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Historical Church Altars

A collection of ornate church altars featuring intricate carvings, sculptures, and religious icons across various European locations, showcasing rich architectural styles.

High altar in the Catholic parish church of St. Severi, Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Processional Custodia, 1580-87. Sculptor: Juan de Arfe y Vilafane (1535-1603). Cathedral of Seville. Andalusia. Spain. Author: Juan de Arfe y Villafane.

Ettal Monastery, Baroque altar with paintings and gilded decorations in a church, Ettal Basilica, pilgrimage church, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

CAPILLA LATERAL. Location: ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH. UBEDA. JAEN. SPAIN.

Interior view, St. Stephen's Cathedral on St. Stephen's Square, Vienna, Austria, Europe

Nave with the high altar, Cathedral of St. Salvator, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Epitaph with Duke Johann Friedrich the Middle, Morizkirche, Church of St. Maurice, Coburg, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

IGLESIA-RETABLO DE SAN ELIAS. Author: JUAN DE VALDES LEAL. Location: CONVENTO DEL CARMEN CALZADO. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Winged altar, built between 1497 and 1507, Gampern Parish Church, Hausruckviertel region, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Capela do Santíssimo Sacramento, Cathedral Igreja da Sé Catedral de Faro, Old Town, Faro, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

ALTAR MAYOR. Author: MEDIALDEA TOMAS DE. Location: IGREJA DE SAO DOMINGOS. GRANADA. SPAIN.

INTERIOR DE LA IGLESIA DE LA CARTUJA DE JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA - SIGLO XVI/XVII. Location: CARTUJA. JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA. Cadiz. SPAIN.

Saint TheclaasAA´s cathedral, Tarragona, Spain. High altarpiece, Catalan gothic, Pere Joan, 1434

Pulpit altar, Cathedral of the Rhön, Evangelical Church, Helmershausen, Rhönblick municipality, district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany

RETABLO MAYOR-INMACULADA. Author: MORA JOSE DE. Location: CARTUJA. GRANADA. SPAIN. INMACULADA CONCEPCION.

High altar in the Basilica di Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross - famous Franciscan church in Florence, Italy High altar in the Basilica di Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross - famous Franciscan church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20229830

Church of St. Francis, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Side altar, monastery church of St. Margarethen, Baumburg Monastery, Altenmarkt, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Archangel Michael Monastery, Archangel Cathedral (1653-56), interior, east view, with icon screen, (late 18th century), Velikii Ustiug, Russia 1996..

RETABLO MAYOR BARROCO DE FINALES DE SIGLO XVII Y PRINCIPIOS DEL SIGLO XVIII - IMAGEN DEL SIGLO XVIII Y PINTURAS DE VASCO PEREIRA DEL SIGLO XVIII. Location: IGLESIA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ESTRELLA. PALOMARES DEL RIO. Seville. SPAIN.

Rottenbuch Upper Bavaria Germany former church of the Augustinian order

Side altar, Ottobeuren Monastery, Benedictine Abbey, late Baroque Basilica of St. Alexander and St. Theodor c. 1750, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Scenes from the Life of St Philip, by Bianchi Federico, 17th Century, Unknow. Italy, Piemonte, Asti, Cathedral. Detail. View of the chapel three superimposed order panels episodes: scenes life St Philip vault altar.

La Merced Church, built around 1762, Leon, Nicaragua, interior of a cathedral with brightly coloured stained glass windows and richly decorated frescoes, Central America, Central America -, Central America

RETABLO DE LA ANTIGUA O RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE VALLADOLID - SIGLO XVI. Author: JUAN DE JUNI. Location: CATEDRAL. Valladolid. SPAIN.

RETABLO DE LA CAPILLA DE LA CONCEPCION Y STA ANA - 1492 - GOTICO TARDIO. Author: Gil De Siloe. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Main altar with painting, chapel with Rococo interiors Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption, Hohenpeissenberg, Hoher Peissenberg, Pfaffenwinkel region, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

High altar with painting by St Michael the Archangel, interior of the church of San Michele in Voltorre, after its restoration, Gavirate, Lombardy, Italy.

