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"Church of the Nativity." (Bethlehem, Palestinian territories).
"View of the Church of the Nativity, a Christian church traditionally believed to be built over Jesus' birthplace. Currently administered by a coalition of Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic clerics, the site is sacred to all followers of Christianity and Islam. Bethlehem, British Mandate of Palestine (West Bank, Middle East), circa 1942" ("Church of the Nativity"). -
Jan 1, 1106
"Gelati Monastery." (Georgia).
"Gelati monastery, Georgia, near Kutaisi, the monastic settlement of 12th century gelati is located, its dome church and belltower reflect the architectural principles of the ancient academy" ("Gelatti Monastery"). -
Jan 1, 1211
"Reims Cathedral." (France)
"Notre-Dame de Reims, the Reims Cathedral, showing damage suffered during World War II, circa 1946" ("Reims Cathedral"). -
Jan 1, 1386
"Milan Cathedral." (Italy).
"Milan's great Gothic cathedral lies at the heart of the northern Italian city, both literally and metaphorically, but it was a building project that took some 500 years to reach fruition" ("Milan Cathedral"). -
Jan 1, 1453
"Hagia Sophia." (Istanbul, Turkey).
"Hagia Sophia stands on the site of an earlier basilican church erected by Constantius II in 360, some 30 years after Byzantium had become the capital of the Roman Empire. This church was burned in 404 and rebuilt by Theodosius II in 415, only to be again destroyed by fire in 532. The present structure, which is entirely fireproof, was built in 532–37 by Emperor Justinian from designs of his imperial architects Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus" ("Hagia Sophia"). -
Jan 1, 1506
"St. Peter’s Basilica." (Rome, Italy).
"St. Peter's Basilica begun by Pope Julius II in 1506 and completed in 1615 under Paul V. It is designed as a three-aisled Latin cross with a dome at the crossing, directly above the high altar, which covers the shrine of St. Peter the Apostle. The edifice—the church of the popes—is a major pilgrimage site" ("St. Peter's Basilica"). -
Jan 1, 1555
"Saint Basil’s Cathedral." (Moscow, Russia).
"St. Basil's Cathedral (16th Century) was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible and built on the edge of Red Square between 1555 and 1561. The cathedral was built to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's successful military campaign against the Tartar Mongols in 1552 in the besieged city of Kazan. Moscow, Russia.
Most Famous Churches In The World: Saint Basil's Cathedral, Moscow" ("Saint Basil's Cathedral"). -
"St Paul’s Cathedral." (London, England).
"The new fibre glass spire in place atop the former St Augustine's Church which adjoins St Paul's and is to be the Cathedral's new choir school. The 35-ft spire, which conforms to the architect's original design, was hoisted into position on the Wren church. Scaffolding still surrounds St Paul's which has been undergoing extensive cleaning" ("St. Paul's Cathedral"). -
"Meteora Monastery." (Greece)
"View of the monastic complex as it sits on the top of one of the natural rock piers of the Meteora. The two domes of the monastic church are visible above the tile roofs. The monastery conforms to the undulations of the rock surface on which it sits. The snow-covered slopes of the Pindus Mountains are visible in the background" ("Meteora Monastery"). -
"St. Catherine's Monastery." (Egypt).
"St. Catherine's Monastery, located at the foot of Mount Moses in the Sinai of Egypt. Built by order or Emperor Justinian I between 527 and 565 AD, the monastery is one of the oldest in the world" ("St. Catherine's Monastery"). -
"Saint Mark’s Basilica." (Venice, Italy).
"St. Mark's Basilica, church in Venice that was begun in its original form in 829 (consecrated in 832) as an ecclesiastical structure to house and honour the remains of St. Mark that had been brought from Alexandria. San Marco Basilica, built beside the Palazzo Ducale, or Doges’ Palace, also served as the doge’s chapel. It did not become the cathedral church of Venice until 1807" (Saint Mark's Basilica"). -
"Church of the Holy Sepulchre." (Jerusalem, Israel).
"The Church of the Holy Sepulchre lies in the northwest quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Constantine the Great first built a church on the site. It was dedicated about ad 336, burned by the Persians in 614, restored by Modestus (the abbot of the monastery of Theodosius, 616–626), destroyed by the caliph al-Ḥākim Bī-Amr Allāh about 1009, and restored by the Byzantine emperor Constantine Monomachus. The present church dates mainly from 1810" ("Church of the Holy Sepulchre"). -
"St James' Cathedral." (Toronto, Canada).
"Embedded in the wall in the porch of St. James' Cathedral on Church Street; the Tombstone of John Ridout; who was killed in 1817 in last fatal duel in Toronto; was originally in the church's graveyard. The walls are made from a special cement, which contain titanium dioxide, so it destroys air pollution" ("St. James' Cathedral"). -
"Notre Dame de Paris." (Paris, France).
"Notre Dame de Paris: reconstruction of the building at different periods of its construction, from the end of the twelfth to the thirteenth century. The building under demolition in front of the facade is the church of St. Etienne, of Constantine style" ("Notre Dame de Paris"). -
"Seville Cathedral." (Spain).
"A Moorish style entrance to Seville Cathedral in southern Spain. Rising on the left is the Giralda, the cathedral's bell tower, which once served as a muslim minaret" ("Seville Cathedral"). -
"Cathedral of Rome." (Italy).
"Church of St John Lateran, Rome known as the Cathedral of Rome. Built in the 4th century and remodelled between 1642 - 1660 in the Baroque style by Francesco Borromini" ("Catheral of Rome"). -
"Cologne Cathedral." (Germany).
"A 19th century drawing of Cologne Cathedral. Construction began in 1181, initially as a shrine to house the relics of the Three Wise Men who attended Christ's birth. It took over six hundred years to complete" ("Cologne Cathedral"). -
"St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom)." (Vienna, Austria, Europe).
"Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, also called Stephansdom. Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna. The cathedral in Vienna that was burned out in the course of the Battle of Vienna in April 1945 and was reconstructed by 1952. Saint Stephen’s was established in 1147; only the west facade remains of the late Romanesque edifice that burned in 1258. A Gothic nave was built from 1304 to 1450, with a Gothic tower and spire on the south transept completed in 1433" ("St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom)"). -
"Sagrada Familia." (Barcelona, Spain).
"The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia (Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family) or Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, circa 1950. It was designed by Antoni Gaudi in the early 20th century and its construction continues nearly 100 years later" ("Sagrada Familia"). -
"Westminster Abbey." (London, England).
"12th September 1953: Corrosion and damage caused to the stonework of Westminster Abbey, London, by soot and pollution" ("Westminster Abbey").
