Our Lady of Strasbourg is a photograph by Jean Hall which was uploaded on July 28th, 2015.
Title
Our Lady of Strasbourg
Artist
Jean Hall
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Mary and the Baby Jesus gaze at the tower of Strasbourg Cathedral. Built between the 11th and 15th century of red sandstone from the nearby Vosges Mountains, it is the only Gothic cathedral to have only one tower. (Two were planned, but the second was never completed due to lack of money -- even though the whole city chipped in and the organizer of the project actually sold his horse to raise funds!)
For almost 250 years -- from 1625 to 1874 -- this was the world's tallest building, and it remains the world's fourth tallest church even today. During the French Revolution, it was ordered destroyed because of the anti-religious sentiment of the time. But it was saved thanks to a clever blacksmith, who devised a scheme to build a gigantic Phrygian hat (a revolutionary symbol) out of metal and place it over the tower to hide the cross on top.
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July 28th, 2015
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Cathy Anderson
Congratulations your wonderful image has been featured on the homepage of Anything Architecture Buildings and Bridges! Please archive your image on the discussion board!
Frank J Casella
Jean -- CONGRATULATIONS!! Your beautiful artwork has been Featured by the - CATHOLIC ART GALLERY - Fine Art Group on Pixels.com, a Fine Art America Company! Thank you for sharing it !!
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