61. ARCHITECTURE: Churches Back churches Exconvents Forts Exhaciendas Other Buildings Continue MAIN architecture Archaeology Festivities and Traditions Gastronomy http://www.turismopuebla.com.mx/english/iglesias.html

Churches Cathedral At the Zócalo (main plaza) in Puebla Look for its location Approx. time: 30 min. Its construction began on November 1575 and was projected by Franciso Becerra and Fuan de Cigorondo. In 1634 Juan Gomez de Trasmonte made a re-adaptation of the original project to finish it. In its sever style, it is an architectonic jewel. Its towers measure 73.93 mts., making it the tallest in the country. Santo Domingo and the Chapel of the Rosary 5 de mayo y 4 poniente Look for its location Approx. time: 20 min. This majestic chapel dates back to the second half of the XVII century and is one of the main achievements of baroque art in New Spain. The chapel has stucco covered with 22 carat gold leaf. Since it was founded it has been classified as one of the modern world marvels. Church of Saint Francis 14 oriente y 5 de mayo Look for its location Approx. time: 20 min. It is located in the oldest section of the city. The construction of the primitive convent began in 1550 and the construction of the great temple was finished in 1767. It has a very ornate, beautiful facade made of brick, limestone and tile. In the Chapel of the Virgin of the Conquest, lies the body of pious Sebastian de Aparicio, patron of drivers. Church of Saint Francis Acatepec Public road Cholula-Tonantzintla Where: San Francisco Acatepec Look for its location Schedule: 7am-2pm and 4pm-8pm Approx. time: 20 min.

62. English Parish Church Architecture And History David Rees gives histories and images of historic churches, starting with Dorset St Nicholas at Studland, Milton Abbas and St John's, Holdenhurst. http://www.epcah.org/

English Parish Church Architecture and History Welcome to EPCAH, a site dedicated to the beauty of England's parish churches. Each church will feature a short history, a discussion of their architecture and some photgraphs to give a flavour of each building. We start with the beautiful Anglo-Saxon church at Studland in Dorset and the rebuilt chruch of St James in Milton Abbas, Dorset. I have just added St John's, Holdenhurst, which happens to be the church that I got married at in August. Should you wish to e-mail me then please use the letter icon in the bottom left-hand corner. I hope you enjoy the site. David Rees

63. Würzburg - Online Significant work of German architecture of the 11th and 12th century, one of the largest Romanesque churches in Germany. http://www.wuerzburg.de/tourismus/sehenswuerdigkeiten/dom_eng.html

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64. Hawksmoor's London Churches -- Architecture And Theology -- Pierre De La Ruffini He concludes by analyzing the churches themselves, focusing closely on the architect's explainhow his vision of the history of architecture from antiquity to http://www.frontlist.com/detail/0226173038

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65. The Churches Of Rome Chris Nyborg's guide to churches of all denominations in this city central to the development of church architecture. Includes biographies of their architects and artists. http://home.online.no/~cnyborg/

Welcome to my guide to the churches of Rome. O Roma nobilis, orbis et domina, Cunctarum urbium excellentissima, Roseo martyrum sanguine rubea, Albis et virginum liliis candida, Salutem dicimus tibi per omnia Te benedicimus: salve per saecula. From a th or 10 th century poem , probably written at Verona. Catholic Online has kindly chosen this site as the recipient of the Web Excellence Award for February 2001. New search engine I have added a search engine from PicoSearch at the bottom of this page Finding the churches Alphabetical list - explains itself, doesn't it? By area - practical if you know the general area but not the exact name of the church you're looking for. Patriarchal basilicas - the four patriarchal basilicas By dedication - if you're looking for a church dedicated to a particular saint, try this list. National churches - several countries have national churches in Rome. Oriental Catholic churches - a list of churches Catholic churches of Eastern rites.

66. Turgalicia - RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE Loading http://www.turgalicia.es/sit/arquitectura_form.asp?ctre=121&cidi=I

67. ROHATYN - ROGATIN - ROGATYN. TOWN INFORMATION PAGE. Rohatyn Is Small Town In Nor History, architecture and Heritage. churches, legends, culture and legacy. http://matisse.ceu.hu/students/97/Roman_Zakharii/rohatyn.htm

ROHATYN TOWN INFORMATION PAGE Rohatyn - Rogatyn - Rogatin Me next to St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church in Rohatyn downtown (October, 1999) Rohatyn town of 9.300 people (in 1990), district center on the north of Ivano-Frankivsk region in Western Ukraine (former USSR: 1944 - 1991, Austria: 1772 - 1918 and Poland: 1349 - 1772, 1920 - 1939. Before 1349 it was part of great Kyivan Rus and Ukrainian/Ruthenian Galician when Kyivan Rus collapsed. It was major deffence settlement on the approaches to the principality's capital of Halych (Galic/Halicz) Before the Soviet and Nazi occupation Rohatyn's population was mainly Polish and Jewish (Ukrainians were minority in towns in Galicia before 1939) as in all other Galician towns. There were 3,002 Jews in Rohatyn in 1939! in 1931Ukrainians lived in villages and constituated the bulk of population in Eastern part of Austrain Galizien (Galicia). After Nazi's Jewish Holocaust, Rohatyn and Galician Jewish ethnic element stopped to exist and was wiped out, the remaining part emmigrated and escaped from Soviet regime to Israel, Poland and the West. Rohatyn and Galician Poles were resettled in 1945 from Western Ukraine to new Western Poland (former German lands around Wroclaw and Bydgoszcz). Nowadays Galician towns and villages are exclusively Ukrainian with very a few assimilated and Ukrainian speaking Poles, Jews and Russians, living in towns only. Many of these lost their Polish/Russian/Jewish identity and you can see it only by last name if this person's ancestors' were Russian, Jewish or Polish.

