Historic Tombs and Altars

Medieval tombs and ornate altars in churches, showcasing intricate carvings and religious icons, reflecting a deep sense of spirituality and heritage.

EU, France, Cote D'Azur, Var, Toulon. Stained glass light in church

Ruined temple hall in Tsaparang in the ancient kingdom of Guge, with a Milarepa statue, Ngari province, West Tibet

Buddhist monk praying in front of statue of Buddha Ajanta caves Aurangabad Maharashtra India Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox

Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Baltic Sea, Bad Doberan, Doberan Monastery, Cistercian Abbey, Minster, High Gothic brick building

Tomb of Yax K'uk'Mo, Robert Sharer cleans remains of jade pectoral as worn by the founder on Alter Q, Maya, Copan, Honduras

Iran, Yazd, Zoroastrian Fire Temple

Travel Photos India. Two men in the courtyard of a mosque

Low angle view of a church, Mexico

Czech Republic, Prague, Church of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Memorial for Operation Anthropoid

black cross, 16th-century church, Romanesque sanctuary of Santa María de la Nuez, Bárcabo, Sobrarbe, Huesca, Spain.

Old lady making confession to priest in the Duomo, , Milan, Italy.

Royal Pantheon, tomb of Blanca Garcés of Navarre, wife of Sancho IV, Monastery of Santa Maria La Real, Najera, La Rioja, Spain.

Nandi statue, koteshwar mahadev temple, kutch, Gujarat, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

The Holy Family at Night. The Holy Family at Evening. Interior lit by candlelight with Maria and Anna at the cradle in which the Christ child sleeps. Maria reads from a book, Anna keeps the rocking cord in the hands. Jozef is below the stairs. On a table right there are a few old shoes, a bottle and a mortar. On the wall hangs a card behind Anna.

Morocco, Mohammed V mausoleum site

Romania, Transylvania, Hunedoara, Corvin Castle, armor display

Preacher in Germany.

Shrine On The Side Of A Mountain Pass, Andalusia, Spain

England, Yorkshire, Bradford, Saltaire, Victoria Hall, Chandelier and Portrait of Titus Salt

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, south wall, with frescoes of scenes from the life of the Prophet Elisha, disciple of the Prophet Elijah, (1680-81), Yaroslavl', Russia; 1994.

Fontanelle underground cemetery, UNESCO; World Heritage Site, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

Devotee worshipping idol of lord ganesh before immersion on ganpati festival Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India 9-August-2009 India Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

Man illuminates hieroglyphics on a wall in a Nubian king's tomb

Balinese temple sebatu holy water spring, men pray.

A third of the end of the world; Blieck, Daniël de (Ca 1610-1673); 1652 (1652-00-00-1652-00-00);Rotterdam (Netherlands), Gift (provenance), Dutch painting, nocturnes, architectural performances, genre scenes in the interior, architecture views, interior, interior of churches

Buddhist young monk in red robe reading sitting in front of rays of light in a temple, Bagan, Myanmar, Asia

Ivan the Terrible (1530 - 1584) Tsar of Russia by Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848-1926).

Brass candlestick from 1878, St. Egidien Church, Beerbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Nativity Scene Created Out of Paper by Wenzel Fiegor, watercolor and cardboard, (1860-1924), Germany, Munich, Bavarian National Museum

Saint-Martin-aux-Bois, Oise, France Chair of the Abbey of Saint-Martin , 1915 - Picardie - Stéphane Passet (French - Saint-Martin-aux-Bois , Oise , France Chaire de l' abbaye de Saint-Martin). Church, rear-brief, Christianity, interior view, decorative arts, furniture, First World War, Religion, Habitat , Architecture, Art, France, Chair of the Abbey of St Martin France, Hemeviller, Cloister of the Abbey of St Martin

Candles lit at night in front of treasury in Jordan, Asia.

Turkey, Istanbul, St. Sophia. Interior of domed Byzantine church, St. Sophia. Stone oil jar, tourists. (Editorial Usage Only)

Monks in a Monastery.

