Photograph Credits

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2409 photographs in total: 752 from Pexels and 1657 from Wikimedia Commons. The Pexels licence asks for credit but does not require it; the Wikimedia photographs are mostly Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, which does. Every licence below links to its own terms.

Czech Republic

240 photographs — 55 from Pexels, 185 from Wikimedia Commons.

Czech Republic — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Batalha Monastery — the west facade	Efrem Efre	Pexels	Pexels licence
Brno cathedral lit up at dusk above the Christmas market on Cabbage Market square	Vish Pix	Pexels	Pexels licence
The richly lit Gothic choir of Brno cathedral with stained glass and gilded altar	Leonhard Niederwimmer	Pexels	Pexels licence
The spires of Brno cathedral seen at the end of a street of old buildings	Ignat Arapov	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin spires of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul rising above the roofs of Brno old town	Zeev Hazenfratz	Pexels	Pexels licence
The deep neo-Gothic entrance porch of Brno cathedral	Karolina	Pexels	Pexels licence
The two neo-Gothic spires of Brno cathedral on the Petrov hill above trees and houses	Ignat Arapov	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Loreta, Prague, from Loretanske namesti in autumn	Alec Doualetas	Pexels	Pexels licence
The clock tower of the Loreta, Prague	Ivan Dražić	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin-spired front of Olomouc cathedral in evening light, with St Anne's church beside it	Tim Kosi	Pexels	Pexels licence
Detail of Baroque sculpture on the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc	Jarda Husák	Pexels	Pexels licence
Olomouc town hall with its clock tower on the main square	Jan Brndiar	Pexels	Pexels licence
Rooftops and towers, central Prague	Eddson Lens	Pexels	Pexels licence
Basilica of San Clemente, Rome — the altar and apse mosaic	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora — the apse	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Barbara's Church and the Jesuit College, Kutna Hora	TonyNojmanSK	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Barbara's Church, Kutna Hora, from the east	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of St Barbara's Church, Kutna Hora	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora — the flank	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora — gilded angels	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
The high altar of St Barbara's Church, Kutna Hora	TonyNojmanSK	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Barbara's Church and the Jesuit College	TonyNojmanSK	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora — the nave and organ	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Barbara's Church, Kutná Hora — the organ loft	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tent roofs and pinnacles of St Barbara's Church, Kutna Hora	Viktoria Demenko	Pexels	Pexels licence
A Gothic window of St Barbara's Church, Kutna Hora	Viktoria Demenko	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Nicholas Church, Malá Strana, Prague — the cupola	Vangelis Tavernarakis	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Nicholas Church, Malá Strana, Prague — the dome fresco	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Nicholas Church, Malá Strana, Prague — the high altar	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Nicholas, Malá Strana, from the street	Helena Jankovičová Kováčová	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of St Nicholas Church, Mala Strana, Prague	Ines Diaz Cervantes	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Nicholas Church filling Malostranske namesti, Prague	Evgeniya Koniukhova	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Nicholas Church, Mala Strana, seen along the street	Helena Jankovičová Kováčová	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — the facade (sky digitally altered)	C1 Superstar	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Vitus Cathedral, Prague — the nave, looking toward St Adalbert's tomb	Repida Mihail	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Vitus Cathedral, Prague — the east end	Diego F. Parra	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Vitus Cathedral, Prague — the nave, looking toward the choir	Carlo Jünemann	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Vitus Cathedral, Prague — the choir interior	Rodi Düger	Pexels	Pexels licence
Prague Castle and St Vitus in silhouette	P W	Pexels	Pexels licence
Strahov Monastery — the Basilica of the Assumption, interior	Alizada Saleh	Pexels	Pexels licence
Strahov Monastery, Prague — the exterior in winter	Milan Chudoba	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Tyn Church above Old Town Square, Prague	Ilia Bronskiy	Pexels	Pexels licence
Church of Our Lady before Týn, Prague	Diego F. Parra	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front and towers of the Tyn Church, Prague	Lucas Mota	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Tyn Church reflected in Old Town Square after rain	Ilia Bronskiy	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Tyn Church from Old Town Square, Prague	Gotta Be Worth It	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin towers of the Tyn Church, Prague	Lusynda <3	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of the former Cistercian monastery and basilica at Velehrad among fields and village houses	Jiří Zeman	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Rotunda of St Martin at Vysehrad, Prague	Samuel Hájnik	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of the Basilica of St Peter and St Paul, Vysehrad	Lena Netkach	Pexels	Pexels licence
wells cathedral scissor arches	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
york minster great east window	Igor Passchier	Pexels	Pexels licence
The white walls, pointed windows and green domed roof of the Zelená Hora church	Martin Škeřík	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of the Zelená Hora pilgrimage church and its star-shaped cloister above a lake	Martin Škeřík	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Zelená Hora church framed by a pointed arch of the cloister gate against a blue sky	Martin Škeřík	Pexels	Pexels licence

Czech Republic — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The chapel of the Annunciation in Brno cathedral with a carved Renaissance altar	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The arcaded courtyard of the Bishop's Court in Brno with the cathedral spires behind	Dezidor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The Gothic choir of Brno cathedral with tall stained-glass windows behind the high altar	Nxr-at	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Brno cathedral on its hill seen from below against a clear blue sky	Harold	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A medieval stone statue of the Virgin holding the Christ Child in Brno cathedral	Jan Sapák	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white Baroque nave of Brno cathedral with a chequered floor leading to the Gothic choir	Doronenko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The organ loft at the west end of Brno cathedral	Nxr-at	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white and gold Baroque pulpit of Brno cathedral topped by a statue	Ondraness	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The bells of the Loreta carillon, Prague	Meloun1212	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Detail of the carillon mechanism at the Loreta, Prague	Meloun1212	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The carillon tower of the Loreta, Prague	Daniel Baránek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Loreta, Prague — inside the cloister chapel	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Loreta, Prague — the cloister	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Loreta, Prague — the clock tower and facade	Martin Mašek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A monstrance in the Loreto treasury, Prague	Richard Mortel from Riyadh	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Ceiling and altar of the Church of the Nativity, Loreta, Prague	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Church of the Nativity of Our Lord at the Loreta, Prague	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The large pearl monstrance in the Loreto treasury, Prague	Jerzy Strzelecki	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Loreta, Prague — the Santa Casa shrine	Balou46	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Santa Casa in the courtyard of the Loreta, Prague	Ymblanter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Relief decoration on the Santa Casa at the Loreta, Prague	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A display case in the Loreto treasury, Prague	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The bearded crucified saint Starosta (Wilgefortis) at the Loreta, Prague	Hynek Moravec	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
