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Pilgrims at Chartres Cathedral on Pentecost
These pilgrims had walked 63 miles from Paris to celebrate Pentecost at Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres in France.
The chapel at Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
The impressive Eleanor of Aquitaine was buried here in 1204; her husband, Henry II of England; her son, Richard the Lionheart; and his wife, Alice, are also interred here.
Notre Dame in Paris
This photograph of the ancient cathedral was taken from the Seine below.
L’Església de Sant Bartomeu in Xàbia
This beautiful church dates back to the 14th century, but most of it was built in the 1500s.
The monastery Santa María de la Valldigna
The ruins of a monastery at Valldigna. Founded by monks in 1297 and empty since 1835, the monastery is tucked into the hills of the Valencia region.
Santa Maria del Mar
Also known as Barcelona's Cathedral of the Sea, this church was built throughout the 1300s by the sailors and fishermen of the neighborhood.
Inside Sagrada Familia by Gaudi
This still-unfinished building (as of 2015) was begun in the 1880s. Architect Antoni Gaudi died in 1926 without seeing its completion.
A door at Sagrada Familia
The architectural styles in this cathedral range from modern to abstract to traditional in a somehow cohesive and breathtaking fashion.
The Annakirche, or St. Anne's Church, in Vienna
The chapel dates from 1320 (it's off a small street in the city center) and was “Baroquified” in the 16th and 17th centuries. The frescoes by Daniel Gran were painted in the early 1700s. The entire space was amazing, and a reminder that the roads…
The town of Messina
In the foreground is a statue honoring earthquake victims from 1908 in front of the town hall at Piazza Unione Europea. A view of Tempio Votivo di Cristo Re, or Temple Votive Christ the King church, is in the background.