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Crosses in Natural Landscapes

Images of crosses and religious symbols set against scenic landscapes, including mountains and valleys, reflecting spiritual themes harmonized with nature.

Cross made of stone at church built on in the rock in Vanis Kvabebi Monastery near Vardzia, Aspindza, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, Central Asia, Asia

Cemetery of Seis with Mt. Sciliar at back, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Authentic wooden chapel of the monk Tersky on the coast of the White Sea. Kola Peninsula. Authentic wooden chapel of the monk Tersky on the coast of the White Sea. Kola Peninsula.

Prayer flags, Chim-puk Hermitage near Tsethang close to Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

Colourfully decorated cemetery, Jujuy, Argentina, South America

Cross on the summit at Volcan Baru, ( 3475m)

A man looks at the pilgrimage church Madonnal del Sasso, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

Cairns of white stones and memorials mark the places where British soldiers died at the Battle of Isandlwana during the Anglo Zulu War of 1879. Near Nqutu. kwaZulu-Natal. South Africa

Masouleh Village in the Elburs mountains in Iran, mosque

White chapel in Andean style. Two people are sitting in front of it. Mountains in the background, the church in the village of Pisac in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru

Cemetery, Sukkertoppen, Greenland, Maniitsoq, Crucifix, North America

Wayside shrine at the Way of the Cross to the Holy Spirit Chapel, Krimml Tauern, Zillertal Alps, Kasern, Ahrntal, sunset, Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Virgin of the Barca, Virgin of the Boat, Virgin of the Barca, Virgin of the Boat in Muxia

Jakar, Bhutan - 24 September 2025: View of a man standing at the doorway of Jakar Dzong, with its iconic Dharma wheel, overlooking the sun-drenched valley.

estacion de Viacrucis, calvario del Viacrucis del Camí de Sant Salvador, Felanitx, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Statue of the Virgin of Quito, El Panecillo Hill, Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, South America

Unidentifiable people walking beside row of stone carved seated Buddhas at temple at Manbulsa Temple in Yeongcheon, South Korea, Asia

$Location Christ of the Marches, Statue, Avenale fraction, Cingoli, Marche, Italy, Europe$

Tombstones in an old cemetery, Martinez Hacienda, Taos, Taos County, New Mexico, USA

Sacred place at Ancient monastery Noravank in the mountains in Amaghu valley, Armenia. Was founded in 1205.

the Buddha Cliff of Khao Chee Chan at the village of Sattahip near the city of Pattaya in the Provinz Chonburi in Thailand. Thailand, Pattaya, November, 2018. THAILAND PATTAYA BUDDHA CLIFF KHAO CHEE CHAN

Daibutsu or ’Giant Buddha’ is a Japanese term often used informally for a large statue of Buddha, Time lapse Giant Buddha with milky way moving in sky at night, Mae Tha District, Lampang Province.. Daibutsu in fog

Cemetery near Cavusin, Anatolia, Central Anatolia, Cappadocia, Turkey, Asia

Mauritius, Ganga Talao, Grand Bassin. Hindu God Lord Shiva towers over the crater lake and temple.

Stone towers Stone towers. Two pyramid of meditation zen stones on mountains landscape Copyright: xZoonar.com/TANYA_Rx 2957967

France,73, Vanoise,Vallaisonnay, Small Chapel, people sitting in the meadow at summer

Small temporary chapel with thatched roof under pine trees (Linus) at the Tenuta delle Rippelte winery, Elba, Tuscan Archipelago, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Pilgrimage Virgen de la Fuensanta, Corcoya, Seville-province, Region of Andalusia, Spain, Europe.

