AmP on the road: The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
I was lucky enough to show up at the cathedral precisely when a tour was starting, which I decided to follow around. If facts and figures are your thing, the 83,000 square feet of mosaic art in this Church have been under construction for a period of 75 years I found out!
Pope Paul VI called it the "outstanding cathedral of the Americas" and having been myself, I can see why. It's certainly one of the most beautiful churches I've seen in the Americas, and the most beautiful large one. There's a wealth of artistic and architectural styles harmoniously integrated in its cavernous interior.
The Cathedral Basilica's website offers an online tour of it's art. I took a few pictures myself:



This one below intrigued me - I had never seeing an "Hourglass Angel" before. Have you?
The rest of the pictures are in a new AmericanPapist Flickr Album.I also took a video of the cathedral interior and put it on my YouTube channel:
If you ever have the opportunity of visiting the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica - do so!
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