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St. Paul's Church, Aarhus

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as a fan-shaped attachment with a meeting room, confirmation classrooms and offices. It is connected to the apse by means of a foyer with a glazed roof. Built of sharp-edged brick matching the masonry of the church, it is covered with a
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on condition the church should look towards the town. As a result, the robust, red brick building with twin towers bearing pyramidal spires has a facade facing north rather than west. The design is based on that of a
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Located at the end of the slightly inclined M. P. Bruunsgade, the church was designed by Vilhelm Theodor Walther,
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The church choir, known as Sct. Pauls Cantori, consists mainly of young singers studying at the
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which also has buildings attached to its structure. It was designed by
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was attached to the church in a manner similar to that of the
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56°08′45″N 10°12′14″E / 56.1459°N 10.2038°E / 56.1459; 10.2038
Denmark
Denomination
Church of Denmark
Church
Materials
Brick
Archdiocese
Diocese of Aarhus
Danish
Aarhus
Denmark
Vilhelm Theodor Walther
Neo-Romanesque
Jutland
Mads Pagh Bruun
Romanesque
basilica
nave
aisles
apse
parish hall
Oude Kerk
Amsterdam
Inger and Johannes Exner
saddle roof

Paul on the road to Damascus
Herman Siegumfeldt

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