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Ornate Church Altars

Vintage photographs of elaborately designed altars in various European churches. Rich colors, religious figures, and decorative details create a solemn atmosphere.

Spain, Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Valldemossa, Tramuntana mountain village in West Mallorca. Smaller, less prominent church, inside, altar, religious figures. Candles.

Spain, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria Island, Teror, Basilica de la Virgen del Pino church, interior

retablo barroco dedicado a Ramon Llull, Iglesia de San Miguel ,Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. April 30, 2025. Historic sculpture of saints in St. David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.

retablo, iglesia de la Immaculada Concepció, Galilea, Puigpunyent, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Naples Campania Italy. Naples Cathedral (Duomo di Napoli) (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta or Cattedrale di San Gennaro)

Europe, Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, the Moselle, Moselle valley, Trier, Trierer cathedral, high cathedral church St. Peter

Representation of St. Augustine on a pulpit in the parish church at Schoengau, Triestingtal, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Neo-Gothic wing altar at the church in Weissenbach, Triestingtal, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Madonna in the Radiant Wreath in the Sailer Chapel, St. Peter's Cathedral, Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Church organ, main altar, Protestant church, Prichsenstadt, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Thanksgiving, harvest festival, altar, Germany, Europe

The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. , Churches, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Church St. Just. Fresco. Bazzano. L'Aquila. Abruzzo. Italy. Europe. (Photo by: Mauro Flamini/REDA&CO/UIG)

wedding ritual in the Orthodox Church in the Slavic tradition

Ecce Homo Ecce Homo Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23057880

retablo de estilo neogótico y imagen de mármol de la Virgen de Monti-sion, siglo XV, Santuario de Monti-sion, Porreres, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spa...

Karlskirche, built 1716, 1737, Vienna, Austria, Europe, Magnificent baroque altar with large painting, surrounded by golden decorations and two sculptures, Europe

Spain, Canary Islands, Tenerife Island, Masca, Ermita de la Immaculada Concepcion church, interior

Altar in The Cathedral In Burgos, Spain

view of the Chapel of the Spanish-Flemish Altar Piece in the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Astorga Astorga, Spain - 12 April, 2024: view of the Chapel of the Spanish-Flemish Altar Piece in the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Astorga Copyright: xZoonar.com/NandoxLardix 21746526

Hungary, Budapest, St. Stephen's Basilica Altar (Large format sizes available).

Altar and crucifixion group, St., Saint, Saint

Winged altar 15th century open, St., Sankt, Saint

Main altar, Mariae-Himmelfahrt parish church in Miesbach, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Apostle Altar or Lay Altar in the rood screen, Romanesque Church of St. Mary, Gelnhausen, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Chapel, crucifix with mourning figures on the Buchenberg, Buchenberg, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Catholic Christian chapel, Javier Castle, 10th century, Javier sanctuary, Foral Community of Navarre, Spain.

Ornate golden altar, Iglesia de la Purissima Xiqueta Church, Benissa, Alicante, Costa Blanca, Spain, Europe

Choir, altar with a statue of Louis IX of France, Chapelle Basse, lower chapel, Sainte-Chapelle chapel, a former royal chapel, Cite, Paris, France, Europe

Church of the Holy Cross

Bolivia. Cochabamba city. The Cathedral (1701-1735).Interior.

ID, Cataldo, Old Mission State Park, Old Mission church, contructed by Jesuit Missionaries, 1850-1865, Interior view

Gothic winged altar, depiction of the Coronation of Mary as Queen of Heaven in the presence of saints, Protestant-Lutheran parish church St. Jacobi, Goettingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Marien altar Kath. Münster St. Jakobus in Neustadt am Titisee Design Max Meckel 1903 side wings on the bottom left of the birth of the birth of Jesus by the angel Gabriel, the visiting of Maria on the top of her base Elisabeth, the birth of Jesus on the top right, the presentation of Jesus in the temple in the temple by Simeon and finally at the bottom right in the old fuss the again finding the twelve -year -old Jesus in the temple of Jerusalem. On the left in the altar foot we see the visiting the wise appearance of the Lord. Middle: Coronation by the three -day god. The motifs are a modified copy of the Riemenschneider altar in Creglingen.

Crucifixion group in the former cemetery on the north side, St., Sankt, Saint

Side altar of the Jesuit Church, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

retablo, iglesia de la Immaculada Concepció, Galilea, Puigpunyent, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Image of St. Mary kneeling in front of crucified Christ on ornate ceramic tiles on a house in Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Seville Cathedral, Silver Altar.

Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Guatemala. Ornate altar in the Church of Saint James the Apostle.

St. bartolomeo church, villadossola, Italy

Saint Peter Basilica, Vatican State in Rome: interior with detail of cupola decorations

Chapel of the Saint Grail, Saint Grail Chapel, Saint Goblet, Capilla del Santo Caliz, Cathedral of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, Europe

Coronation of Mary, painting above the high altar of the church of Saint Martin Archabbey (Erzabtei Beuron or Erzabtei St Martin), Beuron, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 19th century.

Interior, Catedral de las Fuerzas Armadas cathedral, Madrid, Spain, Europe

Spain, Galicia. Small chapel near Lavacolla

Sagrario , Francesc Martí, 1399, Museo Diocesano, catedral de la Virgen de las Nieves, Cathedral of Ibiza, 13th Century , Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spa...