An ornate pewter coffin with a coat of arms in the crypt beneath Olomouc cathedral	Vlach Pavel	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Wenceslas Cathedral and the small Baroque church of St Anne on Wenceslas Square in Olomouc	xkomczax	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The Baroque altar of the Loreto chapel in Olomouc cathedral in red marble and gold	Ondraness	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The vaulted Gothic hall nave of Olomouc cathedral looking east to the altar	Daniel Baránek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The raised presbytery and high altar of Olomouc cathedral under tall stained-glass windows	Michal Maňas	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The nave of Olomouc cathedral with the tall neo-Gothic pulpit and its stair	Dezidor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The south tower of St Wenceslas Cathedral seen from a street with tram wires	Txllxt TxllxT	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The tall south tower of Olomouc cathedral rising above the roofs of the city	Lehotsky	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The neo-Gothic west front of St Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc with its two spires and the taller south tower	Mister No	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Church of Our Lady Victorious, Prague — the high altar	Diligent	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Church of Our Lady Victorious, Prague — the facade	-wuppertaler	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The front of the Church of Our Lady Victorious, Karmelitska	ErwinMeier	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of the Church of Our Lady Victorious during a service	Sean Goggins from Columbia	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Infant Jesus of Prague in royal robes	Jorge Royan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of Our Lady Victorious, Prague — the Infant Jesus of Prague	Fotobanka ČTK, René Fluger	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of Our Lady Victorious, Prague — the nave	-wuppertaler	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The altar of the Infant Jesus, Church of Our Lady Victorious	Balou46	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Robes given to the Infant Jesus, in the church museum	Qrup133	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Inside the Church of Our Lady Victorious, Prague	user:Diligent	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Infant Jesus of Prague in a robe given from Brazil	Pavel.motejzik	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The shrine of the Infant Jesus of Prague	Sean Goggins from Columbia	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A side aisle of the cathedral at Sedlec, Kutna Hora	Fiver	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Cathedral of the Assumption, Sedlec — the high altar	Fiver, der Hellseher	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The ambulatory of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Sedlec	Daniel Baránek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A Baroque painting by Petr Brandl in the cathedral at Sedlec	Daniel Baránek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A side chapel in the Cathedral of the Assumption at Sedlec	Daniel Baránek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Cathedral of the Assumption, Sedlec	Sergey Ashmarin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Cathedral of the Assumption, Sedlec — the interior	Ben Skála, Benfoto	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Cathedral of the Assumption, Sedlec — the nave	Ben Skála, Benfoto	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A Gothic monstrance of the type kept at Sedlec	Daniel Baránek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The nave of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Sedlec, looking east	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Baroque Gothic portico of the cathedral at Sedlec, Kutna Hora	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
One of the self-supporting spiral staircases at Sedlec cathedral	Interfase	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The vault of the nave at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Sedlec	JiriMatejicek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west front of the Cathedral of the Assumption, Sedlec	Jiří Sedláček	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Sedlec Ossuary, Kutná Hora	Dominik Tefert	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Sedlec Ossuary — detail of the Schwarzenberg arms, the raven and the skull	Photograph by Greg O'Beirne	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
The Sedlec Ossuary, Kutna Hora — bones and skulls, detail	Windmemories	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Sedlec Ossuary — the hanging bone candelabra	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Sedlec Ossuary — a chalice built from bones	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Sedlec Ossuary, Kutna Hora — the bone chandelier	Daniel Wabyick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Sedlec Ossuary, Kutna Hora — the chapel from outside	Deror_avi	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Sedlec Ossuary — one of the bone monstrances	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Sedlec Ossuary — the Schwarzenberg coat of arms, made of bones	Pedro Krtička	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Sedlec Ossuary — František Rint's signature, in bone	BrokenSphere	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Sedlec Ossuary — the vault and its garlands of skulls	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Skellig Michael — the stone stairway to the monastery	Stinglehammer	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The upper galleries and vault of St Barbara's Church, Kutna Hora	Interfase	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Medieval wall painting in a miners' chapel, St Barbara's Church	Juandev	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave and vault of St Barbara's Church, Kutna Hora	Thomas Ledl	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The apse fresco of St George's Basilica, Prague Castle	DXR	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Romanesque vault and old frescoes in St George's Basilica, Prague	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Basilica of St George, Prague Castle — the bare Romanesque apse	Janmad	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Basilica of St George, Prague Castle	Rémi Diligent	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Basilica of St George, Prague Castle — interior detail	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Basilica of St George, Prague Castle — the nave	Interfase	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The raised choir of St George's Basilica, Prague Castle	Diego Delso	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St George's Basilica from St George's Square, Prague Castle	Björn S...	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The red facade of St George's Basilica, Prague Castle	Richard Mortel from Riyadh	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Medieval wall painting in St George's Basilica, Prague	Jakub Hałun	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Romanesque interior of St George's Basilica, Prague	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Nave and arcades of St George's Basilica, Prague Castle	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white towers of St George's Basilica, Prague Castle	Richard Mortel from Riyadh	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Baroque west front of St George's Basilica, Prague Castle	Matthias Nonnenmacher	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The dome fresco of St Nicholas Church, Mala Strana	Jorge Láscar from Australia	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Frescoes and stucco in St Nicholas Church, Mala Strana	Jorge Láscar from Australia	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The west gallery and organ of St Nicholas Church, Mala Strana	Ludek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The nave of St Nicholas Church, Mala Strana, Prague	Jorge Láscar from Australia	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Kracker's nave ceiling fresco in St Nicholas Church, Mala Strana	Johann Lucas Kracker	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The 18th-century organ in St Nicholas Church, Mala Strana	Uoaei1	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square, Prague	PatrikPaprika	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square, Prague — the interior	Ralf Roletschek	Wikimedia Commons	Free Art License
St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square, Prague — the nave	Ralf Roletschek	Wikimedia Commons	Free Art License
St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square, Prague — the dome	Donald Judge	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The east end of St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square, Prague	Daniel Baránek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The crown chandelier in St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square, Prague	Janmad	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square, Prague, at dusk	kevinmcgill from Den Bosch	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The south gable of St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square	Enfo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St Nicholas Church on Old Town Square, Prague	Janmad	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The organ gallery of St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square	Janmad	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
A doorway of St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square, Prague	Godot13	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Nicholas Church rising above Old Town Square, Prague	I would appreciate being notified if you use my work outside	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Sculpture by Antonin Braun on St Nicholas Church, Old Town	Juan de Vojníkov	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The towers of St Nicholas Church, Old Town Square, Prague	Enfo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The east end of St Vitus Cathedral, seen past the mausoleum grille	DXR / MathKnight	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Fall, a detail of the 1371 Golden Gate mosaic at St Vitus	Martin Kozák	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Mucha window in the new archbishop's chapel, St Vitus Cathedral	Martin Kozák	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The nave of St Vitus Cathedral, looking east	DXR	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The silver tomb of St John of Nepomuk, St Vitus Cathedral	Richard Mortel from Riyadh	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The marble royal mausoleum in the choir of St Vitus Cathedral	Packare	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The south side of St Vitus Cathedral and the Great South Tower	Dennis G. Jarvis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Peter Parler's self-portrait bust in the triforium of St Vitus Cathedral	che (Please credit as "Petr Novák	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Chapel of St Wenceslas, its walls set with polished semi-precious stone	Jerzy Strzelecki	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The choir of the basilica at Strahov Monastery, Prague	Barnos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Siard Nosecky's fresco of the Strahov brewer, Summer Refectory	Dobroš	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The cloister courtyard at Strahov Monastery, Prague	Barnos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Strahov Monastery and its church towers, Prague	Nan Palmero from San Antonio	