| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| South Korea |
City / Town : Seoul
Site / Event : Heunginjimun
|
 |
Part of the old city walls and a church.
|
2022 |
| South Korea |
City / Town : Seoul
Site / Event : Heunginjimun
|
 |
Church from the old city walls.
|
2022 |
| South Korea |
City / Town : Seoul
|
 |
The largest church in Korea.
|
1988 |
| South Korea |
City / Town : Seoul
|
 |
Korean church.
|
1988 |
| South Korea |
City / Town : Seoul
|
 |
The modern Jungang Church.
|
2022 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Madrid
City / Town : Madrid
Site / Event : San Gines Church
|
 |
San Gines Church.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Madrid
City / Town : Madrid
|
 |
San Andreas Church.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
Site / Event : Church of St Millan
|
 |
The Church of St Millan is Romanesque.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
Site / Event : Church of St Millan
|
 |
The church has a Muslim style bell tower.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
Site / Event : Church of St Millan
|
 |
The church is made of sandstone.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
District : Plaza de San Martin
Site / Event : Church of San Martin
|
 |
The Church of San Martin is Romanesque (12th century).
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
|
 |
The Church of Corpus Christi is set among a row of buildings.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
District : Plaza Mayor
|
 |
Plaza Mayor is overlooked by the tower of the Church of San Miguel. In 1474 Isobel was crowned queen of Castille here. She later married Ferdinand of Aragon to unite Spain. These monarchs paid for the journeys of Christopher Columbus.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
District : Plaza Mayor
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
 |
A Romanesque door from an older church.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
|
 |
San Andreas Church.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
|
 |
The six level tower of the 13th century Church of San Esteban.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Segovia
|
 |
The twelve sided Church of Vera Cruz was built by the Knights Templar (13th century) and modelled on a church in Jerusalem.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile-La Mancha
City / Town : Toledo
|
 |
Toledo was a Roman settlement before becoming a Muslim capital (in 711). It became a centre of the Catholic Church after 1085.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile-La Mancha
City / Town : Toledo
Site / Event : Santiago de ArrabalChurch
|
 |
Santiago de Arrabal is a Romanesque church.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile-La Mancha
City / Town : Toledo
Site / Event : Santiago de ArrabalChurch
|
 |
The Romanesque church of Santiago de Arrabal.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile-La Mancha
City / Town : Toledo
Site / Event : San Juan de los Reyes
|
 |
San Juan de los Reyes is a monastery and church.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile-La Mancha
City / Town : Toledo
Site / Event : San Juan de los Reyes
|
 |
The church was completed in 1606.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile-La Mancha
City / Town : Toledo
Site / Event : Mosque of Christ the Light
|
 |
A former mosque is now a church.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
District : La Rambla
Site / Event : Betlem Church
|
 |
The church is the only survivor of the many churches in the street.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
District : La Rambla
Site / Event : Betlem Church
|
 |
The church is highly decorated on the outside.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
District : La Rambla
Site / Event : Betlem Church
|
 |
The entrance to the Betlem Church. The interior was gutted during the Spanish Civil War.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
District : Old City
Site / Event : Diocesa Museum
|
 |
Model of the church planned for the Guell Colony.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
District : Old City
Site / Event : Diocesa Museum
|
 |
Model of Gaudi's unfinished Church of Guell Colony.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
District : Old City
Site / Event : Diocesa Museum
|
 |
Model of a steeple for the Sagrada Famillia church.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
District : Old City
Site / Event : St Filip Neri Square
|
 |
Antoni Gaudi was travelling to this church when he was killed by a tram.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
District : Old City
Site / Event : Church of Santa Maria de Pi
|
 |
The Place de Sant Josep Oriol is dominated by the Church of Santa Maria de Pi.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
Site / Event : Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar
|
 |
The church is popular with fishermen and dates from the 14th century.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
Site / Event : Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar
|
 |
The church is very popular.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
Site / Event : History of Barcelona Museum
|
 |
4th century church.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Barcelona
Site / Event : History of Barcelona Museum
|
 |
4th century church and necropolis.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Catalonia
City / Town : Montserrat
Site / Event : Monastery Museum
|
 |
"The Church's Mirror" by Joachim Mir, 1926.
|
2016 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Andalusia
City / Town : Seville
|
 |
The city has many churches.
|
1990 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Andalusia
City / Town : Seville
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
 |
The Cathedral took a hundred years to build and is the largest Gothic church in the world.
|
1990 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Andalusia
City / Town : Cordoba
Site / Event : Great Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was converted to a church in the 13th century.
|
1990 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Andalusia
City / Town : Ronda
|
 |
Santa Maria Mayor is a church that was once a mosque.
|
1990 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Salamanca
|
 |
The Church of San Sebastian is opposite the cathedrals.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Salamanca
|
 |
The 12th century Church of San Martin.
|
1999 |
| Spain |
State / Province : Castile and Leon
City / Town : Salamanca
|
 |
Former church, now a club house.
|
1999 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Negombo
|
 |
Children outside one of the many churches in the city.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Negombo
|
 |
A cyclist passes a Protestant church.
|
1983 |
| Sri Lanka |
City / Town : Negombo
|
 |
Church overlooking a canal.
|
1983 |
| Sweden |
City / Town : Stockholm
|
 |
Riddarholmskyrtan is a church by the river.
