places of worship Archives - Just Go Places Culinary and Cultural Travel Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:12:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 A Modern Masterpiece at the Union Church of Pocantico Hills https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/the-little-church-which-is-a-modern-art-masterpiece/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/the-little-church-which-is-a-modern-art-masterpiece/#respond Mon, 11 Jan 2016 07:02:14 +0000 http://nylonliving.com/?p=4570 Who turns down a free Matisse stained glass window?  The church goers at Pocantico Hills did. They thought the art was just too ‘modern’.  The Chagall was a gift to the Union Church in Pocantico Hills in New York from the Rockefeller family who lived nearby in their Kykuit estate.   Not use to hearing no,...

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]]> Multi-tasking Tourists at Senso-ji in Tokyo https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/multi-tasking-tourists-at-senso-ji-in-tokyo/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/multi-tasking-tourists-at-senso-ji-in-tokyo/#respond Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:37:53 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=10775 I should not have been surprised by the crowds at Senso-ji in Tokyo.  A popular tourist attraction for many reasons, we were swept along with the crowd when we visited.  With both a Buddhist temple and a Japanese pagoda, Senso-ji is culturally significant. It’s also got a huge shopping area in front the religious buildings...

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]]> History and Beauty at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/history-and-beauty-at-st-patricks-cathedral-in-dublin/ https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/history-and-beauty-at-st-patricks-cathedral-in-dublin/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2015 06:57:43 +0000 https://justgoplace1.wpengine.com/?p=9962 When someone says St. Patricks’s Cathedral to me, the New Yorker in me automatically thinks of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan.  On our visit to Ireland last year, we discovered the original St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, an unabashedly Gothic Revival building, which is the National Cathedral of Ireland. The History of St. Patrick’s Cathedral...

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