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Religious Frescoes and Murals

Historic frescoes illustrating biblical themes, depicting scenes of resurrection and judgment in revered church interiors.

Romania, Bucharest, Lipscani Old Town, Stavropoleos Church, built 1724, interior frescoes

Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xHemantxPatil/DinodiaxPhotox

Entrance to the hells of the damned Entrance to the hells of the damned, Gothic paintings, Church of San Martín de Tours, Gazeo, Álava, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 21313767

Apsidal mosaic in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. Christ Crowning the Virgin, by Torriti Jacopo, 1291 - 1295, 13th Century, mosaic. Italy: Lazio: Rome: Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica. Whole artwork. Coronation Virgin Mary Madonna crown Jesus Christ throne gold blue round apsidal bowl windows rinceaux/spiral foliage peacock birds choirs of angels saints plant decoration fan

Ruined vandalised interior of Buzludzha monument former communist party headquarters, Bulgaria, eastern Europe, Europe

TENTACION DE SANTO TOMAS - RETABLO MAYOR DE LA IGLESIA DEL CONVENTO DE SANTO TOMAS DE AVILA REALIZADO ENTRE 1494 Y 1499. Author: PEDRO BERRUGUETE. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTO TOMAS. AVILA. SPAIN. SANTO TOMAS DE VILLANUEVA.

France, Centre Val de Loire, Indre (36), Berry, Nohant Vic, church saint Martin of Vic

Traditional decorations outside the rock houses of Uchisar, Cappadocia Turkey

Ancient painting of Lord Vishnu with his followers on the ceiling of Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple Mandapa, Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh, India Ancient painting of Lord Vishnu with his followers on the ceiling of Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple Mandapa, Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/RealityImagesx 21881021

FRESCOS DEL CUARTO ESTILO DE LA CELLA DE LA SEDE DE LOS SACERDOTES AUGUSTALES O ESCUELA AUGUSTANA - SIGLO I. Location: CIUDAD ROMANA. ITALIA.

Romania, Bucovina Region, Bucovina Monasteries, Manastirea Humorului, Humor Monastery, 16th century, religious frescoes

Frescoes of the Byzantine Chapel of Agios Nikolaos Fountoukli, one of the oldest churches of Rhodes as a four-conch building from the 14th century, near Eleousa, Rhodes, Greece, Europe

Mural paintings inside the church of Santa Eulalia, 16th century, Unha, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.

CAPILLA DE SANTIAGO - TAPIZ: ALEGORIA DE LUCHA DE VIRTUDES CONTRA PECADOS CAPITALES - 1510. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Bominaco, S. Pellegrino, Oratory, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

Basilica, mural paintings, Ephesus, Izmir Province, Turkey, Asia

Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, west gallery, with ceramic ornament and fresco of Christ bound by Roman soldiers (1715-16), Yaroslavl', Russia. Brumfield photograph collection. Murals,Russia Federation,1990-2000. , Russia Federation,Yaroslavskaia oblast ,Yaroslavl .

Abruzzo, L'Aquila, Fossa, Monastery of S. Spirito d'Ocre, Italy, 20th century, photo, photography, Europe

France,Languedoc-Roussillon,Aude,Carcassonne,Carcassonne Castle Museum,16th century Calvary Cross from Villaniere

Fresco in cave 16, Ajanta, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xPhotochromy/DinodiaxPhotox

Wall paintings inside the main prayer hall, Wat Si Saket, Vientiane, Laos

Perugia (Umbria - PG), San Martino in Campo. Church of the Madonnuccia Ciribifera (also called 'Oratorio della Madonnuccia'). Cycle of frescoes from the school of Perugino (perhaps one of his pupils, Andrea d'Assisi). Left wall, San Martino gives his cloak to the poor

Dionysius, Fresco, 1502-1504, circa 1450-before 1508, Russia, Kirillov, Nativity of Virgin Cathedral in the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery,

Makam Sheikh el Ajami in Hamasrek reserve

Turkey, Istanbul, Sultanahmet Haghia Sophia Mural of a six winged seraph or angel below the central dome.

