Sacred Places
39 places found
ChristianityAlbenga Cathedral
, Italy
A medieval Roman Catholic cathedral in Liguria, Italy, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel and serving as seat of the Diocese of Albenga-Imperia.
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ChristianityAlexander Nevsky Cathedral
, Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky in Sofia, a vast neo-Byzantine landmark and one of the largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings in the world.
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ChristianityAltamura Cathedral
, Italy
A thirteenth-century Roman Catholic cathedral in Apulia, southern Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a Hohenstaufen 'palatine' church.
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ChristianityBolnisi Sioni
, Georgia
A late-fifth-century Georgian Orthodox basilica in Bolnisi — the oldest surviving church building in Georgia, famed for its early Georgian-script inscriptions.
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ChristianityCathedral Basilica of St. Mary
, Romania
A Roman Catholic cathedral basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary — a name shared by several historic cathedral churches in Latin America and Europe.
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ChristianityCathedral of Ani
, Turkey
The eleventh-century Armenian Apostolic cathedral of the ruined Bagratid capital of Ani in eastern Turkey — the largest standing building of that lost medieval city.
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ChristianityCathedral of Christ the Saviour
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Moscow's great Russian Orthodox cathedral on the bank of the Moskva River — built, demolished under Soviet rule, and raised again in the 1990s as a memorial of national gratitude.
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ChristianityChurch of the Holy Sepulchre
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The fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, traditionally enclosing both the place of Christ's crucifixion at Golgotha and the empty tomb of his Resurrection.
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ChristianityEichstätt Cathedral
, Germany
The Catholic cathedral of Eichstätt in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Willibald, and Saint Salvator, with origins in the eighth century.
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ChristianityEisenstadt Cathedral
, Austria
The Roman Catholic cathedral of Eisenstadt in Burgenland, Austria — Saint Martin's Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours — and seat of the bishop of Eisenstadt since the founding of the diocese in 1960.
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ChristianityEssen Minster
, Germany
Essen Minster, also called Essen Cathedral since 1958, is the Roman Catholic seat of the Bishop of Essen in western Germany, dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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ChristianityFlorence Cathedral
, Italy
Florence Cathedral, the Duomo di Firenze, is the mother church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Tuscany, formally dedicated as Santa Maria del Fiore in honour of the Virgin Mary.
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