Elegant Historical Interiors

Interiors of historic churches and cloisters displaying beautiful arches, columns, and soft lighting, highlighting refined architectural details.

Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez, Guatemala. The ruins of the Santiago Cathedral.

The nave of the church of Saint John at the Sea, Gaeta, Lazio, Italy, 10th century.

Spain, Castile-La Mancha, Toledo. Hospital de Tavera or Hospital de San Juan Bautista. It was built in Renaissance style between 1541 and 1603 by order of the Cardinal Tavera. The hospital was dedicated to John the Baptist. Central detail of the double courtyard.

Church of San Vicente Ferrer, cloister, Manacor, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

PATIO CON DOBLE ARQUERIA - S XV. Location: MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES-PALACIO ABARCA. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

CLAUSTRO-FIN S XV-ANTIGUO COLEGIO SAN GREGORIO CONSTRUIDO POR ORDEN DE FRAY ALONSO DE BURGOS. Location: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ESCULTURA-EDIFICIO. Valladolid. SPANIEN.

Indoor, Cathedral, Ortigia, Province of Syracuse, Sicily, Italy , Europe

Interior of Ancona cathedral, Marche, Italy, 11th century.

Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez, Guatemala. The ruins of the Santiago Cathedral.

INTERIOR. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Valencia. SPAIN.

CASA REAL-SALON REAL-S X-ARQUITECTURA HISPANOMUSULMANA-EPOCA CALIFAL. Location: MEDINA AZAHARA / MADINAT AL-ZAHRA. PROVINCIA. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

The colonnade of the cloister of the Franciscan Church and Monastery in the old town of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia.

Detail of the Capuchin Cemetery (dissecator) built in 1753. From the former Monastery of the Capuchins friars Sant Antoni de Padua. Girona.

Renaissance palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Italy, Lombardy, Lecco province, Colico, Piona Abbey dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Nicholas, cloister

PALACIO COMARES-INTERIOR-SALON EMBAJADORES - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: ALHAMBRA-PALACIO DE COMARES. GRANADA. SPANIEN.

PATIO DEL PALACIO DE SOTOFERMOSO - EL PISO BAJO ES MUDEJAR DE PRINCIPIOS DEL SIGLO XV Y EL PISO ALTO ES RENACENTISTA DEL SIGLO XVI. Location: PALACIO DE SOTOFERMOSO. ABADIA. CACERES. SPAIN.

Patio de Can Berga (s.XVI).Centro historico.Palma.Mallorca.Baleares.España.

CLAUSTRO - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN PABLO EXTRAMUR. Rome. ITALIA.

CLAUSTRO GOTICO DEL CONVENTO DE SANTO DOMINGO DE VALENCIA CONSTRUCCION DEL SIGLO XIV CONVERTIDO EN CAPITANIA GENERAL. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTO DOMINGO. Valencia. SPAIN.

INTERIOR DE LA TORRE DE LAS INFANTAS - CONTRAPICADO. Location: ALHAMBRA-TORRE DE LAS INFANTAS. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Cistercian monastery founded in 1146, church, view from the nave to the south into the west bay of the south aisle, on the right monk's gate, St., Sankt, Saint

CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA Y SAN JULIAN O CATEDRAL DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GRACIA. CLAUSTRO. CUENCA, ESPAÑA.

View to the east, St., Sankt, Saint

Paris (1st arr.), France Oriental Antiquities, Salle d 'Assyrie (Mesopotamia), Louvre museum , (French - Paris ( Ier arr. ) , France Antiquités orientales , salle d' Assyrie ( Mésopotamie ) , musée du Louvre). Museum, interior view, legend , myth, antiquity, Habitat , Architecture , Art, France, Paris, Louvre museum: Assyrie Salle, Overall view

Goleto abbey, Sant'angelo dei Lombardi, Campania, Italy

Paradise with lion fountain, St., Saint, Saint

Staircase of Mumbai university, Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

CROATIA, DUBROVNIK, RECTOR'S PALACE, COURTYARD

CATEDRAL DE SAINT-PIERRE O SAN PEDRO. INTERIORES. CONDOM, FRANCIA.

