| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Ethiopia |
City / Town : Lalibela
Site / Event : Bet Merkorios
|
 |
Large icon of St George in his dragon killing pose in Bet Merkorios, a cave-like church carved into the rock.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
City / Town : Lalibela
Site / Event : Bet Merkorios
|
 |
Priest in the windowless church with paintings and icons.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
City / Town : Lalibela
Site / Event : Bet Merkorios
|
 |
The church contains many paintings of St Abbo.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
City / Town : Lalibela
|
 |
Tunnels in the South Eastern complex of churches.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
City / Town : Lalibela
Site / Event : Bet Amanuel
|
 |
The steep steps and tunnel used to access the church entrance.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
City / Town : Lalibela
Site / Event : Bet Amanuel
|
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Detail of the external wall of the church.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
City / Town : Lalibela
|
 |
Walkway between churches of the South Eastern Group.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
City / Town : Lalibela
|
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Steps leading to one of the churches of the South Eastern Group.
|
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
City / Town : Lalibela
|
 |
Three women on their way to church.
|
2011 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Helsinki
Site / Event : Kansallis Museum
|
 |
Kansallis Museum resembles a Gothic church.
|
2005 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Helsinki
Site / Event : Temppeliaukio Church
|
 |
Temppeliaukio Church is hewn from solid rock (1969).
|
2005 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Helsinki
Site / Event : Temppeliaukio Church
|
 |
The church is underground.
|
2005 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Helsinki
Site / Event : Temppeliaukio Church
|
 |
Lunch time concert in the underground church.
|
2005 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Helsinki
District : Seurasaari Island
|
 |
Koruna Church has been brought here from Turku.
|
2005 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Helsinki
District : Suomelinna Island
Site / Event : Suomelinna Fort
|
 |
Church dating from 1854.
|
2005 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Porvoo
|
 |
The Kirkkotori Church dominates the town.
|
2005 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Porvoo
Site / Event : Kirkkotori Church
|
 |
The 13th century Kirkkotori Church.
|
2005 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Porvoo
Site / Event : Kirkkotori Church
|
 |
The church dates from the 13th century.
|
2005 |
| Finland |
City / Town : Turku
Site / Event : Turku Castle
|
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The church inside Turku Castle.
|
2005 |
| France |
City / Town : Paris
|
 |
View over Paris domainated by the Sacre Coeur Church.
|
1991 |
| France |
City / Town : Paris
Site / Event : Orsay Museum
|
 |
"Auvers Church" by Vincent Van Gogh.
|
2005 |
| France |
City / Town : Paris
District : Latin Quarter
|
 |
One of the many churches in Paris.
|
1991 |
| France |
City / Town : Paris
District : Montmatre
Site / Event : Basilique de Sacre Coeur
|
 |
View from the church entrance.
|
2005 |
| France |
City / Town : Paris
Site / Event : St-Denis Basilica
|
 |
The Basilica at St-Denis is the oldest Gothic style church. It dates from 1135 and has a single tower.
|
2005 |
| France |
City / Town : Giverny
Site / Event : St Radegonde Church
|
 |
St Radegonde Church is on a hill.
|
2014 |
| France |
City / Town : Giverny
Site / Event : St Radegonde Church
|
 |
St Radegonde is the main church in the village.
|
2014 |
| France |
City / Town : Giverny
Site / Event : St Radegonde Church
|
 |
The cemetary above the church.
|
2014 |
| France |
City / Town : Auvers sur Oise
Site / Event : Church of Notre Dame
|
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The entrance to the Church of Notre Dame.
|
2014 |
| France |
City / Town : Auvers sur Oise
Site / Event : Church of Notre Dame
|
 |
The church is Gothic-Romanesque.
|
2014 |
| France |
City / Town : Auvers sur Oise
Site / Event : Church of Notre Dame
|
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View of the church from the location of Vincent van Gogh's painting, Eglise d'Auvers.
