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Wikipedia Description: St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans
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Saint Louis Cathedral is the cathedral in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It is located on the Place John Paul, a promenaded section of Chartres Street that stretches one block from St. Peter Street on the upriver boundary and St. Anne Street on the downriver boundary.

While not the largest or grandest of the city's Catholic churches, this historic Cathedral remains an important religious and social center, as well as the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. Located next to Jackson Square, with its statue of Andrew Jackson on horseback, and facing the Mississippi River, the St. Louis Cathedral is one of New Orleans' most recognizable landmarks. It is nearly always used as the backdrop for newscasts or political speeches featuring the city of New Orleans.

It is situated between the historic buildings of the Cabildo and the Presbytere.

History:

Three Roman Catholic churches have been on this spot since 1718. The first was a crude wooden structure in the early days of the colony. Construction of a larger brick and timber church began in 1725 and was completed in 1727. This church was destroyed, along with a large number of other buildings of the city, in the Great New Orleans Fire (1788) on Good Friday on 21 March, 1788.

The cornerstone of the current church was laid in 1789 and the building was completed in 1794.

In 1793 Saint Louis Church was elevated to cathedral rank.

In 1819 the central tower with the clock and bell was added.

The building was extensively renovated into its current appearance in the 1850s.

On 25 April, 1909 a dynamite bomb was set off in the Cathedral, blowing out windows and damaging galleries, but doing less severe damage than might be expected from such a violent criminal plot.

The Cathedral suffered further damage in the New Orleans Hurricane of 1915. The following year a portion of the foundation collap ...More...
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2007 photos: Equipment this year: I used the Fuji S9000 almost exclusively except for the period when it broke and I had to send it back for repairs. In August, I bought a Canon Rebel Xti, my first digital SLR (vs regular digital) which I tried as well but I wasn't that excited by it. Trips this year: Two weeks down south (including Graceland, Shiloh, VIcksburg, and New Orleans), a week at a time share in Costa Rica over my 50th birthday, a week off for a family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with sidetrips to Dayton, Springfield, and Madison), a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con with a side trip to Michigan for two family reunions, a drive up to Niagara Falls, a couple of weekend jaunts including the Civil War Preservation Trust Grand Review in Vicksburg, and a December journey to three state capitols (Richmond, Raleigh, and Columbia). I saw sites in 18 states and 3 other countries this year -- the first year I'd been to more than two other countries since we lived in Venezuela when I was a little toddler. Ego strokes: A photo that I took at the National Archives was used as the author photo on the book jacket for David A. Nichols' "A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution." I became a volunteer photographer at both Sixth and I Historic Synagogue and the Civil War Preservation Trust (later renamed "Civil War Trust").. Number of photos taken this year: 225,000.
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