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Royal Tombs and Altars

Elaborate royal tombs and altars featuring intricate reliefs and sculptures, highlighting religious art and architecture throughout history.

Europe, Germany, Baden-Wurttemberg, Rothenberg ob der Tauber, Rothenberg, St. Jacob's Church altar.

RETABLO MAYOR. Location: Iglesia parroquial. TENDILLA. Guadalajara. SPAIN.

Epitaph of the founder, Ferdinand Ludwig, builder of the church to the right of the high altar, St., Sankt, Saint

SANTA CENA - PINTURAS DE LA CAPILLA DEL SAGRARIO DE LA CATEDRAL DE CORDOBA - 1583-1586 - RENACIMIENTO ITALIANO. Author: CESARE ARBASIA (1540-1614). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. CORDOBA. SPAIN. DAVID REY SIGLO XI AC. ISAIAS PROFETA.

ALFONSO VIII (Soria, 1155-Gutierremuñoz, 1214). Rey de Castilla (1158-1214), hijo de Sancho III y Blanca de Navarra. LEONOR DE PLANTAGENET (1162-1214), princesa de Inglaterra. SARCOFAGOS EN PIEDRA DE LOS REYES. Se encuentran en una de las CAPILLAS situadas en el ABSIDE de la IGLESIA del MONASTERIO DE LAS HUELGAS. BURGOS.

RETABLO MAYOR - S XVII - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN ISIDORO. Oviedo. ASTURIAS. SPAIN.

Altar, pulpit and organ, St., Sankt, Saint

capilla de la Soledad, Catedral de la Asunción de la Virgen, Salamanca, comunidad autónoma de Castilla y León, Spain.

Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. April 30, 2025. Pipe organ and ceiling in the historic St. David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.

Sarcophagus, legendary tomb of St. Remigius, Remi, choral ring, Saint-Remi Basilica, abbey church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne, France, Europe

Silver Altar with the Ciborium, St Tryphon's Cathedral, Romanesque work with elements of Byzantine architecture, medieval town of Kotor with winding alleyways, rich in historical sights, Montenegro, Kotor, Montenegro, Europe

ARTE GOTICO. ESPAÑA. S. XV. HUGUET, Jaume (1414-1492). Pintor catalán. "RETABLO DEL CONDESTABLE" (1465). ALTAR DE LA CAPILLA DE SANTA AGUEDA. BARCELONA. Cataluña.

The Crucifixion and Scenes from the Passion of the Christ, by Master of the Forzate chapel in Padua, 14th Century, fresco. Italy, Veneto, Treviso, Santa Lucia church. Whole artwork. Apsidal wall Crucifixion and scenes of the Passion Annunciation with a try of perspective view Madonna and Child niche Veronica Holy Face horse altar barrel-vaulted ceiling blue red yellow brownish hues: tones whi.

TRASALTAR - DETALLE DE LA ASCENSION DEL SEÑOR - 1681/1683. Author: FELIPE BIGARNY 1475-1543 / PEDRO ALONSO DE LOS RIOS. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Stammbaum Jesse Dom St. Peter in Worms Stammbaum Jesse Dom St. Peter in Worms Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 22306866

Tomb of Abbot Newland (1515), Abbot of Bristol Cathedral, 1481-1415 in the Eastern Lady Chapel, Bristol cathedral, England. The building of the eastern Lady Chapel began in 1298 and was part of a rebuild of the eastern half of the original Norman church.

Europe, Ireland, Dublin. St. Patrick's Cathedral. THIS IMAGE RESTRICTED - Not available to U.S. land tour travel operators. PR travel, tourism or education.

Church, Ossiach Monastery, Altar, Carinthia, Austria, Europe

DETALLE DE LA SILLERIA DEL CORO DE LA CATEDRAL DE JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA - 1778. Author: JACOME BACCARO BACCARO (1735-1801) JACOME VACCARO. Location: CATEDRAL. JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA. Cadiz. SPAIN.

