Religious Architecture and Artifacts

A collection of religious structures and artifacts, featuring intricate designs, historic frescoes, and stunning architectural elements against clear skies.

Persons standing around a tomb slab, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Altar de la Abadía de Saint-Michel de Cuxa, Francia, 974.

Daqing Guocheng Temple

'Unknown Saint'. Russia, Pskov, Late 14th century. Dimensions: 190,0x88,0 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

Aktive Synagoge Mainz Aktive Synagoge Mainz Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 21135723

A low angle shot of a white church

BOVEDA DE LA ERMITA DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA GUIA. Location: ERMITA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GUIA. CASTILLEJA DE LA CUESTA. Seville. SPAIN.

Woman thresh grain in a village, Ghemi, Nepal.

Temple bell

Thai dragon or king of Naga statue in temple

Persons standing around a tomb slab, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

Christ on the Cross, detail, porch of the parish church of St. Andrä im Lavanttal, Carinthia, Austria

Roadside shrine, Roccasicura, Italy , Shrines. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection

San Lorenzo del Escorial (Community of Madrid), 04/27/2018. Basilica and Cross in the Valley of the Fallen. Photo: Guillermo Navarro ARCHDC.

Spears of Huaorani Indians who are participating in a protest march in Quito. Amazon rainforest Indians, ECUADOR. South America.

Tombstones of the old Jewish cemetery in Josefov, Prague, Czech Republic

Silhouette of a statue, Nong Khai, Thailand

San Lorenzo del Escorial (Community of Madrid), 04/27/2018. Basilica and Cross in the Valley of the Fallen. Photo: Guillermo Navarro ARCHDC.

Low angle view of a dragon sculpture in a temple

Low angle view of a statue of Jesus Christ, Broken Christ, San Jose De Gracia, Aguascalientes, Mexico

carved wooden figure above the main entrance, Cathedral of Santa María de Huesca, Gothic style, Huesca, Aragon community, Spain.

Romania, Mures County, Transylvania, Romania, Mures County, Sighisoara, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Biserica din Deal, Church on the Hill, one of the symbols of the town. Shadows and light upon pews.

Abbot Oliba (c. 971-1046). Count of Berga and Ripoll and abbot of monasteries of St. Maria de Ripoll and St. Miquel de Cuixa. Bisphop of Vic. Statue sculpted by Manuel Cusachs (b. Mataro, 1933) in 1992. Montserrat monastery. Province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Huaorani Indian feather crown. Gabaro Community. Yasuni National Park. Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.

Incense burning outside of temple in Singapore.

Debre Damo Monastery, Tigray, Ethiopia

A samanera Bikku worships by walking around the stupa. The clockwise walk around the stupa is a tribute to the lord Buddha. Sri Lanka.

Kasuga Shrine, Nara, Japan

St Anthony's Chapel, vault base, crossed ribs, St, Saint, Saint

China, Hong Kong, Lantau Island. The Wisdom trail with Lantau Peak in the background The outdoor wooden version of the 260-word prayer is on 38 wooden rectangular beams or obelisks.

"Native Church and Cross"

Inside Church of Saint Uraiel, one of the rock hewn churches in Lalibela (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Ethiopia

Bethlehem and surroundings The Bethlehem Christmas bell. Its peal first heard the world over, Centenary 1933. 1920, West Bank, Bethlehem, Israel

Feather, decoration at the annual Hornbill Festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Detail of the golden hand of the Phra Achana Buddha statue at the Wat Si Chum temple, Sukhothai Historical Park, Sutkhothai, Thailand.

White and blue church on Boa Vista

Vinh Trang buddhist Pagoda. Radiant smile and round belly: Happy Buddha celebrates joy, abundance, and luck in every moment of life. Maitreya Buddha. Detail. My Tho Vietnam.

Shadow of a cross on a stone wall

A swarm of bees behind a statue of Jesus Christ, Mahe Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, Africa

Tunic, detail from the figure of a saint, stucco decoration in the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Lomello, Lombardy. Italy, 11th century.

San Lorenzo del Escorial (Community of Madrid), 04/27/2018. Basilica and Cross in the Valley of the Fallen. Photo: Guillermo Navarro ARCHDC.

