Historical Religious Architecture

A collection of images showcasing intricate religious structures and details, including altars, chapels, and wooden carvings, highlighting styles from Renaissance to Gothic.

Ireland, Dublin, St. Patrick's Cathedral, interior, The Boyle Monument, 1632

Innenbasilika basilica santa maria maggiore in bergamo, LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/PIERLUIGIxPALAZZIx 23341908

CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA Y SAN JULIAN O CATEDRAL DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GRACIA: : INTERIOR, CAPILLA DE LOS CABALLEROS. DETALLE REJA. CUENCA, ESPAÑA.

ARTE RENACIMIENTO. ESPAÑA. IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO. Reedificada en el siglo XIV por Fernán Pérez de Andrade "el Mozo". Detalle del RETABLO realizado por CORNELIS DE HOLANDA (s. XVI). BETANZOS. Provincia de A Coruña. Galicia CAMINO DE SANTIAGO.

Valencia, Spain: 3 March, 2021: view of the Resurrection Chapel in the Valencia Cathedral

ARTE GOTICO. ESPAÑA. MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA LA REAL. Vista parcial de la SILLERIA, de estilo gótico plateresco de madera de nogal, del CORO de la iglesia. Destacan las "misericordias" en la parte superior de los asientos. En la parte central, en la silla abacial del Coro Alto, talla de madera del rey de Navarra GARCIA IV SANCHEZ III. NAJERA. La Rioja.

CUSTODIA DE JUAN DE ARFE SITUADA EN LA CAPILLA DE SAN BLAS Y SAN JUAN EVANGELISTA - 1590. Author: JUAN DE ARFE (1535-1603). Location: MUSEO DIOCESANO. Valladolid. SPAIN.

Ireland, Dublin, St. Patrick's Cathedral, interior, The Boyle Monument, 1632

VIRGEN DE LA VEGA - SIGLO XII - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Location: CATEDRAL VIEJA. SALAMANCA. SPANIEN.

view of the Tomb of Alonso de Madrigal in the historic Avila Cathedral Avila, Spain - 8 April, 2024:view of the Tomb of Alonso de Madrigal in the historic Avila Cathedral Copyright: xZoonar.com/NandoxLardix 21755467

RETABLO DE LA ADORACION. Author: PEDRO DE ORRENTE (1580-1645). Location: IGLESIA DE LA ASUNCION. Yeste. ALBACETE. SPAIN.

detail view of the choir of the New Cathedral in Salamanca Salamanca, Spain - 9 April, 2024: detail view of the choir of the New Cathedral in Salamanca Copyright: xZoonar.com/NandoxLardix 21770026

St. Peter's Cathedral . Geneva. Switzerland.

In the chapel of the Old Palace, Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Crypt of the princes of Tyrol (Furstengrufte), 1681, by Andreas Tamasch, church of the Cistercian Abbey of Stams, Tyrol, Austria, 13th-18th century.

Denmark, Helsingoer. Kronborg Castle (aka Kronborg Slot). Ornate carved wooden chruch pew.

Angel with golden ornaments decorates a site of the altar of the St. Stefan Kirche (church)

SEPULCRO DEL CARDENAL DIEGO HURTADO DE MENDOZA Y QUIÑONES - SIGLO XVI - CAPILLA VIRGEN DE LA ANTIGUA. Author: DOMENICO FANCELLI. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Ettal Monastery, relief with gilded stucco work and halo in Baroque style, Ettal Basilica, pilgrimage church, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Altar at 11th Station of the Cross in Church of Holy Sepulchre. 1898, Jerusalem, Israel

Interior view Chapel of St Michael, Capela Sao Miguel, Cathedral Igreja da Sé Catedral de Faro, Old Town, Faro, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

RETABLO MAYOR CON ELEMENTOS GOTICOS Y RENANCENTISTAS - 1509 - ALABASTRO. Author: DAMIAN FORMENT CABOT. Location: BASILICA DEL PILAR. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

16th century leaded glass window, Chapelle Notre-Dame du Crann, Spezet, department of Finistere Penn-ar-Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

Córdoba, 01/10/2020. The choir of the Cathedral mosque. Photo: Valerio merino Archcor.

Staro Nagorichane, North Macedonia. September 8, 2024. Chandelier and historic murals in the Church of Saint George in Staro Nagorichane.

MEZQUITA DE CORDOBA. MUSEO DE SAN VICENTE. CORDOBA, ESPAÑA.

TENEBRARIO DE TALLA POLICROMADA-ESTILO BARROCO(EN EL CORO). Location: MONASTERIO-INTERIOR. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN. JESUS.