Church of San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome, by Nonni Ottaviano (Ottavio) Mascherino, 16th Century, Unknow. Italy, Lazio, Rome, San Salvatore in Lauro Church. Whole artwork. Renaissance cloister monastery of San Salvatore in Lauro arches arcading colonnade marble cornices: frames cross-vaulting top tier bottom tier columns Ionic capitals base corbels trees garden meadow sculpture stat.

CLAUSTRO NEORROMANICO DEL MONASTERIO DE MONTSERRAT. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE MONTSERRAT. MONTSERRAT. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Ancient monastery Geghard in the mountains of Armenia. Was founded in 4th century.

CLAUSTRO - FUENTE EN EL RICON DE LA CISTERNA. Location: MONASTERIO DE PEDRALBES-INTERIOR. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Stair and hall. Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, United Kingdom. Architect: Horace Walpole, 1747.

Cluny Abbey. The transept. . Roman Catholic church. France.

Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom. Architect: Several, 1745. Triforium interior.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, S. Silvestro, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Iglesia de Santa Eulària (Puig de Missa), Santa Eulària del Riu, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.

Dusk in the wool market, Augsburg.

SPAIN - Campo Charro (district) - Castille and Leon - SALAMANCA. cloister of "Las Dueñas" monastery (renaissance ); chapitels

Tumbas Saadies, Marrakech.

PORTADA LATERAL ABOCINADA. Location: ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

CLAUSTRO DETALLE. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA. MONTEDERRAMO. Orense. SPAIN.

ENTRADA AL ORATORIO - SIGLO XI -TAIFAS. Location: ALJAFERIA-CORTES ARAGON. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

Interior de la sinagoga Santa María la Blanca, s.XII. Toledo, provincia de España, en la comunidad autónoma de Castilla-La Mancha.

Tanzania: Zanzibar, Beit-el Ajaib or the House of Wonders, the National Museum of Zanzibar (Editorial Usage Only)

Long corridor in the first fllor, Angkor Vat, Angkor, Cambodia, Asia

RIU-RAU PORCHE CON ALFALFA SECANDOSE. Location: EXTERIOR. Onteniente. Valencia. SPAIN.

A ray of sun falls on the arches in the Mosque-Cathedral, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain

Architectural detail, alternating columns, creating light and shadow effect

Crypt, Lecce Cathedral (Cathedral of Maria Santissima Assunta and Sant'Oronzo), Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Villa Poiana (Pojana), Poiana Maggiore, by India Bernardino, Andrea di Pietro della Gondola known as Palladio, Canera Anselmo, 1555, 16th Century, Unknow. Italy, Veneto, Poiana Maggiore, Vicenza. Detail. Entrance hall entrance Villa Poianai frescoed vault Serliana: Palladian window portico: porch (2009 photograph).

ARQUERIAS DEL PATIO PRINCIPAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA DE HENARES O DE SANTO TOMAS DE VILLANUEVA - SIGLO XVII. Author: JOSE DE SOPEÑA. Location: UNIVERSIDAD. Alcalá de Henares. MADRID. SPAIN.

Arcade, designed by Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573), in the courtyard of Villa Farnese, 1559-1575, Caprarola, Lazio, Italy.

St. Anna Church 436 year old, talaumim, goa, india Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

CIMBORRIO - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: BASILICA DE SAN VICENTE. AVILA. SPANIEN.

CLAUSTRO RENACENTISTA DEL MONASTERIO DE YUSTE - SIGLO XVI. Location: MONASTERIO. CUACOS DE YUSTE. CACERES. SPAIN.

PATIO. Location: BAÑOS ARABES CALLE CESPEDES. CORDOBA. SPANIEN.

Mosque al-Aqsa, interior. 1940, Jerusalem, Israel

Torhalle, Fraueninsel, Frauenchiemsee, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Sulmona, Italy A narrow arched staircase and passage in the reflecting sun.on Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi.

SANTUARIO DE LA FUENCISLA S XVI - PUERETA DE ACCESO AL EDIFICIO. Location: SANTUARIO DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA FUENCISLA. SEGOVIA. SPANIEN.

Interior of the Pieterskerk (Pieterskerkhof) in Utrecht: Crypte.

