May 15

St. Patrick’s Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in New York, right across the street from Rockefeller Center. The land on which the cathedral stands was bought in 1813 by Dom Augustin Lestrange, abbot of a community of Trappists from the original monastery of La Trappe, which now brews the only non-Belgian Trappist beer (and the only one I haven’t tasted yet…).

The cornerstone of the cathedral was laid on August 15, 1858, just south of the orphanage founded by the Trappist monks and later further maintained by the Diocese of New York. Currently, it is the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Saint Patrick’s Cathedral | Location on map

PS: If you want to see the strangest case of perspective, take a look at the map location of the picture.

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One Response

Drealmer BELGIUM Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 9:32 am

Haha, loved the perspective :)

For “La Trappe” beer, check in a Carrefour supermarket. It’s a pretty good beer.

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