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The interior of this church is amazing to see.
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Vilnius is the capital city of Lithuania. At the time of our visit Lithuania held the presidency of the European Union, and a big conference was being held in the city. Add to that the fact that the annual Marathon was taking place on the Sunday getting around was interesting,
The Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994, and Vilnius was the European Capital of Culture in 2009.
St Peter's church in the picturesque Cotswold village of Windrush is best known for its Norman south doorway, a beautiful piece of Romanesque art, carved with beakheads and animal masks all the way around (though the shadow of the protective canopy made photographing them difficult when we called).
The interior is fairly humble but contains several noteworthy features, such as further pieces of Norman carving.
The church is generally open and welcoming to visitors, though it's best feature is outside, so can be viewed at any time.
The chapel of St Peter's College, Oxford was formerly the church of St Peter le Bailey built by Basil Champneys in 1874 but later re-purposed for collegiate use following redundancy.
The interior is somewhat austere but is enlivened by a couple of remarkable modern windows by John Hayward and Ervin Bossanyi.
St Peter Lutheran Church, Manhattan
619 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, NY, US
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Hugh Stubbins & Associates: Architect (1977 Church)
Vignelli Associates: Interior Design (1977 Church)
1862: Church founded
1977: Church Constructed
East Bridgeford's church of St Peter was revealed to me after a slog up a hill, looked promising with some lively heads and gargoyles outside.
Not hugely exciting inside, but there are a couple of monuments, an Elizabethan family wall monument and a barely recognisable crusader effigy in the north aisle, and an early 17th century font of a type commonly found in these types (Pevsner calls it the 'Southwell type').
This church is normally kept open.
St. Peter's Church, the first Roman Catholic church in Waterbury, CT, and church in which Fr. Michael J. McGivney was baptized. From 1857 to 1888, when it was razed to make way for St. Patrick's Hall, it served the various needs of the parishioners of the Immaculate Conception Church. At one time, it housed a public school and it was here that Fr. Michael J. McGivney received his early education. Photograph shows group of men standing in front. 1870s circa
Rebuilt by Rickman in a plain cathedralesque Dec with plaster vaulting inside and a tall west tower, all rather good work for a Georgian church. To this Scott added a highly ornate apse, full height and with large windows. The apse contains glass by Willement 1837, refashioned from the six light former east window where it had 18 scenes from the Life of St Peter to one with only 16 scenes! In comparison to the later Victorian glass which is losing much of its painted detail, this is fabulous and of the highest quality - and astonishingly good for its date.
St Peter, Stockport, Greater Manchester, 1768.
Built as a chapel of ease at the expense of William Wright of Mottram Hall, Mottram St Andrew.
West gallery inserted in 1782.
Grade ll listed.
Looking West.
St. Peter's Seminary is a disused Roman Catholic seminary near Cardross, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Designed by the firm of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia. It has been abandoned since the end of the 1980s, and is currently in a ruinous state. (Wikipedia)
Under a menacing sky St. Peter gazes over the eponymous square in front of St. Peter's basilica in Rome. Shot from behind the statue and from an elevated position as near to the basilica as possible this photo has an almost vertiginous and slightly oppressive feel. The sculptor was Giuseppe De Fabris.
St Peter's at Bardon was built in 1899 to the designs of J.B.Everard and externally has a slightly eccentric appearance, with its unusually slender north-west tower surmounted by a saddleback roof and fleche, giving the church a somewhat unorthodox look. Inside the effect is quite different, with light stonework and banded brickwork combining to give the building a more Arts & Crafts atmosphere, which is further reinforced by the superb east window by Karl Parsons, a gem of Arts & Crafts stained glass in the artist's hallmark glittering colours, making it a worthy climax to the interior.
The church is normally locked outside of services except for Wednesday mornings.
The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex is among the oldest largely intact Christian church buildings in England still in regular use, dating from the 7th century.
The Chapel is assumed to be that of "Ythanceaster" (Bede, book III, chapter XXII), originally constructed as an Anglo-Celtic Church for the East Saxons in 654 AD by St Cedd, astride the ruins of the abandoned Roman fort of Othona. The current structure was most likely built around 660-662AD, incorporating the Roman bricks and stones. Cedd travelled south from Lindisfarne to spread Christianity at the behest of Sigeberht the Good, then King of the East Saxons, in 653AD and returned the next year having been ordained as a Bishop in order to build this Chapel and probably others too. Following the death of St Cedd in October 664 from plague, the Chapel became part of the Diocese of London.
No further record exists of the Chapel's use until 1442 when the local clergy reported to the Bishop of London that it had been expanded slightly, with a small tower above the porch with a bell in it. However, they did not know of its origins and it was unusable, having been burnt. It was repaired and returned to regular use alongside the parish church in Bradwell-on-Sea until at least the Tudor period (1500s) before falling into disuse as a church again and being used as a barn - the position of the wide barn doorway, now filled in, can be seen on the south side of the nave.
In 1920 it was restored and reconsecrated as a chapel. It is a Grade I listed building.
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Saint Peter's Square (Italian: Piazza San Pietro) is located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave within Rome.
St Peter, Buntingford, Hertfordshire
We headed south of Wyddial towards the town of Buntingford, and its northern suburb includes the lost village of Layston - you can just discern amongst suburbia what must once have been the High Street. This climbs up and up to become a track and at the top is the ruined former parish church of Layston, now being converted spectacularly for combined church and residential use. We spent a very jolly half hour here exploring the renovation, but then it was into the centre of Buntingford and back down to earth with a bump, as both churches, St Peter (Anglican) and St Ricard (Catholic) were locked without keyholder notices. Which is a pity really - they've already lost one church, which is unfortunate. To lose two would look like carelessness, and Buntingford struck me as the kind of place that could really do with an open church.
St Peter is a great curiosity, a construction in red brick of 1615 as a chapel of ease to Layston church. It was built in the shape of a Greek cross, although unfortunately an oafish porch and rather startling apse were added at the start of the 20th Century. St Richard is next door, and at first sight appears to be the town church, as it was constructed in a medieval style in 1910 out of flint with tower, nave and chancel in proportion. However, the parish here have passed up the perfect opportunity to be the town church by keeping it closed to pilgrims and strangers. Doh.
Viewed in Spring, 2012, the Parish Church of St Peter in Tiverton, Devon, UK. The first stone church on this site was consecrated in 1073. Obviously major additions and changes took place over the centuries - the church sustained a lot of damage in the Civil War and was enlarged in the 19th Century.
Nearly 400 people took the Plunge on Feb. 12, 2011 as part of law enforcement's St. Peter Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Minnesota. Photo by Michelle Lindstedt.
"St Peter's church was rebuilt during the mid-19th century, but retains its medieval screen, made from Jerusalem olive trees and featuring elaborate carvings, and a font dating back to 1690. Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman described the church as 'a Tractarian work of art'. The damming of a stream in the 15th Century created the Church Pond."
Source: Wikipedia
St Peter's church in Braunstone dates back to Norman times (as witnessed by its truncated tower) but has been much altered over the centuries, most dramatically in 1938 when a new nave was begun at a right angle to the north side. This work was never finished and the extension has since been used as parish rooms with the old part of the church returned to its original orientation.
The interior of the old church is fairly plain and simple, the oldest features being the font and a fragment of 14th century glass.
The church is normally kept locked outside of services.
Dome, St Paul's Grave, Sistine Chapel, The Done of The Cathedral, The Vatican City, St Peter's Square, Rome, Italy