City of churches

Charleston is famous for its magnificent historic churches. When you cruise out on the harbor, the prevailing highlights of the skyline are the graceful spires of churches. There are many of them, and no modern skyscrapers to intrude on the scene. This is St. Philip's Episcopal Church, built between 1835-1838. There was a church on the same site before, but it burned in one of several big fires in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The graveyard next to the church is interesting to explore as some of Charleston's leading citizens are interred there.