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Churches, Mosques and other religious buildings from around the world. |
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 | Gospa od Skrpjela (church of Our Lady of the Rock), is actually a man-made island that took hundreds of years to complete. It is said that in 1452 an icon was found by fishermen from Perast on a rock in the Bay of Kotor. The icon began performing miracles, and they vowed to build a church dedicated to the icon on the spot it was found.
When sailors would return safely from a voya... |  | 05/03/2007 | 265 | 
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 | Placemarks of the major churches in Cork City and a link to images and detailed description on Buildings of ireland website | | 04/27/2007 | 197 |
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 | The Jumeirah Grand Mosque was built by order of His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the late ruler of Dubai and is one of the largest and most beautiful mosques in Dubai. Construction of the mosque began in 1975 and was completed in 1978. The mosque is built in the Islamic Fatimy style and has a capacity to house 1,200 worshippers.
http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1285571025... | | 04/19/2007 | 179 |
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 | Originally opened in 1900, the Grand Mosque was rebuilt (in 1998) in traditional Islamic architectural style and houses 1200 worshippers at once. It has nine large domes and 45 smaller ones.
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=107770
http://www.istc.org/sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=112271 | | 04/18/2007 | 133 |
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 | This is the headquarters for the Islamic Society of North America located in Plainfield Indiana. When Mike Tyson had finished serving his time for a rape conviction this was the first place he went to. It was a short drive since he had been incarcerated at the Plainfield Youth center. Which was not as it's name would imply a prison for youthful offenders but a high level security prison housing... | | 03/19/2007 | 168 |
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 | The photograph was taken, possibly on 17th October 1918 of Norwich Cathedral as an aerial recon exercise. | | 03/14/2007 | 168 |
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 | The present cathedral of Aarhus was constructed between 1449 and 1500. It is dedicated to the patron saint of sailors, St. Clemens. | | 03/12/2007 | 136 |
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 | Every year hundreds of thousands of people go to Lourdes in southwest France to claim a hope of healing at the cave below the basilica from different illnesses or just feel the spirit of the holy Bernadette.
Bernadette was a franch girl who in 1856 should have seen a woman in white near the Grotte Massabielle. inside the cave is a spring that should have appeared after the sighting. This... | | 03/10/2007 | 293 |
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 | Previously the Viking capital of Denmark, today Jelling is a small village. It is the site of the burial mounds of King Gorm the Old of Denmark and his wife Thyra, parents of King Harald Bluetooth. | | 03/07/2007 | 129 |
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 | The old Hojerup Church was build of chalk stones from the cliff in 1250 to 1300 and was far away from the cliff. Because of erosion during time the church came closer to the cliff and 1928 the chansel and parts of the church yard fell down. But the church was allready closed in 1910.
Today the church is secured and open to public with a great view over the Baltic Sea. | | 03/04/2007 | 153 |
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 | A large collection of Buddhist temples and monasteries from around the world. |  | 02/26/2007 | 335 |
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 | Wat Thai Of Los Angeles, originally known as "Theravada Buddhist Center", is the largest Thai Theravada Buddhist Temple in the United States.
Wat Thai is located near the Hollywood Freeway (170) at the crossing of Roscoe Blvd. and Coldwater Canyon Ave. The temple stands as a tribute to Thai architecture in California, because it is the Thai Buddhist temple in the U.S. ... | | 02/22/2007 | 152 |
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 | The Hill of Crosses (Lithuanian: Kryių Kalnas) is a site of pilgrimage near the city of iauliai, in northern Lithuania. The first crosses were placed on the former hill fort in the 14th century. Over the centuries, not only crosses, but giant crucifixes, carvings of Lithuanian patriots, statues of the Virgin Mary and thousands of tiny effigies and rosaries have been brought here by Catho... |  | 02/13/2007 | 352 |
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 | The Fo Guang Shan He Hua Buddhist temple is the biggest in Europe and was opened in september 2000 by Queen Beatrix.
Fo Guan Shan mean "Buddha's Light Mountain" and is a Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order that has gained a worldwide presence. He is a short form of the chinese word Helan and means Netherlands and Hua means Lotusflower.
So He Hua means Lotusflo... | | 02/10/2007 | 120 |
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 | This 229 foot steeple sits on top of the First Baptist Church of Huntsville,AL. | | 01/29/2007 | 180 |
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 | The only autonom Monks Republic of the world is located in northern Greece. Although most of the area ist still in low resolution, I did my best, to locate all the 20 monasteries of the peninsula of Mount Athos. |  | 01/21/2007 | 445 |
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 | The church St Michael in Tüntenhausen. | | 01/21/2007 | 97 |
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 | Ruins of Simeons monastery Syria
Ruinen des Simeons Kloster Syrien | | 01/21/2007 | 173 |
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 | The Salvation Armys International Headquarters, at 101 Newington Causeway in London, has been nominated for a New London Architecture New Building Award. The building is clad in glass, and its opening took place in 2004. Even in the previous version of Google Earth, it was in building work. | | 01/21/2007 | 98 |
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 | This is a version 4 Google Earth download. I have oriented the view for each temple so that the image will follow the orientation of the airplane. With the exception of the Tuxtla Gutierrez temple in Southern Mexico, I am pretty sure that I have exact locations for all temples, including ones that are under construction. This includes low res areas. Enjoy !!! | | 01/19/2007 | 418 |
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 | Al Aksa & Al Sakhrah Mosque, Jerusalem. In the same compound you see the mosque with golden dome, that is masjid Al Sakhrah or the Dome of the Rock. | | 01/18/2007 | 267 |
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 | Set deep in the Cheshire countryside lies the Village of Daresbury; only a few minutes from Warrington. It is well known for its connection with Alice in Wonderland and author Lewis Carroll. At the centre of the Village is All Saints Church that was built around 1870, the first stone church was built on the same site around 1550. Inside this beautiful Church are the stained glass Lewis Carroll ... | | 01/17/2007 | 96 |
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 | John Knox (1514?1572) was a Scottish religious reformer who took the lead in reforming the Church in Scotland along Calvinist lines. He is widely regarded as the father of the Protestant Reformation in Scotland and of the Church of Scotland. He died in Edinburgh on November 24, 1572.
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 | St Giles' Cathedral is the historic City Church of Edinburgh with its famed crown spire on the Royal Mile between Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh, it is Presbyterianism's Mother Church and contains the Chapel of the Order of the Thistle.
http://www.stgilescathedral.org.uk/ | | 01/06/2007 | 108 |
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 | Greyfriars Kirk is one of the oldest surviving buildings built outside the Old Town of Edinburgh, having been begun in 1602 and completed c. 1620. It sits to the south of the Grassmarket. |  | 01/03/2007 | 111 |
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