Politics happened in the compounds of the council’s most powerful constituencies, and religious practices were more personal, with altars and incense burners inside people’s homes.
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Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
There have been some changes, including a modern bronze main altar, baptismal font and lectern.
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