Religious, Spiritual sights in Europe
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St Mary's Church
Peek inside medieval St Mary's Church, which has one of the highest spires in England and the astonishingly vivid Jesse window of rare mid-14th-century glass.
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Cathedral
The 16th-century cathedral has an unfinished facade. Above the high altar is a lovely triptych by Taddeo da Bartolo depicting the Assumption.
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Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul
Near the round tower, to the southeast, is the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul with a 10th-century nave. The chancel and sacristy date from the 12th century.
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Chapel of St Nicholas
On the promontory is the pre-14th-century Chapel of St Nicholas, patron saint of children and sailors, and the oldest (and certainly smallest) church in St Ives.
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Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church is Finland’s oldest, completed in 1785 by Russian soldiers. It features a glittering iconostasis and other saintly portraits.
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Monastery
The Monastery adjoining the Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista is known as much for the oils and unguents that its monks produce, as for its Renaissance cloisters.
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Grosser Rathaus Saal
The Grosser Rathaus Saal has wonderful murals by local artist Ferdinand Wagner, showing scenes from Passau's history with a melodramatic flourish.
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Minorite Monastery
Down the hill from Krumlov Chateau is the Minorite Monastery. At the time of writing it was closed for refurbishment. Check with Infocentrum for the current status.
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Blue Mosque
The red-brick Blue Mosque isn’t very blue at all but makes a useful landmark when approaching the Möminə Xatun area by marshrutka.
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Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate
East of the Ponte Vecchio is the little Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate, focus of a town festival dedicated to the saint on 16 and 17 January and again at Carnevale time.
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Church of St John the Baptist
The faded but still candy-striped Church of St John the Baptist dates back to 717, this Byzantine building is Ukraine’s oldest surviving church.
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Church of Bucur the Shepherd
Other churches that miraculously survived the 1980s demolition include the Church of Bucur the Shepherd, dating from 1743 and dedicated to the city's legendary founder.
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Chiesa di San Francesco
Along Via dei Rossi, is Chiesa di San Francesco, with its vast single nave. It's suffered over the years - from a devastating 17th-century fire and use as army barracks.
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La Moreneta
Perched at Montserrat is a monastery and 12th-century chapel built to house La Moreneta, a statue found nearby and venerated by hundreds of thousands of people each year.
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Turkish-style mosque
Şahidlər Xiyabani has a fine new Turkish-style mosque and at the edge of the gardens there's a viewpoint offering some splendid views across the bay and city.
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Parish Church of St John
The Parish Church of St John at Castle Hill (Vár-domb), from where you can enjoy views of the town, is all that's left of the site of a fortress built in the Middle Ages.
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Iglesia de San Andrés
The direct route to the Alcázar from Plaza Mayor is via Calle Marqués del Arco. About halfway along you pass a Romanesque church, the Iglesia de San Andrés.
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St Patrick's Church
Almost everything commercial in Trim is on or near Market St. That huge steeple you see just south belongs to St Patrick's Church, parts of which date to the 15th century.
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Újlaki Synagogue
Tucked away in an apartment block is the Újlaki Synagogue, built in 1888 on the site of an older prayer house and the only functioning synagogue left on the Buda side.
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Reichekapelle
Only open in the afternoon. This chapel was reserved for court residents in the reign of the Wittelsbachs - the Bavarian rulers who lived in the Residenz from 1385 to 1918s.
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Armenian Church
Along B-dul Carol I, east of Piaţa Universităţii, is the alabaster Armenian Church, which originally dates from 1781 (though this church was built in 1915).
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White Mosque
The Zaistochye district was historically the ‘Tatar’ Muslim quarter. Its unusual, whitewashed 19th-century White Mosque is now fully renovated.
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Church of the Assumption
The tiny Church of the Assumption, built in 1923 over a ruined 14th-century church, is usually closed, but it's very pretty with blue-painted bas-reliefs decorating its sides.
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Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs
Up the steps from the Basilique St-Michel Archange is apricot-coloured Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, built in 1689, which has an ornate trompe l'œil cupola inside.
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All Saints' Church
This 18th-century baroque church features a carved and painted 15th-century rood screen and a wooden late-18th-century pietà besides a wealth of local religious paintings.
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