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  • Old Cairo. St Barbara Coptyc church, holy mass. Built on the ruins of a 5th century church the present church dates to the 12th century. The fine wooden iconostasis with inlays of ivory is from the 13th century. Coptics, Greek Orthodox, Syrians, only few components of the fragmented galaxy of the “living stones” as often are defined the oriental christian churches, are the protagonists of a frequently forgotten world that currently menaces to die in the same places in which Christianity born. Rituals and stories similar to legends lost in time survive intact and in these places regain the strenght of a living reality.
    em2610090.jpg
  • Piedrafita do Cebreiro (Lugo), Santa Maria la Real church, St. Mary's Church, was built in O Cebreiro in 1965–71 on the foundations of a pre-Romanesque church, and is the oldest church of the Camino de Santiago.
    em7412139.jpg
  • Şurdeşti church was the tallest wooden church in Europe with its tower of 54 m and a total height of 72 m until a few years back when the new 78 m tall church of the monastery of Peri in Săpânţa was built.<br />
The church is one of the eight wooden churches included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
    em0831069.jpg
  • Dubrovnik.The Church of St. Blaise is a Baroque church in Dubrovnik and one of the city's major sights. Saint Blaise (St. Vlaho)  is the patron saint of  Dubrovnik. The church was built in 1715 by the Venetian architect and sculptor Marino Gropelli (1662-1728). The church consists of a single square nave.
    em8703281.jpg
  • Old Cairo. St Barbara Coptyc church, holy mass. Built on the ruins of a 5th century church the present church dates to the 12th century. The fine wooden iconostasis with inlays of ivory is from the 13th century. Coptics, Greek Orthodox, Syrians, only few components of the fragmented galaxy of the “living stones” as often are defined the oriental christian churches, are the protagonists of a frequently forgotten world that currently menaces to die in the same places in which Christianity born. Rituals and stories similar to legends lost in time survive intact and in these places regain the strenght of a living reality.
    em2610087.jpg
  • Bari. The Russian Orthodox church was built in the early 20th century to welcome Russian pilgrims who came to the city to visit the church of Saint Nicholas in the old city where the relics of the saint remain. The city council and Italian national government recently handed over the Russian Church to Russian  government. May 22 is celebrated annually in the Russian Orthodox Church as the feast day of the "Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari". Pilgrimages to the basilica from Eastern Europe have increased dramatically since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
    em7132481.jpg
  • Bari. The Russian Orthodox church was built in the early 20th century to welcome Russian pilgrims who came to the city to visit the church of Saint Nicholas in the old city where the relics of the saint remain. The city council and Italian national government recently handed over the Russian Church to Russian  government. May 22 is celebrated annually in the Russian Orthodox Church as the feast day of the "Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari". Pilgrimages to the basilica from Eastern Europe have increased dramatically since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
    em7132497.jpg
  • Bari. The Russian Orthodox church was built in the early 20th century to welcome Russian pilgrims who came to the city to visit the church of Saint Nicholas in the old city where the relics of the saint remain. The city council and Italian national government recently handed over the Russian Church to Russian  government. May 22 is celebrated annually in the Russian Orthodox Church as the feast day of the "Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari". Pilgrimages to the basilica from Eastern Europe have increased dramatically since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
    em7132493.jpg
  • Piedrafita do Cebreiro (Lugo), Santa Maria la Real church, St. Mary's Church, was built in O Cebreiro in 1965–71 on the foundations of a pre-Romanesque church, and is the oldest church of the Camino de Santiago.
    em7412137.jpg
  • Desesti. The Wooden Church of Pious Paraskeva (1770), another monument on the Unesco World Heritage List is located in the historical area of Maramures in the Mara River valley. The church dates from 1770 and has preserved much of its original aspect except for the "windows" between the nave and the narthex which were added at a later date. The church is made of wooden beams arranged according to the Blockbau system. The church plan is traditional composed of a nave and narthex in the shape of a rectangle and a sanctuary with a polygonal recessed apse.
    em0831081.jpg
  • Desesti. The Wooden Church of Pious Paraskeva (1770), another monument on the Unesco World Heritage List is located in the historical area of Maramures in the Mara River valley. The church dates from 1770 and has preserved much of its original aspect except for the "windows" between the nave and the narthex which were added at a later date. The church is made of wooden beams arranged according to the Blockbau system. The church plan is traditional composed of a nave and narthex in the shape of a rectangle and a sanctuary with a polygonal recessed apse.