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The narwhal tusk in Strahov's cabinet of curiosities	Pierre5018	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Philosophical Hall of Strahov Monastery library, Prague	Bjørn Erik Pedersen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Maulbertsch's ceiling in the Philosophical Hall, Strahov	Ricardalovesmonuments	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Strahov Monastery — the Philosophical Hall	Jorge Royan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Theological Hall of Strahov Monastery library, Prague	Jorge Royan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Globes in the Theological Hall at Strahov, Prague	Jorge Royan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Strahov Monastery — the Theological Hall	Jorge Royan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The view over Prague from below Strahov Monastery	Barnos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west front of the Strahov monastery church, Prague	Barnos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Baroque pilgrimage complex of Svatá Hora above Příbram, with domed corner chapels and the basilica behind	Jan.pecka01	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The arcaded east front of the Svatá Hora basilica with statues on the balustrade	Václav Štorek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The basilica of Svatá Hora on its raised stone terrace with balustrades and stairs	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The stuccoed and painted vault of the Svatá Hora basilica	Václav Štorek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
View through a painted arch of the cloister to the steps and altar of the Svatá Hora basilica	VitVit	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A fresco in the Svatá Hora cloister showing the town of Příbram and the pilgrimage church on its hill	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
A painted lunette in the Svatá Hora cloister showing pilgrims before the shrine	Václav Štorek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long red-roofed covered stairway running down from Svatá Hora towards Příbram	Michal Ritter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The east side of the Svatá Hora cloister with its domed chapels and central gateway	Richenza	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The silver high altar of the Svatá Hora basilica with the small statue of the Virgin at its centre	Hakjosef	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Inside the covered stairway to Svatá Hora, a long white vaulted passage of steps	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The grotto-like chapel of St Mary Magdalene at Svatá Hora with artificial stalactites and statues	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
A gilded crowned statue of the Virgin and Child on top of a column at Svatá Hora	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
White Baroque stucco ornament on a vault at Svatá Hora	Václav Štorek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Prague — the high altar, detail	Enfo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The nave of the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Prague	Uoaei1	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Prague — the nave and high altar	Uoaei1	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Prague — the organ	PetrusSilesius	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
The presbytery of the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Prague	Francesco Gasparetti	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The pulpit in the Church of Our Lady before Tyn, Prague	Francesco Gasparetti	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Velehrad basilica seen across a pond with wooded hills behind	liakada-web	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Baroque basilica of Velehrad with its two towers and the long former monastery beside it, with a double cross in front	Jan Polák	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A long straight path across a lawn leading to the Velehrad basilica	Jiří Sedláček	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The east end of the Velehrad basilica with its round Romanesque apse	Alena Turková	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The gilded Baroque nave of the Velehrad basilica lined with carved choir stalls	Jan Polák	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The pale Baroque west front of the Velehrad basilica with two onion-domed towers	Jan Polák	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Dark carved Baroque choir stalls with statues of saints and angels in the Velehrad basilica	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The painted dome of the Velehrad basilica with a fresco of an open heaven	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white marble high altar of the Velehrad basilica with reliefs of Cyril and Methodius	Jan Polák	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The King's Chapel in the Velehrad basilica with a carved crucifixion group	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A long underground passage beneath the Velehrad basilica lined with Romanesque stone fragments	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Close view of the Romanesque stonework and round-headed windows of the apse at Velehrad	palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Romanesque column bases and walls uncovered beneath the Velehrad basilica	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Vyšehrad and the Basilica of St Peter and St Paul	sandwort	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Vysehrad Cemetery with its neo-Renaissance arcades, Prague	Renesance	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Basilica of St Peter and St Paul, Vysehrad — a side chapel	Enfo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Devil's Column in the Karlach Gardens at Vysehrad, Prague	Валерий Дед	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The grave of Antonin Dvorak at Vysehrad Cemetery, Prague	Nenea hartia	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Leopold Gate at Vysehrad, Prague	GFreihalter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Madonna of the Rains altar in the basilica at Vysehrad, Prague	Ondraness	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Basilica of St Peter and St Paul, Vysehrad — the painted nave	Enfo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The view from the ramparts at Vysehrad over the Vltava, Prague	Václav Velíšek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Slavin tomb at Vysehrad Cemetery, Prague	Richenza	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The grave of Bedrich Smetana at Vysehrad Cemetery, Prague	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Basilica of St Peter and St Paul, Vysehrad — the vaulted ceiling	Enfo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A cobbled path leading to the gate of the cloister around the Zelená Hora church	Tapirica	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white star-shaped pilgrimage church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora inside its ring of red-roofed cloister	Jerzy Strzelecki	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The white vaults of the cloister passage around the Zelená Hora church	Ben Skála	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Zelená Hora church seen across a grassy slope framed by autumn trees	Kptlarsen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The pale interior of Zelená Hora church with pointed arches and coloured light on the floor	gampe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Looking down from the upper gallery into the round interior of the Zelená Hora church	gampe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Zelená Hora church and cloister on a bare hilltop under a grey sky	Herbert Frank from Wien (Vienna)	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A pointed arch opening into a side chapel with red marbled walls in Zelená Hora church	Richenza	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A gilded wall candlestick made of five-pointed stars in Zelená Hora church	Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
An iron railing of the gallery made of interlocking stars in Zelená Hora church	Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The star-patterned rib vault of the Zelená Hora church seen from below	Aqalexor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0

England

995 photographs — 206 from Pexels, 789 from Wikimedia Commons.

England — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Arundel Castle and the roofs of the town on the hillside above green fields	Pixabay	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Bath Abbey in honey-coloured stone	Sami Abdullah	Pexels	Pexels licence
Bath Abbey reflected in a puddle on the pavement	Stephen Girling	Pexels	Pexels licence
The pinnacles and buttresses of Bath Abbey against a blue sky	Zia Meer	Pexels	Pexels licence
Bath Abbey rising above the Roman Baths in the centre of Bath	Stephan Leuzinger	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of Beverley Minster and its twin west towers above the red roofs of Beverley	David Pickup	Pexels	Pexels licence
The choir of Beverley Minster with its carved wooden stalls and canopies, looking towards the east window	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long Gothic nave of Beverley Minster with its stone vault, looking east	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin Perpendicular west towers of Beverley Minster against a deep blue sky	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Ascension window by Edward Burne-Jones in Birmingham Cathedral, glowing red and blue between gilded columns	Zhengyang TIAN	Pexels	Pexels licence
The chancel of Birmingham Cathedral with gilded columns, wrought-iron rails and the Burne-Jones windows behind the altar	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The baroque tower of Birmingham Cathedral, with its clock, curved sides and small dome, against a cloudy sky	Premnath M	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west end of Birmingham Cathedral with the statue of Bishop Charles Gore in front of the tower	Osviel Rodriguez Valdés	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined choir of Bolton Priory with its great empty east window, above a churchyard in spring	Hammad Ahsan	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking along the roofless choir of Bolton Priory to its tall pointed east window	Hammad Ahsan	Pexels	Pexels licence