Wat Phou in Champasak Devember 2 2016, Champasak,Laos. Wat Phou khmer site Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 10586450

Cemetery of the Great synagogue of Budapest, Hungary

Thailand, Chonburi Province, Khao Sam Muk Shrine. Temple bells.

Gläubige verlässt nach dem Gebet das symbolische Grab von Adam, Lalibela, Äthiopien *** Believers leaves to the Prayer the Symbolic Grave from Adam, Lalibela, Ethiopia 1026203099

Religious statue at kedarnath 3584 meter, uttaranchal, india Copyright: xAjitxParekh/DinodiaxPhotox

Seated Buddha statue with its hand decorated with gold leaf, Wat Sri Chum temple, Sukhothai Historical Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Romanesque Art. Spain. Church of St. Michael (San Miguel). Domed dome supported by eight columns made with Visigothic fragments and four Romanesque capitals. Inside view. Tarrasa. Catalonia.

Turkey. Istanbul. Basilica Cistern. 6th century. Erected during the reign of Justinian I. Column of Tears.

Namgyal Tsemo Gompa, Buddhist monastery. Leh was the capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Ladakh, now the Leh District in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Leh is at an altitude of 3,500 meters (1

BALI APRIL 2024 - Street lighting and god statue near Badung KUMBASARI Market in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

Illuminated statue in the evening, Moai Ko Te Rilku, Tahai, Easter Island, Chile, South America, America

The Leshan Giant Buddha (Lèshan Dàfó) was built during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE). It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the southern part of Sichuan province in China, near the city of Leshan. The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei, with the rivers flowing below his feet. It is the largest carved stone Buddha in the world and at the time of its construction was the tallest statue in the world.

large interlacing, Kilfenora Medieval Cathedral (Saint Fachtnanrsquo), Doorty Cross, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland, United Kingdom.

Reclining Buddha in Wat Po temple

Side-blown Trumpet (Akohen) 18th-19th century Edo peoples At its origins, the centralized city-state of Benin was founded by Edo-speaking peoples. The accounts by official court historians and descriptions provided by visitors evoke a vibrant cultural center continually redefined by its leadership through shifting internal and external power dynamics. According to oral tradition, circa 1300, Edo chiefs are reputed to have reached out to the leader of neighboring Ife, Oranmiyan, to establish a new divinely sanctioned royal dynasty. Since then, the investiture of Benins rulers to the title of obas has conferred upon them at once a role of chief priest officiating in important religious ceremonies and presiding over an elaborate structure of palace officials. During the fifteenth century reign of Oba Ewuare, Benins armies were formed and the fortification of its capital with a massive wall undertaken. In parallel, delegations of Portuguese traders assiduously sought to secure exclusive

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes.After toiling all night long, the fishermen return empty handed. Jesus asks them to cast their nets once more, with a splendid catch as a result. Overwhelmed by this miracle, the men become disciples of Jesus. The engraver based the middle section of this depiction on a large triptych in Onze-Lieve-Vrouw over de Dijle in Mechelen (Belgium). Three plates were needed for this immense print.

DETALLE DE LA FACHADA DEL NACIMIENTO E INFANCIA DE CRISTO - CORONACION DE LA VIRGEN - 1884. Author: ANTONIO GAUDI. Location: SAGRADA FAMILIA. Barcelona. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY.

Old cemetery

Cor de Jesús. Esporles.Sierra de Tramontana.Mallorca.Islas Baleares. España.

Statue of Virgin Mary of Quito, El Panecillo Hill, Quito, Ecuador

asia bangkok in temple thailand abstract cross colors roof wat and colors religion mosaic sunny

BURMA, , AMARAPURA - NR MANDALAY, MONK CROSSING THE U BEIN BRIDGE

Church of Jesus, 15th century, Jesus village, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain.

Statue of San Domenico, exterior of the Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, Castile and Leon, Spain.

Sasamon church, Sasamon church

Shrine

Ybbsitz, church, maypole in Austria, Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Mostviertel region

Shadow of an Orthodox Jew praying at the Kotel, also called Western Wall or wailing wall

CAMPANAS DE LA CATEDRAL DE CORDOBA. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. CORDOBA. SPANIEN.

