We can’t leave the topic of beautiful Salt Lake City buildings without showing you the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Its amazing Spanish Gothic interior and colorful Byzantine murals are simply breathtaking.
The tabernacle tower, inspired by late medieval design, is the focal point of Madeleine’s Blessed Sacrament Chapel and points toward a striking starry night ceiling depicting the vault of heaven.
Elaborate woodwork, including carvings by Isaac Kirchmayer who was said to be one of America’s most gifted wood carvers, complements the frescos.
Wow. We do like visiting churches, so I guess Salt Lake City should be on our list of places to go!
A wonderful building. Need to see it if I ever get the chance to go to Salt Lake City. Thanks for sharing.
These are very amazing pieces of work. I am not particularly relgious, but the work that goes into cathedrals are simply amazing.
one of the most colorful and beautiful photos of a church. good job!
Fabulous cathedral. I never thought of any churches but the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake, so thanks for showing this one. It is beautiful!
Wow! The cathedral is colorful. Magenta columns with teal accents, a royal blue ceiling with tangerine trim, and that ornate woodwork. Just stunning.
Beautiful!
Wow! Wow! and Wow! again. Amazing.
This is absolutely amazing!
Wow. Amazing!
Stunning! Your recent posts have got me wanting to plan a trip to Salt Lake City!
Visual art often adorns churches and expresses what words cannot collect. I did not realize that Salt Lake City has such an ornate cathedral. Shall I assume that this is catholic (don’t we all assume that all churches in Utah are LDS?).
Oscar
Sure is. We Catholics sure do know how to gussy up a church. LOL
At the risk of imposing a protestant’s view on catholics, how do you work out the getting to confession-mass thing each week with your travels? At least the church is less likely to “dienfranchise” you the way Texas is trying (referring to another post of yours). I have found (even as a protestant) that attending churchs around the world, in foriegn languages including Latin, is quite revealing about the local culture. Listening and observing, whether the weathered cliffs of the southwest or thousands of years of liturgy brings us closer. Guess that’s not much of a good, righteous protestant mind-set, huh?
The western hemisphere is lousy with churches. You can’t miss them if you tried.
WOW – never seen anything like that before! Incredible art detail has gone into the Cathdral
Wonder how long it took to build?