Fontevraud-lAbbaye, Maine-et-Loire, Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, a royal abbey, was a mixed monastery founded around 1100 by Robert of Arbrissel with the collaboration of Hersendis of Champagne. Fontevraud Abbey, also known as the Monastic City, is considered the largest monastic building in Europe, France, Europe

PATIO DE LOS LEONES - INTERIOR GOTICO DE DOS PISOS DE GALERIAS-VISTA DE LA GALERIA ALTA-ARCOS MIXTIL. Author: GUAS, JUAN. Location: PALACIO DEL INFANTADO / MUSEO DE BELLAS ARTES, GUADALAJARA, SPAIN.

Czech Rep Karlovy Vary/Karlsbad Mill Fountain Colonnade Interior detail with spring. Built 1871-1881 by Josef Zitek

France, Languedoc Roussillon, Pyrenees Orientales (66), Saint Genis des Fontaines abbey (11th century), the cloister

TEMPLETE OCTOGONAL DEL APODITERIUM O VESTUARIO DE LOS BAÑOS ARABES - SIGLO XII. Location: BANOS ARABES. GERONA. SPANIEN.

Vansda palace, Vansda, Gujarat, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Italy, Piedmont, province of Turin. Ivrea. Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta. Rebuilt in the 10th century and modified in the 18th century. Crypt. Romanesque style.

Houses carved into the rock formations in the valley. Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey

PATIO PRINCIPAL DEL PALACIO DE PILATOS CON DECORACION MUDEJAR - SIGLO XVI. Location: PALACIO PILATOS. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

PORTADA ROMANICA DEL MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE RIPOLL - SIGLO XII. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA. RIPOLL. GERONA. SPAIN.

Balcony ; Church Of St. Francis Of Assisi ; Built In 1521 A.D. ; UNESCO World Heritage Site ; Old Goa ; Velha Goa ; India

Italy, Pisa. Exterior entrance of the Camposanto Monumentale cemetery in the Campo dei Miracoli. (Editorial Use Only)

SPAIN - Rioja Alta (district) - LA RIOJA. Santo Domingo de la Calzada, Cathedral; "henhouse"; Sant James pilgrims way to Santiago

Toro, Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor

Asia, India, Children play beneath the arches of the 14th-century Jami Masjid, or main mosque, in this one-time capital of the Deccan's Bahmani kingdom.

Brittany, Fougeres, feodal castle, window of the Surienne Tower (on the way to Santiago de Compostela)

Ferrara, Estense Castle, Games Room, by Unknown, 1358, 14th Century, Unknow. Italy, Emilia Romagna, Ferrara, Estense Castle, San Michele Castle. Games Room Estense Castle.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Fossa, Convent of S. Angelo d'Ocre, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

The Stabian Baths Palaestra in Pompeii, Italy, are probably dating back to the 5th century B.C.

CLAUSTRO-GALERIA S XV-XVI-. Location: Monasterio de Santa María la Real. Nieva. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

CLAUSTRO DE LA HOSPEDERIA. Location: Monasterio de sobrado de los Monjes. SOBRADO. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

Jahaz Mahal, Mandu, District Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xPhotochromy/DinodiaxPhotox

BOVEDA DE LA SACRISTIA. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO. JUMILLA. MURCIA. SPANIEN.

Arched Walkway

Sant Mateu d`Aubarca,iglesia (s.XVIII).Ibiza.Islas Pitiusas.Baleares.España.

Wooden curving staircase in ripon cathedral, ripon yorkshire england

Italy, Vicenza, the Teatro Olimpico Hall of the Architect Andrea Palladio

Ely Cathedral North Aisle to East Made 1891 England. Lantern slide . Frederick H. Evans

Room with window seat in recess inside medieval Beersel Castle, Belgium, Europe

Grave chamber of a Roman mausoleum in the Catacombs of San Sebastiano, Via Appia Antica, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

CLAUSTRO - FUENTE. Location: MONASTERIO DE PEDRALBES-INTERIOR. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Nicolaci Palace in Noto, 1750, is the most important palace in baroque style of Sicily.

Portugal, Lisbon, Facade of Geronimo's Monastery

Reggia di Caserta, Royal Palace of Caserta, architectural detail of the arches and of the ceiling, one of the largest royal residences in the world, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Caserta, Campania, italy

IGLESIA CUPULA. Author: PLAZA SEBASTIAN DE LA. Location: CONVENTO DE LAS BERNARDAS. Alcalá de Henares. MADRID. SPAIN.

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