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Ornate Altars and Religious Art

Exquisite altars from various churches featuring ornate decorations, religious figures, and stained glass, reflecting diverse architectural styles.

Altar, St.-Gervais-les-Bains Church, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Cristo de la Agonía, escultura realizada por Juan de Mesa y Velasco en 1622. Iglesia de San Pedro de Ariznoa, Vergara, País Vasco.

Side altar, interior view, Palma Cathedral, Majorca, Spain, Europe

USA, California, Fremont, Mission San Jose. Painted wooden statue depicting the Passion of Christ.

Altar of the Dormition (Krakow Altar), late Gothic style, Basilica of St Mary -church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary-, Gothic style, Krakow,.

The three gothic chapel of Bad Dreikirchen (literally: 'spa of the three churches'). The three churches are the landmark of the region of Barbian. South Tyrol, Italy.

Spain, Galicia, province of La Coru-a, Betanzos. Santiago Church. Gothic church built in 15th century by Fernan Perez de Andrade. Sculpture dedicated to Saint Mark the Evangelist.

Baroque high altar, Kathedrale Betancuria, Betancuria, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Europe

Saint Jean Baptiste church. Baroque altarpiece from 1731 sculpted and painted by Jean Baptiste Bozzo. Megeve.France.

Picture of the Madonna and Child, Abruzzo, Italy.

La Mezquita Cathedral, internal view, Cordoba, Spain

CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA Y SAN JULIAN O CATEDRAL DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GRACIA. INTERIOR, CAPILLA MAYOR. CUENCA, ESPAÑA.

SPAIN - Urola Costa (district) - BASQUE COUNTRY - Guipuzcoa. Zarautz; Iglesia de Santa María la Real; retablo renacentista - plateresco de Andrés y Juan Araoz

South choir stalls. Baroque monastery church from 1766, St., Sankt, Saint

SARCOFAGO PALEOCRISTIANO REALIZADO EN MARMOL POR UN TALLER ROMANO EN LA CRIPTA DE LA IGLESIA DE SANTA ENGRACIA - SIGLO IV. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTA ENGRACIA. SARAGOSSA. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

Replica of the Royal Flagship of Don John of Austria which led the Spanish; Papal and Venetian fleets at the battle of Lepanto 1571

retable of San Blas retable of San Blas,temple painting on a table, 15th century, glesia of the monastery of San Pedro, 11th-12th centuries, Siresa, valley of Hecho, Huesca, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23005469

Neo-Gothic altar by William Vogt, St. Anne's Church, Augsburg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Altar of Cistercian Abbey of Pontigny, L'Abbaye de Pontigny, Burgundy, France, Europe

RETABLO MAYOR. Location: Iglesia parroquial. Fuenmayor. LA RIOJA. SPAIN.

Traditional Puppet Theatre Leo Preti, Crevalcore, Emilia Romagna, Italy, Europe

Small chapel in the Fortress of Ponta da Bandeira, Lagos, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Santa Maria Del Fiore Cathedral, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Altar and figures of saints in a Breton church altar and figures in a Breton church

Village chapel in Tregist near Voitsberg, designed by Prof. Franz Weiss, Styria, Austria, Europe

Carved altar, St., Saint, Saint

Eucharist adoration in Notre Dame de Paris cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

The Monastery of San Salvador of Leyre at Yesa, Pyrenees, Navarra, Spain The Monastery of San Salvador of Leyre at Yesa, Pyrenees, Navarra, Spain. It is one of the most important religious center and a place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage in Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/RudolfxErnstx 17917551

Interiors of a cathedral, St. Michael's Cathedral, Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA

Statues on the wall of a church, Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

High altar, St., Saint, Saint

Ireland, North, Belfast, Falls Road, Clonard Monastery interior decorated for Good Friday with statues draped in purple cloth.

Baptismal font of Pope Benedict XVI, St Oswald Church, Marktl, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Incoronazione della Vergine / Coronation of the Virgin. Date/Period: 1414. Painting. Tempera on panel. Height: 450 cm (14.7 ft); Width: 350 cm (11.4 ft). Author: LORENZO MONACO.

Altar and Turkish Madonna, Mariazell Cloister, Klein-Mariazell, Triestingtal (Triesting Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Baptismal font of Pope Benedict XVI, St Oswald Church, Marktl, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Icon of Jesus Christ and figure of angels and holy apostles at iconostasis on church Icon of Jesus Christ and figure of angels and holy apostles at iconostasis on church ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released Copyright: xZoonar.com/ASxphotographyx 9862017 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Altarpiece with the Crucifixion Flanked by Saints 1493. By Andrea Ferrucci

Matrice Vecchia Church in the Piazza of 1350, Castelbuono in the Madonie Hills with historic centre, Castelbuono, Sicily, Italy, Europe

REJA DEL ALTAR MAYOR. Author: FRANCISCO VILLALPANDO (1510-1561). Location: CAPILLA DEL SALVADOR. UBEDA. JAEN. SPAIN.

