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Churches, Mosques and other religious buildings from around the world. |
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 | This is the place of the Padre Cicero Statue (Estátua de Pe. Cícero), in Juazeiro do Norte, CE - Brasil. |  | 12/01/2005 | 151 | 
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 | This rectangular building is a museum dedicated to Saint François. The museum is held by franciscans. It is part of the notre-dame church and the franciscan monastery. | | 11/29/2005 | 77 |
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 | Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is Tallinn’s largest and grandest cupola cathedral.
The large, richly decorated Orthodox church, in mixed historicist style, was built on Toompea Hill in 1900, when Estonia was part of the Russian tsarist empire. The architect of the church was Mikhail Preobrazhenski from St. Petersburg. The church is dedicated to the Prince of Novgorod, Alexander Yaro... |  | 11/29/2005 | 201 |
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 | This is a high resolution overlay of the Indonesian Borobudur. The Borobudur is a large square-based stupa 40km to the north west of Yogyakarta, in a volcanic region on the Indonesian island of Java. I hope you enjoy |  | 11/28/2005 | 2,497 |
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 | The Wat Chiang Man was built in 1297. It was the first temple to be built in Chiang Mai and contains several very old artifacts. | | 11/28/2005 | 190 |
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 | Saint-Jean Cathedral, Lyon, France. |  | 11/23/2005 | 130 |
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 | Nécroplole of the French kings. Almost all the kings of France are buried there. | | 11/23/2005 | 162 |
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 | A large stone circle in the Grampian region of Scotland. The recumbent stone circle has a large stone slab aligned to the SSW, in line with the major southern moonset, flanked by two tall stones (known as flankers) with the rest of the stones in the circle being graded in size around to the smallest opposite the recumbent. There is a ring cairn within the circle.
The stone circle is thou... | | 11/22/2005 | 139 |
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 | The american cathedral in Paris. http://www.americancathedral.org | | 11/21/2005 | 122 |
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 | S.Carlo da Sezze is a magnificent church in rome's suburbs | | 11/17/2005 | 89 |
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 | Church in Rome | | 11/17/2005 | 94 |
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 | This little building that looks like a farmer house is in reality an old chapel consecrated to saint Anne. When you say "Anne" in the region of Bretagne, all the people would directly think about Anne of Bretagne, who was the duchess of Bretagne from 1488 to 1514.
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 | The beautiful Moghul-style Badshahi Mosque, one of the largest mosques in the world – almost as magnificent as the Taj Mahal in India.
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 | It is one of the masterpieces of the Romanesque Spanish art. In the century X already Baptizer existed as church of San Juan, reconstructed by Fernando I and dona Sancha in 1063. Later, Alfonso VI and his(her,your) daughter dona Urraca extended it up to his(her,your) current condition(state). The apses of the XIth century remain, the walls of the cruise and the part it(he,she) goes down the int... | | 11/05/2005 | 119 |
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 | When standing on one of the hills surrounding the center of Brussels, one can always see the dome of the Basilica in Western direction.
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart (situated in the Suburb of Koekelberg) is labeled "the national Basilica of Belgium". It was built to remember the 75th anniversary of the Belgian independence.
In 1905 king Leopold II lai... | | 11/05/2005 | 200 |
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 | Late 11th-early 12th century Church in Milan. Beautiful building. | | 11/05/2005 | 132 |
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 | 365 years ago the inhabitants of the bavarian village Oberammergau promised to play the passion of Christ every 10 years, if they remained exempted from the plague which raged at that time in Europe. The last Passion Play took place in the year 2000. | | 10/29/2005 | 201 |
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 | Masjid an-Nabawi in al-Medinah (Medina), Saudi Arabia | | 10/29/2005 | 954 |
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 | Shwe Dagon Pagoda - Yangon, Myanmar
The holy golden monument, Shwe Dagon Pagoda is the most sacred site in Myanmar; stand on the hill to north part of central Yangon. According to legends, originally stupa was built for the house of eight hairs of Buddha 2500 years before. Later it has been rebuilt many times bigger and more splendid reflected religious people. Now we can see the huge st... |  | 10/28/2005 | 416 |
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 | The House of Virgin Mary Selcuk IZMIR TURKEY on July 3rd 2005. Projection is not perfect but best I could do for now. Greetings to friends who made this flight possible. They are MY,YY,SB and Pilot C. Thanks for looking.
For More info
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Mary's Ephesian residence rests on the following evidence:
(1) A p... | | 10/24/2005 | 407 |
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 | The city of mount Athos is situated in the entire third, eastern and most beautiful peninsula of Halkidiki, called the peninsula of Athos. It is the only place in Greece, that is completely dedicated to prayer and worship of God.
For this reason, it is called the Holy Mount. The Holy Mount is about 50 km in length, 8 to 12 km in width and it covers an area of about 350 square kilometres. | | 10/24/2005 | 480 |
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 | The Toji temple was founded in 823 A.D. by order of Emperor Saga. The temple's formal name is Kyo-o Gokoku-ji, but it is commonly known as Toji, the name meaning East Temple. The pagoda of Toji stands 57 m high, and is the tallest wooden tower in Japan. | | 10/23/2005 | 211 |
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 | The Etz Ahayim Synagogue dates from the 17th century
(see also "Synagogues of Galata"). |  | 10/21/2005 | 203 |
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 | The Basilica of St. Apollinaire In Classe was begun about 530 A.D. and consecrated in 549 A.D. | | 10/19/2005 | 127 |
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 | The conquest of the Canary Island by the Kingdom of Spain started at the beginning of 15th century, and the construction of the Cathedral of Santa Ana, in the city of Las Palmas (Gran Canaria island) begun in 15th century, but took many years to finish. It presents Gothic interior and neoclassicist exterior. The Cathedral´s Patio de Los Naranjos (Orange Tree Courtyard) is an architectural gem | 10/19/2005 | 141 |
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