Royal monogram of Fredrik IV in Ringebu Stave Church, Stavkyrkje Ringebu, Ringebu, Gudbrandsdalen, Rondanevegen, Oppland, Norway, Europe

Richly carved confessional, St. Andreas, Catholic parish church, Nesselwang, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

RETABLO DE MARMOL-DET DEL SAGRARIO. Author: GOMEZ SANDOVAL. Location: IGLESIA DE LA COMPANIA. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Market Church of St. Cosmas and Damian, Renaissance pulpit by the Brunswick wood sculptor Hans Seek, 1581, with relief depictions of biblical scenes, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Italy, Lombardy, Bergamo, interior of Santa Maria Maggiore church

Canada, Quebec, Montreal, Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Montreal (aka Notre Dame Basilica). New Chapel.

Wooden carved pulpit, Gothic basilica Notre Dame du Folgoet, Le Folgoet, department of Finistere Penn-ar-Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

The "Golden Chamber" housing relics in St. Ursula's Church, Romanesque church in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Pulpit and side altar, St. Afra Catholic Parish Church, Betzigau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

RETABLO DE LA PURISIMA 1739-IMAGINERIA DE JUAN VILLANUEVA BARBALES-CHURRIGUERESCO. Author: NAVA TORIBIO. Location: CATEDRAL DE SAN SALVADOR-INTERIOR. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN. INMACULADA CONCEPCION.

Pulpit in St. Charles Borromeo Church, Vienna, Austria, Europe

SPAIN - Bajo Deba (district) - BASQUE COUNTRY - Guipuzcoa. Santuario de Itziar; Iglesia / retablo plateresco de Andrés de Araoz

Canada, Quebec, Montreal. Interior of Notre Dame Basilica, artwork.

RETABLO MAYOR-DET DE SANTIAGO. Author: GIRALDO DE MERLO (1574-1620). Location: MONASTERIO-INTERIOR. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor.

Chartres Cathedral, Notre-Dame du Pilier, Our Lady of the Pillar, in the northern ambulatory, Ile de France region, department of Eure-et-Loir, France, Europe

CUSTODIA PROCESIONAL - SIGLO XVI. Author: ANTONIO ALCANTARA (1619-1672). Location: IGLESIA DE LA ASUNCION. Santaella. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Interiors of the Stockholm Cathedral, Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden

Truc Lam Chanh Giac Zen Monastery. Buddha sitting in the lotus position. Siddhartha Gautama. Cai Lay. Vietnam.

SACRISTIA MAYOR - SIGLO XVIII - NOECLASICISMO ESPAÑOL. Author: JUAN DE VILLANUEVA. Location: CATEDRAL. BURGO DE OSMA. Soria. SPAIN.

Pere Sanglada. Sillería del coro de la catedral de Barcelona, 1394-1399.

ALTAR MAYOR. Location: CUEVA SANTA. Segorbe. Castellón. SPAIN.

An effigy of Mary is prepared to be paraded through the streets of Seville during one of the many religious processions

Old medieval wood Altar in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Galicia, Spain. Wood Altar in the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Galicia, Spain

Baroque altarpiece of the presbytery, chapel of the Mare de Déu de Bonany, Hermitage of Bonany, 17th century. Petra. Mallorca. Balearic Islands. Spain.

Episcopal Cathedral of Curtea de Arges is one of the most important examples of religious architecture in Romania and burial place for many Romanian kings. Interior, narthex. Romania, Curtea de Arges

Basilica of bom jesus, Basilica DE, old goa, india Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Gold plated Door Sikhism Gurudwara Hazoor Sahib SachKhand Nanded Maharashtra India Copyright: xHarixMahidhar/DinodiaxPhotox

Brauweiler near Pulheim, St Nicholas' Abbey Church, north aisle, St Michael's Altar from 1561, above Christ as Judge of the World on Judgement Day. Archangel Michael executes God's judgement, next to him 12 apostles. Predella with the Mother of God and four saints

Choir stalls in St. Mary's Cathedral, interior, Erfurt, Thuringia

REJA PLATERESCA 1518/23 ESTRUCTURADA EN TRES CUERPOS-DECORACION ITALIANIZANTE. Author: BARTOLOME DE JAEN. Location: CATEDRAL-CAPILLA REAL-INTERIOR. SPAIN.

Sacrament Niche, 1390-1400, beside the high altar, St. James Church, built 1311-1484, Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Jakob, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Lectern and altar in apse of the Church of Our Lady, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk in the city Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

St. Donatus, grave, skeleton, church to our dear woman in Oberaudorf, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Interiour Santa Maria la Coronada Church.

TUMBA DE FEDERICO II EN MARMOL ROJO 1250. Location: CATEDRAL. PALERMO. ITALIA.

Madrid, 05/03/2016. Report from the Basilica of the Conception of Our Lady. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.

Antoni Viladomat / Capilla de los Dolores, Basílica de Santa María, Mataró. S. XVIII.