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71. Regional Info (Architecture) The Rural Green tourism Association of IvanoFrankivsk, Ukraine describes the wooden churches and homes of the region, and their techniques of construction. http://members.aol.com/chornohora/arch.htm

REGIONAL INFORMATION the mountains hutsuls architecture tourism WOODEN ARCHITECTURE THE HUTSUL CHURCH Probably the most distinctive structure that has carried architectural traditions of the distant past into our time is the wooden church. According to a Hutsul Christmas carol, everywhere that a drop of Christ's blood touched the ground, grew a church. Nearly every village, no matter how small, had its own church. Today, over a hundred churches can be found throughout the Carpathians, several dating back to the 15th century. The plan footprint of a classical Hutsul church is in the form of a cross. Churches are typically topped with one, three or even five cupolas. Historians believe that structures of this design were constructed in the Carpathians during the Kyivan Rus period, although none have survived to the present. Other church plans (a one chamber plan, and the three section plan) were also employed in the past. A one chamber plan church that was constructed in 1428 can be seen today in Seredne Vodyane (Rakhiv district). In the 16th-18th century, churches with a cross plan came to predominate in the Hutsul region. These types of churches were also common in eastern Ukraine, yet there, they were somewhat taller. Tragically, most wooden churches of eastern Ukraine were destroyed by the Soviets in the 1930's. Carpathian churches were spared by their remoteness and also since the region came under Soviet rule after WWII. The oldest surviving Hutsul churches were constructed in the 16th-17th century. Several examples are:

72. Architecture Most churches include an architectural tour, history, photos of the art and architecture,and some a few will also include information on the artists and http://www.shc.edu/theolibrary/architec.htm

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74. The Wooden Churches Of Eastern Europe: An Introductory Survey An illustrated review by Andrew Gregorovich of this book by David Buxton. http://www.infoukes.com/culture/architecture/wooden_churches/

The Wooden Churches of Eastern Europe: An Introductory Survey A Book Review by Andrew Gregorovich Church of the Trinity (above on book jacket) 1775-78 and 1887 in Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk oblast. An extraordinary, wooden structure, the largest wooden church in Ukraine. THE WOODEN CHURCHES 0F EASTERN EUROPE: An Introductory Survey, by David Buxton. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1981. vii, 405 p. illus., plans, maps. $85.00 U.S., 47.50 U.K. Cambridge U.P., Pitt Building, Trumpingtn St., Cambridge CB2 1RP; in USA: 32 East 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10022. Rarely is there a book published which provides so much information on a subject that it can he described as a landmark book. David Buxton's The Wooden Churches of Eastern Europe is that kind of book. It unites a well written text together with an outstanding selection of photos, plans and illustrations to provide an excellent survey of the subject. For a long time to come it will be consulted as an authoritative study of the subject in English. Church of the Trinity (roof plan above) 1775-78 and 1887 in Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk oblast. An extraordinary, wooden structure, the largest wooden church in Ukraine.

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76. The Other Side Of...Mykonos Offers information on architecture, churches and tourism through photographs. http://www.deegee.clara.net

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78. Medieval France Home Page Images of French cathedrals, churches and abbeys from Alison Stones, Images of Medieval Art and architecture. http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/mainfran.html

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79. Paris Churches:  Paris Churches Have Some Of The Finest Architecture And Staine Paris churches Paris churches have some of the finest architecture and stainedglass. Paris churches have some of the finest architecture and stained glass. http://parisinjune.home.att.net/churches.htm

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80. EoLFHS Parishes: Rainham Describes the location of Rainham, its layout and character, history and architecture of some of its churches. http://eolfhs.rootsweb.com/parish/rainham.htm

The East of London Family History Society INTRODUCTION CONTENTS SEARCH SITE WHAT'S NEW JOIN EoLFHS MEMBERS MEMBERS ONLINE NEW MEMBERS HELP SURNAMES MAILING LIST ... MEMBERS' LINKS INFORMATION MESSAGE BOARD AREA MAPS PARISHES C ... LINKS HELP PAGES HELP CONTACT I NFO RAINHAM Rainham, Essex, on the Ingrebourn, about a mile from its outfall in the Thames at Rainham Ferry; 5 miles east of Barking on the road to Grays, 12½ miles from Whitechapel and a Station on the London and Southend Railway: population 1122. Inns, Phoenix, by the station, a comfortable house, with outlook over the Thames; Angel; Bell. The village extends for some distance along the London road, here a crooked street lined with old-fashioned houses and occasional gardens, large coal yards and wharfs by the brook, which forms a creek navigable by lighters to the bridge, and the old church with a large old red-brick house by it, just off the main street. Rainham is the centre and port of an extensive district of market gardens, and a considerable trade is done in carrying potatoes and the like by the lighters to London and bringing back coal and manure. The neighbourhood is pleasing, the cottage gardens abound in flowers, and the walks along the uplands north and east afford bright glimpses of the Thames and the Kentish hills. The Church (St. Helen and St. Giles, a unique conjunction) was given by Richard de Lucy, Grand Justiciar of England, 1179, to his Abbey of Lesness, and probably was built, or rebuilt, about that time. The body of the church is late Norman, with windows of later insertion. The low massive square tower is Early English, and has heavy buttresses and modern brick battlements. A doorway south of the chancel has a late Norman arch, with good chevron moulding and grotesque heads to the small caps. The chancel arch is Norman with plain mouldings. The pier arcades have square shafts and dentil mouldings to the caps. The only noteworthy memorial is a late 15th century brass of a civilian and his wife, without an inscription. Charles Churchill, the poet, was curate to his father, who was rector of Rainham, about 1756-58 and is said to have opened a school here, which was not successful.

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