Golden Altar Decorations

Opulent altarpieces in various churches adorned with gold, saints, and intricate carvings, highlighting religious devotion and artistry.

Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier, Trier Cathedral

Canada, Quebec. Shrine of Saint Anne of Beaupre basilica, shrine to the mother of Virgin Mary. IMAGE RESTRICTED: Not available to US land tour operators.

Church of S. Maria della Carità, Interior, Ascoli Piceno, Marche, Italy, Europe

Assumption of Mary by Luca Giordano, late 1600's, Santa Maria della Salute Church, basilica dome, Venice, Italy. Church completed in 1681. Statue of Gerolamo Emiliani by Moriater, early 1700's

Europe, Malta, Qormi; The Pieta' as displayed in a statuette in a house window decorated for Holy Week at the village of Gharghur

La Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America, A textured wall with a golden cross and a religious image underneath, Distrito Federal, Central America

12/31/2011. Seville 01.01.12 quinary of the great power Photo: Kako Rangel Archsev Kako Rangel.

The Virgin of the Patronage

IMAGEN DE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE. Location: MONASTERIO-INTERIOR. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN.

Iglesia del Salvador (Sevilla). High altar by Cayetano de Acosta between 1770 and 1779. The Transfiguration of Christ on Mount Tabor. Spain.

St. Augustine Cathedral, Tucson, Arizona. Founded 1776 redone 1800's Shrine for Mexican Guadalupe

08/12/2012. Virgen del Rocío dressed as a shepherdess.

Papal Basilica of St. Anne, dove above the high altar, Altoetting, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bordeaux, France: Decorative Gold Crosses on Exhibit Highlighting Religious Heritage

TALLA EN MADERA DE LA VIRGEN DE MONSERRAT "LA MORENETA" - SIGLO XII. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE MONTSERRAT. MONTSERRAT. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Interior of Our Lady of Monte Church (aka Nossa Senhora do Monte), Monte, Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal

St. Patrick's Catholic Church San Francisco California, USA

Old church at San Sebastian, Mexico.

Side altar, Porto Cathedral, Se do Porto, Barredo district, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barredo, Porto, Porto district, Portugal, Europe

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Northern Spain. Detail of statue of the Madonna carried during Semana Santa processions

JAPAN, NEAR HIROSHIMA, MIYAJIMA ISLAND, DAISHOIN TEMPLE (BUDDHIST) GUILDED BUDDHA STATUE

Altarpiece of the main altar of the Perpignan Cathedral.

RETABLO MAYOR - SANTA CATALINA. Location: CONVENTO DE SAN JOSE. AVILA. SPAIN. SANTA CATALINA DE SIENA.

IMAGEN DE SAN JUAN. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR, BARCELONA, SPAIN.

Spain, Castilla y Leon Region, Segovia Province, Segovia, Segovia Cathedral, religious art

Seville, 04/11/2017. Easter week. Holy Tuesday. Sisters of La Candelaria. Photo: Juan José Úbeda. Archsev.

Mary and Jesus 16 century statue in Koruska church, Krizevci, Croatia

Sao Francisco de Assis Church, Cristo de Amor Divino Statue, Sao Joao del Rey, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Spain, Andalusia region. Traditional Catholic Altar in public street for prayer, beginning XX century, Europe

Spain, Galicia, ritual apostle's touch in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela,

A tiled picture of Mary and Jesus on a street in Seville, Spain

France, Arles, Provence, statue of Christ child inside Eglise St-Trophime

Altar, wooden carving in Saint Mary Forane church at Kanjoor, Kerala, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Our Lady of Consolation wooden commemoration altarpiece dedicated to Our Lady of Consolation with sentence in Italian language meaning Hail Mary in a shrine opened only on the day of Assumption of Mary, the 15th of August Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 9576713

Reliquienschrein der heiligen Katharina und des heiligen Hieronymus Reliquary of Saint Catherine and Saint Jerome, embossed and chased silver, 18th century, Huesca Diocesan Museum, Aragon community, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22308000

Pieta, pilgrimage church of St. Peter and Paul in Steinhausen, Bad Schussenried, Upper Swabia, Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Custodia procedente de la Iglesia de la Piedad, siglo XVIII, Catedral de Vic.

