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Old Posted Jan 27, 2018, 11:16 AM
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Well, was it in France, both the metro area and the city proper would still rank 2nd to Paris that's obviously much larger, ahead of Lyon whose economy is yet healthy.

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Originally Posted by geomorph View Post
Our Lady of the Rosary Parish....
Mouais... Is this Catholic and from the late 19th century?
To be frank, I don't like it at all when the church mimics the Middle Ages like that.
It's scaring people instead of helping them grow more spiritual.

Let me show you an example here.
In my suburban town of Maisons-Alfort, we have a cute little church from the 12th century, whose bell tower is yet the original.
It went through some 900 years or something. That's a bit crazy when you think about it.


https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89...Maisons-Alfort

So the more modern noticeable church in town, built in 1933 had to be more innovative.


https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89...Maisons-Alfort

It is made of concrete and glass. That one's even registered as a national landmark, because it was bad ass in the 1930s.
It is actually more interesting than the former.

So I never really understood why the US always tried so hard to duplicate the ancient stuff.
It's more valuable and more convincing to seek innovation, and the church itself should just do that.
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