(SYDNEY MORNING HERALD) — BALEA LAC, Romania — High on a remote mountain in Romania, priests have blessed a church made entirely from ice, outstanding both for its architectural style as well as being a place for religious tolerance.
Builders have once again created the Ice Church, which is only accessible by cable car at an altitude of 2000 metres.
Water from Balea Lake, 300 kilometres northwest of Bucharest, is blessed by priests and chunks of ice are then cut with a chain saw and cemented together with water and snow to make the church.