Traditional Flag of the e Greek Orthodox Church. In Old Lipsi Village. Lipsi or Lissos Island. Dodecaneso. Twelve Island. Southern Aegean Sea. Greece. Europe

Cross and Adobe Fence, Cemetery of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico, USA

Holy Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Kedernath with Kedernath mountains in the evening, Uttarakhand, India, Asia

Christian chapel during a sunny day on Italian Alps - faith concept

Crosses at the Heiligkreuz Hospice, below the Heiligkreuzkofel, Fanes Group, Badia, Badia Valley, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

The monument of the holy apostles Peter and Paul. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka. Russia The monument of the holy apostles Peter and Paul. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamchatka. Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/AlexxTihonovx 5750541

Oman, Dhofar Region, Mirbat. Tomb of Bin Ali, Muslim Saint

Georgia, Svaneti, Ushguli, Georgian flags fluttering in front of medieval village

Jakobspilger und Kreuz des Weges Jacobean pilgrim and cross of the way, Estella, Foral Community of Navarre, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22329743

edicola with statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Baby Jesus votive edicola with statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Holy Baby Jesus on the snowy Alps Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 8756603

Hut Baltschiederklause with Swiss flag and wooden figure, Baltschiederklause, Bernese Alps, Valais, Switzerland

Ovoo with prayer flags in the Great Imperial Map Monument, Kharkhorin (Karakorum), Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia

John Baptist Greek Orthodox Church. Actual baptism site of Jesus. Jordan River Moved and Ruins are of Byzantine Churches marking spot of baptism. Rediscovered late 1990's and early 2000. Church opened 2011.

War Memorial for Soldiers Fallen in World War I. with plaque inscription, above eagle spreads wings, on top two figures sculptures of eagle golden eagle, in the background lake at the Gotthard Pass, Gotthardpass, Passo San Gottardo, Canton Uri, Switzerland, Europe

Baroque angel, gallery, monastery church of Duernstein abbey, Duernstein, UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau Cultural Landscape, Lower Austria

Veneration of the Cani Cruz cross, pilgrims light different coloured candles and pray, Congos Bajos, Chupaca, Junin, Peru, South America

Aerial view of Global Peace Prayer Festival where monks from all over the world came to pray for peace, Thimphu, Thimphu, Bhutan.

Christian cross with shrine, Tsdo village, Darial Gorge, High Caucasus, Stefantsminda district, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region, Georgia, Asia

High school graduates celebrating graduation. Memorial Place Manas Ordo near Talas in the Tien Shan mountains. Manas, a mystical as well as a historic person is considered as the founding father of historic, Kyrgyzstan. (Editorial Use Only)

Wooden ritual columns with multi -colored ribbons. Lake Baikal on a sunny spring day, island of Olchon. Wooden ritual columns with multi -colored ribbons. Lake Baikal on a sunny spring day, island of Olchon.

Wayside cross on the Walderalm, Tyrol, Austria

Ballinspittle, Co Cork, Ireland, Religious shrine

VISTA DEL MONTE TABOR-SEGUN LA BIBLIA JESUS SE TRANSFIGURO EN ESTE MONTE ANTE 3 DISCIPULOS. Location: EXTERIOR.

Saints Cosmas and Damian Chapel in Blato, Croatia Saints Cosmas and Damian Chapel in Blato, Croatia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21141876

Sundial Hill Medicine Wheel in south eastern Alberta. The Sundial Hill Medicine Wheel is a religious site constructed by indigenous people of the plan

White chapel with cross in Andean landscape under cloudy sky, the church in the village of Pisac in the Sacred Valley of the Incas in Peru

View of Mount Ararat through a wrought iron fence at Khor Virap, an Armenian monastery located in the Ararat plain in Armenia, near the closed border with Turkey.

Mountaineer on the summit cross of 'Zugspitze'

Escuela de pintores pintando del natural, Ermita de San Bartolome, Siglo XII, Parque Natural del Canon del Rio Lobos, Soria, Comunidad Autonoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe

Monument, Chinchorro Mummies, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Camarones Valley, northern Atacama desert, Chile, South America Copyright: MichaelxRunkel 1184-12418

Statue of Cristo Redentor de los Andes, Christ Redeemer of the Andes, Paso de la Cumbre, near Uspallata, Mendoza Province, Argentina, South America

small chapel with Madonna statue in Mont Chetif, Italy

Jesus on wooden cross near Matterhorn, Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, Europe

