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** ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL ** The St. Patrick's Cathedral was designed in 1858 by a man called William Wardell and it was built in 1940. The building is made from rock-faced bluestone. Every feature of the building is made of beautiful sandstone. It makes the building look wonderful with the ancient sculptures and architecture. We have picked four of our favourite gargoyles of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and have written a paragraph about each piece of architecture, including a personal opinion.

**“TOO MANY FACES”** The sculptures on the side of each window are unidentified faces of people. In the photo they are extremely difficult to see but in real life they are quite big and noticeable. We believe that these faces might have belonged to important people who played a significant role in the Catholic Church. This is probably why their faces are on such a historical and vital building of Melbourne.


 * // "We think it's a very creative way to decorate windows. Although, the heads on either side of each window makes it look a bit creepy." //**

** “THE VIRGIN MARY” ** This is the face of the Virgin Mary, located on the front door of the Cathedral. She is portrayed as being unhappy and looking up at Jesus. Analyzing her face after coming back from the excursion made us decide that she looks peaceful and totally lost in her thoughts. We now realize that the sculptures purpose is to encourage people to reach their own interpretation of the face. // **"We believe this sculpture of Mary is quite beautiful but scary. It makes us sad to look at her weeping face."** // This gargoyle is creatively designed for draining water that collects in the gutters in the roof of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. We’re not sure who the face portrays. To us it looks like a judge. His hair is the main reason we think that, because it looks like a curly wig and most people when they think of a judge they imagine the judge fat. The position of the face is symmetrically in the middle, at the bottom, of the four leaf shape.  
 * “THE HORRIBLE JUDGE”**



 

//** "His tongue is abnormally large and disgusting; we wonder why someone would create such a horrible sculpture." **//