Altar of the Neustadt Church, built 1722 to 1737, Erlangen, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Side altar, Church of St. Martin and Alexander, Waltenhofen, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

San Glacometto Church in Piazza Bancogiro, Venice, Italy, Europe

Tännesberg. Pilgrimage church of St Jodok from 1690, Madonna in the rosary around 1720, St, Sankt, Saint

Basilica and Convent of Santo Domingo or Convent of the Holy Rosary, Lateral Chapel, Lima, Peru, South America

Silver statue of Saint Bartholomew in the Cathedral of San Bartolomeo on Castle Hill, Lipari, Lipari Islands, Aeolian Islands, Isole Lipari, Isole Eolie, Mediterranean Sea, Italy, Europe

Altar of the parish church in Schoengau, Triestingtal, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Caceres, Spain - 30 March, 2022: interior view of a side altar in the historic San Francisco Javier church in the old town of Caceres

Inside the Holy Cross Trinity Orthodox Cathedral of Sibiu in Romania.

St Anthony Chapel, in the Church of St Mary of the Angels, or of the Gancia, 1490-1510, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

Ruhpolding Madonna, parish church of St. Georg, Ruhpolding, Chiemgau region, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

In the church of La Roche Maurice, Jesus on the Cross, Brittany, France, Europe

Baptismal font with John the Baptist, Roman Catholic parish church of St. Joseph in Tutzing, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Lucca, Italy, The shrine of the Holy Face in the San Martino Cathedral

Beautiful interior of the evangelical church Heilandskirche in Kaiser Josef Square, in the city center of Graz, Steiermark, Austria, Europe

Flügelaltar Flügelaltar der Kirche Lüderbach in Ringgau, Hessen, Deutschland Winged altar of the Lüderbach church in Ringgau, Hesse, Germany *** Winged altar Winged altar of the Lüderbach church in Ringgau, Hesse, Germany Winged altar of the Lüderbach church in Ringgau, Hesse, Germany

Holy tomb, parish church of Mariae Himmelfahrt, Assumption of Mary, Perach, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Painting by giovan battista moroni, bondo petello, Italy

Interior of Christianskirkjan (Christian's Church), modern church building, Klaksvik, Faroe islands, Denmark, Europe

Galatzo house chapel, dry stone path, GR221, Calvia, Natural area of the Serra de Tramuntana., Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Church of St. Nicholas, altar of patriarchs

Jakobskirche, interior with altar and wooden galleries, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. , Churches, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Crucifix and fresco in a chapel, parish church of Saint Jakob, Wallgau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Malta, Mdina. The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul, commonly known as St. Paul's Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral. Chapel of the Virgin and Guardian Angel. (Editorial Use Only)

Interior view with altarpiece by Cranach, St. Peter and Paul's Town Church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Classical Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Vietnam, Xuan Thuy National Park, Red River Delta, Ramsar, UNESCO World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve. Giao Thien Commune, Catholic Church.

France, Pas de Calais, Souchez, Notre Dame de Lorette, WWI French War Memorial, chapel interior.

Ukraine, Kiev, Kyiv, Kyevo-Pecherska Lavra, Dormition Cathedral,

bishop s tomb and gilded altar piece in the Burgos Cathedral Burgos, Spain - 14 April, 2024: bishop s tomb and gilded altar piece in the Burgos Cathedral Copyright: xZoonar.com/NandoxLardix 21746594

Side altar and baptismal font, St. Martin's parish church in Oberguenzburg, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Madrid, 02/13/2017. Parish of our Lady of the Fountains. Photo: Inma Flores Archdc.

Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Baltic Sea, Bad Doberan, Doberan Monastery, Cistercian Abbey, Minster, High Gothic brick building

New York, USA, December 3, 2011: Alter and candles at the Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, New York City, North America

Christmas decorated high altar, neo-Romanesque parish church of St. Anne in Lehel, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Nordkapsturen. Rovaniemi k: a.

Saint Joseph holding child Jesus, painting on the altar in the St Nicholas Cathedral in Ljubljana, Slovenia Saint Joseph holding child Jesus, painting on the altar in the St Nicholas Cathedral in Ljubljana, Slovenia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21301786

Dome, ceiling painting, interior photograph, Church of San Paolo, 8th century, Olbia, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Interior view, altar with Virgin of Mercy, chapel at Windlahn, Sarntal, Windlahn, Sarnthein, South Tyrol province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

High altar of the pilgrimage church Maria im Sand, Dettelbach, Main Franconia, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

The Milk Grotto Church, Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine, Western Asia

India, Tamil Nadu State, Nilgiris, Coonoor, Wellington, altar of St George Church (1855)

Painting gallery inside the Cattedrale di Sant'Agata, Gallipoli, Puglia, Gallipoli, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Crucifix, Triumphal Cross, Dom, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Chapel in the town parish church of St. Peter and Paul, "Dom des Westallgaeus", neo-baroque church from 1914, Lindenberg, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Israel, Jerusalem. Mount Zion, Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, main altar.

Altar In Church Of St Dominic, Macau,China

The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. , Churches, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Pieta, Madonna with Christ and votive candles in front, Church of St. Martin, Kirchenstrasse, Staufen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Frescoes in Johanneskapelle Chapel, Puergg, Styria, Austria, Europe

Vera Creu, sala capitular barroca, Catedral de Mallorca, La Seu, siglo XIII. gótico levantino, palma, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Saxon Christmas for Wind Instruments

ALTAR MAYOR CON FRONTAL DE PLATA ESMALTADO, BALDAQUINO Y CRUCIFIJO ATRIBUIDO A GHIBERTI. Author: MAINAR MONTSERRAT. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE MONTSERRAT. MONTSERRAT. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Northern side altar with Judas Thaddeus (floral decoration), St., Saint, Saint

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