Statue of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus, mounted on a building corner, Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Monstrance for worship at a Catholic church ceremony. Adoration to the Blessed Sacrament, Eucharistic celebration. Corpus Christi. Kon Tum Cathedral, also known as Wooden Church. Kontum. Vietnam.

Wooden figures of the saints, dressed in traditional traditional costume, colonial-era Iglesia Parroquial Santiago Apostol of 1566, Santiago Atitlán, Lake Atitlán, Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, Central America

Veronica in procession through Villajoyosa

Built in 1830 by Georg Moller, rebuilt 1949-1953, Monstrance, St., Saint, Saint

Leon, Nicaragua, A holy figure decorated with colourful flowers at a religious festival, Central America, Central America

Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang. Our Lady of La Vang holding a figure of the baby Jesus. Virgin Mary. Vietnam.

OSTENSORIO DE ORO LLAMADO DEL MILLON. Author: GOMEZ CEBALLOS. Location: MUSEO CATEDRALICIO. Cadiz. SPAIN.

Madrid, 03/20/2016. Holy Week, Palm Sunday. Procession of Mary Most Holy Immaculate Mother of the Students Church. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Coloured light shines on statue of saint, Church Igreja de São João Evangelista, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, Europe

SPAIN - Lugo (district) - Galicia - LUGO. Lugo, Cathedral, Cristo en Majestad ; façade detail

Image Of The Virgen Del Carmen, Patron Saint Of Chile In A Side Chapel At The Metropolitan Cathedral, Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile

El Calvario Church, Leon, Nicaragua, A religious statue of Jesus in a purple robe with golden decoration in a niche, Central America, Central America

Spain, Galicia. Small chapel between Palas de Rei and Melide

VIRGEN DE LOS OJOS GRANDES EN ALABASTRO POLICROMADO. Location: CATEDRAL. LUGO. SPAIN.

Church tabernacle, Sainte_Marie des Batignolles church, Paris, France, Europe

VISTA DE LA IMAGEN. Location: SANTA CUEVA. COVADONGA. ASTURIAS. SPAIN. VIRGEN DE COVADONGA. Santina.

Painted wall tiles of the Santa Virgen del Primer Dolor, Cartagena, Region of Murcia, Spain, Europe

Statue of Our Lady of Velankanni, a Christian Tamil saint, Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France, Europe

CUSTODIA EN PLATA DORADA REALIZADA ENTRE 1724 Y 1725. Author: AGUILAR JOSE DE. Location: Iglesia parroquial. SALVATIERRA DE LOS BARROS. Badajoz. SPAIN.

VIRGEN DE LA ESPERANZA MACARENA 175 - FINALES S XVII - ESCULTURA BARROCA. Author: LUISA ROLDAN (1654-1704) LA ROLDANA. Location: BASILICA DE LA MACARENA. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Poland, Czestochowa, Jasna Gora, Icon like painting

Pilgrimage church of St Peter and Paul, built by the Zimmermann brothers in 1728, 1731, Steinhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe

CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA Y SAN JULIAN O CATEDRAL DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GRACIA. INTERIOR, SACRISTIA MAYOR. CUENCA, ESPAÑA.

5/11/2010.Santiago. Infanta Cristina Goes to the Cathedral of Santiago and Hugs the Apostle.Photo by Miguel Muñiz.Archdc.

Basilica of Our Lady of La Vang. Our Lady of La Vang holding a figure of the baby Jesus. Virgin Mary. Vietnam.

Spain, Andalusia, Seville, Iglesia San Salvador, church, interior

Side chapel dedicated to Saint Paio (or Saint Pelagius), in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Pity, next to the Castle of Lousa, Coimbra, Portugal

tabernacle with angels tabernacle with angels, 1585, Mateu Lopez Senior, gilded and polychromed wood, Museo diocesano de Mallorca, Palma,Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23018478

IMAGEN DE LA VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE-DETALLE. Location: MONASTERIO-INTERIOR. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN.

