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Can ANYBODY help me find out the name of a cathedral/church visited by Dan Cruikshank in his programme called Marvels of the Modern Age, which was on TV a while ago.
The building was in France I think, it had a sweeping roof, a whitewashed exterior and very thick walls and small irregular windows had been cut causing amazing light patterns inside.
Thanks in advance
The building was in France I think, it had a sweeping roof, a whitewashed exterior and very thick walls and small irregular windows had been cut causing amazing light patterns inside.
Thanks in advance
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I only saw one of the programs where he went to Brasilia and there was an amazing cathedral there, this one (windows are not small though):
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3416/cated rl1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3416/int_c at1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3416/cated rl1.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/3416/int_c at1.jpg
After spending about 45 minutes hunting round the internet I THINK I may have found it, is this it ?
http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/attachment.p hp?attachmentid=23403&stc=1&d=1165002155
If so it is the Sainte Pierre Church, in Firminy
More here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre,_Fir miny
Picture from the inside
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/IMG/jpg/27-04 .jpg
http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/attachment.p hp?attachmentid=23403&stc=1&d=1165002155
If so it is the Sainte Pierre Church, in Firminy
More here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Pierre,_Fir miny
Picture from the inside
http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/IMG/jpg/27-04 .jpg
Thanks so much for the swift replies!! I'm completely obsessed with Dan Cruikshank's programmes and loved the Brasilia church - also liked the building in Kazakhstan!
Unfortunately it's not the one you've kindly posted links to either, but like the look of that one too...!! I came across the one I'm thinking of completely by accident in an architectural book a few months ago and forgot to make a note of the name of it. To me, from memory it reminds me of a thatched cottage... I'll keep hunting!! But thanks.
Unfortunately it's not the one you've kindly posted links to either, but like the look of that one too...!! I came across the one I'm thinking of completely by accident in an architectural book a few months ago and forgot to make a note of the name of it. To me, from memory it reminds me of a thatched cottage... I'll keep hunting!! But thanks.
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