Buddhist Trident along the southern route into Western Tibet, Asia

Ancient pictograms engraved on rock on Saimaluu Tash site in Kyrgyzstan

Shivlings at gangeshwar temple, Diu, India Copyright: xSudharakxOlwe/xDinodiaxPhotox

white jewish synagogue,. Santa María la Blanca, synagogue, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

Bhutan, Paro. Detail of colorful prayer flags with blue sky.

Spider's web on a tombstone in front of a blurred photo Medailion of the deceased in a cemetery, Bari Sardo, Ogliastra, Sardinia, italy

DETALLE DE LA FACHADA DEL NACIMIENTO - DESPOSORIOS DE LA VIRGEN - 1884. Author: ANTONIO GAUDI. Location: SAGRADA FAMILIA. Barcelona. SPAIN. VIRGIN MARY. SAN JOSE ESPOSO DE LA VIRGEN MARIA.

CRISTO YACENTE - 1863. Author: DOMINGO VALDIVIESO (1830-1872). Location: MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. MURCIA. SPAIN. CRISTO YACENTE. JESUS MUERTO-CRISTO MUERTO-JESUCRISTO MUERTO.

Asia, Japan, Kyoto. Kyamizu-dera Temple

SANTA CECILIA. Author: ESPINOS ALONSO JOSE. Location: VALLE DE LOS CAIDOS. CUELGAMUROS. MADRID. SPAIN. SANTA CECILIA SIGLOS II / III.

Chile, Calama, Jesus Christ statue overlooking city.

The trunk of Abrahams Oak at the Russian Orthodox Church in Hebron

Cross in front of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Fatima, Igreja da Santissima Trinidade, Portugal, Europe

Crucifix. A catholic rosary beads on wood.

Prayers in the cracks of the Wailing Wall, close-up

Nativity of the Virgin ca. 1480 German In all probability, this unusual sculpture depicting Saint Anne lying on the birthing bed with the swaddled Virgin Mary came from the lower section (predella) of the late Gothic altarpiece dedicated to Saint Anne in the parish church at Ebern. After the altarpiece wasreplaced in 1703, this work was retained. The beds legs, headboard, and tailboard were subsequently cut away, presumably to fit the sculpture into a different framework, as were two angels who knelt before the swaddled child, probably holding a crown over her head. (Remnants of the right angels wing are apparent.) Burn marks from candles visible along the front edge indicate that the sculpture served as a devotional image. Much of the original paint as well as appliqués simulating a brocade pattern on the mantle of Saint Anne are preserved. Made of gesso overlaid with tin, then decorated with gold leaf, paint, and glazes, such brocade appliqués were in wide use in the late fifteenth

CRISTO RESUCITADO ABRAZADO A LA CRUZ - 1514 - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: Michelangelo. Location: IGLESIA DE SANTA MARIA SOPRA MINERVA. Rome. ITALIA.

The Conversion of Saint Paul, 1700. French School

China, Beijing. Chinese New Year Spring Festival - red lantern decorations at Ditan Park temple fair.

crosses on a wall, Almonaster la Real , Huelva, Andalusia, Spain.

Ganesh temple. Erotic wood carvings. Kamasutra..

Terracotta Ganesh statue on wall at Shilpgram, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India Copyright: xNxSharma/DinodiaxPhotox

Giant Reclining Buddha, abstract lines formed by details of the garment, Wat Phranom Laem Phor, Ko Yo, Songkhla province, Thailand, Asia

INDIA, VARANASI, GANGES RIVER, FLOATING OFFERING

Four Naxi poles with wood carvings, Lijiang, Yunnan, China, Asia

REJA DE LA CAPILLA DE LA TRINIDAD-DETL DE PERRO. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. CORDOBA. SPAIN.

Wooden Carving in Parish Church St Ives Cornwall West Country England UK United Kingdom GB Great Britain British Isles Europe EU

Orthodox church

Totekiko Stone Garden, Daitoku-ji temple, Kyoto, Japan.

Monkey family sitting on the rock of ancient temple in Thailand

Detail Of Bird-Like Figure On Totem; Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

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