Interior view, Verdun Altarpiece, Klosterneuburg Abbey, Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria, Austria

Altar by Riemenschneider, church Detwang near Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Austria, Tyrol, Stams Abbey, Baroque ceiling painting, St., Saint, Saint, Europe

Michaeliskirche, Michel, baroque church St. Michaelis, first start of construction 1647- 1750, close-up of a detailed Jesus mosaic with artistic execution, Hamburg, Colourful mosaic in a church depicting the Ascension of Jesus with angels, Hamburg, Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Redemptorist Fathers Basilica of our Lady of Perpetual Help (Mission Church), 1545 Tremont Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts 02120 , Churches, Shrines, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Detail of St Michael's Church in Kiev.

FLORENCE, TUSCANY/ITALY - OCTOBER 19 : Coronation of the Virgin painting in the Uffizi gallery in Florence on October 19, 2019

Altar with painting and stained glass window with crucifix Stained glass, arts and crafts, painting, collegiate church, Feuchtwangen, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Altar of San Sebastiano, Saint Sebastian, painting by Giovanni Andrea Coppola, 1597- 1659, left aisle, Cathedral of Sant Agatha, Baroque, Old Town, Gallipoli, Province of Lecce, Gulf of Taranto, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Altar in the abbey chapel, Krka Monastery, Krka National Park, Dalmatia, Croatia

Main altar with polyptych, Cistercian convent Abbazia di Staffarda near Saluzzo, Piemont, Italy, Europe

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Mexico, Chihuahua. Chihuahua Cathedral, interior. THIS IMAGE HAS SOME RESTRICTIONS FOR US LAND TOUR OPERATORS. PLEASE CALL FOR INFORMATION

Glass tabernacle and the cross altar from 1517 in St Clare's Church, Koenigstrasse 66, Nuremberg, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

little tiled chapel on the façade of the parish, Church of Our Lady of the Snows, - Nuestra Señora de las Nieves church -, Alanís, Sierra Morena, province of Seville, Andalusia.

The pulpit, Church of St James, Markt Rettenbach, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Pulpit, Peter and Paul Cathedral, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall

RETABLO PRIMITIVO S XVI. Location: CONVENTO DE LAS CARMELITAS DESCALZAS. Valladolid. SPAIN.

Lauenstein church Epitaph of the von Bünaus family

Cathedra Petri, Chair of Saint Peter and Gloria by Bernini in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Lazio region, Italy, Europe

Stained glass window in church showing Jesus Christ

Fifteenth-century altar in the Marienkirche ("Church of Mary"), Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Altar of St. John of Nepomuk in the monastery church of St. Johannes in Ursberg, Germany Altar of St. John of Nepomuk in the monastery church of St. Johannes in Ursberg, Germany

Figure of the Virgin Mary and Stations of the Cross depictions, St. Bartholomew's Parish Church, Hopferbach, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Carved Stations of the Cross, Church of St. Blasius in Diepolz, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Germany, Bavaria, Wurzburg, Neumunster Church, Statues of the 3 Martyrs Colonan Kilian and Totnan.

Silver icon, Panagia Argokiliotissa, Naxos Cyclades, Greece

Pulpit, St., Saint, Saint

St.Isaac Cathedral, St.Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Altar in the wedding chapel, Berlin Cathedral, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Sepulchre of Cardinal Silíceo, Royal College of Noble Maidens, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Image of the Virgin Mary, Virgen de la Oliva, Divino Salvador Church, Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz Province, Costa de la Luz, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Biblical illustration, crucifixion, Jesus, picture, Basilica, cathedral, abbey, Saint Benoit sur Loire, Centre, France, Europe

ISABEL LA CATOLICA ORANTE - SIGLO XVII - ESCULTURA DE LA CAPILLA MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE GRANADA. Author: PEDRO DE MENA Y MEDRANO. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPAIN. ISABEL LA CATOLICA (1451-1504) ISABEL I DE CASTILL.

Frescoes by Botero, Church of Sant'Antonio Abate, Pietrasanta, Province of Lucca, Versilia, Tuscany, Chiesa della Misericordia, Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate, chiesa di San Biagio, San Biagio, Italy, Europe

CAPILLA DE LA CASA DE LOS PINELO DECORADA CON FALSOS ALICATADOS SEVILLANOS - SIGLO XVI. Location: CASA DE LOS PINELO. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN. INFANT JESUS. VIRGIN MARY.

Poland, Warsaw. Chopin's actual heart is entombed at the base of this pillar inside Holy Cross Church.

Seville Regina Sacratissimi rosarii church in Macarena barrio of sevilla Spain

Sotiris Church, items on table inside the church, Stavros, Ithaca, Greece

Altar in Sierra Chapel, Mission San Juan Capistrano, California , Religious facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Late Gothic altar of the Ottilien Chapel built 1473, handicraft, woodcarving, high altar, Gothic, Ottilienberg, Eppingen, Kraichgau, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Seville, A religious image in a niche with golden decoration and a lantern, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Altar of Mary in the parish church of St. Benedict, Benediktbeuren, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Vejer de la Frontera, white village in the province of Cadiz, image of the saint on the church, Virgen de la Oliva, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Berlin, Gustav-Adolf-Kirche, built 1932-1934 by Otto Bartning

Pizzaro's tomb in the Basilica Cathedral, Lima, Peru.

Chapel in the Nou Camp Stadium, Barcelona Football Club, Barcelona, Spain

Church of Santa Maria Assunta,Positano, Campania, Italy, Europe

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