Basilica of St. Mary Cathedral

This is the Basilica of St. Mary Cathedral in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. It accommodates 30,000 people. It was Originally built in 1871. The design was awarded to Franco-American architect Emmanuel Louise Masqueray. It was designed in a Classical-Baroque Style. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 because of its excellent architecture and engineering design, it is an expression of Baroque influence in church architecture, it is an example of history of religious movements in Minnesota, and it is the first Basilica in the United States.
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