A walker crossing the stepping stones over the River Wharfe below the ruins of Bolton Priory	Mike Norris	Pexels	Pexels licence
The River Wharfe running over rocks through autumn woods on the Bolton Abbey estate	Mike Norris	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall tower of St Botolph's Church, the Boston Stump, rising beyond the River Witham and trees	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tower of St Botolph's Church with its octagonal lantern, seen above buildings in Boston	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
The carved west doorway at the foot of the tower of St Botolph's Church	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up at the great west window and the base of the tower of St Botolph's	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin-towered west front of Bristol Cathedral with a statue in front	Jess Chen	Pexels	Pexels licence
Buckfast Abbey church in Devon, a pale stone Romanesque-style church with a square central tower, seen across the lawns	Iain Wells	Pexels	Pexels licence
Flower beds and lawns in the Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, with the tower of St Edmundsbury Cathedral behind	Neville Hawkins	Pexels	Pexels licence
The medieval Abbey Gate in Bury St Edmunds seen down a tree-lined path	David Allen	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Norman Tower in Bury St Edmunds, a tall twelfth-century stone gate tower with round-arched windows	David Allen	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Norman Tower in Bury St Edmunds, a tall square stone gate tower with round-arched windows	David Allen	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined arches of the church of Byland Abbey, with trees behind	Kristian Thomas	Pexels	Pexels licence
Black and white detail of carved stonework and a corbel at Byland Abbey	Kristian Thomas	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Byland Abbey seen through a ruined stone archway	Travel Diaries	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Byland Abbey with the lower half of its great rose window and a single turret	Kristian Thomas	Pexels	Pexels licence
canterbury cathedral christ church gate	Jimmyk photos	Pexels	Pexels licence
canterbury cathedral exterior	Jimmyk photos	Pexels	Pexels licence
canterbury cathedral martyrdom sculpture	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
canterbury cathedral nave interior	Theo Felten	Pexels	Pexels licence
canterbury cathedral trinity chapel candle	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The choir of Carlisle Cathedral with dark carved stalls under a blue ceiling painted with gold stars, and the great east window	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
Chelmsford Cathedral seen across its churchyard lawn, with a chest tomb in the foreground and autumn trees	Poetarojo .	Pexels	Pexels licence
The flint tower of Chelmsford Cathedral with its clock and slender spire against a blue sky	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
Chester Cathedral seen across a garden with green lawns and trees	Ivan Dražić	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Chester Cathedral looking east, with red sandstone arcades and a vaulted roof	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The quire of Chester Cathedral lined with tall carved oak stall canopies	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
Close view of the intricately carved wooden canopies above the quire stalls at Chester Cathedral	Daniel Wells	Pexels	Pexels licence
Stained-glass windows at the east end of Chichester Cathedral	Ivan Vi	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall stone spire of Chichester Cathedral rising above trees against a blue sky	Ivan Vi	Pexels	Pexels licence
The High Street of Chipping Campden, lined with honey-coloured stone houses, with the Market Hall in the distance	Daria Agafonova	Pexels	Pexels licence
Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford seen above the college buildings and a flower garden	Yohantha Gunawarna	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Victorian Meadow Building of Christ Church seen from the meadow under trees	Abdulrhman Alkady	Pexels	Pexels licence
The thirteenth-century spire of Christ Church Cathedral above a battlemented college roof	Kateryna	Pexels	Pexels licence
Tom Quad at Christ Church seen through a stone archway, with the cathedral spire beyond	Stephan Leuzinger	Pexels	Pexels licence
Tom Tower above the main gate of Christ Church on St Aldates, Oxford	Anna Kozlova	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of Christchurch Priory with the harbour and the sea beyond	Mark Holmes	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined Norman Constable's House beside the River Avon with the Priory tower behind	Ben Sharples	Pexels	Pexels licence
Christchurch Priory and its tall Perpendicular west tower above the churchyard	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking out through the vaulted north porch of Christchurch Priory to the town	Tony Zohari	Pexels	Pexels licence
Swans on the water with Christchurch Priory on the far shore	Ben Sharples	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall Perpendicular tower of Cirencester parish church, with its pinnacles, against a blue sky	Nursel Kaya	Pexels	Pexels licence
The angled stained-glass nave windows of Coventry Cathedral	Oliver Potter	Pexels	Pexels licence
The exterior of the new Coventry Cathedral with its tall slit windows	Harry Shum	Pexels	Pexels licence
The roofless ruins of the old Coventry Cathedral with its surviving tower and spire	Imtiaz Mohammad	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined walls of old Coventry Cathedral seen from a cobbled street	Imtiaz Mohammad	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tower and spire of the old Coventry Cathedral rising above the ruined walls	Harry Shum	Pexels	Pexels licence
Jacob Epstein's bronze sculpture of St Michael defeating the Devil on Coventry Cathedral	Romans Viluss	Pexels	Pexels licence
The light Georgian interior of Derby Cathedral, with white columns, a decorated plaster ceiling and the wrought-iron screen at the far end	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
durham cathedral exterior	Frank Samet	Pexels	Pexels licence
durham cathedral galilee chapel	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
durham cathedral nave interior	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
ely cathedral exterior	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
ely cathedral octagon interior	BlackMedusa108.com	Pexels	Pexels licence
ely cathedral painted ceiling	Anastasiya Belaya	Pexels	Pexels licence
The statue of Richard Hooker on Cathedral Green in front of Exeter Cathedral	Petra Nesti	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Exeter Cathedral looking east under its ribbed vault	n_yksl	Pexels	Pexels licence
One of the twin Norman towers of Exeter Cathedral rising above the long roof of the nave	Ellie Burgin	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined church of Fountains Abbey with its great tower, standing on the lawns of the Skell valley	Declan Conor	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long rib-vaulted cellarium at Fountains Abbey, with rows of columns and arches	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking along the aisle of the ruined nave of Fountains Abbey, with round pillars and open sky	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Temple of Piety beside a still pool in the Studley Royal Water Garden	Explore Heritage	Pexels	Pexels licence
Fountains Abbey ruins in warm evening light framed by trees	Lewis Ashton	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall Perpendicular tower of Fountains Abbey rising above the ruined church	Explore Heritage	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long west range of Fountains Abbey stretching across the lawn with the tower behind	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined arches of the great church at Glastonbury Abbey	Samuel Wölfl	Pexels	Pexels licence
The surviving walls of the great church at Glastonbury Abbey	Juan Pantin	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Michael's Tower on the summit of Glastonbury Tor	Ericson Fernandes	Pexels	Pexels licence
The fan vaulted ceiling of the cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
A cloister walk at Gloucester Cathedral with light through the tracery	Pixabay	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Perpendicular tower of Gloucester Cathedral above the city	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The quire of Gloucester Cathedral looking east to the Great East Window	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The central tower of Gloucester Cathedral with its openwork parapet	Osviel Rodriguez Valdés	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tower of Gloucester Cathedral seen above the rooftops of the old city	Amine Kübranur Çakıroğlu	Pexels	Pexels licence
The red-brick west front of Guildford Cathedral with its three tall lancet windows and low wings	Clicker Finger	Pexels	Pexels licence
The brick tower of Guildford Cathedral with the gilded angel on top, seen from the south-west	Clicker Finger	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Hereford Cathedral with its massive round Norman piers	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The choir of Hexham Abbey looking east, with the stone frith stool in the foreground	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-upon-Avon, with its tall spire rising above trees beside the river	David Roberts	Pexels	Pexels licence
The chancel of Holy Trinity, Stratford, with the great stained-glass east window above the altar	John Nail	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long wall of the monks' dormitory at Jervaulx Abbey with its row of lancet windows, framed by ruined stonework	Kristian Thomas	Pexels	Pexels licence
The south side of King's College Chapel in Cambridge, with its tall windows and corner turrets under a blue sky	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
King's College Chapel and the Gibbs Building in evening sunlight seen across the meadow of the Backs	Deividas Vasinas	Pexels	Pexels licence
King's College Chapel seen from King's Parade, with bicycles parked in front	Cara Denison	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west end of King's College Chapel with its great window between two pinnacled turrets	James Wong	Pexels	Pexels licence
