Petra posted: " Kremlin Square in WWII Jolo Cathedral in the 70s Hadja Sitti Raya Mosque in Talipao, Sulu Moscow Hotel (an excerpt from Antanas Vienuolis, The Last Place) The elaborate new church seemed a strange and incomprehensible anomaly amidst this "
Kremlin Square in WWIIJolo Cathedral in the 70sHadja Sitti Raya Mosque in Talipao, SuluMoscow Hotel
(an excerpt from Antanas Vienuolis, The Last Place)
The elaborate new church seemed a strange and incomprehensible anomaly amidst this sea of misery and ignorance. It was clear that the church, so elegant and grand, had turned up here is some way by some fatal misunderstanding of the people and had brought great offense to them. It had drained their last ounce of strength and left them only poverty--for a century at least. Looking at it, one senses that it is ashamed of its splendor, ashamed of human ignorance and poverty, and that, if it had legs, it would quickly flee this town.
Languages of the World, by Kenneth Katzner, 1977, p. 11
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