The Cathedral of Light or Lichtdom was a main aesthetic feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg from 1934 to 1938. Designed by architect Albert Speer, it consisted of 152 anti-aircraft searchlights, at intervals of 12 metres, aimed skyward to create a series of vertical bars surrounding the audience.

2021年11月17日 · The Cathedral of Light was a main aesthetic feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg starting in 1933. It consisted of 130 anti-aircraft searchlights, at intervals of 12 meters, aimed skyward to create a series of vertical bars surrounding the audience.

2017年9月23日 · Speer borrowed from the Luftwaffe 152 powerful anti-aircraft searchlights and placed them pointing skywards at intervals of 12 meters. When switched on at night, it created an immense wall of towering beams encircling the rally and making it visible for miles around.

2018年3月7日 · The result was, indeed, a cathedral of lights. Each searchlight was be positioned 40 feet from the next, which generated a series of vertical bars of light surrounding the audience. The achieved effect was brilliant, both from inside and outside the arena.

The Cathedral of Light or Lichtdom was a main aesthetic feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg from 1934 to 1938. Designed by architect Albert Speer, it consisted of 152 anti-aircraft searchlights, at intervals of 12 metres, aimed skyward to create a series of vertical bars surrounding the audience.

Initially conceived as an ad hoc substitute for an unfinished stadium, the cathedral was composed of 152 anti-aircraft searchlights placed at 12-meter intervals and pointed skyward. The result...

The Cathedral of Light or Lichtdom was a main aesthetic feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg from 1934 to 1938. Designed by architect Albert Speer, it…

The Cathedral of Light or Lichtdom was a main aesthetic feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg from 1934 to 1938. Designed by architect Albert Speer, it consisted of 152 anti-aircraft...

The Nazi party rally grounds (German: Reichsparteitagsgelände, lit. ' Reich Party Congress Grounds') covered about 11 square kilometres (1,100 ha) in the southeast of Nuremberg, Germany. Six Nazi party rallies were held there between 1933 and 1938.

Performance and glittering costumes, transcendent music, and majestic voices relaying the epic stories all comprised the Wagnerian mythos.