Many people walk past Lisbon Cathedral when they visit Alfama's neighbourhood. It is one of the oldest buildings in the city, and its enormous rosacea will definitely grab your attention. But is this landmark worth a visit? Let's go inside Sé de Lisboa and discover what there is to see!
[ROMANIA.MOLDAVIA 23.944] ’Holy approval.’ An crowd of holy men and six-winged angels looks down approvingly on the mean work of a nun at the choir of Moldovita’s monastery church. The frescoes were done in 1537 by Toma of Suceava. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
Jerónimos Monastery Belém - Lisbon Portugal
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From majestic and intricate to the humbly traditional, Idaho has it all.
List with more than 60 world's most significant, large, old and otherwise interesting Christian monasteries.
The following is a list of basilicas (generally speaking a basilica is a large Church of special importance - prior to Christianity they were usually Roman civic buildings) recognized by the Roman Catholic Church that I found to be the most architecturally appealing. Exterior design was predominately considered and the list was made by only
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Many wonders of France belong to the best known attractions in the world. Country is especially rich with architecture monuments.
Classic Iceland Eyes from July 2005. Back then I wrote: This church in Seyðisfjörður is actually called the Blue Church, or Bláa kirkja. Like a lot of the buildings here it's turn-of-the century, when fishing money poured into the eastern fjords, turning villages into important towns. Seyðisfjörður, nestled as it is between protective mountains on either side, is especially charming, and even the fog that creeps in in broad daylight adds a lovely mystique. The ferry Norræna docks here every week in the summer months, taking passengers to and from the Faroe and Shetland Islands and Norway. Unfortunately, last week a man was busted for trying to smuggle some poundage of meth into the country in his car, an all too common occurance on the ferry, but that ugliness simply cannot tarnish the beauty of this sweet spot. Hopefully the drug smuggling has died down in the past seven years, because the stunning beauty of this side of our lovely island certainly hasn't. The shot below from a family reunion is a wonderful example, with it's gorgeous view due east, down the fjörð and out to the open Arctic seas beyond. Have you tried Dynamic Viewing yet? Five new views in all. Use the blue tab at the top of the view page to check them all out : )
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Cathedral Seville Spain
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While this earthly life is important, the Christian life is ultimately directed toward God in heaven. Building churches that are tall and upward pointed is one way that this fact has sometimes been conveyed in church architecture. Here’s a list of the world’s top 10 tallest churches that
Cloister, quadrilateral enclosure surrounded by covered walkways, and usually attached to a monastic or cathedral church and sometimes to a college. The term used in a narrow sense also applies to the walkways or alleys themselves (the central area being the cloister garth), in a general sense to
