Christianity

Church of San Miguel de Lillo

Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Consecrated in 848 by King Ramiro I and his wife Paterna as the chapel of their Monte Naranco palace complex, San Miguel de Lillo survives today only as its western third...

Church of Sant Antoni de Portmany

Sant Antoni de Portmany, Balearic Islands, Spain

Overlooking the harbor at the heart of Sant Antoni de Portmany, this fortified parish church has stood since the early 14th century, when the Archbishop of Tarragona...

Church of Sant Francesc Xavier

Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain

The parish church of Sant Francesc Xavier is the plain, thick-walled heart of Formentera's capital, raised between 1726 and the late 1730s to serve a resettled island...

Church of Sant Miquel de Balansat

Sant Miquel de Balansat, Balearic Islands, Spain

The Church of Sant Miquel de Balansat is an active Roman Catholic parish dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel....

Church of Santa Maria de Marvila

Santarém, Santarém, Portugal

Behind a restrained Manueline doorway in Santarém's old town, Santa Maria de Marvila hides an interior almost entirely resurfaced in seventeenth-century azulejo tile — a...

Church of Santa María del Naranco

Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Commissioned around 842 by King Ramiro I of Asturias as the ceremonial hall of his hillside palace, this two-story loggia building later became a Catholic church dedicated...

Church of Santa Maria do Olival

Tomar, Santarém, Portugal

Founded by Gualdim Pais, the Templar master who established Tomar itself, Santa Maria do Olival served as the Order's spiritual seat and burial pantheon in Portugal....

Church of Santa Maria Madalena da Falperra

Braga, Braga, Portugal

On a ridge above Braga, a granite Baroque facade rises where a medieval chapel once stood — rebuilt after the 1755 earthquake into one of André Soares's most celebrated...

Church of São Bento da Vitória

Porto, Porto, Portugal

Built from 1604 by the Portuguese Benedictine Congregation on the site of Porto's former Jewish quarter, São Bento da Vitória remains a consecrated church known for its...

Church of São João Baptista, Tomar

Tomar, Santarém, Portugal

Facing the statue of the Templar founder of Tomar across the Praça da República, the Church of São João Baptista has served as the town's Igreja Matriz since the fifteenth...

Church of São Pedro de Rates

Póvoa de Varzim, Porto, Portugal

São Pedro de Rates marks the point where the Coastal and Central routes of the Camino Português converge before continuing toward Barcelos and Santiago de Compostela....

Church of São Roque

Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Founded in 1506 as a plague-relief shrine and built from 1553 as the first Jesuit church in the Portuguese world, São Roque hides its Baroque wealth behind a deliberately...

Church of St Anne, Lazdijai

Lazdijai, Lazdijai, Lazdijai District Municipality, Lithuania

Church of St Anne, Lazdijai is a documented church in Lazdijai, Lazdijai District Municipality, Lithuania, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Church of St Frideswide, Oxford, England

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

In the Latin Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral, fragments of stone reassembled after 400 years form the reconstructed shrine of St Frideswide, the woman who founded...

Church of St George at Kostoľany pod Tribečom

Kostoľany pod Tribečom, Kostoľany pod Tribečom, Nitra Region, Slovakia

Church of St George at Kostoľany pod Tribečom is a documented church in Kostoľany pod Tribečom, Slovakia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Church of St George at St John the New Monastery

Inside St. John the New Monastery, Romania

Suceava, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of Saint George at Saint John the New Monastery is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of St Gunther at Dobrá Voda

Dobrá Voda (Hartmanice), Dobrá Voda (Hartmanice), Plzeň Region, Czechia

Church of St Gunther at Dobrá Voda is a documented church in Dobrá Voda (Hartmanice), Plzeň Region, Czechia, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Church of St Ignatius Loyola, Šiauliai

Šiauliai, Šiauliai, Šiauliai County, Lithuania

Church of St Ignatius Loyola, Šiauliai is a documented church in Šiauliai, Šiauliai County, Lithuania, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Church of St Jean du Grund (Black Madonna of Grund)

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Nestled in the ancient Grund valley beneath Luxembourg's fortress walls, the Church of St Jean du Grund houses one of Europe's most evocative Black Madonnas....

Church of St Margaret of Antioch at Kopčany

Kopčany, Kopčany, Trnava Region, Slovakia

Church of St Margaret of Antioch at Kopčany is a documented church in Kopčany, Slovakia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Church of St Martha-on-the-Hill

Chilworth, England, United Kingdom

St Martha-on-the-Hill is an active Anglican church at the summit of a 574-foot Surrey hilltop, standing where pilgrims have paused since the Norman era. Foot access only....

Church of St Matthew the Evangelist, Rokiškis

Rokiškis, Rokiškis, Panevėžys County, Lithuania

Church of St Matthew the Evangelist, Rokiškis is a documented church in Rokiškis, Panevėžys County, Lithuania, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Church of St Nicholas at Probota Monastery

Probota / Dolhasca, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of Saint Nicholas at Probota Monastery is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of St. Aignan, Chartres

Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France

Hidden among the houses near Chartres' famous cathedral, the Church of St. Aignan represents something the cathedral cannot offer: intimacy....

