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Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

 

St Mary's in Newnham Murren. St Mary's dates from the early twelfth century though the window shown here is fourteenth century. The church is no longer in use but is preserved and kept open by the Churches Conservation Trust.

 

Newnham Murren, near Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 18 June 2014.

The Church of St Giles with St Nicholas is the parish church of Sidmouth. It was largely rebuilt in the 19th century by William White, the Victorian Gothic Revival architect. However, it retains a lovely medieval church tower, one of the reasons it is Grade II* listed.

St. Columban Catholic Church on Stanford Avenue. I THINK. I'm not positive about the ID.

 

Perhaps Tader Chris can help with the ID...

 

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Victoria

302 W Stayton Ave, Victoria, Texas, US

Christian Science Church, Reading Room and Classroom

 

1952, Built

1953, First Honor Award, Texas Society of Architects

 

Milton A. Ryan, Architect

Rubin Frels, Organ Builder

 

Read more on my blog, Locus Iste

Remarkable church (1964-66) in Meggen, on the outskirts of Luzern. Designed by Franz Füeg. There are no windows - just walls of translucent marble.

Butterworth's Keble College Chapel, completed in 1876 - Oxford, 08 July 2012

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Castleton, Church architecture, Derybshire, St Edmund’s Church

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

St. Matthews Episcopal Church (1825-1826) - 210 St. Mary's Road - In 1825 the second, and present, St. Matthews Episcopal Church was erected on this land, donated by State Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin (1787-1870). An early example of the Gothic Revival style in North Carolina, this church was built by local brick-mason/builder John Berry and his mentor/partner, Samuel Hancock.

There is a great deal of symbolism connected with this tower at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA. Various numbers of tower elements relate to such things as the number of Apostles etc.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Conestogo Old Order Mennonite meeting House on Three Bridges Road, near St Jacobs, Ontario. This end is the Ladies entrance, and has recently had an addition to make more room for Mothers with babies. The doors at the other end are the men's entrance. They sit separately. This building is used on alternate Sundays by the Conestogo congregation, and the Martins congregation, because the Martin Meeting house is now within the city of Waterloo, and is not safe for horse and buggy traffic.

Built 1874-1875 Architects - Henry Langley & Edmund Burke .... in Gothic Revival style .... The Jarvis Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church located at the intersection of Gerrard Street and Jarvis Street in downtown Toronto. Clad with mottled brownstone and trimmed with Ohio sandstone and granite, the focal point of the design is the canted tower and spire at the southwest corner of the building ....

The organ in St James the Great. Both the organ and the font cover below were designed by Sebastian Comper (1891-1979), the son of the architect and Gothic Revivalist Sir Ninian Comper.

 

In St James the Great, South Leigh, Oxfordshire, 05 August 2014

Lexington Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Georgia

Predatory beak heads on the Romanesque tympanum of St Mary's, Iffley, Oxford, 02 April 2013

Moscow, Russia

 

Without the warm reflected light, there would be no color except for the brown door.

 

Evokes the backdrop of an empty stage.

 

For a full view of the church, see: www.flickr.com/photos/12535240@N05/8202672143/in/set-7215...

Church in Decatur, Georgia

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

View On Black

 

CHAPEL OF ST. JAMES-THE-LESS: In its vigorous, harmonious composition, this small funeral chapel is a splendid example of High Victorian Gothic design. Its sense of strength and spirituality is derived from the subtle contrast of its stone walls, enveloping roofs, and soaring spire. The chapel was erected in 1860 to plans by Cumberland and Storm, one of Toronto's leading 19th-century architectural firms. Situated on a slight rise, St. James is enhanced by the picturesque setting of its cemetery, which was opened in 1844 and is the oldest established cemetery in the city. www.stjamescathedral.on.ca/Cemetery/tabid/64/Default.aspx

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

The Osseo Evangelical Lutheran Church stands on US Highway 53 heading south out of Osseo, Wisconsin.

Masonic Temple,Phila Pa-35mm Olympus Stylus Epic,Ilford XP2 400.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

8-s exposure with camera on tripod. The church is lit by two nearby dacha pole lights.

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Saint Mikhail the Archangel is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

The crypt of York Minster was remodelled in 1154. It is the oldest part of the present building, dating from Norman times. It also contains some remains of an earlier building dating from the Roman era.

 

York Minster is one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in northern Europe. There had been a church building on this site since the 7th century, and a series of buildings followed. Some were badly damaged by fire, and others by invaders, including the Danes in 1075. The present building dates from around 1220 when the then Archbishop, Walter de Gray, ordered a Gothic-style cathedral to be built on the foundations of an earlier Norman cathedral. The new building would be comparable with that at Canterbury. Building took place over the next 250 years, and the western towers were completed in 1472 when the building was finally completed and consecrated.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Village Podzhigorodovo, Klin Raion, Moscow Oblast, Russia

 

The on-axis sunlight and camera apparently give rise to the eerie photo light.

