Historic Churches and Altars

Interiors of historic churches, featuring altarpieces and frescoes, enriched with cultural and religious heritage.

The frescoed presbytery of the church of Saint Stephen, Carisolo, Val Rendena, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 15th century.

Bolivia. Santa Cruz. Colonial Church of San Ignacio de Loyola (Chiquitania). Old Jesuitic Mission(1748). UNESCO World Heritage Site..

Armenia, Yerevan. Katoghike church, 13th century, interior.

Iglesia de San Martín(s.X). Oliván. Serrablo.Huesca.España.

Altar and images in a chapel, Kochylas Peak, Skyros, Aegean Sea, Sporades, Central Greece, Greece

Pezenas, The Cemetery Chapel.

Historical wooden confessional in catholic church, Krakow Poland Historical wooden confessional in the Basilica of Holy Trinity, Krakow Poland Copyright: xZoonar.com/RomanxMilertx 22283438

Interior of the Church of England parish church of Saint John the Baptist, Burford, Cotswolds, West Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Crypt chapel at a church in Fahrafeld, Triestingtal, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Romania. Bukovina, Moldovita, Renowned for painted monasteries. Tourist takes a photo.

Fresco, San Michele Church, Riva Valdobbia, Valsesia, Piedmont, Italy

Chapel on the hiking trail to the grotto in Maria Alm, Pinzgau, Salzburg

Lápidas funerarias de la abadesas del Monasterio de Vallbona de les Monges, Lleida.

pila bautismal romanica, Sant Martin de Tours de Gausac, originalmente datada a finales del siglo XIII o principios del Siglo XIV es de estilo románico y gótico, Gausac, Viella, Lerida, Catalunya, cordillera de los Pirineos, Spain, europe.

Dorfkirche church, altar and ceiling, Renaissance 1622, Dorf Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Church of the Epiphany (1787), interior, view east with icon screen, Oshevensk, Russia. Brumfield photograph collection. Orthodox churches,Russia Federation,1990-2000. , Iconostases,Russia Federation,1990-2000. , Russia Federation,Arkhangel skaia oblast ,Oshevensk.

Cross in a grey sandstone, depicting Saint John the Baptist, Christ in Majesty, and Saint John the Evangelist, from Bewcastle, Cumbria. Dated 7th Century

Bulgaria, Veliko Tarnovo, Preobrazhenski Monastery, wall painting,

Interior with altar and ancient paintings, Old Byzantine Monastery of the Egg, Iera Moni Agiou Dimitriou Augou, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Tomb of Isabel of Angouleme and Richard the Lionheart, abbey church, Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

France. Occitanie. Tarn and Garonne. Lauzerte. Inside Saint Barthelemi church. Wooden panels painted by Jean Marie Joseph Barthelemy (1754-1804), the father of Dominique Ingres. These decorations of a beautiful house in Lauzerte were installed in th

Ecuador, Banos, guide tells tourists about paintings in Basilica de Nuestra Senora del Agua Santa (MR)

PORTADA DE LA CAPILLA DE LOS APOSTOLES - 1528. Author: ALVIZ JUAN / FLOREZ ANTONIO. Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA-INTERIOR. BASIN. CUENCA. SPAIN.

The frescoed facade of the church of Saint Anthony the Great, in the snow, Pelugo, Val Rendena, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 15th century.

Saint francis church, cassine, italy

Votive shrine surmounted by a fresco depicting a soldier with armour and flag, Villanders, Eisack Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy.

Hartland, village church, baptismal font

Painted gallery and church ceiling of the church of Reinhardtshausen, Reinhardtshausen, Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Saxon Switzerland National Park, Saxon Switzerland, Saxony, Germany

Aachen cathedral, throne of Charlemagne, Aachen, NRW, Germany, Europe

Interior of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

Pinturas murales en el claustro. Convento dominico de la Natividad(s.XVI).Tepoztlán. Estado de Morelos .México.

