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Albi Cathedral

Albi Cathedral

Albi, FR

The current Albi Cathedral building, made of brick, replaces an old stone cathedral. It was built over two centuries, from 1282 to 1480, with notable complications such as a fire destroying the roof in the 14th century. The interior is richly decorated with paintings from the late 15th / early 16th century. In the 18th century, the façade threatened to collapse and was rebuilt. Its impressive dimensions make Albi Cathedral the largest brick cathedral in the world.

Alböke Church

Alböke Church

Köpingsvik, SE

Situated on the island of Öland in the Baltic Sea, the church has existed since the Middle Ages. The current architecture is however from the 19th century. The church contains a Romanesque baptismal font, probably made by the artist known as Master Byzantios on Gotland.

Alderslyst Kirke

Silkeborg, DK

To the north and south there are mosaic panes, and each of the panes has its own title. The windows here are subdued in the colors, and the motifs are only hinted at, because Havsteen-Mikkelsen wanted the altarpiece with the crucified Christ to be the most distinctive pane in the room.

Aldersund Church

Aldersund Church

Lurøy, NO

Aldersund church, formerly Aldersund chapel, is a wooden church built in 1971 and designed by architect John Egil Tverdahl.

Ålen Church

Ålen Church

Holtålen, NO

Ålen Church is a long church dating from 1881 in Holtålen municipality in Trøndelag county. The present church has replaced a stave church from the Middle Ages. Parts of the stave church were used when the neighbouring Haltdalen stave church was rebuilt in a museum in Trondheim at the end of the 1880s. The west portal, leaf and west wall of the Haltdalen Stave church come from the Ålen Stave church.

Ales Cathedral

Ales Cathedral

Ales, IT

The Cathedral of Ales was built in 1708 on a project by the Genoese architect Domenico Spotorno, who also worked on the conversion of the Cathedral of Cagliari in the Baroque style, a church that served as a model for the Cathedral of Ales. In the first half of the twentieth century, the decorations and frescoes of the interior were completed, and recently important restoration work was carried out, which affected the church for about twenty years.

Ales Cathedral

Ales Cathedral

Alès , FR

This church is one of the oldest in Beauvais, with an edification started in the 11th century and completed in the 13th century. A fire ravaged the church in 1592, then it was restored in the XVIIth, then in the XVIIIth with the reconstruction of the bell tower.

Ålesund Church

Ålesund Church

Ålesund, NO

The church in Ålesund was built in stone from 1905. Nordmøre stone was chosen as the material for the church because Ålesund had just suffered a fire in 1904. Frescoes and stained glass by Enevold Thømt.

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Paris, FR

St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Russian orthodox consecrated in 1861. It is the first permanent place of worship for the Russian Orthodox community in Paris. It is under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The cathedral, including the crypt, has been listed as a historic monument since 1981.

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Slovyansk, UA

The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Sloviansk is an Orthodox cathedral. The church has been the target of shelling due to the ongoing fighting in the region, but the cathedral remains intact.

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