Located in the remote Norwegian town of Borgund, this medieval wood church was built in a Neolithic site during the Vikinga era, at the end of the 12th century. Declared World Heritage by UNESCO, it is considered the best preserved wooden church in Norway. The destruction of wood churches and their transformation into modern churches, already in 1850 and 1809, stopped thanks to the painter Johan Christian Clausen Dahl, who wanted to preserve them. He even bought the vang church at an auction to preserve them in the Norwegian landscape.
Chapel of the Cadets of the Academy of the United States Air Forces
Colorado, United States
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Inaugurated in 1962, the Cadet Chapel of the United States Air Forces Academy is 46 meters high and is one of the most unique religious buildings in Colorado. Designed by the architects Walter Netsch and Harold E. Wagoner, the chapel, style art nouveauis crowned by 17 glass needles and aluminum panels. With its steel structure and color stained glass windows, the modern chapel looks like a space rocket or the vertical wing of a plane. Futurista, the ecumenical chapel is one of the most visited places in Colorado Springs, since it offers a place of meditation to Buddhists, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and Jews.
Teppelaukio Church
Helsinki, Finland
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This modern monolithic church is designed in stone. Built by Finnish brothers and architects Timo and Tuomoinen in 1969, the Church is one of the most amazing structures in the world. Made of granite stone and carved in the rock at a height of 5 to 8 meters, the circular parish allows the light to filter through its dome of 13 meters high. Covered with copper and glass plates, the evangelical-place temple located next to Parliament is the most popular attraction of the city. Nestled against the rock and devoid of columns or pillars, The Church seems suspended by 180 concrete and glass rays.
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