    em0831078.jpg
  • Dubrovnik.The Church of St. Blaise is a Baroque church in Dubrovnik and one of the city's major sights. Saint Blaise (St. Vlaho)  is the patron saint of  Dubrovnik. The church was built in 1715 by the Venetian architect and sculptor Marino Gropelli (1662-1728). The church consists of a single square nave.
    em8703286.jpg
  • Old Cairo. St Barbara Coptyc church, holy mass. Built on the ruins of a 5th century church the present church dates to the 12th century. The fine wooden iconostasis with inlays of ivory is from the 13th century. Coptics, Greek Orthodox, Syrians, only few components of the fragmented galaxy of the “living stones” as often are defined the oriental christian churches, are the protagonists of a frequently forgotten world that currently menaces to die in the same places in which Christianity born. Rituals and stories similar to legends lost in time survive intact and in these places regain the strenght of a living reality.
    em2610097.jpg
  • Old Cairo. St Barbara Coptyc church, holy mass. Built on the ruins of a 5th century church the present church dates to the 12th century. The fine wooden iconostasis with inlays of ivory is from the 13th century. Coptics, Greek Orthodox, Syrians, only few components of the fragmented galaxy of the “living stones” as often are defined the oriental christian churches, are the protagonists of a frequently forgotten world that currently menaces to die in the same places in which Christianity born. Rituals and stories similar to legends lost in time survive intact and in these places regain the strenght of a living reality.
    em2610096.jpg
  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832030.jpg
  • Old Cairo. St Barbara Coptyc church, holy mass. Built on the ruins of a 5th century church the present church dates to the 12th century. The fine wooden iconostasis with inlays of ivory is from the 13th century. Coptics, Greek Orthodox, Syrians, only few components of the fragmented galaxy of the “living stones” as often are defined the oriental christian churches, are the protagonists of a frequently forgotten world that currently menaces to die in the same places in which Christianity born. Rituals and stories similar to legends lost in time survive intact and in these places regain the strenght of a living reality.
    em2610085-1.jpg
  • Bari. The Russian Orthodox church was built in the early 20th century to welcome Russian pilgrims who came to the city to visit the church of Saint Nicholas in the old city where the relics of the saint remain. The city council and Italian national government recently handed over the Russian Church to Russian  government. May 22 is celebrated annually in the Russian Orthodox Church as the feast day of the "Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari". Pilgrimages to the basilica from Eastern Europe have increased dramatically since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
    em7132478.jpg
  • Bari. The Russian Orthodox church was built in the early 20th century to welcome Russian pilgrims who came to the city to visit the church of Saint Nicholas in the old city where the relics of the saint remain. The city council and Italian national government recently handed over the Russian Church to Russian  government. May 22 is celebrated annually in the Russian Orthodox Church as the feast day of the "Translation of the Relics of Saint Nicholas from Myra to Bari". Pilgrimages to the basilica from Eastern Europe have increased dramatically since the fall of the Iron Curtain.
    em7132471.jpg
  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832072.jpg
  • Viscri. Concert in the Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832039.jpg
  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832035.jpg
  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832033.jpg
  • Desesti. The Wooden Church of Pious Paraskeva (1770), another monument on the Unesco World Heritage List is located in the historical area of Maramures in the Mara River valley. The church dates from 1770 and has preserved much of its original aspect except for the "windows" between the nave and the narthex which were added at a later date. The church is made of wooden beams arranged according to the Blockbau system. The church plan is traditional composed of a nave and narthex in the shape of a rectangle and a sanctuary with a polygonal recessed apse.
    em0831080.jpg
  • Old Cairo. St Barbara Coptyc church, holy mass. Built on the ruins of a 5th century church the present church dates to the 12th century. The fine wooden iconostasis with inlays of ivory is from the 13th century. Coptics, Greek Orthodox, Syrians, only few components of the fragmented galaxy of the “living stones” as often are defined the oriental christian churches, are the protagonists of a frequently forgotten world that currently menaces to die in the same places in which Christianity born. Rituals and stories similar to legends lost in time survive intact and in these places regain the strenght of a living reality.
    em2610083.jpg
  • Tiradentes. São Antonio church (1710-1730), one of the richest church of Minas, decorated using more gold than any church in Minas.
    em0910527.jpg
  • Rennes, church of Notre-Dame en Saint-Melaine. All that remains of the former Benedictine abbey is the Abbot's Palace, the cloister with its elaborate sculpted decoration, and the convent church. The church bears witness to the Romanesque era.
