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The St. Louis Cathedral Basilica is one of the best examples of Romanesque architecture on the outside and Byzantine architecture on the inside west of the Mississippi. Quoting Wikipedia: "In 1912, installation of mosaics in the interior began. Completed in 1988, it contains 41.5 million glass tesserae pieces applying over 7,000 colors. Covering 83,000 square feet (8,000 m²), it is one of the largest mosaic collections in the world, and was created by 20 different artists including Hildreth…

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Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) was born in Finland and immigrated to the United States with his family in 1923. He was the son of internationally famous architect Eliel Saarinen. His mother was a textile designer and sculptor, and his sister was a designer and interior decorator. Eliel Saarinen designed the Cranbrook campus outside Detroit, Michigan, but the entire family worked on the project. Cranbrook would remain a major influence on Eero's career, serving as a model of artistic collaboration…

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Marie-Julie Jahenny sees King St. Louis IX of France St. Louis Reveals he will be Insturmental in Crowning the Great Catholic Monarch - Special Prayer Revealed in His Honour

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