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Ornate Church Interiors

Intricately designed altars and interiors of historical churches featuring gold decorations and sculptures, predominantly from Spain and Portugal.

Altarpiece of the church Altarpiece of the church, monastery of Santa Maria la Real de Huerta, built between the 12th and 16th centuries, Santa Maria de Huerta, Soria, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 23041359

Ebrach minster, a former cistercian monastery, Ebrach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Church of the Third Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lateral altar and chapel, Faro, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

ARTE BARROCO. ESPAÑA. CATEDRAL. Vista de la CAPILLA MAYOR con el ALTAR con la imagen del apóstol (s. XII), esculpida en piedra, sentada en una silla de plata y cubierta por una esclavina del mismo metal. El baldaquino que cubre el altar es obra de ANDRADE y fue trabajado por Melchor del PRADO (s. XVII). SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. Provincia de A Coruña. Galicia.

Real monasterio de San Jeronimo - church reredos . Granada. Spain.

Interior view, Igreja de Santa Clara, Porto, Portugal, Europe

Interior view, pulpit, Wieskirche, Pilgrimage Church of Wies, Rococo, 1745-1754, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wies, municipality of Steingaden, Pfaffenwinkel, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The high altar, by Giovanni Baratta and Giovanni Antonio Cybei, church of Our Lady of Graces Sanctuary or Montenero Sanctuary, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy, 18th century.

Iglesia de la Inmaculada Concepción, retablo mayor de la Asunción siglo XIX, Sant Matgi, Palma, Mallorca, balearic islands, Spain.

Side chapel in the Jesuit Church, St Rochus Church, Igreja de Sao Roque, Bairo Alto district, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

CAPILLA DEL SAGRARIO - RETABLO DE LA VIRGEN DE LOS REMEDIOS. Author: MANUEL PENEDO EL VIEJO (1580-)). Location: CATEDRAL. SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA. TENERIFFA. SPAIN.

Iglesia de San Francisco, perteneciente al antiguo convento franciscano de San Pedro el Real fundado en el siglo XIII, modificada en el siglo XVIII dandole estilo Barroco. Cordoba.

Interior of the San Miguel de Velasco mission, Unesco site Jesuit Missions of Chiquitos, Bolivia, South America

Main altar with painting John of Patmos, by the baroque painter Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Neumuenster church, Neumuenster church, interior view, painting, arts and crafts, baroque, Wuerzburg, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Northern Spain, Inside the cathedral during a ceremony as part of the Semana Santa

tomb of Cardinal Silíceo tomb of Cardinal Silíceo Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23026357

Albaicin, Province of Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Sculpture of the Madonna and Child in the Granada Cathedral.

Tourists listening to information about the cathedral on tape, St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta, Europe

Altar of the church, Sanctuary of Atotonilco, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

St Stephen's Bulgarian church iconostasis . Istanbul. Turkey. (Istanbul, Marmara, Turquie)

DETALLE CENTRAL DEL RETABLO MAYOR (SIGLO XVI) DE LA IGLESIA DEL MONASTERIO DEL PARRAL. Author: JUAN RODRIGUEZ ( / 1544) Y LUCAS GIRALDO (S XVI). Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DEL PARRAL. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

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

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CAPILLA DE LAS DONCELLAS - PINTURAS DE CRISTOBAL MORALES DEL SIGLO XVI Y LA TALLA DE JOSE RIVERA DE 1771. Author: CRISTOBAL MORALES (1509-1542). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Interior of the parish church of Sant Bartomeu, Modernism by Antoni Gaudi disciple Joan Rubio i Bellver, Placa Constitucio, Soller, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Golden Altar at Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano Church California. This is the successor church to the Mission founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1775.

Romanesque hermitage of San Frutos Romanesque hermitage of San Frutos, Las Hoces del Río Duratón Natural Park, Segovia province, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21429114

Altar of a side chapel of the Cathedral of Santa Maria de la Encarnacion in Granada, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Pilgrimage church with miraculous image, Maria Alm, Salzburger Land, Austria, Europe

RETABLO MAYOR. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN JUAN DE LOS REYES. Toledo. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA IGLESIA - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Location: MONASTERIO DE SAN SALVADOR. ONA. BURGOS. SPAIN.

