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Mosaics and Frescoes in Cathedrals

Stunning images of ornate mosaics and frescoes depicting religious figures in various cathedrals, showcasing vibrant colors and intricate details.

Palatine Chapel Palermo Italy

The Basilica of Our Lady in Trastevere is a titular minor basilica, one of the oldest churches of Rome. Apse mosaic

Bulgaria. Rila Monastery

Russia, Golden Ring city of Yaroslavl. 17th century Church of Elijah the Prophet (aka Tserkov Ilyi Proroka) located on Sovietskaya ploshchad, interior. UNESCO

Interiors of a church in an university, Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine

Jesus Christ sitting on a globe, with Archangels Michael and Gabriel, gives a crown to Saint Vitale, apse mosaic of the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1996), Emilia-Romagna, Italy, 6th century.

Russia, Yaroslavl, icon in Church of Elijah the Prophet, RESTRICTED: Not available for use by any River Cruise operator. Call for more Information.

Romanesque Crucifix from the Rhineland, Cathedral, Duomo San Evasio, Casale Monferrato, Province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Church ceiling, Austrian Hospice of the Holy Family, Jerusalem, Israel, Asia

Jesus and Disciples mosaic Triclinium Leoninum outside Saint John Lateran Papal Cathedral, Rome, Italy. Triclinium part of Lateran Palace built 1300s

Church complex of the Serbian orthodox monastery of Pec, Kosovo. Frescoes

Painted icon of Jesus Christ and apostles on wall at church Painted icon of Jesus Christ and apostles on wall at church ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/ASxphotographyx 9862009 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Elaborate gold mosaics with episodes from the Old and New Testatment, Norman Palace with the Cappella Palatina, Palermo, Sicily, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Church of Osios David (ex Latomos Monastery), apse, mosaic, interior view, Agios Pavlos, Thessaloniki, Greece, Europe

Close-up, ceiling painting, Katholikon, Monastery of St Theodora, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Roma, Italia, 17 agosto 2008: Santa Maria in Trastevere

New Aphon monastery. Abkhazia. Icon on the wall

Byzantine mosaics with Christ Pantocrator above the altar at the Palatine Chapel or Cappella Palatina, Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Mosaic Christ Pantocrator in Chora Church, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

Israel, Jerusalem, old town, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, mosaic, Maria, Child Jesus, interior, religion, sacred site, Christians

Mosaic in basilica de Jesus de Medinaceli . Madrid. Spain.

GREECE, Dodecanese Islands, PATMOS, Hora: Monastery of St. John the Theologian (12th century) / Exterior Courtyard Icons

Byzantine mosaic of the Virgin and Child, the first of the post-iconoclastic mosaics inaugurated on 29 March 867 by Patriarch Photius and the emperors Michael III. and Basil I., Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

Romania, Bucharest. Romanian Orthodox Patriarchal Cathedral (aka Patriarhia), c. 1650's. Interior, ornate wall frescos.

Mosaic in Medjugorje catholic sanctuary, Bosnia & Herzegovina : proclamation of the reign of God.

Angel mosaics, St. Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine. Saint Volodymyr's was built between 1882 and 1896. It is the mother church of the Ukrainian Orthodox church.

Ahamra region, Azoa Maryam round church on the Zeghie peninsula in Lake Tana, Lake Tsana or Lake Dembea, mural painting, Ethiopia, Africa

Russia, Kostroma Oblast, Golden Ring, Kostroma, Monastery of Saint Ipaty, Trinity Cathedral, interior frescoes

Frescoed vault in the Church of the Archangel Michael (Agios Taxiarchis), 1741, Milies, Pelion peninsula, Greece, 18th century.

