Description: AHA-109-H St. John's Cathedral, Saint John's, West IndiesRising over St. John's, capital city of Antigua, the Cathedral is a landmark of the island. Founded in 1725 it was rebuilt in 1845, after an earthquake wrecked the older stone building. From the beautiful pictorial book "Antigua" by Hans W. Hannau Published by the Antigua Hotel Association, St. John's Antigua, West Indies. Printed in Spain.__________ St. John's Cathedral also known as the St. John the Divine, the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, is an Anglican church perched on a hilltop in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. It is the seat of the Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba in the Church in the Province of the West Indies. The present cathedral with its imposing white twin towers was built on a fossilized reef, in 1845, and is now in its third incarnation, as earthquakes in 1683 and in 1745 destroyed the previous structures. The iron gates on the south face of the church are flanked by pillars displaying Biblical statues of St John the Divine and St John the Baptist. They were reportedly taken in 1756 from a French ship destined for Martinique.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Cathedral_(Antigua_and_Barbuda) .................... ArchitectureThe cathedral was designed by the architect Thomas Fuller of Bath, England, and raised at the highest point in St. John's town. F.W. Rowe of Bristol was in charge of the construction. The cathedral is seen now as an impressive landmark providing a panoramic view of the island. According to the first 1846 edition of The Church of England Magazine, the current church is 156 feet (48 m) long and 46 feet (14 m) wide. The length of the transept is 104 feet (32 m). The building is made from freestone, with stained glass windows and dark pitch pine furnishings. A unique feature in the cathedral is the pitch pine interior structure and cladding to provide lateral reinforcing for earthquake or hurricane loads. As a result that the cathedral is known by the epithet "a building within a building." The cathedral has two 70 feet (21 m) high towers built in baroque style of architecture with cupolas topping them, described as "slightly awkward," and are painted in an aluminum color. This design had invited derision when built as representing "a pagan temple with two dumpy pepper pot towers", while now it is extolled as the best cathedral in the West Indian province. The interior decor of the church is dominated by dark pine furnishings and marble tablets on the walls, some of them were salvaged after earthquakes from the old churches that stood on the spot. The entrance iron gate from the southern side into the cathedral, which was erected in 1789, is flanked by two imposing statues, one of St John the Divine and the other of St John the Baptist in flowing robes. It is said that these statues were confiscated by the British navy from the French ship Temple in Martinique waters in 1756 during the Seven Years' War and moved to this church. At the time of erection, the edifice was criticized by ecclesiastical architects as being like "a pagan temple with two dumpy pepper pot towers", however, in more recent times the same edifice has been given the accolade as "the most imposing of all the Cathedrals of the West Indian Province.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Cathedral_(Antigua_and_Barbuda).................... Antigua also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles. It is one of the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region and the most populous island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua and Barbuda became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations on 1 November 1981. The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Number of Items in Set: 1
Artist: Hans W. Hannau
Size: Continental (6 x 4 in)
Material: Cardboard, Paper
City: Jt. John's
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Antigua Hotel Association, St. John's Antigua, West Indies
Subject: St. John's Cathedral, Antigua, West Indies, Vintage Hans Hannau
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Continent: North America
Unit Type: Unit
Era: Photochrome (1939-Now)
Country: Antigua and Barbuda
Theme: Cities & Towns, Famous Places, Landscapes, Nautical, Seascape, Tourism, British Navy, Tropical Foliage, St. John the Divine, Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba, Architect Thomas Fuller of Bath, England, Lesser Antilles, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea
Region: Southern Coast
Features: Chrome, Die-Cut, Divided Back, Scallop-edged
Unit Quantity: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: Spain
Postage Condition: Unposted
