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Divine Beauty Of St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Posted by rafael on November 25, 2011 in Travel

St. Patrick’s Cathedral

St. Patrick’s Cathedral is a world famous Roman Catholic Church located at the heart of New York City. Followers and native people usually call it Cathedral of St. Patrick’s. You can feel the beauty of gothic architectural from this building. It was designed by an American architect James Renwick, Jr. It took almost 20 years for the team to build this massive beauty. The arch bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese in New York is the current leader of this cathedral.

The classical beauty of St. Patrick’s Cathedral is actually the product of determination. John Joseph Hughes was the last archbishop of Old Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. In 1853, he managed to create a new plan of modifying old cathedral. Strong determination and purity of intention made it possible even with a flood of practical difficulties. The architect used classic gothic revival style in the design of St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Divine Beauty Of St. Patrick's Cathedral

Divine Beauty Of St. Patrick's Cathedral

The initial procedures started at early 1858. Due to the sudden evolution of civil war, building process terminated temporarily. After a few years, New York regained its normal social atmosphere, and the cathedral work restarted at 1865. Today, it is one of the biggest cathedrals in America. About 2,200 people can comfortably fit inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral. People often came to this massive two acre church land searching for inner peace and tranquility.

Construction material includes common brick and marbles. Church spires are big in size and 100 meters tall. Divine gothic beauty of cathedral windows attracts many travelers and tourists towards this destination. The artistic beauty of St. Patrick’s Cathedral has won many national and international prizes including “world’s Columbian exposition award 1893”. This church has an important place in the history of United States. There is a beautiful pieta structure inside the church which is three times larger than original work.

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