|
2014 |
| France |
City / Town : Auvers sur Oise
Site / Event : Church of Notre Dame
|
 |
A copy of the famous painting of the church on display inside.
|
2014 |
| France |
City / Town : Nice
District : Place du Palais
|
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Church tower at the Place du Palais.
|
2009 |
| France |
City / Town : Marseille
Site / Event : Church of St Laurent
|
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The Church of St Laurent is in Roman-Pronencal style.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Marseille
Site / Event : Church of St Laurent
|
 |
The church dates from the 12th century.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Marseille
Site / Event : St Victor Abbey
|
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The abbey is the oldest church in the city.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Aix-en-Provence
|
 |
The Church of St Jean de Malte.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Aix-en-Provence
|
 |
Small church on Cours Mirabeau.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Arles
|
 |
The Church of the Freres Precheurs.
|
2012 |
| France |
Region : Luberon
City / Town : Roussillon
|
 |
View of the main church.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Lyon
Site / Event : Maison des Canuts
|
 |
Silk weaving of Winston Churchill.
|
2012 |
| France |
City / Town : Carcassonne
|
 |
Entrance to a small church.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Carcassonne
|
 |
St Gimer Church.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Carcassonne
District : Old City
Site / Event : Chateau Comtal
|
 |
The lower city with the church of St Gimer.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Carcassonne
District : Old City
Site / Event : Chateau Comtal
|
 |
View of the 19th century St Gimer Church in the lower city.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Toulouse
Site / Event : Notre Dame du Taur Church
|
 |
The Church of Notre Dame du Taur resembles a castle.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Toulouse
Site / Event : Notre Dame du Taur Church
|
 |
The church dates from the 14th century.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Toulouse
Site / Event : Notre Dame du Taur Church
|
 |
The church celebrates St Sernin, the patron saint of Toulouse.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Toulouse
Site / Event : Convent of the Jacobins
|
 |
The church of the convent.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Toulouse
Site / Event : Convent of the Jacobins
|
 |
The church was begun in the 13th century and took 170 years to complete.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Toulouse
Site / Event : Convent of the Jacobins
|
 |
The church ceiling has fanned vaulting making the 22m high columns resemble palm trees.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Toulouse
Site / Event : Convent of the Jacobins
|
 |
View of the church from the cloister.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Toulouse
Site / Event : St Augustins Museum
|
 |
14th century statue of a donor to a church.
|
2016 |
| France |
City / Town : Toulouse
Site / Event : St-Etienne Cathedral
|
 |
The main part of the church.
|
2016 |
| France |
Region : Pyrenees
|
 |
Church.
|
2016 |
| France |
Region : Pyrenees
|
 |
Church near Tignac.
|
2016 |
| France |
Region : Pyrenees
|
 |
The church at Ax-les-Thermes.