Romania, church stalls in the Romanesque hall church of the fortified church of Viscri, German Deutsch-Weisskirch a town in the district of Brasov, Transylvania, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Choir Stalls, Woodcarving, Carving, Carthusian Monastery Buxheim, Memmingen, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Holy Ark with Torah and interiod decoration 18th century Jewish Synagogue Caramagnola Italy

Romania, Bucharest, Choral Temple. Synagogue. Interior of Jewish temple. (Editorial Use Only)

CAPILLA DE SAN SEVERO CON RETABLO Y REJA DEL SIGLO XVII. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR, BARCELONA, SPAIN.

Baptismal font, Heddal Stave Church (Heddal Stavkirke), thirteenth-century stave church in Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

PILA BAUTISMAL. Location: Iglesia parroquial. HECHO. HUESCA. SPANIEN.

Crucifix Chapel, one of the greatest treasures of the Sicilian Baroque, Monreale Cathedral, Santa Maria Nuova, Sicily, Monreale, Sicily, Italy, Europe

SILLA ARZOBISPAL. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Pamplona. NAVARRA. SPAIN.

Orgelempore der Konventskirche Mariä Himmelfahrt in Ždár nad Sázavou in der Böhmisch-Mährischen Höhe in Tschechien *** Organ gallery the Convent Church Mary Ascension Day in Ždár nad Szavou in the Bohemian Moravian Height in Czech Republic

Altenberg Cathedral (also Bergischer Dom), altar on the north side, former monastery church of Altenberg Abbey, built by the Cistercians since 1133, since 1857 simultaneous church for the Protestant and Catholic churches, Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Golden chamber from church of St. Ursula, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

REJA PLATERESCA DE LA CAPILLA DE LOS BENAVENTE - 1554. Author: FRANCISCO MARTINEZ (-1564). Location: MARIENKIRCHE. MEDINA DE RIOSECO. Valladolid. SPAIN.

CRUZ, San Juan de la (Fontiveros,1542-Ubeda,1591) Religioso y escritor español, gran representante de la mística. En el año 1568 fundó el primer convento de Carmelitas Descalzos. SEPULCRO DEL SANTO ubicado en la Iglesia del CONVENTO DE CARMELITAS DESCALZOS. SEGOVIA. Castilla-León. España.

SILLERIA DEL CORO - DET DE LA SILLA ARZOBISPAL - 1505/1510 - MADERA DE NOGAL Y BOJ - RENACIMIENTO. Author: FELIPE BIGARNY (1475/1543). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Confessional with carvings, St. Margarethen Monastery Church, Baumburg Monastery, Altenmarkt, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Close up of the Brueggemann or Bordesholmer Altar inside Schleswig Cathedral, Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Golden Angel Decorations High Altar Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy. Built 422-432, in honor of Virgin Mary, became Papal residency before Vatican

SEPULCRO DE ANA DE GUERREA. Location: SEO DEL SALVADOR, LA. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

Interior view, Spanish synagogue in the Josefstadt district in Prague, Czech Republic

CORO-DET SILLERIA. Location: CATEDRAL. JAEN. SPAIN.

Interior of a church, Basilica of the Holy Blood, Brugge, Belgium

The remains Body of St Francis Xavier in church Goa India NO PR NO PERMISSION Copyright: xAngeloxD Silva/DinodiaxPhotox

Pilgrimage church, tower chapel with baptismal font and Lüfthildis figure, St., Sankt, Saint

Wooden minbar, sermon pulpit of Ottoman times in mosque

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 9576715

Northern side altar with Judas Thaddeus (without flower decoration), St., Sankt, Saint

CUSTODIA PROCESIONAL DE LA CATEDRAL DE ORENSE - PLATA CINCELADA SOBREDORADA - SIGLO XVII. Author: MARCEO MONTAOS (S XVI) MIGUEL MOJADOS (S XVI). Location: CATEDRAL MUSEO DIOCESANO. Orense. SPANIEN.

Baptistery statue in Saint Augustin church, Paris, France.

Sculpture group Madonna with Child Jesus, St. Blasius Cathedral in Sankt Blasien, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe, a building and masterpiece of classicism, Europe

Bishop's chair resting on supporting figures with faces distorted by pain, Basilica San Nicola, Bari, Puglia, Bari, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Epitaph of Bishop Joseph Ignaz Philipp of Hesse-Darmstadt, Augsburg Cathedral, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Choir chairs, Mosque-cathedral of Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain.

Baroque decoration above the Holy Ark Synagogue dating from 1595 Casale Monferrato Italy

Coat of arms of Aragon from the Aljaferia Palace in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, 06-06-2024 Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Aragon in the throne room at the Aljaferia Palace in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, 06-06-2024. High quality photo Copyright: xZoonar.com/FernandoxGenzorx 21772479

Pulpit, Catholic parish church of the Assumption, Mattighofen, Innviertel region, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe, PublicGround, Europe

Wooden minbar, sermon pulpit of Ottoman times in mosque

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