Josep Pujol i Juhí / Detail of the baroque ornamentation of the dels Colls chapel, in the parish church of Sant Llorenç de Morunys (interior of the dome), 1773-1784, Sant Llorenç de Morunys, Lérida, Catalonia, Spain.

Praying Monk, San Antimo, Tuscany, Italy

Repair work in Church of the Holy Sepulchre Chapel of St. Helena from behind the altar looking toward staircase. 1934, Jerusalem, Israel

The Dyonisiou monastery, Greece , 1913 - Balkans, Greece, Bulgaria - Stéphane Passet - (August 30 -October 21) (French - Le monastère de Dyonisiou , Grèce). Religious habit, military uniform, religious personality, Christianity, food, portrait, monastery, domestic life, religious architecture, man, army, Clothing, personality, religion, daily life, human beings, housing , architecture, society, Mont Athos, interior of the Hermit monk

Religious picture frame in abandoned home

Chapel of the Mother of God of the Manger in the 11th-century crypt, Benedictine monastery of Sant Miquel de Cuixa, founded in 879, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, Europe.

Tomb of William II of Sicily (1153-1189), Monreale cathedral, Monreale (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2015), Sicily, Italy.

Gravestones, 19th century, candle arches

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, south wall, with frescoes of scenes from the life of the Prophet Elisha, disciple of the Prophet Elijah, (1680-81), Yaroslavl', Russia. Brumfield photograph collection. Murals,Russia Federation,1990-2000. , Russia Federation,Yaroslavskaia oblast ,Yaroslavl .

Sacrificial candles Kath. Frauenkirche Nuremberg sacrificial candles Kath. Frauenkirche Nuremberg

6th Station of the Cross 1950, Jerusalem, Israel

NAVE CENTRAL DE LA BASILICA DE SAN PETRONIO - ESTILO GOTICO- S XIV - ALTAR MAYOR - FOTO AÑOS 90. Author: ANTONIO DI VICENZO (1350-1401). Location: BASILICA SAN PETRONIO. Bologna. ITALIA.

JUDIOS EN LA PUERTA - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: CUPULA DE LA ROCA. JERUSALEM. ISRAEL.

Mainz Cathedral, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

House of Veronica on Via Dolorosa 6th station of the Cross, people walking down the street ca. between 1940 and 1946.

CAPILLA DE SANTIAGO - SEPULCROS DE ALVARO DE LUNA (1390/1453) Y JUANA DE PIMENTEL - S XV. Author: PABLO ORTIZ (S XV-1568). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPAIN.

Man-at-arms in prayer before leaving for battle

Bronze statues representing relatives and ancestors of Emperor Maximilian I of Habsburg, Court Church (Hofkirche), Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, 16th century.

Madrid, 11/28/2014. Neapolitan nativity scene of the Dukes of Cardona. Photo Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Bison robes were a valuable item that were used for trade, bedding, robes or hung around the interior of Mandan lodges for decoration.

Alterpiece by Pau Costa, 18th century. Church of Saint Mary, Cadaqués. Museum: Iglesia de Santa María, Cadaqués.

CONFESIONARIO CON MUJER CONFESANDOSE. Location: CATEDRAL DE SAN SALVADOR-INTERIOR. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Malta, Valletta, St. John's Co-Cathedral, interior detail

Japanese shrines in Ueno Park, sun shining through A70J

Iran, Isfahan, prayer time for black veiled women during Ashura celebration

Georgia, Tbilisi. Old Town, St. Georgia Basilica interior.

Church front, Dublin, man kneeling , Churches. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Sarcophagus of William I of Sicily (1120-1166), red porphyry, and tomb of William II of Sicily (1153-1189), Monreale cathedral, Monreale (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2015), Sicily, Italy.

LA PIEDAD - SIGLO XVIII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: Francisco Salzillo. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN BARTOLOME. MURCIA. SPAIN. JESUS. VIRGIN MARY. JESUS MUERTO-CRISTO MUERTO-JESUCRISTO MUERTO.

Halloween Decorations, Macon, Georgia

The church bell of the Carmel Mission in Carmel, California. Carmel Mission, Carmel, California, USA

Madrid, 10/30/2011. Almudena Cemetery. All Saints' Day Eve. Photo: of San Bernardo. Archdc.

