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The prehistoric Lascaux caves in France's Dordogne region were closed in 1963 because the presence of tourists was destroying the 17,000-year-old paintings on their walls. Now Lascaux II, a replica built nearby in 1983 to give visitors a sense of the Cro-Magnon artwork, has become...
Such throngs not only create wear and tear on the cathedral floor but, with that many people simply breathing, even raise the humidity to damaging levels. "I've actually seen rivulets of condensation running down the stained- glass windows," says Christian Dupavillon, director of patrimony for the French Ministry of...
A group of Soviet and Alaskan businessmen, in the meantime, have come to town proposing to build what they are calling Perestroyka Palace, a park for disco, diplomacy and dealmaking. Plans call for an $18 million palace modeled after St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square, linked symbolically...
CATECHIC. The winner is the first player to circle the cathedral and reach the Virgin Mary; cheaters must head for the confessional. This French board game has the Vatican's blessing.
The gay campaign against the Catholic Church contains countless examples of insensitivity and sometimes pure hatred. As Leo notes, an art exhibit funded by the National Endowment for the Arts labeled New York Cardinal John O'Connor a "fat cannibal in skirts" and his cathedral a "house of walking swastikas...