Tomb of Jane, wife of Sir William Waller, Bath Abbey (Abbey Church of Saint Peter and and Saint Paul), Bath, Somerset, England, june

REJA DE LA CAPILLA DE LOS APOSTOLES - SIGLO XVI. Author: CRISTOBAL DE ANDINO (1480-1543). Location: CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA-INTERIOR. BASIN. CUENCA. SPAIN.

Wandmalereien in der Kapelle von San Martin Murals in the Chapel of San Martin, Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, old cathedral, Salamanca, autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22897249

Wooden pulpit with Nazi symbolism, soldier, SA-man and Hitler Youth, Sermon on the Mount, Martin Luther Memorial Church, 1933 to 1935, indoors, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Tomb of Leonardo Bruni Italian humanist, historian and statesman1370 1444, by Bernardo Rossellino, Funerary monument, Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Tomb of Leonardo Bruni Italian humanist, historian and statesman1370 1444, by Bernardo Rossellino, Funerary monument, Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20252435

SPAIN - Segrià (district) - Catalonia - Lerida. Lleida; Iglesia de San Lorenzo / Esglesia de Sant Llorenç; retablo Mayor gótico de Sant Llorenç (atribuido a Jaume Cascalls)

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE PALENCIA CON ESCULTURAS DE FELIPE VIGARNY - SIGLO XVI - RENACIMIENTO ESPAÑOL. Author: PEDRO DE GUADALUPE (1470-1530) ESCULTOR. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. PALENCIA. SPAIN.

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE SEVILLA CONSTRUIDO ENTRE 1482 Y 1564. Author: PEDRO DANCART o PIERRE DANCART-ESCULTOR SIGLO XV. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

SEPULCRO GOTICO DEL OBISPO VASCO PEREZ MARINO. Location: CATEDRAL DE SAN MARTIN. Orense. SPAIN.

Strasbourg Cathedral, Cathedral of Our Lady, Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Cathedral, Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Alsace, France, Detailed altar with sculptures and wooden decorations in a church, Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, Alsace, France, Europe

CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA Y SAN JULIAN O CATEDRAL DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GRACIA. INTERIOR, PORTADA SALA CAPITULAR. CUENCA, ESPAÑA.

The pulpit, Church of St. Alexander and Georg, Niedersonthofen, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

CAPILLA DE LAS DONCELLAS-ZOCALO DE AZULEJOS. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Tomb of Jane, wife of Sir William Waller, Bath Abbey (Abbey Church of Saint Peter and and Saint Paul), Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

RETABLO MAYOR DE LA CATEDRAL DE BARBASTRO - SIGLO XVI - ALABASTRO. Author: DAMIAN FORMENT CABOT. Location: CATEDRAL. Barbastro. HUESCA. SPAIN.

Baroque altar in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna (Wien), Austria

Interior view, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Breisach am Rhein, Kaiserstuhl, Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

SILLERIA DEL CORO - DET DE LA SILLA ARZOBISPAL - 1505/1510 - MADERA DE NOGAL Y BOJ - RENACIMIENTO. Author: Felipe Bigarny (c. 1475-1543). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR, BURGOS, SPAIN.

Italy, Tuscany, Florence, Santa Croce church, sacristy.

Choir screen of Notre Dame of Chartres Cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France, Europe

SPAIN - Tierra de Caceres (district) - Extremadura - CACERES. Iglesia de Santiago, retablo mayor

Carved altar in St Kilian, Kilianskirche, Heilbronn, Germany, Europe

PORTADA DE S MIGUEL CON LA VIRGEN BLANCA. Location: ST. MICHAEL'S CHURCH. VITORIA. ALAVA. SPAIN.

The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, 15th century church monument to the poet John Gower, polychrome tomb from the 15th century for the poet, St., Saint, Saint

Bearbeitet von: Helicon Filter Kirche, Einagang Copyright: xZoonar.com/IgnacyxxPilchx 22788033

SARCOFAGO DE SAN VITO PIEDRA ORO Y PIEDRAS PRECIOSAS. Location: CATEDRAL DE SAN VITO. PRAG. CZECH REPUBLIC.

