The National Cathedral
This is a huge church built recently but styled after one of the great european gothic cathedrals. While some parts were beautiful done, it felt soulless. I guess it will take many years of prayer and worship to begin to shine like the old 12/13th century cathedrals that we have in the UK and France.
I did not visit all the places in the book and instead I was drawn to the places below:
Chapel of St Mary
The chapel of St Mary is on the left side of the nave and the chapel of St Joseph of Arimathea is in the crypt.
Chapel of St Joseph of Arimathea
Chapel of the Resurrection
Full of stunning mosaics
I tried to spot the Darth Vader gargoyle on the North Tower, but you need binoculars (which I did not have) - so I was unable to check it out. But it is cool that the builders have such a modern take on church carvings.
From - http://www.cathedral.org/about/darthVader.shtml
From - http://www.cathedral.org/about/darthVader.shtml
The Washington National Cathedral is located at 3101 Wisconsin Ave NW at the corner of Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues.
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