    em7301644.jpg
  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. View of the village from the church's towers. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
    em0832284.jpg
  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by nine towers.
    em0832235.jpg
  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by nine towers.
    em0832209.jpg
  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by nine towers.
    em0832195.jpg
  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832078.jpg
  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832066.jpg
  • Viscri. Concert in the Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832058.jpg
  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832032.jpg
  • Viscri. The Lutheran fortified church. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500. In the 12th century, fortifications began to be built forming an oval. The south, east and northeast walls have survived and are 7 m in height. In 1999, Viscri, together with five other places, was added to the villages with fortified churches in Transylvania UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    em0832018.jpg
  • Tiradentes. São Antonio church (1710-1730), one of the richest church of Minas, decorated using more gold than any church in Minas.
    em0910531.jpg
  • Dobrá Voda (Good Water),  the Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, a pilgrimage baroque church. The church was founded on the rectangular layout extended with two apses on both sides, three towers with domes and with the three-winged cloister.<br />
The treasurable paintings from 1729 can be seen on the ceiling. The Baroque furnishings originate from the 18th century.
    em8110691.jpg
  • Dobrá Voda (Good Water),  the Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, a pilgrimage baroque church. The church was founded on the rectangular layout extended with two apses on both sides, three towers with domes and with the three-winged cloister.<br />
The treasurable paintings from 1729 can be seen on the ceiling. The Baroque furnishings originate from the 18th century.
    em8110685.jpg
  • Dobrá Voda (Good Water),  the Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, a pilgrimage baroque church. The church was founded on the rectangular layout extended with two apses on both sides, three towers with domes and with the three-winged cloister.<br />
The treasurable paintings from 1729 can be seen on the ceiling. The Baroque furnishings originate from the 18th century.
    em8110664.jpg
  • Church of St Lawrence. This church was the conventual church of the Order when the Knights settled at Birgu. The Order settled in Birgu until 1575 when the Knights moved to Valletta.
    em8401145.jpg
  • Old Cairo, Al Muallaqa coptic church , known as "The hanging church" dedicated to the Holy Virgin. Coptics, Greek Orthodox, Syrians, only few components of the fragmented galaxy of the “living stones” as often are defined the oriental christian churches, are the protagonists of a frequently forgotten world that currently menaces to die in the same places in which Christianity born. Rituals and stories similar to legends lost in time survive intact and in these places regain the strenght of a living reality.
    em2610101.jpg
  • St Martin church is 1.64m wide and 10m long and it just might be the smallest church in the world. It used to be the passage for watchmen who would secure the entrance into the Diocletian Palace. At the beginning of the 9th century it was turned into a Christian church and consecrated to Saint Martin.
    em8700617.jpg
  • St Martin church is 1.64m wide and 10m long and it just might be the smallest church in the world. It used to be the passage for watchmen who would secure the entrance into the Diocletian Palace. At the beginning of the 9th century it was turned into a Christian church and consecrated to Saint Martin.
    em8700616.jpg
  • The church of San Lorenzo, one of the masterpieces of the european baroque. It was designed by Guarino Guarini and hasn't a facade because the Dukes of Savoia, that had the symbol of their power in piazza Castello, didn't want that the observer could be distracted by other elements. The dome of the church of San Lorenzo, is the only visible sign from the outside of the church.
    em7236732.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713368.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713335.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713321.jpg
  • Royal Mile. High Kirk of St Gilles, generally considered a cathedral, is the principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. The church has been one of Edinburgh's religious focal points for approximately 900 years and the present church dates from the late 14th century, though it was extensively restored in the 19th century.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches. The church has three rows of exterior fortifications linked by nine towers.
    em0832246.jpg
  • Viscri. The museum of the Lutheran fortified church with documents of Saxons emigraton to the other countries. The Saxons built a Romanesque church in the 13th century and the church was fortified around 1500.
    em0832094.jpg
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, the church where a parachute with an effigy of US Airborne paratrooper John  Steele in his Airborne uniform hangs from the belltower. John Steel, made famous in the movie The Longest Day, was caught in one of the back steeples of the church, leaving him hanging on the backside of the church to witness the carnage.
    em7303323.jpg
  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, the church where a parachute with an effigy of US Airborne paratrooper John  Steele in his Airborne uniform hangs from the belltower. John Steel, made famous in the movie The Longest Day, was caught in one of the back steeples of the church, leaving him hanging on the backside of the church to witness the carnage.
