Saint Basil's Cathedral

 

Saint Basil's Cathedral is a church that has a lot of cone-shaped roof in Red Square in Moscow which is traditionally viewed as a symbol of Russia's unique position between Europe and Asia. Featuring brightly colored domes towering taper to a point. Resemble the onion domes of different colors that are part of the air landscape Kremlin, Moscow.

The Cathedral was founded by Ivan the Mighty, to commemorate the capture of Khanate of Kazan. In 1588, Emperor Fedor Ivanovich add private chapel on the east side of the main building, directly above the tomb of St. Basil Addicts of Christ, a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, so that the cathedral was then known as the Cathedral of St. Basil.

 St. Basil's Cathedral is located at the southeastern tip of the Red Square, (55 ° 45'08 .88 "N, 37 ° 37'23 .00" E), just across from the Kremlin Spasskaya Tower. The building is not very large, and consists of nine chapels built with a single foundation. The design of the cathedral following the cone-roofed churches on the same period, particularly the increase in Kolomenskoye Church (1530) and Head of the Church of Beheading of St. John the Baptist in Dyakovo (1547).

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The Harajuku Protestant Church

The Harajuku Protestant Church, located in Tokyo, was first unveiled by the design firm of Ciel Rouge Creation in 2005. The ceiling is specially made to reverberate natural sound for 2 seconds to provide a unique listening experience for worshipers and tourists.
The structure is composed of seven elements (six wide arches above the nave and a bell tower) that correspond to the seven days of creation and to the seven churches of the Orient. The architect’s intent was to create an open, airy space allowing light to pour through the arches onto the parishioners.

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Abydos

Abydos is a common English name of one of the most ancient city of Upper Egypt, and also from eight names which is the capital of Upper. The city was called Abdju in the ancient Egyptian language (technically AbDw 3bdw or transcribed from hieroglyphs), which means "hill of the symbol or relic", a reference to a holy relic in which the head of Osiris was preserved. Considered one of the most important archaeological sites of Ancient Egypt, the holy city of Abydos was the site of ancient temples, including Umm el-Qa'ab, a royal necropolis where early pharaohs were buried. The tomb began to be seen as highly significant burial and in later times it became desirable to be buried in the area, leading to the growth of the city's importance as a site of worship.

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