I hope you have a great Thanksgiving holiday.
Here is a photo I took of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, which sits on Logan Square in downtown Philadelphia. I took this back in 2019.
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Basilica and William Penn
I captured this long exposure drone photo in downtown Philly in 2019. In the middle is the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. Down the street to the right is City Hall with the William Penn statue on the top of it.
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St. Peter's Square
This isn’t my typical photo. First, I don’t normally include people especially tourist. Secondarily, it isn’t technically a good photo. But I liked how you get to see the entire scene with St. Peter’s Square in the foreground and St. Peter’s Basilica in the background. I loved the amazing architecture in Rome, especially in Vatican City.
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St. Peter's Basilica
What an amazing facility!! An Italian Renaissance church (the world’s largest church) inside Vatican City is worth a visit regardless of your religious preference. The architecture, design, and detail is world class. In short, I was wowed!!
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Puno Cathedral Basilica Menor
As we go into the weekend, how about a photo of some religious architecture? I took this photo during our trip to Peru. This is the Puno Cathedral Basilica Menor in Puno, Peru down on Lake Titicaca. This church was built in 1757 in an Andean Baroque architectural style. I love the architecture in these old churches, which is why I’ve visited more churches around the world then most religious people. I’m no world record holder or anything, but my total number of churches visited is pretty high.
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Ceiling
Today’s photo is from the Basilica of National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC. I took this photo during my last visit to Washington DC. I’d love to go back, but they now have a renovation projection going on that will take a few years. So it will be a while before the scaffolding comes down. Maybe I’ll go back in a few years.
Beyond the scaffolding, this is an amazing facility. It is the largest Roman Catholic Church in all of North America and is one of the largest churches in the world (its in the top ten). It has so many great sanctuary locations inside with over 70 chapels and oratories. Every chapel has a different style and design. You could spend days in this facility and not catch all the little details.
Anyway, this photo is of one of the many dome ceilings looking straight up at it. Have a great weekend.
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St. Peter's Basilica
During our trip to Vatican City, we visited St. Peter’s Basilica. What an amazing visit!! I don’t know if our guide bribed the Vatican official or not (hard to believe), but we got to skip the entire line. There were thousands of people in line (at least it seemed like it) and they said the wait was about 2 hours long. Regardless, the guide got us inside in less then 10 minutes. It was an outstanding experience and I tried to capture as many photos as possible. This is of the ceiling just inside the front doors. I couldn’t use a tripod, so I did the best I could hand holding the camera.
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Ceiling inside St. Peter's Basilica
Basilica of National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
I took a bunch of photos inside this wonderful facility in Washington DC. Unfortunately, I tried to get permission to use a tripod, but I never heard back from the church. So all my photos on the inside were okay, but not great. I also took photos around the outside of the building. These are my favorite from this photo walk. Isn’t this building super cool. I love the blue dome in the middle of the building.
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Pretty Path
I captured this photo behind the Basilica of National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC at the end of April. I missed the apple blossoms in the DC area, but I found this pretty little spot.
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Basilica Cathedral de Lima (Peru)
We didn’t get a chance to enter this beautiful Roman Catholic Church, but we spent some time in the Plaza Mayor across the street. The construction started on this building in 1535. The construction was completed three years later in 1538 and has been remodeled since a few times.
It was very disappointing that every church is Lima would charge you to enter (just to look) and wouldn’t allow photography…. Ugh!!!! Anyway, it was cool to look at from the outside.
To get an idea of scale, look closely at the cars and people in front of the building. Cool stuff!!
