10 UNIQUE CHURCHES that would leave you dumbfounded

One can’t help but be awed by the unique beauty of these chapels and churches. They are works of art as well as places of worship.There’s way more going on at some of these holy places than just religious services—think unusual architecture, striking design features, and other visuals that teach us about the people who worship there.

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1. Hallgrimskirkja- Iceland’s most amazing church.

The Hallgrimskirkja (literally, the church of Hallgrímur) is a Lutheran parish church located in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 74.5 metres (244 ft), it is the fourth tallest architectural structure in Iceland.

2. Chapel of St-Gildas

The Chapel of St-Gildas sits upon the bank of the Canal du Blavet in Brittany, France. Built like a stone barn into the base of a bare rocky cliff, this was once a holy place of the Druids. Gildas appears to have travelled widely throughout the Celtic world of Corwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. He arrived in Brittany in about AD 540 and is said to have preached Christianity to the people from a rough pulpit, now contained within the chapel.

3. The Las Lajas Cathedral

The Las Lajas Cathedral is located in southern Colombia and built in 1916 inside the canyon of the Guaitara River.

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4. Borgund Stave Church

The Borgund Stave Church in Lærdal is the best preserved of Norway’s 28 extant stave churches. This wooden church, probably built in the end of the 12th century, has not changed structure or had a major reconstruction since the date it was built.

5. St. Basil’s Cathedral

The St. Basil’s Cathedral is located on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. A Russian Orthodox church, the Cathedral sports a series of colorful bulbous domes that taper to a point, aptly named onion domes, that are part of Moscow’s Kremlin skyline.

6. Cathedral of Brasilia

The Catedral Metropolitan Nossa Senhora Aparecida in the capital of Brazil is an expression of the architect Oscar Niemeyer. This concrete-framed hyperboloid structure, seems with its glass roof to be reaching up, open, to heaven. On 31 May 1970, the Cathedral’s structure was finished, and only the 70 m diameter of the circular area were visible. Niemeyer’s project of Cathedral of Brasília is based in the hyperboloid of revolution which sections are asymmetric.

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7. Temppeliaykio Kirkko- Rock Church

The Temppeliaukio Kirkko-Rock Church is a thrilling work of modern architecture in Helsinki. Completed in 1952, it is built entirely underground and has a ceiling made of copper wire. It was designed by architect brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and completed in 1969.

8. Harajuku- Japanese Futuristic Chruch

This futuristic protestant church is located in Tokyo and it was first unveiled by the design firm of Ciel Rouge Creation in 2005. The ceiling is specially made to reverberate natural sound for 2 seconds to provide a unique listening experience for worshipers and tourists.

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