Sacra San Michele Abbey Interior View, Italy Interior view of famous sacra san michele abbey which is located on piamonte district, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanielxFerreira-LeitesxCiccarinox 12935061

gotischer Taufstein, Epitaph und Dreifaltigkeitsrelief im Innenraum der Kirche St. Johannes Baptist in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm in Oberbayern in Deutschland *** Gothic Baptismal font, Epitaph and Trinity relief at Interior the Church St John Baptist in Pfaffenhofen to the Ilm in Upper Bavaria in Germany

Plain church altar in Predjama castle built into a cave in Slovenia Simple and plain church altar in castle of Predjama built into a cave in Slovenia Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevenxHeapx 14023586

Mosaics in Kykkos Monastery, Troodos Mountains, Southern Cyprus, Cyprus, Europe

Euphrasius Basilica, Cathedral of the Croatian Diocese of Porec-Pula, Baptismal font in front of the baptistery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Porec, Istria, Croatia, Europe

Santa Catalina of Siena Monastery 1579.Arequipa. Peru. UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Historic coffins in the crypt of Palermo Cathedral, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Cathedral Santa Maria Assunta church, Interior, Cremona, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

MESA DE ALTAR CON DECORACION MUDEJAR EN EL PISO ALTO DEL EDICULO. Location: IGLESIA DE LA VERA CRUZ. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

Detail of the Tomb of Pius XI, located within the Vatican Grottoes beneath St. Peter s Basilica in Vatican City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, papal enclave in Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe Copyright: MLTZ 1373-357

Muslimischer Gebetssaal, Große Moschee Grande Mosque in Hammamet, Tunesien *** Muslim Prayer room, Great Mosque Grande Mosque in Hammamet, Tunisia

Austria, Salzburgerland, Salzburg, Sebastianskirche Cemetery, detail

Stairs, stairs of Mariahilf pilgrimage at the pilgrimage church, Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Palestine, Bethlehem, Corinthian columns in the nave of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank. The original basilica was built in 339 A.D. over the Nativity Grotto which is the traditional birthplace of Jesus. It is the oldest continuously used place of worship in Christianity. It was destroyed by a fire about 529 A.D. but was rebuilt before 565 A.D. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Convent and monastery of Santa Catalina de Siena (1579) in Arequipa, Peru,South America. World Heritage (UNESCO).

Confession booth inside a church

Descent of Christ of the Cross, XII Century, Sculptural group, Church of Santa Eulalia of Erill-la-Vall.

Al Basha Turkish bath, Acre, Israel, Asia

CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA Y SAN JULIAN O CATEDRAL DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GRACIA. INTERIOR, CAPILLA MUÑOZ. BOVEDA. CUENCA, ESPAÑA.

Bully near Caen, village church, view to the east

REAL MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE SANTES CREUS: INTERIORES DE LA IGLESIA, DETALLES DE RELOJ MECANICO . AIGUAMURCIA-SANTES CREUS, TARRAGONA, CATALUÑA, ESPAÑA.

Italy, Sicily, Mazara del Vallo, St. Francesco d'Assisi church

The Way of Saint James in Belorado Castilla Burgos

Pila bautismal romanica, Sant Martin de Tours de Gausac, originalmente datada a finales del siglo XIII o principios del Siglo XIV es de estilo romanico y gotico, Gausac, Viella, Lerida, Catalunya, cordillera de los Pirineos, Spain, Europe

jerusalem inside the church of the Holy Grave jerusalem in Israel Copyright: xZoonar.com/gannaxacheretx 3339153

Staglieno Friedhof in Genua, Italien. Korridorperspektive mit alten Gräbern, keine Menschen. Staglieno Friedhof in Genua, Italien. Korridorperspektive mit alten Gräbern, keine Menschen. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PaoloxGallox 22638193

Angel in front of the entrance to St Michael's Church, St Michael, Schwäbisch Hall, Marktplatz, Hohenohe, Germany, Europe

Italy, Sicily, Mazara del Vallo, Saint Francesco d'Assisi chuch.