France,Paris,The Pantheon,Painting of Biblical Scene above La Convention Nationale Statue

Saint George maronite cathedral, Beirut, Lebanon. Chancel altar and frescoes depicting the Virgin and child above maronite saints

Christ Pantocrator, elaborate gold mosaics with episodes from the Old and New Testatment, Norman Palace with the Cappella Palatina, Palermo, Sicily, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Turkey, Istanbul, Kariye Museum, madonna with child, fresco

TBILISI, GEORGIA - OCT 26, 2018: Interior of Sioni Cathedral of the Dormition in Tbilisi, Georgia, Asia

Mosaic of the The Coronation of the Virgin by Wencker dating from 1907, Notre-Dame du Rosaire Basilica, Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrenees, France, Europe

Frescoes painted on outside to inspire peasants, Moldovita Monastery, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Baptism of Jesus Christ by John The Baptist adorns the sanctuary of Holy Assumption Cathedral in Varna, Bulgaria.

Altar room, New Romanesque painting by Franz Xaver Hofstoetter, parish church of St. Herz Jesu, Ludwigsthal near Lindberg, Bavarian Forest, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Frescoes and chandelier. Actual baptism site of Jesus. Jordan River Moved and Ruins are of Byzantine Churches marking spot of baptism. Rediscovered late 1990's and early 2000. Church opened 2011 on Old Church site

RAVENNA, ITALY - CIRCA AUGUST 2020: historic byzantine mosaic in Saint Vitale Basilica

Italy, Basilicata, Matera. Interior of the Matera Cathedral, a splendid 13th-century Apulian Romanesque-style building, dedicated to the Madonna della Bruna and Saint Eustace, officially reopened for worship on March 5th, 2016.

Bogen in der Wand der Kirche St. Peter und Paul in Karlovy Vary Arch in the wall of the Saint Peter and Paul church in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcxVenemax 23380027

Low angle interior view of the decorated dome of the historic Kashveti Church of St George in Tbilisi

Detail, Jesus on the Mount of Olives, the Chapel of Souls from 1492, the former ossuary, Oberstdorf, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Jesus painting, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, Kiev, Ukraine. Saint Michael's is a functioning Greek Orthodox Monastery in Kiev. The monastery was created in the 1100's but was destroyed by the Soviet Union in the 1930's.

Georgia, Kutaisi. Motsameta Monastery interior.

St Mary's Church in the Thuringian town of Mühlhausen is the second largest church building in the Free State of Thuringia after Erfurt Cathedral. It was mainly built during the 14th century in the Gothic style. Its 86.7 metre high central tower is the tallest in the state and is a major feature of the town's skyline. St Mary's Church has no longer been a parish church since 1975, but is used as a museum by the Mühlhausen Museums Association and as a church of worship for the Protestant parish of Mühlhausen. Burgwitz altar from around 1510, St Mary's Church, Mühlhausen, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Apse mosaic representing the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ on Mount Tabor, with Moses and Elijah, Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1996), Emilia-Romagna, Italy, 6th century.

Church ceiling fresco of Agios Savvas Monastery, near Pothia, Klaymnos Island, Greece, Europe

Handmade icons, Crete, Greece, Europe

Erloeserkirche church, interior view, Christ Pantocrator above the apse, start of construction in 1903, Bad Homburg v. d. Hoehe, Hesse, Germany, Europe

The Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas with heretics, doctors, Virtues, personifications and learned of the sciences and liberal arts, detail, fresco by Andrea di Buonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy The Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas with heretics, doctors, Virtues, personifications and learned of the sciences and liberal arts, detail, fresco by Andrea di Buonaiuto, Spanish Chapel in Santa Maria Novella Principal Dominican church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20173934

Christ Pantocrator, fresco, Byzantine, cupola, Monastery of Saint George, 14th century Byzantine, Staro Nagoricino, Serbia

Mosaic painting inside Oplenac Royal Mausoleum, also known as Saint George's Church, Topola, Serbia.

The Annunciation and the Two Saints John The Annunciation and the Two Saints John, Pere Marçol, 14th century, tempera on panel, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21607143

Monastery Church, Arkadi Monastery, Moni Arkadi, Monastery Church, Arkadi Monastery, Moni Arkadi, National Monument, Crete, National Monument, Magnificent Icons and Paintings in an Ancient Ecclesiastical Environment, Crete, Greece

Details From Monastery On Island In Lake Tana, Close To Bahir Dar; Ethiopia

Israel, Jerusalem, Church of all Nations, church, donations, interior, depiction of Christ, disciples

GREECE, Northeastern Aegean Islands, LESVOS (Mytilini), Sigri: Westernmost port on Lesvos, Harbor Chapel, Religious Paintings

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

Mosaics above the entrance to Basilica San Marco (Saint Mark's Cathedral), Venice, Veneto, Italy

Europe, Poland, Krakow Rynek Glowny, Town Square Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), icons for sale

Romania, Cheia, Detail of religious painting from Cheia Monastery.