|
2016 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Old City
|
 |
The old city of Tbilisi is dominated by Georgian and Armenian churches.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Old City
|
 |
The Jvaris Mama Church and the Norasheni Church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Old City
Site / Event : Norasheni Church
|
 |
The disused Armenian Norasheni Church dates from 1793.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Old City
Site / Event : Jvaris Mama Church
|
 |
The Jvaris Mama Church dates from the 16th century.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Old City
Site / Event : Jvaris Mama Church
|
 |
Mural at the rear of the church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Old City
Site / Event : Karis Eklesia
|
 |
The Karis Eklesia church was constrcted from the rubble of a larger church destroyed by the Mongols.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Old City
Site / Event : Karis Eklesia
|
 |
The church and the bell tower are both made of brick.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Old City
|
 |
A group of churches in the Old City.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Narikala Fortress
|
 |
Narikala Fortress and the Church of St Nicholas from Metekhi Bridge.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
District : Narikala Fortress
Site / Event : Church of St Nicholas
|
 |
The Church of St Nicholas is a 1990s replacement for an older building destroyed in an explosion.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
Site / Event : Metekhi Church
|
 |
Metekhi Church is built on a rocky hill by the river.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
Site / Event : Metekhi Church
|
 |
Metekhi Church and the statue of King Vakhtang Gorgasali from Metekhi Bridge.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
Site / Event : Metekhi Church
|
 |
The church dates from 1289.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
Site / Event : Metekhi Church
|
 |
Newly married couple. The church is very popular for weddings.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Tbilisi
Site / Event : Kashveti Church
|
 |
Kashveti Church is a 1910 copy of an 11th century original.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Gori
Site / Event : Stalin Museum
|
 |
Stalin, Roosavelt and Churchill at Yalta at the end of World War 2.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Uplistsikhe
Site / Event : Uplistsulis Church
|
 |
The 10th century Uplistsulis Church is at the highest point of the city.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Uplistsikhe
Site / Event : Uplistsulis Church
|
 |
The church was built on the site of a former temple.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Uplistsikhe
Site / Event : Uplistsulis Church
|
 |
Icons in the simple church interior.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Mtskheta
Site / Event : Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
|
 |
The Svetitskhoveli Cathedral is an 11th century church surrounded by an 18th century wall.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Mtskheta
Site / Event : Svetitskhoveli Cathedral
|
 |
The church is one of the largest in the country.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Mtskheta
|
 |
The back streets of the town, overlooked by the Jvari Church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Mtskheta
|
 |
The small Antioki Church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Mtskheta
Site / Event : Jvari Church
|
 |
The Jvari Church overlooks Mtskheta and is the holiest in Georgia.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Mtskheta
Site / Event : Jvari Church
|
 |
Two crosses adorn the centre of the church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Mtskheta
Site / Event : Jvari Church
|
 |
One of the builders rennovating the church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Mtskheta
Site / Event : Jvari Church
|
 |
The church dates from 604 making it one of the oldest in the country.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
City / Town : Mtskheta
Site / Event : Jvari Church
|
 |
The confluence of the Mtkvari and Arugvi Rivers viewed from the church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Arugvi Valley
Site / Event : Ananuri Fortress
|
 |
The fortress contains two 17th century churches.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Arugvi Valley
Site / Event : Ananuri Fortress
|
 |
The 17th century Assumption Church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Arugvi Valley
Site / Event : Ananuri Fortress
|
 |
One of four external crosses on the Assuption Church in the fortress.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Arugvi Valley
Site / Event : Ananuri Fortress
|
 |
The carved entrance to the Assumption Church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Arugvi Valley
Site / Event : Ananuri Fortress
|
 |
The interior of the Assumption Church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Arugvi Valley
Site / Event : Ananuri Fortress
|
 |
The Assumption Church with a defensive tower.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Arugvi Valley
Site / Event : Ananuri Fortress
|
 |
Frescos inside the smaller church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Arugvi Valley
Site / Event : Ananuri Fortress
|
 |
Delapidated church outside the fortress.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Jvari Pass
|
 |
Church at Gudauri.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Kazbegi
Site / Event : Tsminda Sameba Church
|
 |
The Tsminda Sameba church and Mount Kazbegi (5033m).
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Kazbegi
Site / Event : Tsminda Sameba Church
|
 |
The 14th century Tsminda Sameba church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Kazbegi
Site / Event : Tsminda Sameba Church
|
 |
The church has exterior carvings.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Kazbegi
Site / Event : Tsminda Sameba Church
|
 |
Mountain road between Kazbegi and the hilltop church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Kazbegi
Site / Event : Tsminda Sameba Church
|
 |
Kazbegi and Gergeti from the church.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Military Highway
City / Town : Kazbegi
Site / Event : Tsminda Sameba Church
|
 |
The Tsminda Sameba church is dramatically located at 2170m.
|
2011 |
| Georgia |
Region : Davit Gareja
Site / Event : Lavra Monastery
|
 |
The Church of St Nicholas.
|
2011 |
were added from 1 February 2025.