Basilicata
Acerenza Cathedral (1524): in the Crypt, According to Local Legend, Rests Dracula’s Daughter
Nel 1524, il conte Giacomo Alfonso Ferrillo e sua moglie Maria Balsa fecero ristrutturare la cripta della cattedrale…
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Kenya
ACK Mombasa Memorial Cathedral: an Anglican church deliberately built to look like a mosque
All'incrocio tra Nkrumah Road e Cathedral Road, vicino a Fort Jesus, la Memorial Cathedral è la cattedrale della…
Georgia
Alaverdi Cathedral: Georgia’s tallest church for nearly 1,000 years, where monks still make wine in buried clay qvevri
Il monaco assiro Giuseppe (Yoseb) Alaverdeli, giunto da Antiochia come uno dei leggendari Tredici Padri assiri, si stabilì…
Estonia
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral: built to face down the Estonian parliament, and nearly demolished in 1929
Sulla collina di Toompea, a Tallinn, la Cattedrale di Alexander Nevsky fu costruita tra il 1894 e il…
Peru
Arequipa Cathedral: the church that has been destroyed and rebuilt so many times, its towers are still a work in progress
Sulla Plaza de Armas di Arequipa, in Perù, la costruzione della cattedrale iniziò lo stesso anno della fondazione…
Thailand
Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok: built on a 17th-century treaty between a Siamese king and Louis XIV
Su Oriental Avenue, nel quartiere di Bang Rak, a poca distanza dal fiume Chao Phraya, la cattedrale dell'Assunzione…
Kazakhstan
Assumption Cathedral: the largest Russian Orthodox church in Central Asia, in a capital built from nothing
Ad Astana, capitale del Kazakistan trasferita da Almaty per decreto del presidente Nursultan Nazarbayev il 10 dicembre 1997…
Georgia
Bagrati Cathedral (1003): destroyed by an Ottoman cannonball, rebuilt from scratch, and delisted by UNESCO in 2017
Un'iscrizione sulla parete nord ricorda che il pavimento della cattedrale fu posato nell'anno 1003, sotto il regno di…
Switzerland
Basel Minster (1019–1500): Levelled by the Strongest Earthquake in Swiss History, Today the Tomb of Erasmus of Rotterdam
Nel 1356, il terremoto più potente mai registrato in Europa centrale distrusse cinque torri, il coro e diverse…
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