    em7302973.jpg
  • Sarbi Susani church. The small size of the church, the very thick oak beams of the walls, the unitary roof covering the whole building, the rather short tower, are all signs of a church built before the 18th century.
    em0831055.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel..The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713370.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713364.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713352.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713349.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713348.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921). Bas-reliefs with Jonah and the Whale. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713344.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713343.jpg
  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
    em2713340-1.jpg
  • The church of San Lorenzo, one of the masterpieces of the european baroque. It was designed by Guarino Guarini and hasn't a facade because the Dukes of Savoia, that had the symbol of their power in piazza Castello, didn't want that the observer could be distracted by other elements. The dome of the church of San Lorenzo, is the only visible sign from the outside of the church.
    em7116567.jpg
  • The church of San Lorenzo, one of the masterpieces of the european baroque. It was designed by Guarino Guarini and hasn't a facade because the Dukes of Savoia, that had the symbol of their power in piazza Castello, didn't want that the observer could be distracted by other elements. The dome of the church of San Lorenzo, is the only visible sign from the outside of the church.
    em7116560.jpg
  • Dunlewey church at the foot of Errigal (the hightest mountain in County Donegal) and overlooking the beautiful Poisoned Glen sits the beautiful 'Old Church of Dunlewey'.
    em7230208.jpg
  • Tiradentes. São Antonio church (1710-1730), one of the richest church of Minas, decorated using more gold than any church in Minas.
    em0910533.jpg
  • Tiradentes. São Antonio church (1710-1730), one of the richest church of Minas, decorated using more gold than any church in Minas.
    em0910529.jpg
  • Tiradentes. São Antonio church (1710-1730), one of the richest church of Minas, decorated using more gold than any church in Minas.
    em0910528.jpg
  • Dobrá Voda (Good Water),  the Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, a pilgrimage baroque church. The church was founded on the rectangular layout extended with two apses on both sides, three towers with domes and with the three-winged cloister.<br />
The treasurable paintings from 1729 can be seen on the ceiling. The Baroque furnishings originate from the 18th century.
    em8110653.jpg
  • Church of St Lawrence. This church was the conventual church of the Order when the Knights settled at Birgu. The Order settled in Birgu until 1575 when the Knights moved to Valletta.
    em8401197.jpg
  • Church of St Lawrence. This church was the conventual church of the Order when the Knights settled at Birgu. The Order settled in Birgu until 1575 when the Knights moved to Valletta.
    em8401146.jpg
  • Dubrovnik.The original pre-Romanesque church of St Nicholas.HBO’s producers wanted to film a pivotal scene in which Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) is stripped down and forced to walk naked in front of the Church of St. Nicholas, but the church didn’t approve. Instead, four separate locations were used for the Walk of Shame: Jesuits Staircase, Od Margarite street, St. Dominik street and Ploce gate.
    em8703716.jpg
  • St Martin church is 1.64m wide and 10m long and it just might be the smallest church in the world. It used to be the passage for watchmen who would secure the entrance into the Diocletian Palace. At the beginning of the 9th century it was turned into a Christian church and consecrated to Saint Martin.
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  • Sainte-Mère-Eglise, the church where a parachute with an effigy of US Airborne paratrooper John  Steele in his Airborne uniform hangs from the belltower. John Steel, made famous in the movie The Longest Day, was caught in one of the back steeples of the church, leaving him hanging on the backside of the church to witness the carnage.
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  • Royal Mile. High Kirk of St Gilles. Generally considered a cathedral, is the principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. The church has been one of Edinburgh's religious focal points for approximately 900 years and the present church dates from the late 14th century, though it was extensively restored in the 19th century.
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  • Sat-Sugatag. The wooden churches, built in the 17th and 18th without the help of any iron nails yet reach impressive heights. Among the wooden churches of Maramureş, the church of St. Parasceva is one of the most monumental ones. The rectangular church plan is covered with a tall roof with double eaves.
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  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921).  A detail of David and Goliath bas-relief. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
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  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
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  • Northeastern Anatolia. Van Lake. Akdamar Island  is the home to a tenth century Armenian church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Armenian King Gagik I Artsruni (908-944) chose Agt'hamar (the Armenian name of the island) as one of his residences. The only surviving structure is the Palatine Cathedral of the Holy Cross built by the architect-monk Manuel.<br />
The unique importance of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross comes from the extensive array of bas-relief carving of mostly biblical scenes that adorn its external walls. The meanings of these reliefs have been the subject of much and varied interpretation.
