In a message dated 04/09/2000 11:55:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> But you do have many thousands of beautiful churches, many dating from
> the 18th century, some even earlier. Nothing to be ashamed of, surely?
>
> Oriens.
We have a different timeline here. I live in a house that's 170 years old,
and by American standards that's a very old house. But in Europe there are
houses that are 1,000 years old.
But you're right, and thank you for giving me a new way to look at it. I was
thinking of Europe as the home of all those famous cathedrals that get
pictured in the art history books, and that are probably on some UNESCO list
of world treasures. One doesn't see New York's famous churches--Saint
Patrick's, Saint John the Divine, the Little Church Around the Corner, or the
Basilica of Saint John in Brooklyn--pictured in the art history books. On the
other hand, the beautiful little village churches I saw in Austria aren't
regarded as "key monuments of art history" either.
If you ever know you're coming to New York, give me a few months advance
notice. I'll take you on a tour of churches and synagogues.
pat
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