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Designated CP. July 23, 1973. Designated NMSRCP. June 20, 1971. The Loretto Chapel is a former Roman Catholic church in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, that is now used as a museum and a wedding chapel. [2] It is known for its unusual helix -shaped spiral staircase (the "Miraculous Stair").
The basilica containing the Santa Casa is a Late Gothic structure built starting from 1468, [4] and continued by Giuliano da Maiano, Giuliano da Sangallo, and Donato Bramante. [5] It is 93 metres (305 ft) long, 60 m (200 ft) wide, and its campanile is 75.6 m (248 ft) high. The façade of the church was erected under Sixtus V, who in 1586 ...
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi ( Spanish: Catedral basílica de San Francisco de Asís ), commonly known as Saint Francis Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe . The cathedral was built by Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy between 1869 and ...
The Sainte-Chapelle ( French: [sɛ̃t ʃapɛl]; English: Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France. Construction began sometime after 1238 and the chapel was consecrated on 26 ...
In 1886, Loretto Heights Academy was founded as a Catholic girls' high school in the building now used as Colorado Heights University's Administration Building. [5] The landmark Administration Building was a Romanesque six-story structure, designed by Denver architect Frank E. Edbrooke (1840-1921).
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctae Fidei in America Septentrionali, Spanish: Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the southwestern region of the United States in the state of New Mexico. While the mother church, the Cathedral Basilica ...
Edward J. Schulte (April 27, 1890 – June 7, 1975) was an architect who designed a number of mid-twentieth-century churches notable for their blending of a modern idiom with traditional function. Inspired by an encounter with Ralph Adams Cram, he devoted himself to building church buildings, designing over 88. [1]
Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome. / 41.89611°N 12.48417°E / 41.89611; 12.48417. Santa Maria di Loreto is a 16th-century church in Rome, central Italy, located just across the street from the Trajan's Column, near the giant Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II .