The sunlit ruins of Kirkstall Abbey with its broken crossing tower and the long walls of the church	Mike Norris	Pexels	Pexels licence
Round-headed arches and tall windows in the vaulted rooms of the east range at Kirkstall Abbey	Mike Norris	Pexels	Pexels licence
The rib-vaulted chapter house of Kirkstall Abbey with its central pillars and arches	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking along the nave of Kirkstall Abbey between rows of round pillars to the great west doorway	Sivolob Igor	Pexels	Pexels licence
Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, a long stone country house with an octagonal tower, seen across a lawn	Phil Ledwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
Lacock Abbey seen across its parkland, with trees and lawns in front of the house	Phil Ledwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The red sandstone walls and central spire of Lichfield Cathedral against a blue sky	Simon Gough	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Gothic nave of Lichfield Cathedral with clustered piers and a ribbed vault	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
A painted crucifix hanging under the vault of Lichfield Cathedral	Simon Gough	Pexels	Pexels licence
The quire of Lichfield Cathedral with its patterned tiled floor and high altar	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The three spires of Lichfield Cathedral silhouetted at sunset and reflected in Stowe Pool	image149 studio	Pexels	Pexels licence
lincoln cathedral angel choir	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
lincoln cathedral exterior	Zenith	Pexels	Pexels licence
lincoln cathedral nave interior	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The red sandstone ruins of Lindisfarne Priory beside the parish church of St Mary on Holy Island	Serinus	Pexels	Pexels licence
Lindisfarne Castle on its rocky crag above the shore of Holy Island, with a visitor walking towards it	Theo Felten	Pexels	Pexels licence
The flat fields of Holy Island with Lindisfarne Castle on the horizon	Oliver Schröder	Pexels	Pexels licence
liverpool cathedral exterior	✰ Saul Bandera Brotheridge	Pexels	Pexels licence
liverpool cathedral great space interior	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
liverpool cathedral lady chapel	Jess Chen	Pexels	Pexels licence
liverpool cathedral west window	Balázs Gábor	Pexels	Pexels licence
The south side of Malmesbury Abbey with its great Norman porch, pinnacled parapet and churchyard tombs	Ben Prater	Pexels	Pexels licence
A path through the churchyard leading to the round-arched south porch of Malmesbury Abbey	Ben Prater	Pexels	Pexels licence
Roofless ruined arches at the west end of Malmesbury Abbey among greenery	Ben Prater	Pexels	Pexels licence
The carved wooden quire stalls of Manchester Cathedral with their tall pinnacled canopies	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
Manchester Cathedral's tower and south side seen past bare trees in evening light	Max W	Pexels	Pexels licence
The wide nave of Manchester Cathedral looking east, with red sandstone arcades and a flat timber roof	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west tower of Manchester Cathedral with its clock and doorway, seen from the street	mahmurekoseogluu	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined church and tower of Mount Grace Priory on a lawn under a blue sky, with the manor house to the left	Mike Norris	Pexels	Pexels licence
An aerial view of Norwich Cathedral and its cloister in the city	Manousos Kampanellis	Pexels	Pexels licence
Norwich Cathedral's spire framed by an arch in the Cathedral Close	Lauren Boswell	Pexels	Pexels licence
The flint-faced Ethelbert Gate leading into the Cathedral Close at Norwich	Lauren Boswell	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall stone spire and Norman tower of Norwich Cathedral against the sky	Suzy Hazelwood	Pexels	Pexels licence
A cobbled street of old pubs and houses in Old Portsmouth on a sunny day	Róbert Kocsis	Pexels	Pexels licence
The painted wooden vault over the choir at Peterborough Cathedral with gilded bosses	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Peterborough Cathedral with its three giant arches and pinnacled towers	Brent Carr	Pexels	Pexels licence
The cupola of Portsmouth Cathedral's tower, with the golden ship weathervane on top, in black and white	Alan Daysh	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in a wooded valley, with the tall arches of the presbytery	Lewis Ashton	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of Ripon Cathedral rising above the rooftops of the small city of Ripon	Lewis Ashton	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of Ripon Cathedral's twin west towers with the town and countryside beyond	Lewis Ashton	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Ripon Cathedral looking east towards the crossing and the organ on the screen	Mike Norris	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall nave of Ripon Cathedral with its timber vault, looking towards the organ	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The quire of Ripon Cathedral with its tall carved wooden canopies and the east window	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin-towered Early English west front of Ripon Cathedral under a blue sky	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of Ripon Market Square with its tall obelisk	Lewis Ashton	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruins of Roche Abbey, South Yorkshire, with the two tall transept walls standing in a green valley below wooded limestone cliffs	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall ruined wall of a transept at Roche Abbey, with tiers of pointed arches against a blue sky	William Sutherland	Pexels	Pexels licence
Rochester Cathedral's grey stone walls and spire seen from the green on a cloudy day	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
salisbury cathedral close	Ben Prater	Pexels	Pexels licence
salisbury cathedral exterior	Stephan Leuzinger	Pexels	Pexels licence
salisbury cathedral nave interior	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
The choir of Selby Abbey with carved stalls and a painted vault, looking east to the great window	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The central tower of Selby Abbey with its clock and pinnacles	Charles A. Pickup	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Selby Abbey with its two towers under a cloudy sky	Charles A. Pickup	Pexels	Pexels licence
Sherborne Abbey in golden Ham stone with its central tower, seen across a lawn	Phil Ledwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Shrewsbury Abbey looking east between round Norman piers to the lit chancel and three lancet windows	Daniel Wells	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Shrewsbury Abbey seen from Abbey Foregate, with a red telephone box and post box in front	Daniel Wells	Pexels	Pexels licence
The great west window of Shrewsbury Abbey seen from inside, filled with stained glass above the west door	Daniel Wells	Pexels	Pexels licence
Southwark Cathedral's pinnacled tower beside the glass spike of the Shard under a blue sky	Alice Trinh	Pexels	Pexels licence
The east end of Southwark Cathedral with its lancet windows and the tower behind	helloiamtugce	Pexels	Pexels licence
The square pinnacled tower of Southwark Cathedral above the transept, seen from below	Clicker Finger	Pexels	Pexels licence
The north transept of St Albans Cathedral with its great rose window, lit by a warm sunset	beth montague	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Edmundsbury Cathedral and its pale stone tower seen across the lawns and flower beds of the Abbey Gardens	David Allen	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall pinnacled Gothic Revival tower of St Edmundsbury Cathedral above the cathedral roofs	Neville Hawkins	Pexels	Pexels licence
The spire of St Mary Redcliffe rising over the rooftops of Bristol	Boys in Bristol Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall stone spire of St Mary Redcliffe rising above the buildings of a Bristol street	Umair Bhutta	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall pinnacled tower of the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick, rising above the west end of the church	Sebastien Devocelle	Pexels	Pexels licence
The blue clock face on the tower of St Mary's, Warwick, above a Latin inscription recording the fire of 1694	Sebastien Devocelle	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Paul's Cathedral reflected in the glass of a modern office building	Bob Jenkin	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up into the painted inner dome of St Paul's Cathedral	Ben Jackson	Pexels	Pexels licence
The dome of St Paul's Cathedral seen across the City of London	Szymon Shields	Pexels	Pexels licence
The dome and west towers of St Paul's Cathedral above the London skyline	Szymon Shields	Pexels	Pexels licence
The portico and dome of St Paul's Cathedral seen from the churchyard	Liam Spicer	Pexels	Pexels licence
An ornate altar with a gold hanging and painted panels inside Tewkesbury Abbey	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
Tewkesbury Abbey and its massive Norman central tower seen across a meadow	David Roberts	Pexels	Pexels licence
Tewkesbury Abbey's tower rising beyond a golden field outside the town	David Roberts	Pexels	Pexels licence
Abbey Mill and the footbridge over the river at Tewkesbury	David Roberts	Pexels	Pexels licence
The central spire of Truro Cathedral above the streets and buildings of the city	Abdel Achkouk	Pexels	Pexels licence
Sunset over the sea at Tynemouth, with the priory ruins and the pier lighthouse on the headland in the distance	Ray Bilcliff	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Bishop's Palace and Wells Cathedral	Bob Jenkin	Pexels	Pexels licence
The cloister at Wells Cathedral	Vitor Baltazar	Pexels	Pexels licence
wells cathedral exterior	Travel Diaries	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Wells Cathedral, looking east	Sibling/Br Yonten Phuntsok	Pexels	Pexels licence
Vaulting above the crossing, Wells Cathedral	Kristian Thomas	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Wells Cathedral	Kristian Thomas	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west towers of Westminster Abbey seen from the street	AXP Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
The north transept front of Westminster Abbey with its rose window	Zach LeBlanc	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front and towers of Westminster Abbey	Neha .U	Pexels	Pexels licence