Wittelsbacher tomb in the choir chapel of Scheyern Abbey, Abbey of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation, consecrated to the Holy Cross and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Scheyern, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm District, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, mural created by Miquel Barceló, between 2001 and 2006, Palma Cathedral Museum, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Tourists pass Adam and Eve mural and Romansch inscription painted on 17th century houses, village of Ardez, Engadine Valley, Graubunden, Switzerland, ...

Oybin Evangelical Lutheran Mountain Church, Baroque hall church, interior view, Zittau Mountains, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Asie; Myanmar,Shan States,Inle Lake area;WITHIN THE COMMUNITY Shwe Yaunghwe Kyaung Monastery in Nyaungshwe; teak monastery in Myanmar

Cross and fresco at the parish church of St.Pankraz, Glurns, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

North America, MEXICO, Puebla state, Jonotla village pilgrim to the Virgen del Peon sanctuary, the church is clinging to the cliff

INTERIOR-PIEDRA DONDE SEGUN LA TRADICION JESUS FUE UNGIDO. Location: IGLESIA DEL SANTO SEPULCRO. JERUSALEM. ISRAEL.

Gopala bhatta goswami temple, mathura, uttar pradesh, india, asia Copyright: xArunxMishra/DinodiaxPhotox

Germany, Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Mecklenburg Lake District, Malchin, St. John's Church

Campania Caserta Capua Museo Campano079. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Medieval: Byzantine architectural fragments; parchment fragments with miniatures (12th century) from Montecassino; painted wooden crucifix (13th century); Carolingian crucifixes; Bishop's miter (11th century) of gold and silver damask; fresco (13th century). Post-medieval: Architecture (15th century). Formerly the Palazzo Antignano. Unusual Catalan/Moorish-style portal; Paintings on panel and canvas (15th-18th centuries); marble intarsia (16th century); marble sculpture: busts of Christ and Mary (17th century); sculpture of saints in marble and in wood (15th century); painted and gilded sculpture in wood; marble grave sculpture (16th century); sarcophagus with allegorical carvings; gold reliquary "Rosa d'Oro"; crucifix made of elephant tusk Specific Location: Pianterreno Antiquities: Italic sculpture (seated women holding babies); inscription. Photo campaign #1: 533 photos. Roman relief and sculpture; cinerary urns; Greek a

Philippines, Luzon Island, Manila, Las Pinas church

The Crypt at the Veste Heldburg with the Coffins the Families From Saxony Meiningen 1071101875

Ersheim chapel with biblical depiction and scene from the Mount of Olives with Jesus and chalice, biblical, Ersheim, Hirschhorn, Neckar, Neckar valley, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Portugal, streets of Tomar decorated with paper flowers for the Festival of the Trays

Armenia, Vagharshapat-Echmiadzin. Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin, main complex of the Armenian Apostolic Church interior.

Europe, Grece, Plain of Thessaly, Valley of Penee, World Heritage of UNESCO since 1988, Orthodox Christian monasteries of Meteora perched atop impressive gray rock masses sculpted by erosion, Kalambaka village, Byzantin church of Kimisistis Theotok

Traditionally painted exterior wall with depiction of a holy person, Mittenwald, Bavaria, Germany

monk on pilgrimage path with chapel, Santa Maria del Monte, Sacromonte di Varese, World Heritage Site, Lombardy, Italy

Venice, Italy. Mask and Costumes at Carnival

Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana Los Angeles California USA

India, Karnataka, Mangalore, Moodbidri. Jain temple, Tribhuvana Tilaka Chudamani Basadi (aka Thousand Pillar Temple) c. 1430 AD., floor detail.

tomb of Sancho VII the Strong, chapter house, Roncesvalles, Royal Collegiate Church of Santa María de Roncesvalles, Santiago's road, Navarra, Spain

Harvest festival decoration in the St Lorenz church in Schöningen near Helmstedt 76858a

three bronze bells in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Galicia, Spain. Bronze bells in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Galicia, Spain

Mother and son tourists at the door of the Sanctuary of Loyola, Baroque church of Azpeitia

Jerusalem El-Kouds First of the Fourteen Stations of the Cross American Colony, Jerusalem. 1898, Israel

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