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Nature and Monuments of Mourning

Statues and monuments shrouded in moss or greenery, reflecting nature's reclaiming of religious artifacts, creating tranquil and contemplative settings.

Japan, Honshu, Yamagata Prefecture, Dewa Hagurosan temple, stone lantern

Plain of Jars, Site 3, Phonsavanh, Ban Hai, Xiangkhouang, Laos, Asia

Stela located in the Camp dels cremats in memory of the burning of 200 Cathar defenders of the castle of Montsegur, XIV century, mount Pog, Ariege, eastern pyrenees, France, Europe

Andratx municipal cemetery, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Tree alley to the Shrine of Mariam Dearit, Keren, Eritrea, Africa

MAY 29, 2013 Nagano, Japan - Old vinatge wooden Temizuya holy spring water pavilion with bamboo ladles at small shrine in Narai-Juku Edo period old town on Nakasendo ancient trading route of Japan

Shrine at the foot of Mount Omine Japan

Buddhist prayer drums under small wooden roofs, monuments in the background.

Lithuania, Lietuva, near Siauliai, Hill of Crosses, site for Catholic and Christian pilgrimage

Wayside cross, cross, religion, faith, Alpine foothills, Alps, mountains, mountain, Lenggries, Isar valley, Isar, Isarwinkel, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Putto on grave, Ostfriedhof, East Cemetery, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Spain, Galicia, Sarria. One of the many crosses in Galicia with Jesus on one side and Mary on the other

Wooden crucifix on cemetery in Wellheim, Wellheimer Trockental, Urdonautal, nature park Altmuehltal, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Way of the Cross to the Gleif Chapel, St. Michael, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Moss-covered stone statues of rakans, the disciples of Buddha, Otagi Nenbutsu-ji temple, Kyoto, Japan.

A wooden crucifix in a field with autumnal accents and a blue sky, oberstaufen, allgäu, bavaria, germany

Statue of the Madonna, carpet of flowers with golden crown of the Virgin Mary, grotto of the Virgin Mary in the forest, pilgrimage place Maria Vesperbild, Ziemetshausen, Guenzburg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

traditional ancient Asian drum in Buddhism temple

Leshan Giant Buddha, the largest stone Buddha on earth, Mount Emei Scenic Area, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Leshan, Sichuan, China, Asia

Wooden shrine with crucifix, Furth, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Nimbschen Monastery

Decorative colorful illuminated lighting on tree and traditional Thai style houses in the temple at night in Thailand

Deities sacred tree, Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Station of the Way of the Cross in the forest, St., Saint, Saint

Buddhist monk at wooden bridge in misty tropical rain forest. Sun beams shining through trees at jungle landscape. Travel background at Doi Inthanon Park, Thailand

Red kanji signs upon grey stone Torii, Yanaka, Tokyo, Japan

Indonesia, Bali, Ubud. Pura Tirta Empul Temple, bath in Tampaksiring sacred spring

Lord of Mainz, stone Christ figure, grown in a willow beech, near Guetenbach, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Stations of the Cross for the Pilgrimage Church of Madonna del Sasso, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland, Europe

People admire a work of art in the middle of a green vineyard, Jesus Grace Chruch, Weitblickweg, Easter hike, Hohenhaslach, Germany, Europe

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Monk in the court of Gethsemaneh. 1950. Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan

Holy water in iron bowl, cemetery

Young woman wearing blue dress touching shimenawa ropes on tree at Shinto Sakurai Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan.

Reconstructed Beothuk winter camp at Red Indian Lake, Newfoundland.

Haida totem poles on Anthony Island, South Moresby/Gwaii Haanas National Park Preserve, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Two Catholic nuns wearing habits walking along a path through a garden, Alhambra Palace, Granada, Spain.

Mountain of the Crosses, Lithuania, Schaulen, Lithuania, Europe

Wat Phu Khao Phra Maha Phothisat Chinese temple bell Thailand. Ao Nang Krabi Thailand 19. October 2018 Big bell at Wat Phu Khao Phra Maha Phothisat Chinese temple on the hill in Ao Nang Amphoe Mueang Krabi Thailand in Southeast Asia. Copyright: xZoonar.com/ArkadijxSchellx 22645329

USA, Hawaii, Maui. Church Wailuku

Spiritual cairns at the coast of Croatia, ocean

Shiva lingam with flowers

Aerial silks performer practicing outdoors under a wooden bridge surrounded by lush greenery, USA sape00360 Copyright: xConnectxImagesx ,model released

Hungarian way of the cross and cavalry in the shepherds Way. Fatima, a place of pilgrimage. Portugal.

Tantric Deities Hevajra and Nairatmya in Ritual Embrace (yab-yum)

Hill of Crosses, Lithuania Hill of Crosses, Lithuania, religious monument in the europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/ViktorxGolenkovsx 6103354

Pachamana Inca Museum, Creation by Hector Cruz, Amaicha, Tucuman Province, Argentina, Deity, Deities, South America

Germany, autumn, crucifix, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, footpath to the Andechs Abbey

Landscape around Hill of Crosses (Kryziu Kalnas) in Siauliai, Lithuania

Chimayo, New Mexico, Crosses stacked at El Santuario de Chimayo, a Roman Catholic pilgrimage shrine in the mountains of northern New Mexico

Wooden cross near Kloster Reutberg, Sachsenkam, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

The Holy Spring of St. Sergius of Radonezh on a quiet summer evening in the village of Debolovskoye, Rostovsky District, Yaroslavl Region, Russia.

Narabijizo, Bakejizo, jizo stone statues,buddhist guardian deities in Kanmangafuchi Abyss, Nikko, Japan

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, beekeeping, beekeeper father Norbert

A woman walks a labyrinth at Circle Pines camp, an aid to meditation and spiritualism, Prairieville, Michigan, USA, North America

Yiyuan taoist old village, Zhejiang, China, Asia

Christianity holy place travel near Kapernaum

Hallimasch

Oilgrim walking up the hill of apparitions, Podbrdo, Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

in philipphines the typical hanging cemetery in the mountain cliff

Tourists participating in a traditional Zapotec ceremony at the ceremonial site of the Hill of the Jaguar, an important Zapotec religious site, close to the former mining village of Lachatao, in the Sierra Juarez mountain range, near Oaxaca, southern Mexico.

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A skull wearing a Mexican sombrero decorates the garden of Casa del Indio Fernandez, during an exhibition for the Day of the Dead, in Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico, November 24, 20

Signposting of the Way of Saint James and Pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago, Mansilla de las Mulas , Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon, Spain.

3D photo Head of Sandstone Buddha in The Tree Roots at Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya, Thailand (To view this image you need anaglyph stereo glasses.)

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, beekeeping, beekeeper father Norbert

Adventist wedding in the castle of Tercesi

Pilgrimage in Lippe Gegweiser in Lippe Gegweiser

Procession from Panschwitz Kuckau to Hoeflein, Raeckelwitz to Crostwitz. Every year at Easter there are about 5 processions in Lusatia, each with about 200 riders. The Catholic Church continues old Sorbian rites here. Thousands of spectators watch the impressive cavalcades

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, beekeeping, beekeeper father Norbert