Historic Religious Mosaics and Art

Intricate mosaics and ornate ceilings in chapels and churches featuring historical and spiritual themes across various cultures.

Close-up view of the intricate detail of a Buddhist monastery, Bhutan.

Mosaics on the walls, Cappella Palatina, Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Shop in old secret synagogue, decorated in Morish style in medina of the city Fes, Fez, Fez-Meknes, Morocco, Africa

ornate ceiling of private chapel in sintra national palace, sintra, portugal

Close-up view of the intricate detail of a Buddhist monastery, Bhutan.

Haw Phra Bang.Mural depicting the life of Buddha. Luang Prabang. Laos.

Portico of a temple, Luang Prabang,Laos.

Historic Thai temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Interior of the priory church at Edington, Wiltshire, England, UK altar reredos by Randoll Blacking 1936

Doorway detail of a monastery, Dochula Pass, Bhutan

Frog perspective shot: Coffered ceiling and golden Buddha statue, Bhumispara-mudra, Buddha Gautama at the moment of enlightenment, Wat Worawihan, Wat Prayurawongsawas Worawihan, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia

Basilica of St Peter and St Paul in Vysehrad Interiors of the Basilica of St Peter and St Paul in Vysehrad in Prague Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 6701115

Malaysia, Penang, Georgetown, 'Koo Kongsi, The Dragon Mountain Hall. Exterior Of Clan House, Black And Gold Ornate Decoration Around Door At Top Of Steps And Chinese Lanterns Hanging Above'

in iran the old cathedral and traditional gold wall painted

entrance of Kashi Vishwanath Shiva Hindu Temple, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

The Dormition of the Virgin, fresco at the entrance of the Katholikon church, within the complex of Hosios Loukas monastery (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1990), Distomo, Greece, 11th century.

Buddha image at Wat Xieng Thong Sim ordination hall, Luang Prabang, Laos.

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Example of Ottoman art patterns applied on metals

Interiors of the main prayer hall, Pha That Luang, Vientiane, Laos

North wall mosaics depicting scenes from the Bible in the Norman-Byzantine medieval cathedral of Monreale, province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Mission church at Jalpan, Queretaro, Mexico

Statue the wall of Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Shwe-yan-pyay Monastery, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Inle Lake, Myanmar, Asia

Interior Detail Of The Hagia Sophia Museum, Istanbul Turkey

Russia, Moscow, Red Square. St. Basil's Cathedral (aka Pokrovsky Sobor or Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin on the Moat). Ornate chapel interior.

Wat Mai, Luang Phrabang, Laos

Iran, Central Iran, Kashan, Khan-e Boroujerdi, traditional carpet merchant's house, ornate plasterwork

Jain kaanch mandir, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India Copyright: xShivjixJoshi/DinodiaxPhotox

Baroque Holy-Skirt-Chapel, Cathedral of Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Buddha statues in a monastery, Western Monastery, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China

Poland, Cracow. Extraordinary art nouveau ceiling in the Franciscan Church, designed by Stanislaw Wyspianski (1869-1907).

Mural inside the ancient 14th Century Ura Kidane Mehret Monastery (Ethiopian Orthodox Church), Zege peninsula in Lake Tana, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Reiche Kapelle (Ornate Chapel), Residence Museum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Painting on Mansa Devi Temple Panchkula punjab India Copyright: xDxShah/DinodiaxPhotox

Buddhist statues in the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, China. 06/29/2010

Paintings of Trains and festival celebrations on Walls of Dr. Ramnath Podar Haveli Museum, Nawalgarh, Rajasthan, India. Paintings of Trains and festival celebrations on Walls of Dr. Ramnath Podar Haveli Museum, Nawalgarh, Rajasthan, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21269834

Church of the Epiphany (1787), interior, view east with nebo (sky, or painted ceiling), Oshevensk, Russia 1998..

Ashta sakthi mandapa in sri meenakshi temple in, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Gilded door with Buddhas, Wat Thasung Banphot temple, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand, Asia

Monks at Trongsa Dzong, Trongsa District, Himalayas, Kingdom of Bhutan

Muradiye Camii, muslim, religious, Bursa, travel, landmark, Asia, , Turkey, monument, Mosque, Sultan Murad II

Altar with ancestral tablets inside the Khoo Kongsi, a large Chinese clanhouse with elaborate and highly ornamented architecture and one main attraction of Penang

Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen Temple - Shrine Wall Illustrations A picture of the wall illustrations inside a shrine at the Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen Temple. Copyright: xZoonar.com/BrunoxCoelhox 21649104

Thailand, bangkok, Wat Benchamabophit, Marble temple, Woman looking through window MR

Example of Ottoman art patterns applied on metals

Mythological deities beautiful stucco works and wonderful fresco painted pillars and arches of Maratha Darbar hall inside Thanjavur palace complex, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xNitinxKelvalkar/DinodiaxPhotox

Vietnam, Hue, Khai Dinh Tomb

Thailand, Chiang Mai, Wat Ket Karam Gate Buddhist Temple

Sri Lanka, , Kandy, Temple of the Tooth (interior)

19th century temple murals at Wat Bo, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Buddha statue in World heritage site, sacred city of Anuradhapura, Isurumuniya Vihare, Sri Lanka Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Tomb of Emperor Khai Dinh. Hue. Vietnam. Indochina. Southeast Asia. Asia

Grotto of the Nativity, Bethlehem, Holy Land, West Bank, c. 1890, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Grotto of the Nativity, the Holy Land, West Bank, 1890, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Capela dos Ossos, Bone Chapel, an ossuary in Faro, Portugal, which belongs to the 18th century Baroque Carmelite Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Europe

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TEMPLO BUDISTA DE PHA THAT LUANG (GRAN STUPA SAGRADA). Vista del interior. VIENTIANE. Laos.