CORO EN EL ALTAR. Author: BERAZTEGUI. Location: CATEDRAL. HUESCA. SPAIN.

Altar and altar screen in sanctuary of St. Andrew's Church in historic Old Town center of Eisleben, Germany, an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Interior photograph of the Church of the Apostles Chiesa Apostoli, Klausen, Chiusa, Eisacktal, Province of Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Altar in the chapel at the pilgrimage church, Goessweinstein, place of pilgrimage in Franconian Switzerland, district of Forchheim, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Interior view, altar area decorated for the Ascension festival, pilgrimage church of St. Peter and Paul, built by the Brothers Zimmermann, 1728-1731, Steinhausen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Pulpit from 1693, Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul, Goerlitz, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Antwerp, St Jacob's Church (Dutch: Sint-Jacobskerk), Peter Paul Rubens' burial chapel, Rubens Chapel, altar with painting of the Madonna surrounded by saints (ca. 1638) by Rubens

Interiors of a church, Zona Centro, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

RELIEVE ALTAR MAYOR - EL LAVATORIO. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPAIN.

Interior, Altar, Convent, Church Igreja e Convento da Graça Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Interior view, baptismal font, St. Peter Church, Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden

Rome, Italy Basilica Santa Maria del Popolo, interior view , 1921 Cap Martin, Italy, Cap Martin - Auguste Léon (Feb. -April) (French - Rome , Italie Basilique Santa Maria del Popolo , vue intérieure). Church, Christianity, inner view, altar, sculpted decor, religious architecture, Religion , Habitat , Architecture, Italy, Rome, Church St Ma del Popolo, interior

Interior of Nidaros Cathedral in Norway.

RETABLO MAYOR. Location: Iglesia parroquial. OLVEGA. Soria. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR. Location: IGLESIA DE LA CONCEPCION. SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE. TENERIFFA. SPAIN.

Choir screen, Santa Aegidien Church, 14th century, Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Oratori de Crestatx, Siglo XIII, Sa Pobla, ruta cultural de los santuarios, ermitas y oratorios de Mallorca,imagen de Santa Margalida, del siglo XVI, ...

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

Real Colegio de Doncellas Nobles Real Colegio de Doncellas Nobles, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21985924

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

Anefo photo collection. Church interior in Thorn, 10th century abbey. July 29, 1968. Limburg, Thorn

Carved figures, winged altar by the gothic sculptor Meister von Rabenden, late gothic church St. Jakobus der Aeltere, Rabenden, Altenmarkt an der Alz, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

SACRISTIA. Location: CATEDRAL. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPANIEN.

RETABLO RELICARIO - SIGLO XVII. Author: ALONSO DE MENA. Location: CATEDRAL-CAPILLA REAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPAIN.

St Anna Church, Augsburg, Protestant, Evangelical Lutheran, nave, pulpit, pulpit

Nikolai Church, interior view, main altar, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wismar, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Retablo mayor de la iglesia, Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Romania, the winged altar in the church of the fortified church of Biertan, German Birthälm, community in Sibiu district in Transylvania

Twelve Messenger Altar, St. Jacob's Town Church, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Pulpit of the Dreifaltigkeitskirche Kappl, baroque central building, built 1685-1689, Kappel, Waldsassen, Upper Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Baroque organ front in the cathedral (Frauenburg Cathedral) in Frombork (Frauenburg) in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship in Poland

Ceiling, Asam Church of St. Johann Nepomuk, Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Retable in Sainte_Croix cathedral, Orleans, Loiret, France, Europe

Detail, pulpit, Augustinuskirche church, Schwaebisch Gmund, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Interior of San Miguel church in Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain The Interior of the San Miguel church in the old town of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/RudolfxErnstx 18493164

Winged altar built 1604 with painting of the Gothic town church St. Dionys, interior view, high altar, arts and crafts, painting, Jesus, death, crucifixion, stained glass window, decorations, predella, Esslingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Spain, Galicia. Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, pulpit

RETABLO MAYOR. Location: IGLESIA DE SANCTI SPIRITUS. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

High altar in Baroque style with the statue of St John the Baptist, San Giovanni in Fiore Abbey, 1740, San Giovanni in Fiore, Calabria, Italy.

