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The Church of St. Anthony of Padua (Turkish: Sent Antuan Kilisesi), alternatively known as Sant'Antonio di Padova Church or S. Antonio di Padova, is the largest Catholic church in Istanbul, Turkey. It is located on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu district.
The original Church of St. Anthony of Padua was built in 1725 by the Italian community of Istanbul but was later demolished and replaced with the current building which was constructed on the same site. The current basilican church, along with the adjacent residential buildings (known as the St. Antoine Apartmanları) was built between 1906 and 1912 in Venetian Neo-Gothic style, again by the city's Italian community (mostly made up of people of Genoese and Venetian descent, the community amounted to about 40,000 at the start of the 20th century). The building was designed by the Levantine architect Giulio Mongeri, who also designed other important buildings in Turkey, such as the Maçka Palas in Nişantaşı and the Neo-Byzantine Karaköy Palas bank building in Karaköy (Galata), Istanbul, as well as the first headquarters of the Türkiye İş Bankası in Ankara.
Pope John XXIII preached here for 10 years while he was the Vatican's ambassador to Turkey before being chosen as pope. He is known as "the Turkish Pope" because of his fluency in Turkish and his oft-expressed love for Turkey and for Istanbul in particular. A statue of him is installed in the church's courtyard.
Since 2016 a legal battle has raged over the church which has been put up for sale by a man claiming to act for the site's legal owner. According to news reports, Sebahattin Gök obtained a power of attorney from the owners of the land and then attempted to sell it before lawyers acting on behalf of the Vatican took steps to prevent the sale.
Milan Cathedral, Duomo di Milano in Italian, or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (Italian: Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St. Mary (Santa Maria Nascente), it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan. The cathedral took nearly six centuries to complete: construction began in 1386, and the final details were completed in 1965. It is the largest church in the Italian Republic—the larger St. Peter's Basilica is in the State of Vatican City, a sovereign state—and one of largest in the world.
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This panel is a small part of a much larger wonderful window. The original colour being the left panel (red), the others I changed in Photoshop just to see how they turned out. I liked the transformation. More to follow.
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Boston Avenue Methodist Church
1301 South Boston Avenue (map it)
Built: 1929
Boston Avenue Methodist Church
The Boston Avenue Methodist Church was hailed as the country’s first church designed in a strictly American style of architecture. Credit for the building’s design is still debated in Tulsa. One account credits Tulsa art teacher Adah Robinson, while others credit her former student, Bruce Goff. At best the design was a cooperative effort with iconography and color theory supplied by Robinson. The building’s structural plans undoubtedly were the work of Goff, while employed at the Tulsa architectural firm of Rush, Endicott and Rush.
The church was designed to accommodate the spiritual, educational and social needs of a large, 1,943 member church. Its 258-foot tower, on the north and on an axis with Boston Avenue, is the dominant feature. The tower entrance, opening into the 1,800 seat auditorium on the right (west), and the social lobby on the left (east), features a vaulted ceiling that extends the entire north and south depth of the church. Beyond the social lobby is the four-story educational wing.
The main auditorium and balcony fill the upper three levels. The pulpit is in the center on the east side adjacent to the social lobby, with seating in concentric circles facing it. Sunlight enters through the ceiling and through the eleven tall exterior windows behind audience seating. A 250-seat rectangular chapel is located in the northeast corner of the church on the same level with the main auditorium. Directly beneath the main auditorium is the Community Hall.
The fourteen tower floors, which have a usable space of 20 x 28 feet, are reached by both elevator and stairway. Besides the chimes, motor and blower floors, the tower accommodates a prayer room at the top, a history room, and church offices.
The site is at a turning point of Boston Avenue and is bounded by streets on three sides. There is really no rear to the church, although the educational area might be considered as such. Strikingly handsome when completed in 1929, it remains a remarkably effective blending of traditional church design and modern “skyscraper” techniques.
The church was listed in the National Register on August 31, 1978. It was listed under National Register Criterion C, a, g, and its NRIS number is 78002270. Boston Avenue was designated a National Landmark on January 20, 1999.
Credit; Tulsa Preservation Commission.