Statues, St. Leonard's , Churches, Sculpture. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

England, Shropshire, Moreton Corbett. Effigies of the Corbet family adorn a tomb in St Bartholomews Church.

The church of St. Bartholomew the Great; interior of the crypt with two lines of long candlesticks in their holders. Photograph by W.F. Taylor.

Goma Fire Ceremony in Japanese Buddhist Temple

Tende France

From below female raising hands and praying while standing under sunbeams in dark church in Morocco

Five men standing inside the ruins of a Gothic church, at night. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1800.

Surroundings of Hà-Nôi, Tonkin, Indochina A woman and a child in the interior courtyard of the pagoda known as "the governor , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Environs de Hà-nôi , Tonkin , Indochine Une femme et un enfant dans la cour intérieure de la pagode dite «du Gouverneur»). Buddhism, woman, pagoda, child, court, religious architecture, Religion, human beings, habitat , architecture, Indochina, Tonkin, surroundings of Hanoi, pagoda called "of the governor", inner courtyard

A woman lights a prayer candle at Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, brother Pirmin looks to icons, window to the eternity, collection Prof. Ekkart Sauser

SEPULCRO DEL CONDE SANTO. Location: MONASTERIO. Villanueva. A CORUÑA. SPANIEN.

Homelessness in Kolkata.

Church of S.Eustacchio, Belforte del Chienti, Marche, Italy, Europe

Shrine On The Side Of A Mountain Pass, Andalucia, Spain

Village cemetery of the church of Svatého Petra a Pavla with an image of St. Wenceslaus in Albrechtice nad Vltavou in South Bohemia in the Czech Republic

Ephesus in Kusadasi Turkey

'Tree of Agony' in Garden of Gethsemane. Mark 1432-42. 1950, Jerusalem, Israel

Buddhist prayer candles

Village of Thai-Hà, nicknamed Tn-p ("Singing district"), surroundings of Hà-Nôi, Tonkin, Indochina the mandarinal burial (tumulus of polygonal shape), preceded by statues of stone , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Village de Thai-hà , surnommé Tn-p ( «quartier des Chanteuses» ) , environs de Hà-nôi , Tonkin , Indochine La sépulture mandarinale ( tumulus de forme polygonale ) , précédée de statues de pierre). Statue, costume, animal represented , fantastic animal, tomb, staircase, stele, exists in high definition, sculpture, man, Clothing, animal, HD, art, human beings, Indochina, Tonkin, surrounded by Hanoi, tombs of the village of Kinh Luôc, Stone statues

England, North Yorkshire, Knaresborough. The wayside shrine Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag was founded in 1408 by John the Mason as thanks for the miraculous saving of his young son.

Altar with Madonna (maybe a pilgrimage church)

velas votivas, Catedral de Friburgo fconstruida en tres etapas, en 1120, la segunda en 1210 y la tercera en 1230, edificio de estilo gótico, Friburgo de Brisgovia, Germany, Europe.

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Glimpses of mahatma gandhi meet romain rolland, india, asia Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Saint Germain des Pres church, Paris, France. Louis & Zelie Martin picture.

CABRINI (2024), directed by ALEJANDRO MONTEVERDE.

Statue of Father Junipero Serra, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel , Mission churches, Sculpture, Saints, Mission San Gabriel Arcangel San Gabriel, Calif., Serra, Junípero, Saint, 1713-1784. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

Madrid, 12/15/2018. Bethlehem of the Royal Palace. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

'The Liberation of St Peter', 1514. Artist: Raphael

wedding ceremony area with rows of guests top view

Czechia, house, smoke, cemetery

Easter Sunday Parade, The Holy Week, Malaga, Spain,

Sagrada Familia (Natiivity Facade): placement of the group of the Adoration of the Shepherds, 12-01-1981. Author: JOAQUIM ROS BOFARULL.

Figurines devoted to goddess Benzaiten hidden in a cave at Hasedera temple in Kamakura

Madrid, 11/28/2014. Neapolitan nativity scene of the Dukes of Cardona. Photo Isabel Permuy Archdc.

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