A picture of the pipe organ in St. Mary's Church, in Gdansk

The pulpit, St. Bartholomew's Parish Church, Hopferbach, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

ALTAR MAYOR CON LA IMAGEN DE SAN SATURIO. Location: ERMITA DE SAN SATURIO. Soria. SPAIN.

English Greeting by Veit Stoss, 1517 - 1518, Lorenz Church, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

IGL STA MARIA - RETABLO MAYOR CON VIRGEN. Location: MARIENKIRCHE. CASTELLO DE AMPURIAS. GERONA. SPAIN.

Carved figures, winged altar by the gothic sculptor Meister von Rabenden, late gothic church St. Jakobus der Aeltere, Rabenden, Altenmarkt an der Alz, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Church Matriz, Igreja Matriz de Monchique, in Manueline style, Monchique, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

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Cristo gotico, siglo XIV, retablo barroco de la sacristia, camarin del santo Cristo, ermita de San Saturio, Soria, Comunidad Autonoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe

Monastery church, interior view, high altar in the choir of the monastery church, Blaubeuren, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Thanksgiving altar, right side altar in the Parish Church, Spitz, Wachau, Waldviertel, Forest Quarter, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Also, Department of Gers, Cathedral of St. Mary, France, Europe

Ornately decorated altar inside the 17th century church of Igreja de Santiago, Tavira, Algarve, Portugal, Southern Europe, Europe

Italy. Rome. The Vatican. St. Peter's Basilica. Sculpture representing Pope INNOCENT XI

Cathedral of San Giorgio in Ragusa Ibla, Baroque city of Ragusa, Sicily, Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, Europe

CAPILLA DUQUES DE OSUNA. Location: COLEGIATA. Osuna. Seville. SPAIN.

Ecuador.Quito.Centro historico.Convent of San Francisco (XVI century). Cloister..

retablo renacentista de Pedro Aponte,iglesia de Santa Maria, siglo XIII,Olite,comunidad foral de Navarra, Spain.

ORGANO BARROCO - SIGLO XVIII. Author: LEONARDO FERNANDEZ AVILA (S. XVIII)-ORGANISTA. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPAIN.

Aracena, Spain - 16 March, 2022: view of the altar of the Priory Church in Aracena

St Stephen's Cathedral, Passau, Gilded pulpit, pulpit by L. Mattielli and A. Beduzzi, 1726, St Stephen's Cathedral, Passau, with rich ornamentation and figurative depictions, Passau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

the interior of Santa Maria del Monte Church. Caltagirone Sicily Italy

Cross altar in the south choir, Antwerp around 1550, St., Sankt, Saint

Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol, 1547, Santiago Atitlan, departamento de Sololá, Guatemala, Central America.

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE SEVILLA CONSTRUIDO ENTRE 1482 Y 1564 - ARTE GOTICO - COMENZADO EN 1482 POR PYETER DANCART. Author: JORGE FERNANDEZ ALEMAN (SIGLO XV-1535). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

English greeting by Veit Stoss, Lorenzkirche, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Interior view, altar of Nikolaikirche, St. Nicholas Church, Hanseatic City of Stralsund, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

RETABLO RELICARIO DE SANTIAGO-1630-DERECHA DE LA IGLESIA. Author: ALONSO DE MENA. Location: CATEDRAL-CAPILLA REAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPAIN. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor.

Karlskirche, built 1716, 1737, Vienna, Austria, Europe, Magnificently decorated baroque pulpit with golden accents, Europe

Interior, Cathedral of St Michael and St Gudula, Cathédrale St Michel et Gudule, Brussels, Belgium, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

Confessional of the second deacon, 1694, sculptures are the kings David with harp and Manasseh, parish church of St. Peter and Paul, Goerlitz, Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Europe, Middle East, Turkey, Istanbul, Karakoy. Church of Panaghia Kafatiani belongs to the Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate

Epitaph Prince-Bishop Ernst von Mengersdorf, St., Saint, Saint

RETABLO HISPANOFLAMENCO DE PRINCIPIOS DEL SIGLO XVI. Location: COLEGIATA. SANTILLANA DEL MAR. Cantabria. SPAIN. SANTA JULIANA.

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