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Title
Right Side Of St. Mary's Cathedral
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
1851 - Work on extensions to the Cathedral commences, to designs by A W N Pugin, the celebrated English architect and promoter of a more correct gothic style.
1865 - The first St Mary’s Cathedral is ruined by fire on the evening of June 29.
1868 - The foundation stone of a new Cathedral is blessed by Archbishop Polding. The new Cathedral is to be an outstanding example of gothic revival architecture, designed by William Wilkinson Wardell.
1869 - Temporary wooden Church which replaced the Cathedral burns down
1877 - Roger Bede Vaughan OSB becomes Archbishop of Sydney.
1882 - The incomplete northern section of the new Cathedral is opened and dedicated.
1885 - Patrick Francis Moran becomes third Archbishop of Sydney, and is soon created Australia's first Cardinal.
1905 - Free of debt, the Cathedral is solemnly consecrated.
1928 - Construction of the nave is completed, and Archbishop Kelly opens the almost-complete Cathedral on September 2nd. (The total cost of construction amounted to approximately 700,000 over a period of 60 years.)
1998 - 2000 The Spires, designed by Wardell, are built.
2008 - Pope Benedict XVI visits St Mary's Cathedral and dedicates the new Altar.
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October 2nd, 2017
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Nijar, Al - Spain
Gorgeous POV and lighting in this extraordinary capture, Miroslava!! I love it!! L/F/T
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