Nice pictures. Winter looks good from your vantage point!
I think the older LDS temples are really interesting architecturally. I get the sense that the more recent ones feel less creative in comparison. I enjoy seeing all the symbols on the older ones: the suns and stars and all that.
I agree. And, for me, another part of the charm of 19th-century Mormon temples is their rural setting. When, as is still the case in Manti, the only other buildings are farm houses and some two-story store fronts, a building like this one rises up like a colossus, witness to an intense drive to make something, to build something truly lasting.
Nice pictures. Winter looks good from your vantage point!
ReplyDeleteI think the older LDS temples are really interesting architecturally. I get the sense that the more recent ones feel less creative in comparison. I enjoy seeing all the symbols on the older ones: the suns and stars and all that.
I agree. And, for me, another part of the charm of 19th-century Mormon temples is their rural setting. When, as is still the case in Manti, the only other buildings are farm houses and some two-story store fronts, a building like this one rises up like a colossus, witness to an intense drive to make something, to build something truly lasting.
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