Church of St. Catherine with Black virgin of Brussel

Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium

In the heart of Brussels' former harbor district, the Church of St. Catherine shelters one of Belgium's most revered Black Madonnas....

Church of St. George and mosque of El Khidr, Lod (Lynda), Israel

Lod, Central District, Israel

In Lod, the ancient Lydda, a Greek Orthodox church and an Islamic mosque stand wall-to-wall over the venerated tomb of St. George and Al-Khidr....

Church of St. George, Georgenberg

Stans, Tyrol, Austria

Perched on a rocky outcrop rising one hundred meters above the Stallental valley in the Austrian Alps, St. Georgenberg is the oldest extant monastery in Tyrol....

Church of St. Mary and St. Edwin, Evesham, England

Wychavon, England, United Kingdom

In the center of Evesham, a Gothic Revival church carries forward a devotion that Henry VIII tried to end....

Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Ayın Biri Kilisesi), Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

At the edge of Istanbul's Byzantine walls, a small church marks one of Christianity's most storied Marian shrines....

Church of St. Mary’s

Cotswold District, England, United Kingdom

In a quiet Cotswold valley, a medieval church carries the mark of the Knights Templar....

Church of St. Nicholas of Outremeuse (Black Virgin)

Liège, Liege, Belgium

In the heart of Outremeuse, an island neighborhood of Liege, a life-size Black Virgin has been venerated for nearly five centuries....

Church of St. Pierre, Antakya

Hatay, Hatay, Turkey

The Church of Saint Peter at Antakya uses a natural cave with a built façade. Türkiye’s heritage authorities connect it with the early Christian community of Antioch....

Church of St. Stanislaus, Berzoras

Beržoras, Plungė, Lithuania

Between two lakes in Žemaitija National Park stands one of Lithuania's oldest wooden churches, built where a miraculous painting of the Virgin Mary repeatedly returned to...

Church of the Apostles, Madaba

Madaba, Madaba, Madaba Governorate, Jordan

Church of the Apostles, Madaba is a documented archaeological site in Madaba, Madaba Governorate, Jordan, connected with Christianity....

Church of the Apparition of Mary at Strunjan

Strunjan, Strunjan, Piran Municipality / Coastal-Karst, Slovenia

Church of the Apparition of Mary at Strunjan is a documented church in Strunjan, Slovenia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, Handel

Handel, Handel, North Brabant, Netherlands

Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, Handel is a documented church in Handel, North Brabant, Netherlands, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Marija Bistrica, Krapina-Zagorje, Croatia

Marija Bistrica houses Croatia's most revered sacred image: a wooden Black Madonna that was twice concealed in the church walls to protect it from Ottoman raiders and...

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Humor Monastery

Mănăstirea Humorului, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin at Humor Monastery is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Alksnenai

Stirnėnai, Vilkaviškis, Lithuania

In the Suvalkija countryside, the wooden Church of the Assumption in Alksnėnai shelters a miraculous crowned statue of the Virgin Mary and a collection of 18th-century...

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Pivasiunai

Pivašiūnai, Alytus District Municipality, Lithuania

Perched on a hill surrounded by ancient pines and birches, the Church of the Assumption in Pivašiūnai shelters a miraculous 17th-century painting crowned with papal crowns...

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic

Stará Boleslav, Stará Boleslav, Central Bohemian Region, Czechia

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Stará Boleslav is a documented church in Stará Boleslav, Central Bohemian Region, Czechia, connected with Roman Catholic...

Church of the Beheading of St John the Baptist of Arbore

Arbore, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist at Arbore is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Black Madonna

Letnicë, Viti, Kosovo

High in Kosovo's Karadak hills, the Roman Catholic sanctuary of Letnica holds the Black Madonna, a darkened wooden Virgin believed to work miracles....

Church of the Dormition, Labovë e Kryqit

Labovë e Kryqit, Labovë e Kryqit, Libohovë Municipality, Gjirokastër County, Albania

Church of the Dormition, Labovë e Kryqit is a documented church in Labovë e Kryqit, Libohovë Municipality, Gjirokastër County, Albania, connected with Christianity....

Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Raška District, Serbia

Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is a documented church in Novi Pazar, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Church of the Holy Cross

Rauma, Satakunta, Finland

Rauma's Church of the Holy Cross is a medieval fieldstone church first associated with a Franciscan friary and now serving a Lutheran parish....

Church of the Holy Cross at Pătrăuți

Pătrăuți, Suceava County, Romania

The Church of the Holy Cross at Pătrăuți is an exact component of UNESCO’s Churches of Moldavia....

Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs

Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria

The Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs is a medieval royal church at the foot of Tsarevets, now presented through the Regional Museum of History in Veliko Tarnovo....