Carving the Queen Teresa carving of Queen Teresa

Abbi Johanni rock-hewn church in Tigray, Ethiopia

Byzantine church Panigia Kera near Kritsa, well-preserved and restored Byzantine frescoes in the three-nave domed church, Crete, Greece, Europe

North Cove Medieval religious wall painting of Jesus Christ in Heaven, church of Saint Botolph, North Cove, Suffolk, England, UK

Paintings of the church of Santa María d'Arties, 1580, Artiés, Lérida, Catalonia, Spain.

Church Yilanli, ninth century, Church of the Snake, Ihlara Valley, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey Asia

Europe, Turkey, central Anatolia, Cappadocia. Fresco outside the cave, Churches with Grapes and Fish in Zelve Valley

Fresco on the wall of rock church in Ihlara valley in Cappadocia, Turkey

Moravske Toplice, St. Nicholas's Rotunda, dome, Slovenia

IGLESIA DE SAN VICENTE. INTERIORES. VISTA CENOTAFIO. ESCULTURA ROMANICA. PIEDRA POLICROMADA.

Reneni fue Nomarca de la ciudad de Nejeb durante el reinado de Amenhotep I y también Supervisor de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet.

France, Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (86), Antigny Church (Saint Savin Area) Painting From 15Th Century

Farfa Chapel. Cycle of 14th Century Frescoes: Discovery of the True Cross. Church of San Francesco. Montegiorgio. Marche

Floor with old mosaic tiles in the apse, St., Sankt, Saint

Switzerland, Canton of Grisons, Müstair, Benedictine abbey St. Johann in the Münstertal, church, inside

Christ Pantocrator and Signs of the Zodiac, 17th century Byzantine frescoes, Dekoulou Monastery, Dekoulon, Itilo, Oitylo, Mani Peninsula, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Fresco painting, Yilanli Church, 9th century, (Serpent Church), temple carved into volcanic tuff, Ihlara Valley, Cappadocia, Central Anatolia, Turkey, Asia.

DET- ALFARJE DEL CORO- MADERA POLICROMADA- ARTE MUDEJAR S XIII-XIV-ESCUDOS NOBILIARIOS. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN ROMAN DE CASTRO. PUEBLA DE CASTRO. HUESCA. SPAIN.

A mural on the ceiling of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. This temple houses the venerated tooth relic of Lord Buddha, Sri Lanka

The rock hewn church of Abune Yemata in the Gheralta Mountains near Guh is renowned for its truly remarkable murals depicting Old and New Testament scenes and Saints. The interior of the church has four free standing and six non free standing columns, all of which are colourfully decorated.

DET- ALFARJE DEL CORO- VIGUETAS POLICROMADAS- ARTE MUDEJAR S XIII-XIV. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN ROMAN DE CASTRO. PUEBLA DE CASTRO. HUESCA. SPAIN.

The mosaic floor of the a sixth-century Synagogue in Beth Alpha

San Marco Basilica Venice Italy

Frescoes by Peter Hecker, St., Saint, Saint

Romanesque frescos, Saint Jacob in Kastelaz, Tramin, South Tirol, Italy, Europe

Brazil, Salvador De Bahia, San Francisco Church, Courtyard, Portuguese Tiles, Close-Up

Turkey, Trabzon. Sumela Monastery (aka St. Maria, Mount Mela or Black Virgin). Historic 12th century monastery. Walls covered with 18th century frescoes.

Turkey, Central Anatolia, Cappadocia, frescoes at Eski Gumusler Monastery, Unesco World Heritage Site

A guide shows tourists the ecclesiastical artwork adorning the walls of Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

SONY DSC Reneni fue Nomarca de la ciudad de Nejeb durante el reinado de Amenhotep I y también Supervisor de los sacerdotes de la diosa Nejbet.