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  • The church of San Lorenzo, one of the masterpieces of the european baroque. It was designed by Guarino Guarini and hasn't a facade because the Dukes of Savoia, that had the symbol of their power in piazza Castello, didn't want that the observer could be distracted by other elements. The dome of the church of San Lorenzo, is the only visible sign from the outside of the church.
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  • The church of San Lorenzo, one of the masterpieces of the european baroque. It was designed by Guarino Guarini and hasn't a facade because the Dukes of Savoia, that had the symbol of their power in piazza Castello, didn't want that the observer could be distracted by other elements. The dome of the church of San Lorenzo, is the only visible sign from the outside of the church.
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  • The church of San Lorenzo, one of the masterpieces of the european baroque. It was designed by Guarino Guarini and hasn't a facade because the Dukes of Savoia, that had the symbol of their power in piazza Castello, didn't want that the observer could be distracted by other elements. The dome of the church of San Lorenzo, is the only visible sign from the outside of the church.
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  • The church of San Lorenzo, one of the masterpieces of the european baroque. It was designed by Guarino Guarini and hasn't a facade because the Dukes of Savoia, that had the symbol of their power in piazza Castello, didn't want that the observer could be distracted by other elements. The dome of the church of San Lorenzo, is the only visible sign from the outside of the church.
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  • The church of San Lorenzo, one of the masterpieces of the european baroque. It was designed by Guarino Guarini and hasn't a facade because the Dukes of Savoia, that had the symbol of their power in piazza Castello, didn't want that the observer could be distracted by other elements. The dome of the church of San Lorenzo, is the only visible sign from the outside of the church.
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  • The church of San Lorenzo, one of the masterpieces of the european baroque. It was designed by Guarino Guarini and hasn't a facade because the Dukes of Savoia, that had the symbol of their power in piazza Castello, didn't want that the observer could be distracted by other elements. The dome of the church of San Lorenzo, is the only visible sign from the outside of the church.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Tréhorenteuc. The church of the Holy Grail is enigmatic and is the only church in the world dedicated to the Quest of the Grail. The theme of the church’s paintings, mosaics and stained glass are a blend of Christian and Celtic symbolism and Arthurian legend.
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  • Tréhorenteuc. The church of the Holy Grail is enigmatic and is the only church in the world dedicated to the Quest of the Grail. The theme of the church’s paintings, mosaics and stained glass are a blend of Christian and Celtic symbolism and Arthurian legend.
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  • Wittenberg's old market square, the Marktplatz, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. The monument to Philip Melanchthon (left), the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation and Luther's monument (right). At left the City Hall and in the back St. Mary's Church (right), the parish church in which Luther often preached. At left the City Hall.
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  • Wittenberg's old market square, the Marktplatz, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. The monument to Philip Melanchthon (left), the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation and Luther's monument (right). At left the City Hall and in the back St. Mary's Church (right), the parish church in which Luther often preached. At left the City Hall.
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  • The Church of Saint Giovanni Crisostomo. The saint's relics are in the church's treasury.
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  • Fornovo di Taro, the Romanesque church of Santa Maria Assunta. A church at the site is documented since 854, and was initially rebuilt in the 11th century. The bell-tower was added in 1302. Part of a carved stone pulpit from the 11th century are now part of the facade. Other statuary dates from the 13th century.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. Old Saxons flags. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Sighisoara. View of the Saxon fortified church, the "Church of the Hill" from the Clock Tower. Founded by German craftsmen and merchants, Sighişoara is a fine example of a small, fortified medieval town which played an important strategic and commercial role on the fringes of central Europe for several centuries.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. Saxon Lutheran bishop graves conserved inside one of the 9 towers. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Biertan is one of the most important Saxon villages with fortified churches in Transylvania, having been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1993. The Biertan fortified church was the see of the Lutheran Evangelical Bishop in Transylvania between 1572 and 1867. Constructed between 1486 and 1524 the church is built in Late Gothic style with Renaissance touches.
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  • Harnicesti church (17th century). Just as in the case of other churches, the construction has been modified in time so that its original aspect has been preserved only in part. The façades of the church are decorated with icons and embroidered towels.
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  • Cavusin,  the barren vault church of St John the Baptist.
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  • Faraoani village, Forrovalva i Hungarian, the cemetery. In the back the old church, practically the only one traditional csango church surviving today.
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  • Burano island, church of San Martino, with a leaning campanile. The church holds the relics of Santa Barbara.
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  • St. Mary's Church, the parish church in which Luther often preached. Near the belltoweer a sculpture to remember the Shoah.
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