westminster cathedral exterior	Prajwol Ghemosu	Pexels	Pexels licence
westminster cathedral nave mosaic contrast	Jamaal Hutchinson	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined Gothic church of Whitby Abbey on its grassy clifftop under a blue sky	Christopher More	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up at the ruined Gothic arches and windows inside Whitby Abbey	Pixabay	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall ruined east end and transept of Whitby Abbey with rows of lancet windows	Chris Jones	Pexels	Pexels licence
Whitby's red-roofed old town below the East Cliff, with St Mary's Church and the abbey on top	Mike Norris	Pexels	Pexels licence
A ruined arch of Whitby Abbey framing a view of the town and harbour below	Igor Passchier	Pexels	Pexels licence
Whitby Abbey ruins seen across the open grass of the headland under a grey sky	Igor Passchier	Pexels	Pexels licence
winchester cathedral choir stalls	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
winchester cathedral exterior	Mike Bird	Pexels	Pexels licence
winchester cathedral nave interior	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Worcester Cathedral looking west to the great west window	Ben Hadfield	Pexels	Pexels licence
The richly furnished quire of Worcester Cathedral with its painted vault	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
Worcester Cathedral's tower rising above trees on the bank of the River Severn	Russ Hepburn	Pexels	Pexels licence
york minster central tower	Explore Heritage	Pexels	Pexels licence
york minster chapter house	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
york minster exterior	Igor Passchier	Pexels	Pexels licence
york minster nave interior	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence

England — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Dore Abbey in Herefordshire, a tall red sandstone church with a square seventeenth-century tower, among trees in the Golden Valley	Richard Waller	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The vaulted ambulatory behind the high altar at Dore Abbey, a forest of slender stone columns and arches	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A large carved stone roof boss with figures, saved from the fallen vault of Dore Abbey	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Three tall lancet windows of 1630s stained glass in the east wall of Dore Abbey	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A worn medieval stone effigy of a knight lying on a low tomb chest in Dore Abbey	Fabian Musto	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The presbytery of Dore Abbey, tall pale stone arches and lancet windows filled with stained glass above the altar	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A large painted royal coat of arms, faded red, blue and gold, on a whitewashed wall at Dore Abbey	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A ruined stone pier and arch standing in the grass west of Dore Abbey, the remains of the demolished nave	Jaggery	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved oak screen of the 1630s at Dore Abbey, topped by the royal arms, with the presbytery seen through its opening	Brassknocker	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A patch of worn medieval floor tiles with yellow patterns on red at Dore Abbey	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Arundel Cathedral, a tall French Gothic church of pale stone with a great rose window in its west front	Hassocks5489	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The carpet of flowers laid down the nave of Arundel Cathedral for the feast of Corpus Christi	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall, narrow nave of Arundel Cathedral, with slender columns and pointed arches leading to the apse	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The rose window of Arundel Cathedral, a wheel of stained glass with the Virgin and Child at its centre	BertiePickle	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The shrine of St Philip Howard in Arundel Cathedral, a pale stone tomb chest carved with his coat of arms, with a wooden statue of the saint and his dog above	Jim Linwood	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, with its Anglo-Saxon tower and small baptistery in front of the later Gothic church	Marathon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved stone grotesque of a beast's head among foliage at St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The empty medieval nave of St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, with stone arcades and display cases	J.Hannan-Briggs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The long Gothic body of St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, with the Saxon tower at its west end	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Anglo-Saxon tower of St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, decorated with thin stone strips and round arches	Marathon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Inside the tall, plain Anglo-Saxon tower of St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber, looking towards a small doorway	J.Hannan-Briggs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Small paired Anglo-Saxon windows with triangular and round heads in the tower of St Peter's, Barton-upon-Humber	Storye book	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The great east window of Bath Abbey	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The fan vaulted ceiling of Bath Abbey	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
The interior of Bath Abbey looking east towards the altar	Philip Halling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Detail of angels climbing a carved stone ladder on Bath Abbey's west front	Benjamin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of Bath Abbey looking east with fan vaulting above	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The carved stone chantry chapel of Prior Birde in Bath Abbey	Steve Cadman	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The view over the rooftops of Bath from the abbey tower	Gareth James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The plain Saxon stone chair known as the Frith Stool in Beverley Minster	Mike Kirby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved wooden misericord under a choir seat in Beverley Minster	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A medieval stone carving of a bagpiper in Beverley Minster	Immanuel Giel	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The north transept front of Beverley Minster with its carved Early English doorway	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The richly carved stone canopy of the Percy Tomb in Beverley Minster with its tall nodding ogee arch	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking down into the nave of Beverley Minster through a hatch in the roof vault	Chris Gorringe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The west front of Binham Priory in Norfolk, a tall stone gable with a great bricked-up Gothic window above a row of arches	Amitchell125	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
An aerial view of Binham Priory, the church standing at the west end of the outlined ruins of the monastery among fields	John Fielding from Norwich, UK	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The octagonal stone Seven Sacrament font at Binham Priory, carved with worn figure scenes	David from Colorado Springs, United States	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The ruined flint gatehouse of Binham Priory with a pointed archway	Amitchell125	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
A carved wooden misericord seat at Binham Priory with a bearded face in foliage	David from Colorado Springs, United States	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tall Norman nave of Binham Priory, round arches in three tiers rising to a timber roof, looking west	J.Hannan-Briggs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved wooden bench end at Binham Priory topped by a figure of a swaddled baby	J.Hannan-Briggs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall broken flint piers of the ruined crossing and east end of Binham Priory	Bs0u10e01	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long flint and stone south side of Binham Priory church with the ruined walls of the cloister in the grass in front	Paul Buckingham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Detail of the carved stone arcading and tracery of the west front of Binham Priory, with pale blue sky through the openings	Amitchell125	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Birmingham Cathedral, a pale stone baroque church with a domed tower, standing on the lawns of its churchyard	Christophe Finot	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The nave of Birmingham Cathedral, a bright galleried space with rows of chairs, looking east to the coloured windows of the chancel	Bearas	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long south side of Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, with its tower, porch and row of clerestory windows	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Close view of a carved wooden angel with spread wings on the roof of Blythburgh church	Mel Etitis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The timber roof of Blythburgh church with carved angels with outstretched wings along the beams	Evelyn Simak	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved medieval bench end at Blythburgh church showing a figure	Derek Voller	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, seen beyond the reed beds of the Blyth estuary	Evelyn Simak	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The light-filled nave of Holy Trinity Blythburgh with clear glass windows and a brick floor	Marathon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The south porch of Holy Trinity Blythburgh, with flint flushwork and a room above	Marathon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The interior of the Priory Church at Bolton Abbey, the surviving nave of the medieval priory	Chris Morgan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Victorian stained-glass windows designed by Pugin in the Priory Church at Bolton Abbey	Petreus Abaelardus	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The unfinished west tower of Bolton Priory, begun in 1520, in front of the church	Phil Champion	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The