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  2. Catholic art - Wikipedia

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    Catholic art is art produced by or for members of the Catholic Church. This includes visual art ( iconography ), sculpture, decorative arts, applied arts, and architecture. In a broader sense, Catholic music and other art may be included as well. Expressions of art may or may not attempt to illustrate, supplement and portray in tangible form ...

  3. St. Mary's Basilica, Bangalore - Wikipedia

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    St. Mary's Basilica is a shrine located in Shivajinagar (Blackpally) locality of Karnataka, India. It is among the oldest churches at Bangalore and the first church in the state that has been elevated to the status of a minor basilica. [1] [2] [3] It is famous for festivities held during the St. Mary's Feast in the month of September each year ...

  4. Places of worship in Bangalore - Wikipedia

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    It has 9 faces and openings running all round the church. People seated anywhere in the interior of the church feel that the altar is facing them. The podium is raised above road level with steps and ramp on either side. The replica of the nativity scene in the nativity church of Jerusalem is the main mural of size 6 mi (9.7 km)x 9 mi (14.5 km ...

  5. List of largest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    Initially had 3500 seating places and was then the biggest free church in Europe. Kerimäki Church: 5,000 standing, 3000 seated 1847 Kerimäki Finland: Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland: Biggest wooden church in the world. Word of Life: 6,600 1987 Uppsala Sweden: Neo-Charismatic movement: Currently the biggest free church in Europe ...

  6. Santiago de Compostela Cathedral - Wikipedia

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    The façade of the Silverware (Pratarías in Galician) is the southern façade of the transept of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela; it is the only Romanesque façade that is preserved in the cathedral. It was built between 1103 and 1117 and elements from other parts of the cathedral have been added in subsequent years. [13]

  7. Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours

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    The illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours are a series of 241 wood-engravings, designed by the French artist, printmaker, and illustrator Gustave Doré (1832–1883) for a new deluxe edition of the 1843 French translation of the Vulgate Bible, popularly known as the Bible de Tours . La Grande Bible de Tours, issued in 1866, was a large ...

  8. Johnny Minick - Wikipedia

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    Johnny Minick was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. He grew up in a musical family where much of his childhood was spent singing and playing music. Minick was trained in classical music and developed an interest in jazz . At the early age of three, Minick started playing the guitar. By four, he was singing solos and accompanying himself with his ...

  9. Melk Abbey - Wikipedia

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    History. The abbey was founded in 1089 when Leopold II, Margrave of Austria gave one of his castles to Benedictine monks from Lambach Abbey.A monastic school, a forerunner of the Stiftsgymnasium Melk, was founded in the twelfth century, and the monastic library soon became renowned for its extensive manuscript collection and production, many of them contain musical compositions.