Temple Square

by Jenny
(Columbus OH, USA)

The Salt Lake City, UT Latter Day Saints temple is a truly impressive site. It is a beautiful gray granite structure with lots of religious symbolism in the architecture and six towering spires that point toward the sky.

Learn about the history of how and when the temple was actually built and you will be amazed at the physical building itself. It is so majestic and has stood for hundreds of years, although it was built by poor, unskilled members of the 1800s church with next to no technology. They did this because of their great faith in the work that they were doing.

The temple is the center of the area known as Temple Square. Temple Square is a beautifully-landscaped pavilion comprising various other significant buildings to the LDS faith, a theater that shows a featured religious movie, and two visitors' centers filled with information about the religion and the temple.

Though you have to be a worthy adult member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to enter the inside of the temple, the sight of the temple exterior is just breathtaking and Temple Square is definitely worth seeing. I liked visiting the grounds because of the peace and beauty all around me. There is a flowing fountain and several statues all around the square, plus everything is so green and alive in the spring and summer. I have been to Temple Square a few times.

At Christmastime, Temple Square is decked out with millions of Christmas lights. It takes months to assemble it all. Every branch on every tree in the whole area is individually wrapped with strings of colored lights. Combined with the majesty of the temple, it is a truly neat sight to see.