Tuesday, April 26, 2016

The Real Glass Slipper

I'm not sure what to think about the giant glass slipper church of Taiwan,and from what I've read it has drawn mixed emotions from both men and women. It isn't used for church services only for weddings or photo shoots,so technically it isn't really a church. It is 55 feet high and 36 feet wide and is made from tinted glass panels at a cost of $686,000. According to officials the church was built to honor the memory of a 24 year old girl who lost both of her legs to blackfoot disease. Both legs had to be amputated leading to the cancellation of her own wedding. She remained unmarried and spent the rest of her days in church.
glass shoe
Shoe
Tourists take pictures in front of a shoe-shaped church in southern Chiayi on 11 January, 2016

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