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Sacred Buildings
Around the world, spiritual beliefs have inspired great architecture. This overview of sacred buildings includes churches, temples, cathedrals, mosques and shrines. For all the links, be sure to scroll past the ad.
Sacred Architecture INDEX
This master index of sacred architecture has photos and descriptions for religious buildings around the world, including churches, cathedrals, temples, shrines, and mosques.
Engineered for Heaven
A brief history of Gothic architecture, with diagrams, plans, illustrations and links. From your Guide to Architecture.
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue - Ecclesiastical Architect
Your starting place for exploring the life and works of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, who revolutionized church architecture and popularized Hispanic styles.
Hong Kong Temples
From your About Guide to Hong Kong Travel, a photo tour of colorful temples to Tin Hau and other gods and goddesses.
Six Great French Cathedrals
Follow this suggested itinerary for your own tour of France's most important cathedrals, with stops in Paris, Strasbourg, Nice, Rodez, Lourdes, and Chartres.
Cleveland's Tremont Churches
Many historic churches are clustered in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. Within a one and a half mile radius, there are excellent examples of Victorian, Gothic, and Russian Orthodox architecture. See photos.
Barbados: Gothic Churches
Photos and a clickable map, from the Barbados tourism site.
Estonia: Oleviste Church
Probably the tallest building in the world when it was completed in 1500. Photo by Toomas Tamm.
Wales: Tintern Abbey
Good photo collection of the abbey ruins in Wales, from Welsh Castle Tours.
Church Crawler
A fum eclectic site compiled by Phil Draper. Photos, essays, interesting facts about famous and obscure churches and cathedrals, mostly in England and Europe.