All Souls Chapel
Cathedral Basilica of St Louis
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis is well known for the beauty of its mosaic collection (41 million pieces). Covering 83,000 sq ft, it is one of the largest mosaic collections in the world. Taking 76 years to complete, the installation of mosaics in the interior began in 1912 and completed 1988.
The All Souls Chapel is different than the other chapels in the Cathedral. The walls are marble, and the intricate mosaic work is only on the altar and the ceiling. The chapel is positioned over the basement crypt of Cardinal Glennon, Cardinal Ritter, Cardinal Carberry, and Archbishop May. The style is Viennese Reconstruction and uses black marble to symbolize death and white marble to symbolize resurrection. The red hats of the Cardinals hang in this chapel above their burial places.
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I didn’t know where this was – I looked it up, and found even more stunning photos of the building. I know some people don’t like the thought of so much money tied up in such places, but I’m perfectly happy to have places of beauty like this available for everyone to appreciate.
I must have taken at least 100 photos while in there. It truly is stunning. Of course, the photos do not do it justice. Of course!!!!
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Interesting bit about the their hats, I agree they look like hanging lanterns.
We had family that live in St. Louis for a bit. Over 25, maybe 30 years ago. We did the touristy thing and visited the great Arch.
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Beautiful!
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Wonderful ceiling design!
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This is a beautiful picture and thank you so much for the commentary about the chapel. A truly fascinating and beautiful place.
Just lovely!!
I wanted to post a mellow yellow pic yesterday, but deadlines and a dying car had priority. I enjoyed your yellow,though, and today’s red. Catholic churches are some of the most amazing in the world!
This one is absolutely stunning.
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This is just stunningly beautiful. I also love the perspective you got with this shot! Wow, the cathedral looks just marvelous!
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The ceiling is such a beautiful design! Those hanging red hats almost look like Chinese lanterns! Intriguing view!