St Mary & St Nicholas Parish Church

The bell tower is 108 feet high; six new bells were installed as a Millennium Project in 1998.

Postcard: St Nicholas Center Collection

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

St Nicholas statue on front facade, commemorating the church's centennial in 1945

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

St Nicholas statue above the south side door

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Unusual window of God ruling in majesty changed into St Nicholas by adding miter and crozier top.

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

The north aisle window is from a Carmelite church in Antwerp; the glass is from the 14 and 1500s, with later additions.

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Mosaic high above the altar, by Gertrude Martin, 1920

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Mosaic detail high above the altar

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Detail from mosaics behind the altar; the Beatitudes are beneath the mosaics

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Mosaics behind the altar: Ss John the Baptist, James, Mary; Jesus Christ; Ss. Nicholas, Peter, John

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

German glass in the North Aisle Apse

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Light in the rose window over the entrance; medieval glass said to have been looted by Napoleon and brought to Paris

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Photo: J Rosenthal, St Nicholas Center

Photo: J M Rosenthal

Italian marble font; bowl, 1400s; base, 1600s; stem, 1800s

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Postcard: St Nicholas Center Collection

Nave with lights on the mosaics

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Nave without the mosaic lights

Photo: C Myers, St Nicholas Center

Wilton, Wiltshire England UK

Church of England (Anglican)

This unusual Italianate church was built in 1845 by the Hon. Sidney Herbert who loved Italian architecture; it is typical of churches in Tuscany.

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