Grabstätte von Margrete I. im Dom Roskilde Grabstätte von Margrete I. von Dänemark View of the tomb of Margret I in Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark Copyright: xZoonar.com/WolfgangxRoschex 22780749

Italy, Lombardy, Cremona, Battistero, Baptistry, interior,

SEPULCRO DE PEDRO PORTOCARRERO VIII SEÑOR DE MOGUER Y SU ESPOSA. Location: CONVENTO DE SANTA CLARA. Moguer. Huelva. SPAIN.

st john the divine baptistry

View of the superb carvings decorating the pulpits reserved for reading during mealtimes, in the refectory of the Convent of Christ, Tomar, Portugal

Chapel, interior room, Notre Dame Cathedral, Amiens, Picardie, France, Europe

West building, room behind the organ with portraits of the abbots, St., Sankt, Saint

Detailed view of cathedral at night

REJA DE LA CAPILLA DE SAN EUGENIO - SIGLO XV. Author: JUAN FRANCES. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. Toledo. SPAIN.

Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary mosaic, Florence, Italy. Finished 1400's. Formal name Cathedral di Santa Maria del Fiore.

REJA CENTRAL DEL CORO DE LA CATEDRAL DE ZAMORA - PRINCIPIOS DEL SIGLO XVI - GOTICO ESPAÑOL. Author: FRAY FRANCISCO DE SALAMANCA. Location: CATEDRAL. Zamora. SPAIN.

Protestant Collegiate Church, choir stalls by Heinrich Schickhardt the Elder, 1513, Herrenberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Pulpit, Parish Church of St. Michael, Sonthofen, Oberallgaeu, Allgaeu, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

North-east side with apostle figures, St., Saint, Saint

PORTADA ALABASTRINA DE ACCESO ESCALERA AL CAMARIN DE LA VIRGEN - RELIEVES EN ALABASTRO CON ICONOGRAFIA MARIANA. Author: MONJO ENRIC. Location: MONASTERIO DE SANTA MARIA DE MONTSERRAT. MONTSERRAT. Barcelona. SPAIN.

Built in 2000 by Peter Sassenroth and Rudolf Reitermann, rammed earth work: Martin Rauch, part of the altar of the previous church, St., Sankt, Saint

Maria-Kroenungs-Altar, side altar, Marienaltar, around 1520, St.-Jakob church, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Tomb, sarcophagus of Marshal Hubert LYAUTEY, Dome des Invalides or Eglise du Dome church, Napoleon's tomb, Paris, France, Europe

Kathedrale in Chartres, Frankreich Kathedrale in Chartres, Frankreich Copyright: xZoonar.com/wolfgangxcezannex 22649966

Historical Bible scenes in the parish church of St George in Dinkelsbühl, Roman Catholic, Gothic, Gothic, Hallenkirch, Church, Catholic, Franconia, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Baptismal font with candle, St. Pelagius, neo-Gothic church, Weitnau, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

the interior of Santa Maria del Monte Church. Caltagirone Sicily Italy

Karyès, Greece , 1918 - Greece - Fernand Cuville - (September) (French - Karyès , Grèce). Orthodox Church, interior view, monastery, painting, decorative arts, object of worship, arc , arcade , arceau, renaissance, religious architecture, Habitat , Architecture , Art , Religion, Turkey, Kariès, Church of St André du Sarail (interior)

INTERIOR DE LA IGLESIA DE SOS DEL REY CATOLICO. Location: IGLESIA DE SAN ESTEBAN. SOS DEL REY CATOLICO. Saragossa Zaragoza. SPAIN.

SEPULCRO DEL OBISPO BERNARDO DE PAU. Author: MERCADANTE DE BRETAÑA LORENZO. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR, GERONA, SPAIN.

CAPILLA DE SANTA CATALINA - CAJONERIA DEL SIGLO XVIII. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. BURGOS. SPAIN.

Altar screen or retable in the chapel of St. Anne by Gil de Siloe, Burgos Cathedral, Burgos, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe

Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt am Main, dom, cathedral,

Tomb of Margaret of Bourbon in the monastery church of the Royal Monastery of Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, Europe

ANTIGUO ESCRITORIO DE FELIPE II Y ACTUAL SAGRARIO DEL ALTAR MAYOR DE LA IGLESIA DEL MONASTERIO DE GUADALUPE - 1561. Author: JUAN GIAMIN (S XVI). Location: MONASTERIO-INTERIOR. GUADALUPE. CACERES. SPAIN.