 

The church was built in 1778-1783 by two brothers Yurevyh, local noblemen who had a large manor here. It's believed that the architect was the famous Russian architect Vasily Bazhenov. Unusual two-story church with the winter church on the first floor and the summer church on the second floor. The exterior was plastered and whitewashed in 1906.

 

The last owner of the Podzhigorodovo manor was nobleman Vladimir Sokolov. He was a revolutionary and his party nickname was Volsky. Vladimir Lenin visited Sokolov before the 1917 revolution. There's a photo of Lenin playing chess with Sokolov in his Podzhigorodovo manor house.

 

Olga remembers climbing the bell tower as a child. The church was used then to store chemical fertilizer. She still recalls the smell of the fertilizer and the treacherous circular staircase.

 

The church was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992. Services are presently held in the first floor winter church. The second floor summer church has not been restored. Like many rural churches in Russia, the Church of Archangel Michael is undergoing slow restoration and still dominates the surrounding landscape.

Bandinelli Duomo Choir Relief

Vast and solitary, St George's is one of the most magnificent 18th-century church in Dorset. It rises from the rocky, treeless and dramatic peninsula of Portland and is the masterwork of a local mason named Thomas Gilbert whose grandfather supplied the Portland stone used to build St Paul’'s Cathedral. The interior is fabulously preserved with it's lectern, pulpit, box pews and galleries all surviving. It is a 'preacher’s church’ with all the seating facing the twin pulpits – one for reading 'the Word’ (scripture), the other for lengthy sermons. The sprawling churchyard is a treasure trove of fabulous headstones and memorials that tell tales of murder, piracy and adventure in a gloriously atmospheric setting. There are inscriptions to Mary Way and William Lano, who were shot and killed in 1803 by a press gang, and Joseph Trevitt, an assistant warder at Portland Prison who was murdered by a convict in 1869. - See more at: www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurch...

The Ramor Theatre now occupies what was the Church of Mary Immaculate, the town’s Roman Catholic church built in 1846 on land donated rent-free by the 2nd Marquis of Headfort. The church was closed in 1989 and later purchased by the Cavan County Council for the Ramor Theatre which opened in September 1999. A new Catholic church was built at the other side of the town to serve its congregation.

 

The former National Irish Bank (NIB) building was completed c.1870 and was finished in the Italianate style that was popular in Ireland at the time. The Danish owned NIB closed four of their branches across County Cavan, including this one in Virginia, to centralise their county’s banking service at Navan. This building has been vacant since 2009.

 

The terrace of fine early 19th century town houses on the right are empty and derelict. They are vulnerable to decay from neglect, developers and vandalism.

 

The Parish of Virginia Church of Ireland building was completed c.1821, aided with a Board of First Fruits grant that was one of many grants given for the building of Anglican churches across Ireland. This parish, also known as the Parish of Lurgan, now includes the four Anglican churches that were amalgamated into one incumbency in 1972 to become the Virginia Group of Parishes whereas previously, each operated separately under their own ministry. The current incumbent of the parish is the Reverend Craig McCauley.

 

The origins of Virginia town go back to the Elizabethan Ulster Plantations when in 1612 an English Adventurer, Captain John Ridgeway, was granted a thousand acres by Royal patent for estates and to build a new town there. Virginia was intended to be one of 25 new towns to be built at strategic locations within Ulster and secure the land for the English Crown and protect it from a hostile indigenous population. The number of settlers from Scotland and England were insufficient and so the new town had not yet materialised. In 1622 the Virginia estates were sold to Lord Plunkett, 1st Earl of Fingall, a long-standing Anglo-Irish Lord who already held extensive estates in County Meath. Plans to commence laying out the new town were submitted in 1638 but these were set back by the 1641/1642 Irish Rebellion.

 

Plans to develop the town lay in abeyance until around 1750 when the Plunketts sold their Virginia estates to Thomas Taylor (Lord Headfort). The Taylors soon set about improving the lands with drainage scheme, afforestations and other agricultural improvement as well as new building within the town and the establishment of regular markets there. By the 1830’s the population of the town had increased to over 900 inhabitants and much of the town’s buildings from this period still survive. Industry in the region was mainly agricultural, especially flax growing for the linen industries, creamery products and cattle. In 1863, the completion of the Kells to Oldcastle railway line by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) facilitated transport of goods in and out of the town and greatly improved trade within the region.

 

Post-Famine conditions (post-1850’s) hit the town hard and emigration became endemic causing a gradual but continual fall in the town’s population, falling to its lowest with only 297 residents (1951 census). Over the past fifty years, the town’s population recovered and there were 2,282 residing in Virginia town (2011 census), a 32% increase over the previous census of 2006. Virginia, along with many other towns within commuting distance of Dublin, was heavily developed as a ‘commuter town’ during the building boom of the 1990’s and 2000’s with new housing estates. It is said that the town was named Virginia after Queen Elizabeth I, who was known as “The Virgin Queen”.

 

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References:

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia,_County_Cavan

 

www.cavan.ie/cavantourism/virginia (Virginia tourism website).

 

www.ramortheatre.com/ (The Ramor Theatre).

 

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