTOS)



Brussels, Belgium. A see-through church is pictured on a hilltop in Borgloon, 80 km (50 miles) East of Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. The church, designed by Belgian architec duo Gijs Van Vaerenbergh has been chosen by visitors of architecture website Archdaily as building of the year 2012, and is made with 100 layers of steel and weighs 30 tons. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

Posted: 09/01/2013 11:07 am EDT | Updated: 09/01/2013 12:48 pm EDT

One can't help but be awed by the unique beauty of these chapels and churches. They are works of art as well as places of worship.

Over 100 years ago, architect Ralph Adams Cram wrote, "Art has been, is, and will be forever, the greatest agency for spiritual impression that the Church may claim."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/01/world-unusual-churches_n_3832379.html?ref=topbar



Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral, Cundinamarca, Colombia

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The World's 50 Most Unusual Churches (PHOTOS) (Original Post) rug Sep 2013 OP
Kinda cool gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1
There are some spectular ones. rug Sep 2013 #2
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