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The chapel was commissioned by the Sisters of Loretto for their girls' school, Loretto Academy, in 1873. Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy had brought in two French architects, Antoine Mouly and his son Projectus, to work on the St. Francis Cathedral project, and suggested that the Sisters could make use of their services on the side to build a much-needed chapel for the academy. [4]
The Staircase is a 1998 American television film about the story of the spiral staircase, believed by some to be miraculously built, at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It stars Barbara Hershey as Mother Madalyn in charge of the chapel and William Petersen as Joad, the traveling carpenter with spiritual talent as well as woodworking ...
Loretto Chapel [ edit ] The archdiocese is also the home of the Loretto Chapel , which contains an ascending spiral staircase —the building of which the Sisters of Loretto consider to be a miracle due to the unusual construction of the staircase (see Loretto Chapel for a more detailed discussion).
the french guy didnt build it. if you go backwards in time youll find he died in 1895 at 43 years old which means he was born in 1852. the staircase was build in 1872 by an old man, this french guy would only be 20 years old in 1872 and wouldnt look old so case closed on that one. the staircase itself is a beautiful peice of architecture and ...
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Getty; De Agostini via Getty . Julie Andrews in 1965's 'The Sound of Music' and Schloss Leopoldskron
What comes next for Campbell and the 49ers is unclear. He could be suspended. The Baltimore Ravens suspended receiver Diontae Johnson for a Week 14 game after he refused to enter a game the week ...
The school is run by the Sisters of Loretto, and as a Methodist, Lizzy cannot comprehend their dedication to Catholicism and is bothered by what she sees as hypocrisy. She thinks the nuns who pray to Saint Joseph for help to finish their choir loft (which does not have a staircase) are crazy. Lizzy becomes an outsider among her class.