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Chile, Easter Island. Petroglyphs carved into the basalt rock near to the Rano Kau crater and overlooking the Pacific. They depict human figures with birds' heads and curved beaks

A statue of a native Indian with head dress, on a horse at the Visitor Centre in Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada

NM, New Mexico, Chimayo, El Santurario de Chimayo, known as Little Lourdes due to its reputation of miraculous healing and cures, Information sign

Machu Picchu

Chapel Mary Visitation and Tourists at the Snowy Zugspitzplatt Upper Bavaria, Alps, Germany 1131600233

Moais statues, ahu Akivi, easter island, Chile

Historic rock church Bet Giyorgis at Lalibela, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Amhara, Ethiopia, Africa

Italy, Sardinia, Dorgali, the Tombe dei Giganti

Woman with 2 dogs in front of a prayer flag, Chorten Kora, Trashiyangtse, East Bhutan

Bavaria, church festival, Corpus Christi procession

tumbas de colores, celebracion del dia de muertos en el Cementerio General, Santo Tomás Chichicastenango, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Old fortress dzong on the mountain with colourful prayer flags in the wind Shegar Tibet China

Settler Family monument. Grahamstown. Eastern Cape. South Africa

View obscured by clouds from the top of the Cima di Mezzo mountain (3154 m) with a beautiful cross on the top., Dolomites, Italy, Europe

People celebrating at the little church of Madonna della Neve, Chiesa della Madonna della Neve, Cocconato, Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Tibetan Buddhism symbol trident snow covered mountains Reting monastery Tibet China

romeria y baile de boleros tradicionales, ermita de Maristel·la , santuario dedicado a la Virgen del Carmen, fundado en 1890, bosque de Son Ferrà, Esporles,sierra de Tramuntana, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

Buddha Mountain in pattaya

A statue of TUPAC AMARU II, led an indian uprising in 1780 which was eventually crushed - PERUVIAN HERO, PERU

Tibetan prayer flags on the road near to Litang village, the first Tibetan town from Chengdu; Litang, Sichuan, China

Tagong Monastery, prayer words and praying flags on the hillside, Tagong, western Sichuan, China

Peru, Pucara City, catholic church

romeria y baile de boleros tradicionales, ermita de Maristel·la , santuario dedicado a la Virgen del Carmen, fundado en 1890, bosque de Son Ferrà, Esporles,sierra de Tramuntana, Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

Saint James Way Templarios cross sign by Camino de Santiago of spain

Austria, Vorarlberg, Rhine Valley, Hohenems, wood tower with witch for bonfire

Cross in finisterre end of Saint James Way in Spain Camino de Santiago

Orthodox cross on top of a hill

Italy, Lombardy, Madonna del Ghisallo, Sanctuary.

Spiritual sculpture of shaman Georg Qupersimat created by Jens Erik Kjeldsen. Town Tasiilaq (Ammassalik), the biggest town and administrative center in East Greenland. North America, Greenland, Ammassalik, danish territory, autumn

Ashrama at Ganotri village in morning light Uttaranchal India Copyright: xSatishxParashar/DinodiaxPhotox

Muslim cemetery, Sati village, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan, Asia

Skanderbeg monument with waving flag with double-headed eagle, Vajkal near Bulqize, Albania, Europe

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, the Cid Campeador, work of Luis Moreno Cutando, , El Poyo del Cid, Calamocha, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21786302

A cross in memory of a person who fell down the cliffs near Casas de Tirma de San Nicolas, Artenara region, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

Cemetery By The Church Of Sepulturas, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Syriac Orthodox Church Mor Had Bschabo, Guelgoeze, Mardin Province, Tur Abdin, Southeastern Anatolia Region, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia

Bavaria, traditional costumes, folklore, tradition, customs, Corpus Christi procession, mountain panorama

Way of the Cross in Basilica Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Marija Bistrica, Croatia

View of a solitary monk in crimson robes walks the stone path by a serene lake reflecting the distant golden city, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China.

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