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Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Resembles an Eqyptian or Aztec Pyramid.
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Duomo (Milan Cathedral) in Italy
Tall and majestic gothic church, yet evil and scary in appearance.
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Cathedral of Brasilia in Brasilia, Brazil
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St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
Stands on the Red Square in Moscow and composed of a series of playful and colorful domes.
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Borgund Stave Church, Lærdal, Norway
Built around the 12th century. Best preserved of Norway’s 28 existing stave churches and considered a wonder of the Viking civilization.
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Church Ruins in Goreme, Turkey
Ancient churches carved dirctly into the rock. Built by persecuted christians.
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Odd Church in Huntington Beach, CA, USA
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Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France
The roof is deeply slanted and when it rains, water pours off the roof onto a fountain, thereby creating a dramatic waterfall.
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Las Lajas Cathedral in Colombia
Built in 1916 inside the canyon of the Guaitara river where, according to local legend, the Virgin Mary appeared. One side it has a bridge across the river and the other side rests on the hill. Very majestic.
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Grace Fellowship Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD, USA
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The Church of Hallgrímur, Reykjavík, Iceland
Construction took 38 years and the church is very tall, reaching 74.5 metres (244 ft) . It is the fourth tallest architectural structure in Iceland.
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Jubilee Church in Rome, Italy
Has distinctive curved walls which look like sails which serve the engineering purpose of minimizing thermal peak loads in the interior space. It was also built with special cement containing titanium dioxide, so it destroys air pollution.
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Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
Massive Roman Catholic basilica under construction in Barcelona. Has been under construction since 1882.
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Green church, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Church frontage almost entirely covered in vines and greenery.
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Basilica de Higuey, Dominican Republic
A respected monument in the Dominican Republic, it resembles a basket.
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Paoay Church (St. Augustine Parish) in Philippines
Looks like aztec architecture.
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Chapel of St. Gildas, Brittany, France
A church in the middle of nowhere along the bank of the Canal du Blavet in Brittany. Was once a holy place for the Druids.
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St Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago, IL, USA
It is an ultra-modern thirteen gold domed roof symbolizing the twelve apostles and Christ as the largest center dome, but resembles old Soviet architecture.
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Paraportiani Church, Mykonos, Greece
Famous architectural structure in Greece built on the remains of an ancient Medieval wall.
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