Monday, July 15, 2013

NAUVOO TEMPLE

The Nauvoo Temple, known as the Jewel of the Mississippi in the 1840’s, has been rebuilt to the same size and architectural design as could possible be done considering what little information was available.  Most of the design was taken from early drawings of the temple and they found the cornerstones buried in the rubble of the original temple lot so they were able to make it the exact same size and as near as possible to what the outside of the original temple looked like.  The only difference being the Angel Moroni.   The original Angel Moroni was horizontal and was made by the local tinsmith and looked and worked like a weather vein.  When the new temple was under construction, President Hinckley suggested the Angel Moroni should face the west toward the Salt Lake Temple which faces east toward Nauvoo.  We took lots of pictures around the temple because it was all so beautiful.

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Front of temple and Angel Moroni are facing west

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Sunstone

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Moonstone

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Star stones and inverted star windows.  At night these round windows with the red, white and blue inverted star are backlit. 

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Notice the commencement date

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Looking west from the garden across the street in front of the temple.  Mississippi River in the distance

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