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Churches, Mosques and other religious buildings from around the world. |
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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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 | This is a recently constructed mosque of great size in classical Ottoman design with four minarets. Built between 1967 and 1987 in the Kocatepe quarter, its size and prominent situation have made it a landmark. |  | 11/07/2005 | 395 |
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 | This was the first Turkish mosque built after the conquest. The main building was completed in seven years (1463-1470).
The architect Atic Sinan built the largest kulliye in Ottoman Art History. The kulliye consisted of medreses, Kervansaray, hamam, a hospital, baths, a kitchen for the poor, a library, and a Koranic school. The Kulliye has been preserved in its original form. The origin... |  | 11/07/2005 | 250 |
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 | One of the oldest mosques in the city and the oldest surviving imperial mosque, Beyazit Camii was built between 1501 and 1506 using materials taken from Theodosius's Forum of Tauri, on which it was built. | | 11/07/2005 | 238 |
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 | Sultan Suleyman the Magnificant commissioned the Suleymaniye Mosque, which was designed by Architect Sinan and built between the dates 1550-1557. This mosque is the central piece of a kulliya, which crowns one of the seven hills of the world's most beautiful city, Istanbul. This complex of buildings comprises a madrasa, a medical madrasa and hospital (dar'us sifa), a dining hall (dar'us ziyafe)... | | 11/07/2005 | 310 |
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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 | 149 |
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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 | 258 |
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 | Late 11th-early 12th century Church in Milan. Beautiful building. |  | 11/05/2005 | 171 |
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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 | 254 |
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 | Masjid an-Nabawi in al-Medinah (Medina), Saudi Arabia | | 10/29/2005 | 1,041 |
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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 | 791 |
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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.
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Mary's Ephesian residence rests on the following evidence:
(1) A p... | | 10/24/2005 | 464 |
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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 | 587 |
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 | On the Tavole Palatin hill stands the ruins of a 6th century B.C. Greek Temple dedicated to the godess Hera. Only 15 Doric columns of the original 32 are still standing. | | 10/24/2005 | 251 |
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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 | 264 |
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 | The Etz Ahayim Synagogue dates from the 17th century
(see also "Synagogues of Galata"). | | 10/21/2005 | 243 |
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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 | 177 |
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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 | 190 |
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 | Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral, mother church for the Diocese of Chester, north-west England. It is built on Anglo-Saxon foundations dating back to 907. |  | 10/18/2005 | 209 |
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 | The Primada de América cathedral, the first in the New World, is the most important monument in Santo Domingo. It was constructed from 1514 to 1546. | | 10/18/2005 | 332 |
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 | saint antioco church |  | 10/17/2005 | 580 |
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 | As recently as the late 20th century, Galata rang with the songs and street-games of Jewish children speaking Judeo-Spanish.
Today most of Istanbul's Jews live in more desirable residential quarters, though Galata's synagogues are still in use. | | 10/13/2005 | 315 |
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 | This is a Romanesque-Gothic 12th century cathedral with many ancient artefacts inside. The gardens of the cathedral are very pleasant and contain orange trees. Archaeology done on the cathedral site has proved that there was a Roman temple and then an Arab mosque here before the cathedral was built.
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 | The Basillica of Saint Therese is where the remains of Saint Therese are buried. | | 10/11/2005 | 157 |
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