RETABLO DE LA CAPILLA DE SANTA TECLA - SIGLO XVIII - ESTILO CHURRIGUERESCO. Author: ALEJANDRO CARNICERO (1693-1756). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. BURGOS. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR BARROCO -. Location: Monasterio de Santa María la Real. Nieva. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

SACRISTIA-RETABLO DE LA CAPILLA DE LOS CARTA. Location: IGLESIA DE LA CONCEPCION. SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE. TENERIFFA. SPAIN.

ALTAR MAYOR CON RETABLO BARROCO Y CUSTODIA DE PLATA DE LA IGLESIA DEL CONVENTO DE SANTA CATALINA - SIGLO XVII. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTA CATALINA. SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA. TENERIFFA. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA LA MAYOR. Morella. Castellón. SPAIN.

retablo y pinturas del abside, Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rivero, Siglo XII, San Esteban de Gormaz, Soria, Comunidad Autónoma de Castilla, Spain, Europe.

tomb of Cardinal Silíceo tomb of Cardinal Silíceo Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 23026890

Chapel, Porto Cathedral, Se do Porto, Barredo Quarter, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barredo, Porto, Porto District, Portugal, Europe

parish church of Sant Miquel parish church of Sant Miquel, main altar, Llucmajor, neoclassicist style, Majorca, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21930600

Basilica de Santa Maria, siglo XVII, ,barroco valenciano, Elche, Comunidad Valenciana.

Interior showing altar of the Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel, pilgrimage site at Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Main gothic altarpiece and ribbed vault in the church of charter

Gothic style Matyas Church, Castle Hill, Bude side of Central Budapest, Capital of Hungary, Europe

Christ Hanging from Cross. Inside Metropolitan Cathedral, Zocalo, Center, Mexico City

Peru. Cusco city. Church of San Blas. Altar.

Italy, Naples, sculptures and paintings in the San Gennaro chapel on the right side of the Duomo nave

Side altar of St. Mary of the Chiesa San Guiseppe dei Teatini, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

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

church of Santa Maria de la Corona, main altarpiece, Ejea de los Caballeros, Cinco Villas, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.

Seville Cathedral Interior, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Europe

Baroque altar, 1687, from St Paul's apse or Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, Monreale cathedral, Monreale (UNESCO World Heritage List, 2015), Sicily, Italy.

Mexico, Jalisco, Puerto Vallarta. Altar of Our Lady of Guadalupe church.

Spain. Cathedral of Santiago. Main Chapel. Altar with the image of the Apostle St. James (12th century), sculpted in stone. The baldachin that covers the altar is a work of Domingo de Andrade (1639-1712), from the 17th century, with Solomonic columns and supported by angels. Santiago de Compostela. Province of A Coruña. Galicia. Author: Domingo de Andrade (1639-1712). Spanish architect.

Altar of Grace in the pilgrimage church of Maria im Sand, Dettelbach, district of Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

View of the interior of Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain

SACRISTIA. Location: CARTUJA. GRANADA. SPANIEN.

Italy Piedmont, Novara, San Gaudenzio basilica interiors

Tomb of Cardinal Siliceo, Royal College of Noble Maidens, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe

Pulpit in the pilgrimage church of the Flagellated Saviour on the Wies, Wieskirche, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Steingaden, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

RETABLO DE LA CAPILLA DE SAN JOSE - 1712. Author: PEDRO DE AVILA. Location: CATEDRAL. Valladolid. SPAIN. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

RETABLO DE SAN JUAN DE SAHAGUN EN LA CAPILLA DE SAN JUAN - 1766. Author: CORTES JOSE / MENA JUAN PASCUAL. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Interior of St. John the Baptist and St. John the Apostle and Evangelist, Vilnius, Lithuania

Se Dom, Treasury, Santa Ana Chapel, Igreja de Santa Maria Maior, Se Patriarcal de Lisboa, Cathedral, Start of construction 1147, Alfama neighbourhood, Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe

Peru. Cusco. Church of San Pedro de Andahuaylillas (16th century). Altar.