Goldworks at the altar of Se Cathedral, Sedos Episcopalis, Faro, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

The Yungang Grottoes, ancient Buddhist temple grottoes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Shanxi, China, Asia

Schnitzereien, die die von Shri Chaitanya angeführte Vaishnava-Bewegung darstellen, auf dem Terrakotta-Tempel Gopinath, Srikrishnapur, Hooghly, Westbengalen, Indien. Carvings depicting the Vaishnava movement led by Shri Chaitanya on the terracotta Gopinath Temple, Srikrishnapur, Hooghly, West Bengal, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 22832869

Mosque Cathedral of Cordoba. Interior view of Mihrab in the Great Mosque (Mezquita). Spain.

Interior of the Buddhist monastery Wan Sen, golden columns and Buddha figures, near the mountain village of Wan Sen, near Kyaing Tong, Golden Triangle, Myanmar, Asia

Blanket of the Rinnoji Temple, Nikko. .

Cieling detail of the Tibetan Buddhist Lucky Symbols (Tashi Targye) in the Lhakhang Karporling the Litang Chode Monastery - Kham, Sichuan Province, China, (Tibet)

Buddha s Statues on Bodhi Temple, Bodhgaya, Bihar, India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

thailand abstract cross colored column ceramic in the big wall temple bangkok

THAILAND NONTHABURI PAK KRET KO KRET WAT PARAMAI YIKAWAT THAILAND NONTHABURI PAK KRET KO KRET WAT PARAMAI YIKAWAT Copyright: xZoonar.com/URSx 23102110

Young Monks At Punakha Dzong, Punakha , Bhutan, © Chris Caldicott/Axiom

Arabic ornamentation in the Mirhab, Islamic prayer niche, Mezquita, Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, Cordoba province, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Shri Krishnaleela paintings on the ceiling entrance of Dr. Ramnath Podar Haveli Museum, Nawalgarh, Rajasthan, India. Shri Krishnaleela paintings on the ceiling entrance of Dr. Ramnath Podar Haveli Museum, Nawalgarh, Rajasthan, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21269916

Abraham wants to sacrifice Isaac, Byzantine gold ground mosaics, Monreale Cathedral, Santa Maria Nuova, Sicily, Monreale, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Labrang Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Geluk (Yellow Hat) school of Tibetan Buddhism. Its formal name is Gandan Shaydrup Dargay Tashi Gyaysu Khyilway Ling, commonly known as Labrang Tashi Khyil, or simply Labrang. The monastery was founded in 1709 by the first Jamyang Zhaypa, Ngawang Tsondru. It is Tibetan Buddhism's most important monastery town outside the Tibetan Autonomous Region.

Asia, Bhutan. Young monks take a break from school and look out the windows in Jambey Lhakhang, one of the oldest monasteries in the country.

Bhutan, Punakha Dzong. Old tea pot and staff outside the gilded temple walls.

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Mansa Devi Temple Panchkula Punjab India

Sikh devotee reading guru granth sahib in baba bakala gurudwara near amritsar, Punjab, India copyright: xhemangixnakwe/dinodiaxphotox

Tchoufou, China Kongmiao ("Temple of Confucius") , 1912 - China - Stéphane Passet (French - Tchoufou , Chine Kongmiao ( « temple de Confucius » )). Statue, religious personality, temple, confucianism, inner view, sculpture, altar, decorative arts, object of worship, Middle Ages, religious architecture, Personality, religion, housing , architecture, art, China, Beijing, Confucius temple, altar and statue of Confucius

Tillakori Medrese, shining gold interior of the mosque, Registan Square, ensemble of three madrasas, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Asia

Chennamangalam Synagogue, Cochin, Kerala, India Copyright: xKrishnadasxMenon/DinodiaxPhotox

Stucco ceiling, St Stephan's Church, Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Laos, , Luang Prabang, Richly decorated door of Sala Pha Bang at the Royal Palace Museum

Romania, Timisoara, Metropolitan Cathedral, Interior,

Buddhist Temple In Luang Prabang, Laos

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

Temple of Heavenly Purity Beijing China

Malaysia, Penang, Khoo Kongsi, Chinese Clan Association building,

Geschnitzter Garbhagriha-Eingang des Lord Shiva-Tempels, Bavka, Dahod, Gujarat, Indien. Carved garbhagriha entrance of Lord Shiva Temple, Bavka, Dahod, Gujarat, India. Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 22399470

Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi, India Gurudwara Bangla Sahib in Delhi, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/RituxJethanix 21473852

Murals in the the 16th century Christian Monastery and church of Azuwa Maryam, Zege Peninsula, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa

Prayer wheels at Trashichodzong Dzong, or the fortress of the glorious religion, which is the government and monastic headquarters in the capital city...

Bhutan. Detail of traditional ornate Bhutanese painted and hand carved wooden architecture.

Mosaics from the crusader period of the Church of the Birth of Bethlehem Mosaiken from the crusader period of the Church of the Birth of Bethlehem

Wat Xieng Thong, Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang, Laos, Asia

Paintings on temple ceiling at Iraniyur near Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, South India, India, Asia

Potala Palace entrance mural of Vaisravana the gaurdian of the Northern direction - Lhasa, Tibet

Painting on Mansa Devi Temple Panchkula punjab India Copyright: xDxShah/DinodiaxPhotox

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

Mihrab of the CathedralMosque of Cordoba Mihrab of the CathedralMosque of Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/JuergenxSchonnopx 2220829

Iran: The Masjed-Eshah Moschee in Isfahan

Statue of Buddha in a temple, Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand

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