Category Archives: Religion

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, United States

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, California, United States. It opened in 2002 and serves as the mother church for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The cathedral is named in honor of the Virgin Mary under the…

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, United States

Travel Guide of Venice Religious architectures tourism, Italy

The historical and architectural beauties of Venice are truly numerous. Between palaces and religious structures, the city really offers many solutions to be explored. Among the most important monuments in the same area there is the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute, the synagogues of the Ghetto, the Arsenale and…

Travel Guide of Venice Religious architectures tourism, Italy

Venice Feast of the Redeemer 2019, Italy

The Festa del Redentore, the most famous traditional festival in Venice, celebrated on the third Sunday of July every year to commemorate the end of the plague epidemic of 1575-1577. The fireworks display of the 2019 edition will be a hymn to the moon, to the sky, to space and…

Venice Feast of the Redeemer 2019, Italy

Venice Feast of the Redeemer 2021, Italy

The Festa del Redentore, the most famous traditional festival in Venice, celebrated on the third Sunday of July every year to commemorate the end of the plague epidemic of 1575-1577. The Feast of the Redeemer is the event that commemorates the grace received by the city to end the plague…

Venice Feast of the Redeemer 2021, Italy

Venice Feast of the Redeemer 2020, Italy

The Festa del Redentore, the most famous traditional festival in Venice, celebrated on the third Sunday of July every year to commemorate the end of the plague epidemic of 1575-1577. The Feast of the Redeemer is the event that commemorates the grace received by the city to end the plague…

Venice Feast of the Redeemer 2020, Italy

Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany

Cologne Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It…

Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, Germany

Religious building in Nice, France

Nice is revealed and shows different faces, to immerse yourself in religious architecture through the city, take a walk in Old Nice, visit churches, monuments or even the hills of Nice. Walk and bus ride connecting the most beautiful religious monuments. Long route which can be fragmented. The many churches…

Religious building in Nice, France

Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Royal Palace of Turin, Italy

The Chapel of the Holy Shroud or Guarini Chapel is an architectural work by the architect Guarino Guarini, built in Turin at the end of the 17th century, a masterpiece of the Italian Baroque. Above a rotunda entirely of black marble, with arches and pillars of beautiful and large proportions,…

Chapel of the Holy Shroud, Royal Palace of Turin, Italy

Churches and Religious heritage in Turin City, Italy

The rich past of religious tradition in the area of Turin has always made it one of the top places for pilgrimages whether following in the tracks of the Social Saints or in discovery of the rich artistic heritage found in the churches, everyone will know to what they are…

Churches and Religious heritage in Turin City, Italy

Susa, Metropolitan city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Susa is an Italian town of 6 232 inhabitants in the metropolitan city of Turin in Piedmont. The city was founded at the confluence of the Dora Riparia river with the Cenischia stream in a strategic position for the control of the roads leading to the Mont Cenis and Monginevro…

Susa, Metropolitan city of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Choir of the Nuns, Santa Giulia museum

The choir allowed the cloistered nuns to attend the religious services held in the church of San Salvatore. The walls were covered in frescoes – with an iconographic theme inspired by the concept of salvation – painted by various artists between the 1520s and 1550s. A splendid frescoed chamber where…

Choir of the Nuns, Santa Giulia museum

Church of Santa Maria in Solario, Santa Giulia museum

The Romanesque chapel of Santa Maria in Solario was built in around the mid-12th century; it is square in plan and the octagonal upper portion has a closed loggia with reused Early Medieval columns and capitals. The facade of the medieval church of Santa Maria in Solario faces onto Via…

Church of Santa Maria in Solario, Santa Giulia museum

South Asia and Southeast Asia gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin

The South Asia gallery houses collections from three major cultural geographic areas: Gandhara, India and Indochina. Gandhara This collection includes artifacts from the Buddhist-inspired artistic production of Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan, from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century. Gandhara is the geographical term for an area between Afghanistan…

South Asia and Southeast Asia gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin

Church of Sant’Uberto, Royal Palace of Venaria

The church of Sant’Uberto is a Catholic place of worship in Venaria Reale, in the metropolitan city of Turin, dedicated to Sant’Uberto. It is part of the complex of the Reggia di Venaria Reale and is considered one of the masterpieces of the international baroque. It was built between 1716…

Church of Sant’Uberto, Royal Palace of Venaria

North side Rooms on the upper floor, La Rocca Fortress, Medieval village of Turin

The fortress is a copy of several Piedmontese and Valle d’Aosta castles, it consists of four floors: the basement which houses the prisons; the ground floor, on the other hand, the entrance, the atrium, the courtyard, the soldiers’ bedroom, the kitchens (of the servants and nobles) and the dining room;…

North side Rooms on the upper floor, La Rocca Fortress, Medieval village of Turin

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