Explore the beauty and history of sacred spaces around the world
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican City
Renaissance and Baroque
Notre-Dame Cathedral
Paris, France
French Gothic
Sagrada Família
Barcelona, Spain
Catalan Modernism
Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey
Normandy, France
Romanesque and Gothic
Cologne Cathedral
Cologne, Germany
High Gothic
St. Mark's Basilica
Venice, Italy
Italo-Byzantine
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France
High Gothic
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
Byzantine
Florence Cathedral
Florence, Italy
Gothic and Renaissance
Westminster Abbey
London, England
Gothic
Sainte-Chapelle
Paris, France
Rayonnant Gothic
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
Galicia, Spain
Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque
St. Louis Cathedral
New Orleans, USA
Spanish Colonial and French
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York City, USA
Neo-Gothic
Montserrat Monastery
Catalonia, Spain
Modernist
Saint Basil's Cathedral
Moscow, Russia
Russian Orthodox
Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
Rome, Italy
Italian Baroque
San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome, Italy
Italian Baroque
Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
Rome, Italy
Italian Baroque
Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo
Turin, Italy
Italian Baroque
Cappella della Sacra Sindone
Turin, Italy
Italian Baroque
Santa Maria della Salute
Venice, Italy
Venetian Baroque
San Giorgio Maggiore
Venice, Italy
Palladian
Santa Maria dei Miracoli
Venice, Italy
Early Venetian Renaissance
Il Redentore
Venice, Italy
Palladian
Archbasilica of St. John Lateran
Rome, Italy
Baroque
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
Rome, Italy
Paleo-Christian, Baroque façade
Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls
Rome, Italy
Neoclassical
Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere
Rome, Italy
Romanesque
Basilica di San Clemente
Rome, Italy
Romanesque
Burgos Cathedral
Burgos, Spain
Spanish Gothic
Toledo Cathedral
Toledo, Spain
High Gothic
Seville Cathedral
Seville, Spain
Spanish Gothic
Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar
Zaragoza, Spain
Spanish Baroque
Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City
Mexico City, Mexico
Spanish Colonial, Baroque, Neoclassical
Basilica of Our Lady of Copacabana
Copacabana, Bolivia
Moorish-influenced Spanish Colonial
Cusco Cathedral
Cusco, Peru
Spanish Renaissance, Baroque with Andean influences
St. Nicholas Church
Prague, Czech Republic
High Baroque
Karlskirche
Vienna, Austria
Late Baroque
Frauenkirche Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Saxon Baroque
Melk Abbey Church
Melk, Austria
Austrian Baroque
St. Martin's Cathedral
Bratislava, Slovakia
Gothic with Baroque elements
Notre Dame du Haut
Ronchamp, France
Expressionist Modern
Church of Saint-Pierre
Firminy, France
Late Modern
Notre-Dame de Toute Grâce
Plateau d'Assy, France
Modern with Alpine influences
Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc
Nice, France
Art Deco Modern
Notre-Dame de Pentecôte
La Défense, Paris, France
Contemporary Minimalist
Speyer Cathedral
Speyer, Germany
Romanesque
Durham Cathedral
Durham, England
Norman (Romanesque)
Autun Cathedral (Saint Lazare)
Autun, France
Burgundian Romanesque, Gothic additions
Basilica of Saint Sernin
Toulouse, France
Romanesque
Pisa Cathedral (Duomo di Pisa)
Pisa, Italy
Pisan Romanesque
Basilica Cathedral of Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis, Paris, France
Early Gothic
St. Vitus Cathedral
Prague, Czech Republic
Gothic, Neo-Gothic elements
Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano)
Milan, Italy
Late Gothic, Renaissance and Neoclassical elements
Reims Cathedral (Notre-Dame de Reims)
Reims, France
High Gothic
Salisbury Cathedral
Salisbury, England
Early English Gothic
Cathedral of Brasília (Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Aparecida)
Brasília, Brazil
Brazilian Modernism
Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (Igreja de São Francisco de Assis)
Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Brazilian Modernism
Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian (Rio de Janeiro Cathedral)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazilian Modernism
Cathedral of Maringá (Catedral Basílica Menor Nossa Senhora da Glória)
Maringá, Brazil
Modernist
Santuário Dom Bosco (Sanctuary of Dom Bosco)
Brasília, Brazil
Brazilian Modernism
Votivkirche
Vienna, Austria
Neo-Gothic
St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom)
Vienna, Austria
Gothic with Romanesque elements
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Jerusalem, Israel
Early Christian, Romanesque, Crusader
Dormition Abbey
Jerusalem, Israel
Romanesque Revival
Church of Saint Anne
Jerusalem, Israel
Crusader Romanesque
St. Francis of Assisi Church (Kaiser Jubilee Church)
Vienna, Austria
Neo-Romanesque / Neo-Gothic
Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu
Jerusalem, Israel
Byzantine Revival
Church of the Pater Noster
Jerusalem, Israel
Byzantine with 19th-century French influence
Dominican Church (St. Maria Rotunda)
Vienna, Austria
Baroque
Sveti Stefan Cathedral
Novi Sad, Serbia
Neoclassical
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Sofia, Bulgaria
Neo-Byzantine
Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral
Tbilisi, Georgia
Georgian Orthodox
Gelati Monastery
Kutaisi, Georgia
Georgian Orthodox
Rila Monastery
Rila Mountains, Bulgaria
Bulgarian Renaissance
Saint Sophia Cathedral
Kyiv, Ukraine
Byzantine
Bagrati Cathedral
Kutaisi, Georgia
Georgian Orthodox
Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery
Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Baroque
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi
Tbilisi, Georgia
Georgian Orthodox
Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ
Bucharest, Romania
Romanian Baroque
Cluny Abbey
Cluny, France
Romanesque
Fountains Abbey
North Yorkshire, England
Gothic
Kylemore Abbey
Connemara, Ireland
Gothic Revival
Meteora Monasteries
Thessaly, Greece
Byzantine
Saint Catherine's Monastery
Mount Sinai, Egypt
Byzantine
Kykkos Monastery
Troodos Mountains, Cyprus
Byzantine (influence), later additions
Lérins Abbey
Île Saint-Honorat, France
Romanesque, Gothic (fortified elements)
Skellig Michael
County Kerry, Ireland
Early Christian
Roskilde Cathedral
Roskilde, Denmark
Gothic, Romanesque, various later styles in chapels
Grundtvig's Church
Copenhagen, Denmark
Expressionist, Gothic Revival
Nidaros Cathedral
Trondheim, Norway
Gothic, Romanesque
Borgund Stave Church
Lærdal, Norway
Stave church architecture
Uppsala Cathedral
Uppsala, Sweden
French High Gothic
Lund Cathedral
Lund, Sweden
Romanesque
Grossmünster
Zurich, Switzerland
Romanesque
Lausanne Cathedral
Lausanne, Switzerland
Gothic
Bern Cathedral
Bern, Switzerland
Late Gothic
St. Pierre Cathedral
Geneva, Switzerland
Romanesque, Gothic, Neoclassical
Orval Abbey
Villers-devant-Orval, Belgium
Romanesque (ruins), Art Deco (modern)
Rochefort Abbey
Rochefort, Belgium
Various, functional monastic architecture
Westvleteren Abbey
Westvleteren, Belgium
Simple, functional monastic architecture
Chimay Abbey
Scourmont, Belgium
Simple monastic architecture
La Trappe Abbey (Koningshoeven)
Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands
Neo-Gothic elements, functional monastic architecture