Inside Convent Of Saint Cajetan in seventeenth century Old Goa Velha Goa India Copyright: xAnilxDave/DinodiaxPhotox

Interior view, icons of St Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church, Eger, Hungary, Europe

CAPILLA DEL PILAR-RETABLO. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA. A CORUÑA. SPAIN.

SAGRARIO. Location: CATEDRAL. Valladolid. SPAIN.

Mitla, Oaxaca, Mexico, Central America, Golden church altar with figures of saints and bright flower arrangements, Central America

Europe, Poland, Silesian Voivodeship, Czestochowa - Jasna Gora Monastery - Basilica

Altar With Virgin Mary Statue At La Popa Convent, Cartagena, Colombia

Altarpiece of the Virgin of the Well, Luis de Velasco, 1557, Royal College of Noble Maidens, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Golden Chapel, Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, Salamanca, autonomous community of Castile and Leon, Spain.

Altar of the Saint-Maurice Church in Besancon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France, Europe

Interiors of St. Joseph's Church, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal

Madrid, 06/23/2010. Bishop's Chapel. Photo Jose Alfonso. Archdc.

retablo mayor y pintura la exaltacion de la trinidad, trasunto de la celebre Gloria de Tiziano , iglesia de una sola nave y de cabecera poligonal, Monasterio de San Jerónimo de Yuste , siglo XV, comarca de de la Vera, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, europa.

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO DE ALBA DE TORMES. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTIAGO. ALBA DE TORMES. SALAMANCA. SPAIN.

Altar of Forgiveness, Catedral Metropolitana de la Asuncion de Maria Cathedral, Plaza de la Constitucion, Mexico City, Mexico, Central America

Altarpiece of the Church of Santa Maria, the work of Pau Costa, 18th. Arenys de Mar, Maresme. Barcelona.

Main gothic altarpiece and ribbed vault in the church of charter

Mosteiro de Sao Bento, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

Madrid, 09/20/2016. Parish of our Lady of Covadonga in Manuel Becerra. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

Statue of the Virgin of Ocotlan, polychrome Figures, Apse, Interior, Basilica of Our Lady of Ocotlan, Tlaxcala City, Tlaxcal State, Mexico, North America Copyright: RichardxMaschmeyer 801-3719 RECORD DATE NOT STATED

Cordova. 12/08/2005. In the Cathedral, Bishop Juan José Asenjo officiated a mass on the occasion of the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

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

Córdoba, 10/29/2024. Presentation of the restoration of the chapel of San José of the Mosque Cathedral and the second pier in the Patio de los Naranjos. Photo: Valerio Merino. ARCHOR.

RETABLO DE RELICARIOS. Location: CATEDRAL. Tuy. Pontevedra. SPAIN.

Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier, Trier Cathedral

Peru. Cusco city. Altarpiece in The Cathedral..

Interior view, choir, altar, church Igreja de São Domingos, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Altar, church Iglesia de Virgin de la Regla, Pajara, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain

Madonna in the pilgrimage church Bom Jesus, pilgrimage site, Braga, An altar in a church with a large religious mural and decorations, northern Portugal, Portugal, Europe

SPAIN - La Vega (district of Sevilla) - ANDALUSIA - Seville. Catedral, main chapel (the biggest in the world)

RETABLO BARROCO DE LA VIRGEN DEL CARMEN EN EL CRUCERO. Location: CATEDRAL DE SAN MARTIN. Orense. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR. Author: MAZA FCO DE LA. Location: Iglesia parroquial. VILLABANEZ. Valladolid. SPAIN.

India, Old Goa, Saint Francis Church

Side altar, Church Matriz, Igreja Matriz de Monchique, Manueline style, Monchique, Algarve, Portugal, Europe

Side altar, St. Stephan's Church, Rettenberg, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Altar of the church Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Oliveira, Guimaraes, Portugal, Europe

capilla del Santo Cristo de las batallas, Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen, Salamanca, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León, Spain.

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