Saint Anselm Parish of Saint Louis

Photo Album

The Saint Louis Abbey church — the church of Saint Anselm Parish was designed in 1962 by architecture firm Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum with the Italian architect, Pier Luigi Nervi (1891—1979), as the consultant.

NOTE: Some of this photos you can send as an electronic postcard.

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The church front entrance
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The church bell-tower
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The church west side view
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The main altar
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The interior with twenty arches surrounding the altar in the left
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The laminated glass screen and a side chapel
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The glass ceiling
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The classical "tracker-action" pipe organ (Gregor Hradetzky, Austria)
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Madonna and Child (14the century, Burgundy, France)
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Madonna and Child (front view)
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The Holy Water Font (17the century, Della Robbia style, Italy)
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The Blessed Virgin Mary Altar (copy of a figure by Jean Lambert-Rucki, France)
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The Altar of Saint Benedict (Robert Adams, England)
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The Holy Apostles Crucifix (Doris Ceasar)
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The altar of Saint Laurence the Deacon-Martyr (Clark Fitz-Gerald, Saint Louis)
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The crucifix of Saint Joseph's chapel (Luis Sanchez, Spain)
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The Statue of Saint Benedict (Wiktor Szostalo, Saint Louis)
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The Statue of Saint Benedict (front view)
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Our Lady of Grace
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