Fresco in the Cemetery with Satan and the medieval hell, gothic design, 1464 Pisa, Italy - 29 June 2023: Fresco in the Cemetery with Satan and the medieval hell, gothic design, 1464 Copyright: xZoonar.com/PAOLOxGALLOxMODENAx 21626738

ancient frescoes of Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. icons, paintings on walls. Demre, Turkey, August 3, 2022. soft focus

North aisle, fresco, St., Saint, Saint

Interior, Kebran Gabriel monastery, Lake Tana, Ethiopia, Africa

Egypt, Thebes, Luxor, Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Ramses IX, mural paintings illustrating Book of Day, Night, Caverns, Earth and Amduat, in Burial chamber from twentieth dynasty

17th century murals in Thodeekkalam Shiva temple wall in kanavam near thalassery, kerala, india Copyright: xMxAmirtham/DinodiaxPhotox

Prayer room in a Tibetan village house (Bon religion, Tibetan's original religion), Moluo Village, Suopo, Danba County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan, China

Palestinian Territory, Bethlehem. Church of the Nativity, mosaics from the Byzantine and Crusader Periods.

First Council of Constantinople by Anonymous / Church of Saint Demetrius, Patriarchate of Pec / 14th century / Serbia / Fresco / Bible / Byzantine Art

Gurk Cathedral, interior, Lenten veil, altar Gurk Mittelkärnten Kärnten, Carinthia Austria

Altar Frontal from Mosoll. 13th c. Tempera painting on wood with stucco decoration and colradura. Representation of the Annunciation, the visitation of the Virgin to Elisabeth, the Adoration of the Kings and the presentation to the temple. Romanesque art. Tempera on wood. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia. Proc: SPAIN. CATALONIA. GERONA. Mosoll. Church of St. Mary.

Gurk Cathedral, interior, Lenten veil, altar Gurk Mittelkärnten Kärnten, Carinthia Austria

Marble mosaic floors dating from the 14th - 16th centuries in the Siena Cathedral di Santa Maria, better known as the Duomo, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy.

Mosaics from the crusader period of the Church of the Birth of Bethlehem Mosaiken from the crusader period of the Church of the Birth of Bethlehem

Byzantine mosaics inside Memorial Church of Moses, Mount Nebo, Jordan

Monasterio de San Salvador en Chora, siglo XI. Estambul.Turquia. Asia.

Historical wall paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries Historical wall paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries, church of the Archangel Saint Michael, 15th-16th century built entirely with wood, Binarowa, Maloposka,Carpathians, Poland Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22188464

Madonna with the Child, traces of 9b fresco by the school of Galdino da Varese, church of Saint Peter, Gemonio, Lombardy. Italy, 15th-16th century.

Figural paintings in the interior of the stave church (12th century) in Undredal at the Aurlandsfjord, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Italy, Lombardy, Lallio, San Bernardino church

PLOVDIV MUSEUM GREAT BASILICA ARCHAEOLOGY PLOVDIV, BULGARIA, MAY 08, 2021: Beautiful mosaics at Bishops Basilica of Philippopolis in Plovdiv, Bulgaria Copyright: xZoonar.com/AntonxChalakovx 17263504

Historical wall paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries, church of the Archangel Saint Michael, 15th-16th century built entirely with wood, Binarowa, Maloposka,Carpathians, Poland.

Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Egypt. Interior of the Tombs of Ramesses VI. (Editorial Use Only)

Inside the ESNA temple, the impressive columns decorated with hieroglyphs extend to the richly decorated ceiling. Inside the ESNA temple, the impressive columns decorated with hieroglyphs extend to the richly decorated ceiling.

Cupelin baroque chapel before renovation. Old painting. France.

Meridian line with 12 zodiac constellations to read the position of the sun, Maria Santissima Assunta Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Myanmar,Bagan,Ananda Temple,Restoration Worker

Fresco of the Virgin Mary, grave stone, architectural remains, cloister, Basilica San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Mosaic floor in the Diaconicon-Baptistery from Byzantine times that stands on the top of Mount Nebo, Jordan, Middle East

India, Rajasthan, Mandawa, traditional haveli

Local guide and overseas visitors to Sumela Holy Virgin Monastery view ancient fresco art in a cave high in the mountains behind Trabzon, Turkey, a port on the southern coast of the Black Sea. (MR)

Writing on ceiling painting shows text about religion and peace

Saint Etienne Du Mont Church. Tetragramaton Paris. France.

Local guide and overseas visitors to Sumela Holy Virgin Monastery view ancient fresco art in a cave high in the mountains behind Trabzon, Turkey, a port on the southern coast of the Black Sea. (MR)

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