|
1997 |
| Sweden |
City / Town : Stockholm
District : Gamla Stan
|
 |
Storkyran is the coronation church.
|
1997 |
| Sweden |
City / Town : Stockholm
District : Gamla Stan
Site / Event : Finnish Church
|
 |
The distinctive Finnish church.
|
1997 |
| Sweden |
City / Town : Stockholm
District : Gamla Stan
Site / Event : Finnish Church
|
 |
The church is Luitherian.
|
1997 |
| Sweden |
City / Town : Stockholm
Site / Event : Skansen
|
 |
Wooden stave church.
|
1997 |
| Sweden |
City / Town : Stockholm
Site / Event : Skansen
|
 |
Stave churches are common in Scandinavia.
|
1997 |
| Sweden |
City / Town : Stockholm
Site / Event : Skansen
|
 |
Wooden church.
|
1997 |
| Sweden |
City / Town : Stockholm
Site / Event : Skansen
|
 |
Stave churches are common in rural Sweden.
|
1997 |
| Switzerland |
City / Town : Geneva
|
 |
Church in the old city.
|
1991 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : St Sarkis Church
|
 |
The 13th century Church of St Sarkis is Armenian Orthodox.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : St Sarkis Church
|
 |
The church interiror.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : St Mary's Church
|
 |
The belltower of the Greek Orthodox St Mary's Church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Damascus
Site / Event : Umayyad Mosque
|
 |
The 6th Century Umayyad Mosque is covered with mosaics. It is a converted Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Seydnaya
Site / Event : Convent of the Blessed Virgin
|
 |
The entrance to the church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Latakia
|
 |
The city's Catholic Church. Over a million Chriistians live in Syria.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Aleppo
|
 |
A Maronite church. The Maronites are an Eastern Catholic church from Lebanon.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
 |
Qalat Saman is a 5th century Roman church in the shape of a cross located in the Syrian desert.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
 |
The main building is a 5th century Roman church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
 |
The church is features typical Roman arches.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
 |
View of St Simeon's Church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Qalat Saman
|
 |
Landscape around the church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
 |
The large Byzantine church dominates Resafa.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
 |
Brickwork and arches of the Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Resafa
|
 |
Old tower in the Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Syria |
City / Town : Hama
|
 |
Syrian Orthodox church.
|
1986 |
| Thailand |
City / Town : Bangkok
District : Chao Phraya River
|
 |
Riverside church.
|
1988 |
| Thailand |
City / Town : Chiang Rai
|
 |
 Chiang Rai Church.
|
2024 |
| Thailand |
City / Town : Chiang Rai
|
 |
Church building with Christmas tree.
|
2024 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
 |
Aghia Sofia, built in 548 as a Byzantine church and converted into a mosque in 1453.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
 |
The church influenced later Byzantine churches.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
 |
The church was the world's largest for 900 years.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Sultan Ahmed
Site / Event : Aghia Sofia
|
 |
Aghia Sophia had the largest dome of any church until St Peter's in the Vatican was built.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
District : Topkapi Palace
|
 |
The Byzantine St Irene Church (540) inside the grounds of the palace.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Kariye Mosque
|
 |
The mosque was built as a church in 413.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Kariye Mosque
|
 |
Mosaics dating from 1320 in the Kariye Mosque, built as a church in 413.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Istanbul
Site / Event : Fatih Mosque
|
 |
The original mosque was built in 1470 on the site of a church.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Iznik
Site / Event : Sancta Sophia
|
 |
Sancta Sophia is a 6th century church converted to a mosque by the Ottomans.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bergama
Site / Event : Red Basilica
|
 |
The building later became a Byzantine church then an Ottoman mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Aphrodisias
|
 |
The Temple of Aphrodite was built in 700 BCE and converted to a church in 350.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Aphrodisias
|
 |
Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Bodrum
Site / Event : St Peter's Castle
|
 |
Crusader church within the castle complex.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
Site / Event : St Nicholas Church
|
 |
St Nicholas Church dominates the town of Demre.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Demre
Site / Event : St Nicholas Church
|
 |
The church dates from the 5th century.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
 |
The original Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
Site / Event : Yivli Mosque
|
 |
The minaret was added to a Byzantine church converting it into a mosque.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
 |
An art gallery in a former Byzantine church.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
 |
Ruins of a 2nd century Roman temple converted to a Byzantine church (6th century) and into a Seljuk mosque (13th century) and a Cypriot church (1361).
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
City / Town : Antalya
District : Old City
|
 |
Two minarets, a mosque, a Byzantine church and a clock tower over the old city.
|
2006 |
| Turkey |
Region : Cappadocia
District : Goreme National Park
|
 |
Early Christians carved out churches in the rock.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Cappadocia
District : Goreme National Park
Site / Event : Sandle Church
|
 |
The entrance to the Sandle Church.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Cappadocia
District : Goreme National Park
Site / Event : Sandle Church
|
 |
Steps lead to the main part of the church.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Cappadocia
District : Goreme National Park
|
 |
Pathways link the villages and the churches.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Cappadocia
District : Goreme National Park
Site / Event : St Barbara's Church
|
 |
The 8th century St Barbara's Church is carved out of the soft rock and painted with Christian symbols at a time when images of people were banned.
|
1986 |
| Turkey |
Region : Cappadocia
District : Goreme National Park
|
 |
One of the many churches in the region.
|
1986 |
