Friday, January 18, 2008

St. Albans Cathedral Photos

Here are the pictures that correspond with my thoughts on heidischermerhorn.com about the St. Albans Cathedral that my group visited last Saturday:
This is the back of the church (this is the second time I've uploaded pictures in reverse order; sorry!) which is a smaller chapel-like area. In all I think there were at least half a dozen smaller chapels there. This is the prayer room (a lot of candles are found in Catholic churches! Here you could donate money to light one if you wanted) where a service was being held just to the right of the candles.
As we walked through the church, we were stepping on the past--this grave is from 1715!)
The nave (main area of the church) is the longest in England. Notice the painting on the left-hand column--that's from the 13th century!
Just a shot of the outside. It was pretty chilly, maybe 40 degrees, but sunny and not a drop of rain!
A few friends walking through the graveyard. The church is just to our left.


Really old stuff! I think these might be the bricks used to build part of the church from the old Roman colony ruins of the area.
And another sunny shot of the beautiful exterior

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