San Francisco - Grace Cathedral

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Brussels Gobelin tapestry from the 16th century, a terracotta relief of the Madonna and Child by the Renaissance artist Antonio Rossellino and, on the north wall of the ambulatory, a collection of pages from medieval bibles illustrating the history of bible reproduction.

Also of particular interest are stained glass windows from the workshops of Charles Connick, Henry Lee Willet, Mark Adams and Gabriel Loire. The great east rose-window (by Loire, 1963) is illuminated after dark from within the building. The Cathedral has a celebrated choir of men and boys; recitals are often given on the Cathedral organ which has 7,286 pipes. The 44 bells in the north tower are rung every evening; the hour bell, weighing six tonnes, is the largest in the West.