chancel of St Botolph's with its choir stalls, reredos and great east window	Padd13ear	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A carved wooden misericord with a grotesque face among foliage	Neil Theasby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The wide, tall nave of St Botolph's Church in Boston looking east	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Looking up inside the tower of St Botolph's to its high stone vault and tall windows	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Boxgrove Priory church in West Sussex, a flint and stone church with a low central tower, among trees and graves	Peter I. Vardy	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The carved stone De La Warr chantry chapel of 1532 inside Boxgrove Priory church	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The grave of the American pilot Billy Fiske in Boxgrove churchyard, with flowers and a flag	Marker23	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The roofless flint walls of the fourteenth-century guest house of Boxgrove Priory in a field	Peter I. Vardy	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Inside Boxgrove Priory church, looking east through pointed arches under a painted vault	Dick Jones	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The ruined wall and arches of the demolished nave at the west end of Boxgrove Priory	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The painted vault of Boxgrove Priory, with flowers, foliage and coats of arms between the stone ribs	Michael Coppins	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The small, tall stone Saxon Church of St Laurence in Bradford-on-Avon with its steep roofs	HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Two Anglo-Saxon carved stone angels flying horizontally, set high in the wall above the chancel arch	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Close view of the shallow blind arcading of pilasters and round arches on the outer walls of the Saxon church	Robert Cutts from Bristol	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The small chancel of the Saxon church with a plain altar under a narrow window	Charles Miller	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The narrow, tall nave of the Saxon church looking through the small chancel arch	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The north side of the Saxon church, showing the nave, porch and chancel and the blind arcading on the walls	Landlinegraphics	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The medieval tomb chest and effigies of Maurice, Lord Berkeley, at Bristol Cathedral	Lobsterthermidor	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Norman chapter house of Bristol Cathedral with walls covered in zigzag and interlaced carving	Neil Owen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The choir of Bristol Cathedral with carved stalls and the high vault	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Elder Lady Chapel at Bristol Cathedral with slender Purbeck shafts and lancet windows	Kognos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Bristol Cathedral seen across College Green, with its central tower and twin western towers	Dietmar Rabich	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The painted Eastern Lady Chapel of Bristol Cathedral with its great east window	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The nave of Bristol Cathedral looking east, with tall arcades and a rib vault	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The open 'skeleton' vault of the south choir aisle at Bristol Cathedral with flying ribs across the aisle	Adrian Pingstone	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
All Saints' Church, Brixworth, Northamptonshire, seen across the churchyard from the east, with its rounded apse and tall broach spire	Simon Burchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The outside of the east end of Brixworth church, with the curved wall of the apse and the sunken passage around it	Simon Burchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Round arches outlined in reused Roman brick tiles in the wall of Brixworth church	Simon Burchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The tall white nave of Brixworth church looking west, with blocked round arches in the walls and a triple opening high in the west wall	Simon Burchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west tower of Brixworth church with its rounded stair turret and stone broach spire	Simon Burchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of Brixworth church with its timber roof and the triple opening high in the west wall	Simon Burchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The gilded high altar of Buckfast Abbey under a large crown-shaped chandelier, with red hangings behind	Stefan Schwarz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Rows of lavender plants in the lavender garden at Buckfast Abbey	Bill Boaden	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The long white stone nave of Buckfast Abbey with round arches and a painted vault, looking east to the altar	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Buckfast Abbey, lit by a wall of thick coloured glass showing Christ	Stefan Schwarz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Buckfast Abbey seen across the Dart valley, its tower rising above the trees and roofs	Manfred Heyde	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The west front and tower of Buckfast Abbey church, with its round-arched doorway and pinnacles	Nilfanion	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The fourteenth-century Abbey Gate of Bury St Edmunds, a tall decorated stone gatehouse with battlements, under a blue sky	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Flint rubble ruins of Bury St Edmunds Abbey standing in the grass of the Abbey Gardens	Martin Pettitt from Bury St Edmunds, UK	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Samson's Tower, a round flint tower with a window, part of the ruined west front of Bury St Edmunds Abbey	No Swan So Fine	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Houses with sash windows built into the ruined flint west front of Bury St Edmunds Abbey church	Richard Humphrey	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruined walls and arches of Byland Abbey on a grassy site	mattbuck	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Medieval green and yellow glazed floor tiles laid in geometric patterns at Byland Abbey	Gordon Hatton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Canterbury Cathedral — the Chair of St Augustine	John H Darch	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Canterbury Cathedral — the tomb of Edward the Black Prince	Tony Hisgett from Birmingham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Canterbury Cathedral — the Great Cloister and its lierne vault	Michael D Beckwith from England	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Canterbury Cathedral — the Corona chapel at the east end	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Canterbury Cathedral — a carved Romanesque capital in the crypt	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Canterbury Cathedral — a chapel in the Romanesque crypt	Launus	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Canterbury Cathedral — Christ Church Gate from the town side	Ymblanter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Canterbury Cathedral — the tomb of Henry IV and Joan of Navarre	David Nicholls	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Canterbury Cathedral — the Martyrdom, where Becket was killed	Jordy Schaap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Canterbury Cathedral — the Trinity Chapel, site of Becket's shrine	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Canterbury Cathedral — the medieval glass of the Trinity Chapel	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Brougham Triptych, a carved and gilded Flemish altarpiece, in Carlisle Cathedral	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The barrel-vaulted wooden ceiling of Carlisle Cathedral's choir painted blue with gold stars	Michael D Beckwith	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The great east window of Carlisle Cathedral with its flowing curvilinear tracery	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The red sandstone east end of Carlisle Cathedral with its great traceried window	Gareth James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The red sandstone Fratry building beside Carlisle Cathedral	Eirian Evans	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved oak Salkeld Screen in the north aisle of Carlisle Cathedral	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The south porch and doorway of Carlisle Cathedral beneath its central tower	Martinvl	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Cartmel Priory, Cumbria, seen across its churchyard, with the upper stage of the tower set diagonally on the lower	Ian Greig	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The great east window of Cartmel Priory seen from inside the chancel, filling almost the whole east wall	Neil Theasby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The stone gatehouse of Cartmel Priory with its archway over the street in the village square	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Carved figures of mourning canons on the side of the Harrington tomb at Cartmel Priory	DougieMcC	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