RETABLO GOTICO ESCULPIDO EN ALABASTRO - SIGLO XV. Author: VICENTE BORRAS (SIGLO XV). Location: MARIENKIRCHE. CASTELLO DE AMPURIAS. GERONA. SPAIN.

Florenz, Toskana, Italien. Basilica di Santa Croce Basilika zum Heiligen Kreuz. Gioacchino Rossini Grabmal Florenz, Toskana, Italien. Basilica di Santa Croce Basilika zum Heiligen Kreuz. Gioacchino Rossini Grabmal Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcoxBriviox 22667454

The tomb of William the Silent in the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft, Gerard Houckgeest, 1651

Saint Mark's church, Beograd, Serbia. Sarcophagus of Emperor Stefan Dušan.

Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. April 30, 2025. Ceiling of the chapel of the historic St. David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire.

Wooden Choir, Church of SS. Annunziata, Capua, Campania, Italy, Europe

Barlach's cenotaph, Magdeburg Cathedral, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

RETABLO RELICARIO RENACENTISTA-ORGANO EN LA PARTE SUPERIOR-. Location: Monasterio de Santa María la Real. Nieva. SEGOVIA. SPAIN.

Evangelist Catholic parish church of St. Genesius, Riedböhringen The parish church of St. Genesius is in Riedböhringen, a district of the city of Blumberg in the Black Forest Baar district in Baden-Württemberg. In the church there is the grave of Cardinal Augustin Bea and his parents. The Cardinal Bea Museum was set up in his birthplace in Riedböhringen in 1993. Augustin Cardinal Bea Sj born in 1881 in Riedböhringen near Donaueschingen died in 1968 in Rome was the Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He took part in the second Vatican Council and was instrumental in the declaration of Nostra Aetate in 1965, which contradicted the centuries -old allegation that the Jews were Godmakers.

Interior in the Willibrordi Cathedral in Wesel, historical inscription

CAJONERA DE LA SACRISTIA MAYOR. Author: JOSE DOMINGUEZ BUGARIN DOMINGO RODRIGUEZ DE PAZOS. Location: CATEDRAL. Tuy. Pontevedra. SPAIN.

Tower-like reliquary, St., Saint, Saint

Florenz, Toskana, Italien. Die Krypta der Basilika von San Lorenzo St. Lorenz. Das Grabmal von Cosimo il Vecchio Florenz, Toskana, Italien. Die Krypta der Basilika von San Lorenzo St. Lorenz. Das Grabmal von Cosimo il Vecchio Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcoxBriviox 22649168

Altar view Dom Roskilde View of the altar in the cathedral in Roskilde in Denmark

Marble pulpit, 1266-68, depicting the Last Judgement and the Damned, sculptor Nicola Pisano, Siena Cathedral, Duomo Santa Maria Assunta, Siena, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

window of the chapter of the convent of Christ, designed by Diogo De Arruda, 16th century, Tomar, Santarem district, Portugal.

Doomsday, Bern Cathedral, main portal, Vision of the Doomsday, Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Europe

Poland, Gdansk. Close-up of main altar of St. Mary's Church.

Ev. St. Andreas Church Hildesheim Supper group above the altar sacrament group by Ulrich Henn. Jesus with 11 disciples. Judas' 12th chair remains empty.

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

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

Burgos, Capilla del Condestable en la Catedral, Retablo de Santa Ana. Author: GIL DE SILOE.

Biozat painted church. Saint Symphorien church. Choir murals. Allier department, Auvergne Rhone Alpes, France, Europe

Tomb of Christopher Columbus, 1891. Sculptor: Arturo Melida.Cathedral of Seville. Spain.

PORTADA DE LA SACRISTIA DE LA CATEDRAL DE GRANADA - SIGLO XVI. Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPANIEN.

Royal tomb at the Alcobaca Monastery, Portugal

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