Georgia
Nikortsminda Cathedral: facades so densely carved they rank among the finest stonework in Georgian architecture
A Nikortsminda, nella regione georgiana della Racha, la cattedrale fu costruita tra il 1010 e il 1014 sotto…
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Vietnam
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon: the cathedral built entirely of materials shipped from France, brick by brick
Nel cuore di Ho Chi Minh City, in Vietnam, la posa della prima pietra della cattedrale di Notre-Dame…
Cambodia
Notre-Dame Cathedral, Phnom Penh: destroyed by the Khmer Rouge in 1975, rebuilt fifty years later on a different site
A Phnom Penh, capitale della Cambogia, la cattedrale nota come Notre-Dame o Cattedrale di Cristo Re fu completata,…
Central African Republic
Notre-Dame de Bangui: where Pope Francis opened the first Holy Door ever outside Rome, in a country at war
A Bangui, capitale della Repubblica Centrafricana, la presenza missionaria cattolica precede la stessa fondazione della città, avvenuta come…
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Notre-Dame du Congo Cathedral: burial place of the cardinal Mobutu exiled for refusing to erase Christian names
A Kinshasa, allora Leopoldville, capitale del Congo belga, questa cattedrale fu costruita a partire dal 1947 e inaugurata…
Cameroon
Notre-Dame-des-Victoires Cathedral: vowed during WWII by a bishop who didn’t live to see it, and still unfinished decades later
A Yaounde, capitale del Camerun, la cattedrale di Notre-Dame-des-Victoires nacque da un voto: monsignor Francois-Xavier Vogt, vicario apostolico,…
Mexico
Oaxaca Cathedral: begun in 1535, consecrated in 1733 — green cantera built low and thick against the earthquakes
La cattedrale metropolitana di Nostra Signora dell'Assunzione affaccia sul lato nord dello Zócalo di Oaxaca de Juárez, accanto…
Nicaragua
Old Cathedral: it survived the 1931 earthquake as a bare iron skeleton, then was gutted by the 1972 quake — and has stood as a ruin ever since
A Managua, in Nicaragua, l'attuale rovina della vecchia cattedrale sorge sul sito di una chiesa parrocchiale coloniale completata…
Brazil
Olinda Cathedral: the white church on the Alto da Sé, burned by the Dutch in 1631 and restored to its colonial face
La Cattedrale della Sé di Olinda, dedicata a San Salvatore del Mondo, corona l'Alto da Sé, il punto…
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