Crowned figure of the Virgin Mary with crowned infant Jesus, St. Margaretha's parish church in Kleinweiler, municipality of Weitnau in Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Madonna and Child Shrine

SPAIN - La Vega Alta (district) - MURCIA. Lorqui; talla de San José (atribuida a Salzillo) / Iglesia de Santiago

Monstrance 1762 Vienna. Silver gilt, beveled glass surrounded by seimprecious red, green, blue stones and clear paste . Joseph Moser

OFRENDA FLORAL A LA VIRGEN DE LOS DESAMPARADOS. Location: EXTERIOR. Valencia. SPAIN.

Good Friday procession, Misteri Prozession, Trapani, Sicily, Italy

Marian column, statue, Marienplatz, Frauenkirche, Church of Our Lady, at night, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Seville, 04/03/2015. Septenary of the Hiniesta. Photo: Raúl Doblado. Archsev.

Church of La Merced Church of La Merced, Antigua Guatemala, department of Sacatepéquez, Republic of Guatemala, Central America Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22071066

Interiors of a church, Church and convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Antigua, Guatemala

Seville, 03/15/2008. Our father Jesus of great power with the tunic of the Thistles. Photo: JM Serrano Archsev.

Statue of the Virgin Mary in St. Michael's Church, Kallmuenz, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

LA PURISIMA. Author: JOSE DE MORA (1655-1724). Location: IGLESIA DE SAN JOSE. GRANADA. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. INMACULADA CONCEPCION.

VIRGEN DE LOS DOLORES - 1719. Author: JUAN PRIETO (S XVIII) IMAGINERO CORDOBES. Location: IGLESIA DEL HOSPITAL DE SAN JACINTO. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

GENTE BESANDO A JESUS. Location: IGLESIA DE JESUS DE MEDINACELI. MADRID. SPAIN. JESUS. JESUS NAZARENO. JESUS DE MEDINACELI. CRISTO DE MEDINACELI.

SEPULCRO DE CRISTOBAL DE ROJAS (fundido por Fernández del Moral) - ESTATUA ORANTE REALIZADA EN BRONCE - SIGLO XVI. Author: JUAN DE ARFE (1535-1603). Location: COLEGIATA DE SAN PEDRO. Lerma. BURGOS. SPAIN. ROJAS SANDOVAL CRISTOBAL DE.

Christ figure, masked carriers in red hoods, Easter procession, Altea, Alicante, Spain, Europe

Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral Treasure Museum.Virgin and child Paris. France.

Italy, Gubbio. Holy Friday procession

Gold Crown With Cross On Top Of The Cathedral Dome With Castle In Background Sanctuary Of Our Lady Of Lourdes, Lourdes Hautes_Pyrenees France

Sephardi Torah mantles from the Portuguese synagogue, Amsterdam. Velvet silk with silver and gold thread. Dated 1737.

Naples Campania Italy. A nativity scene on the altar of a baroque church downtown

Malta, Valletta; Colourful street decorations for a feast for one of the many patron saints.

Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ( Nha Tho Tan Dinh ). The Holy Sacrament. Eucharistic adoration. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

America; Mexico; San Luis Potosi state; Huasteca area; Magic town of Xilitla; the Surreal Garden, las Pozas, created by Edward James in 1962 with a lot of surrealist sculpture

St. Sebastian church, Cochin, Kerala state, India, Asia

Mountain of the Crosses, Lithuania, Baltic States, Europe, Sanctuary, near Siauliai, Kryziu kalnas, Europe

Europe, Malta, Qormi; A statue is carried depicting dead Christ's descention from the cross. Good Friday processions

Three girls worshipping in a cathedral, Santhome Basilica, Santhome, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chiesa della Purità, Gallipoli, Puglia, Gallipoli, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Figure of a saint, St. Anthony with floral decoration, town parish church of St. Peter and Paul, "Dom des Westallgaeus", neo-baroque church from 1914, Lindenberg, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Orthodox symbol Golden orthodox cross. Church of St John the Baptist in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on a Volga river. Church was built in the 15th century. Copyright: xZoonar.com/NatalliaxYaumenenkax 4752373

Good Friday procession in Barcelona, Mary and Jesus, Semana Santa, Holy Week, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

People carrying a massive, candlelit statue of Saint Mary to the cathedrale at night, Plaza San Francisco square, Seville, Andalusia. Spain

of 3