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Clermont-Ferrand Cathedral in France. Built entirely from black lava stone (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 1 points 13 hours ago

How did they decide to do this, like I wonder who had the initial thought, how it was shared. At what point did an archbishop hear "we're going to make it entirely out of black stone" and think "oh yeah that's gonna look sexy"