Interior Saint Peter and Paul Catholic Church Completed 1924 San Francisco, California. Christ the Pantocrator, Christ the All Powerful, in the Background by Ettore and Giuditta Serbaroli

Church of Ephany Mural in Irkutsk Siberia Russia (MR)

Painting On The temple of Saint Hovhannes church in Abovyan city. Painting On The temple of Saint Hovhannes church in Abovyan city,Armenia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MikhailxPogosovx 15274582

Frescoed stone cross (small central apse) in the crypt of Monte Maria Abbey, near Mals (Malles Venosta), Trentino-Alto Adige. Detail. Italy, 12th century.

USA, California, Palo Alto, Stanford Campus. Fresco inside the Stanford Memorial Church on the campus of Stanford University. Non-denominational.

Soot. Orth. Church Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, with relics of the three martyrs Jonas, Eustachius and Antanas Russ. Orth. Church Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, with relics of the three martyrs Jonas, Eustachius and Antana's

Greek Orthodox ceiling fresco, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece, Europe

Sao Francisco de Assis Church, Unesco site Pampulha Modern Ensemble, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Germany, Berlin. Ornate mosaic ceiling of destroyed Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

Angel, floor mosaic, interior view, Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Romania, Wallachia, Carpathian Mountains, Sinaia. New Sinaia Monastery (1800's), Romanian Orthodox, exterior building tile detail.

Wayside shrine in the mountains, South Tyrol

Europe, Greece, Amforgeas. Shopping area, Byzantine Icon handmade with gold and silver, set in hand carved frames

Russia, Golden Ring, Goritsy; A mural done according to tradition in tempera on the church walls of the Ipatiev Monastery

Wandgemälde mit Fenster in der katholischen Kirche in Rackeve, Rautzenmarkt, Ungarn *** Wall painting with Window in the Catholic Church in Rackeve, Rautzenmarkt, Hungary 1033902858

Details of the ceiling of a church, City of Pisco Church, Pisco, Peru

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

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey, Asia

Madrid 06-21-2012 report for the Madrid Section of the Hidden Corners of the Valley of the Fallen photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Saint Matthew angel stained glass, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Punta Arenas, Chile. Church completed 1898. Spanish text says Saint Matthew and pray for us.

Detail from Saint Mark's Basilica (Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco). In Venice, Italy. Consecrated in 1650 AD. Internal walls of the Basilica, adorned with mosaics and paintings.

Fresco with Jesus Christ on the Cross inside a church

Fresco above the entrance of the Anchiskhati Basilica, the oldest church in Tbilisi, Georgia, Caucasus, Middle East, Asia

Croatia, Istria, POREC. Euphrasian Basilica (b. 6th century), religious mosaic detail

Austria, Melk on the Danube, Benedictine, Abbey, Wachau, Europe

RURAL CHURCH NEAR PAFOS CYPRUS

St. Hedwig Mosaic at St. Stephens Cathedral, Budapest, Hungary. Cathedral built in the 1800s and consecrated in 1905. St. Hedwig was daughter of King Louis 1 of Hungary. She became the Queen of Poland.

Interior of Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (Church of the Resurrection), St. Petersburg, Russia

MOSAICO DE LA RESURRECCION DE JESUS. Location: INTERIOR. Nación. ISRAEL. JESUS. CRISTO RESUCITADO.

Merry Christmas. Christmas decoration ball with the image of the virgin Mary and the baby Jesus. Angels trumpeting. Vector illustration on white background.. Merry Christmas. Vector Christmas ball with the image of the Holy family.

Serbian monk at Koutloumoussiou monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mount Athos, Greece, Europe

Tigray region, Aksum, pictures in the muesum of the stele park of Axum, Ethiopia, Africa

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