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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

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

Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia in Barcelona, Spain

The Cathedral of Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia is the Gothic cathedral of Barcelona, the seat of the Archdiocese of Barcelona. The cathedral was built during the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries on the same site where there had been a Romanesque cathedral, and even earlier a Paleo – Christian cathedral.…

Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia in Barcelona, Spain

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

The Basílica de la Sagrada Família, is a large unfinished Roman Catholic minor basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), his work on the building is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed…

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

Santa Maria Monastery of Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain

Santa Maria de Montserrat is a Benedictine monastery located on the mountain of Montserrat, in the municipality of Monistrol de Montserrat (el Bages), at an altitude of 720 m above sea level. It is a symbol for Catalonia and has become a pilgrimage point for believers and a must-see for…

Santa Maria Monastery of Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain

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

Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon, France

The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière is a minor basilica in Lyon. It was built with private funds between 1872 and 1884 in a dominant position overlooking the city. The site it occupies was once the Roman forum of Trajan, thus its name. The basilica is one of the most…

Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon, France

Diocesan Museum of Milan, Italy

The Diocesan Museum of Milan (or Diocesan Museum Carlo Maria Martini) is an art museum in Milan housing a permanent collection of sacred artworks, especially from Milan and Lombardy. Originally conceived by Ildefonso Schuster in 1931 as a vehicle to protect and promote the art collection of the Archdiocese of…

Diocesan Museum of Milan, Italy

National Pantheon, Lisbon, Portugal

The National Pantheon is intended to honor and perpetuate the memory of Portuguese citizens who have distinguished themselves for services rendered to the country, in the exercise of high public positions, high military services, in the expansion of Portuguese culture, in literary, scientific and artistic creation or in the defense…

National Pantheon, Lisbon, Portugal

Church of Saint Roch, Lisbon, Portugal

The Igreja de São Roque (Church of Saint Roch) is a Roman Catholic church in Lisbon, Portugal. It was the earliest Jesuit church in the Portuguese world, and one of the first Jesuit churches anywhere. The edifice served as the Society’s home church in Portugal for over 200 years, before…

Church of Saint Roch, Lisbon, Portugal

Seville Cathedral, Spain

The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See is located in Seville. It is Gothic in style. It is the largest cathedral in the world. The Unesco declared in 1987, with the Real Alcázar and the Archivo de Indias, Heritage and, on July 25, 2010, Good of outstanding universal value.…

Seville Cathedral, Spain

Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalonia, Spain

Santa Maria de Vilabertran is a Romanesque monastery located in Vilabertran (Alt Empordà). It has been a cultural heritage site of national interest since 1930. It is currently part of the Museum of History of Catalonia. History The canonical church of Santa Maria de Vilabertran, erected on the site of…

Santa Maria de Vilabertran, Catalonia, Spain

Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

The Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar (Saint Mary of the Sea) is a church in the Ribera district of Barcelona, Spain, built between 1329 and 1383 at the height of Principality of Catalonia’s maritime and mercantile preeminence. It is an outstanding example of Catalan Gothic, with a purity and…

Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

The Carmen of San Cristóbal Culture Center in Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

The Carmen of San Cristóbal in Las Casas, formerly served as a gateway to the Ciudad Real, and today it has been adopted as its identity symbol. It is an annex of the Carmen temple. Its initial function was to serve as a bell tower to the church. A gap…

The Carmen of San Cristóbal Culture Center in Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

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