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1000places > PISA - Architecturally, the cathedral is considered to be unsurpassed in its combination of dark-grey marble and white stone. But what struck Jeanne's eye was that sometime during its restoration, its builders were obviously somewhat lax in their placement of fallen stone blocks.
1000places > PISA - The cathedral at Pisa was built after the decline of the Roman Empire, but a close examination of some of its reconstructed marble blocks shows that the builders evidently had not forgotten their past.
1000places > VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO - Senor de Tabasco Cathedral is the main catholic temple of Villahermosa, located in the same place where the Senor de Esquipulas church - constructed in 1776 - was destroyed during the anti-clerical campaign unleashed by the governor Tomás Garrido Canabal between the years of 1928 and 1934. Construction of the new Cathedral began in 1963. Its two high towers can be seen from virtually any place in Villahermosa.
1000places > GRECIA, COSTA RICA - We stopped by the small town of Grecia, once voted "the cleanest little town in Latin America" (although again, we couldn't determine by whom.) Its major landmark is a large red Gothic church. It was fabricated from metal and like the metal school building in downtown San Jose, it too was made in Belgium.
1000places > GRECIA, COSTA RICA - Metal became the construction material of choice for the Grecia church in 1890 when previous churches at the same site that were constructed of other materials either burned or collapsed during earthquakes. The pieces of this metal church were transported to the site by ox carts.
1000places > GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - Across the Plaza Mayor from the National Palace is the Metropolitan Cathedral. Built between 1782 and 1868, this Baroque-styled church has survived three earthquakes, in 1830, 1917 and 1976.
1000places > GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - Surrounding the Metropolitan Cathedral are stone pillars that provide a reminder of the brutal days of the country's civil war. Inscribed on the pillars are the names of more than 200,000 innocent civilians - most Maya - who were killed during the conflict. Many people believe, however, that the death count is too low; most estimates place the death toll at more than one million.
1000places > ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA - One of the massive belfries of the Nuestra Senora de La Merced.
1000places > ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA - One of the busts of a revered saint on the grounds of the convent of Nuestra Senora de La Merced.
PISA - Architecturally, the cathedral is considered to be unsurpassed in its combination of dark-grey marble and white stone. But what struck Jeanne's eye was that sometime during its restoration, its builders were obviously somewhat lax in their placement of fallen stone blocks.

1000places > PISA - Architecturally, the cathedral is considered to be unsurpassed in its combination of dark-grey marble and white stone. But what struck Jeanne's eye was that sometime during its restoration, its builders were obviously somewhat lax in their placement of fallen stone blocks.
PISA - Architecturally, the cathedral is considered to be unsurpassed in its combination of dark-grey marble and white stone. But what struck Jeanne's eye was that sometime during its restoration, its builders were obviously somewhat lax in their placement of fallen stone blocks.

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