A carved wooden misericord in the choir stalls of Cartmel Priory	DougieMcC	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The round-arched late Norman south doorway of Cartmel Priory with its carved mouldings	Eirian Evans	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tower of Cartmel Priory, its upper belfry turned at forty-five degrees to the square base below	Anthony Parkes	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruined west front of Castle Acre Priory with its tiers of round-headed Norman arcading	Colin Park	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruined walls and pillars of the priory church at Castle Acre	Richard Croft	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The porch of the prior's lodging at Castle Acre Priory, faced with a chequerwork of flint and stone	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The roofed prior's lodging at Castle Acre Priory, with its flint walls and windows	Egghead06	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The ruined two-storey latrine block of Castle Acre Priory	Peter Neaum	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Aerial view of the ruins of Castle Acre Priory, with the roofed prior's lodging beside the church	John Fielding from Norwich	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The west front of Castle Acre Priory church with its Norman arcading, and the prior's lodging beside it	Trevor Harris	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Norman west front of St Lawrence's Church, Castle Rising, with a carved round-arched doorway, window and arcading under a stone gable	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Detail of the interlaced Norman arcading on the west front of Castle Rising church, carved with zigzag and heads	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A richly carved round Norman arch with zigzag mouldings beneath the central tower of Castle Rising church	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The square Norman font at Castle Rising, its bowl carved with a plait border and faces	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved stone head with staring eyes at the corner of the Norman font at Castle Rising	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The market cross on the green at Castle Rising, with trees and the village around it	Richard Humphrey	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of St Lawrence's Church, Castle Rising, looking east through two round Norman arches under the tower to the chancel	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The altar, piscina and three-seated stone sedilia under pointed arches in the chancel of Castle Rising church	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Lawrence's Church, Castle Rising, from the south, with its saddleback-roofed central tower and Victorian porch among trees	John M	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A round Norman doorway carved with bands of zigzag, inside the south porch of Castle Rising church	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Agnes's Church, Cawston, its tall plain tower of pale freestone rising above the flint walls of the nave	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The light nave of Cawston church under its hammerbeam roof, looking east between the arcades	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The hammerbeam roof of Cawston church, with carved angels with outspread wings on the ends of the beams	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The painted rood screen at Cawston, with panels of saints in red and green robes below delicate tracery	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The west doorway of Cawston church's tower, a pointed arch with carved spandrels and a band of carved panels above	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Chelmsford Cathedral seen across a lawn and flower bed, a long flint and stone church with a west tower and slender spire	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The light nave of Chelmsford Cathedral, with its slender arcades under a painted blue and gold ceiling	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The south porch of Chelmsford Cathedral, decorated with patterns of flint and stone, with the tower and spire behind	Derek Voller	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Mark Cazalet's painting The Tree of Life in Chelmsford Cathedral, a great tree in leaf filling an arched panel on a white wall	Derek Voller	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The vaulted cloister walk of Chester Cathedral with stained glass windows	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The red sandstone exterior of Chester Cathedral with its central tower	Michael D Beckwith	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Lady Chapel of Chester Cathedral with its painted vault and east window	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A carved medieval misericord under a quire seat at Chester Cathedral	Stephen Hamilton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The monks' refectory at Chester Cathedral with its timber roof and wall pulpit	Jeff Buck	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The stone shrine of St Werburgh in the Lady Chapel at Chester Cathedral	Jeff Buck	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The stone effigies of an earl and countess with joined hands on the Arundel tomb at Chichester	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The detached medieval bell tower of Chichester Cathedral among trees	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Chichester Cathedral and its spire seen across the Bishop's Palace Gardens	Evgeniy Podkopaev	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Marc Chagall's red stained-glass window at Chichester Cathedral	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The cloister garth and walks of Chichester Cathedral	Charles D P Miller	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The twelfth-century carved stone relief of the Raising of Lazarus at Chichester Cathedral	Guineverejackson	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long Norman nave of Chichester Cathedral looking east to the Arundel Screen	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
John Piper's brightly coloured tapestry behind the high altar of Chichester Cathedral	Bob Harvey	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The quire of Chichester Cathedral with carved stalls, looking west towards the nave	PeterSymonds	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A Roman floor mosaic seen through a glass panel in the floor of Chichester Cathedral	Loz Pycock from London	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St James's Church, Chipping Campden, its tall pinnacled tower of golden Cotswold stone rising above the churchyard	amandabhslater	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Part of a medieval embroidered altar hanging at Chipping Campden, the Virgin Mary worked in gold thread on pale silk among scrolling flowers	amandabhslater	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The marble monument of Sir Baptist Hicks and his wife in Chipping Campden church, a canopy on black columns over their effigies	amandabhslater	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of St James's Church, Chipping Campden, with slender Perpendicular arcades and the chancel beyond	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The gateway and lodges of Old Campden House, with ogee-capped roofs, beside the church in Chipping Campden	amandabhslater	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The stone vault over the choir of Christ Church Cathedral with its hanging pendants	David Bremner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking east through the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, with its stalls and late-Norman arches	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The reassembled stone shrine of St Frideswide in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, beneath a stained-glass window	Basher Eyre	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved stone Jesse reredos behind the high altar of Christchurch Priory	Fr James Bradley from Southampton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The old wooden beam known as the Miraculous Beam in the roof of Christchurch Priory	Ethan Doyle White	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A carved medieval misericord under a choir seat at Christchurch Priory	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of Christchurch Priory with round Norman arches and a later vault	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The delicately carved stone Salisbury Chantry in Christchurch Priory	Ethan Doyle White	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The church of St John Baptist in Cirencester seen from the Abbey Grounds, its tall pinnacled tower rising above the long Perpendicular nave	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The fan vault of St Catherine's Chapel in Cirencester church, with ribs spreading like fans across the ceiling	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Inside Cirencester church, looking east past the pews to the chancel and its stained-glass east window	Bearas	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The three-storey south porch of Cirencester church, richly panelled with tall windows and pinnacles	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The medieval stone wine-glass pulpit of Cirencester church, painted and carved with tracery	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
John Piper's abstract baptistery window at Coventry Cathedral with a burst of golden light at the centre	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Altar of Reconciliation in the ruins of old Coventry Cathedral with its charred cross	Roger Davies	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Chapel of Christ in Gethsemane at Coventry Cathedral seen through its crown-of-thorns screen	Jim Linwood	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The interior of the new Coventry Cathedral looking towards the Sutherland tapestry	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Graham Sutherland's tapestry of Christ in Glory above the high altar of Coventry Cathedral	Keith D	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The engraved glass west screen of Coventry Cathedral with figures of saints and angels	Roger Davies	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Mary's Priory Church, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, a tall Anglo-Saxon church with a west tower among trees and fields	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The weathered carved face of the Deerhurst angel in a stone panel on the ruined apse wall	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A stylised Anglo-Saxon carved animal head projecting from the wall beside a doorway in Deerhurst church	Ethan Doyle White	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The ancient stone font at Deerhurst, a round bowl carved with bands of double spirals and vine scrolls	David Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall white nave of St Mary's, Deerhurst, looking west, with a double triangular-headed window high in the west wall	Jeff Gogarty	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking from the west porch of Deerhurst church through a round arch into the nave	Roger Davies	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The double window with triangular heads and fluted pilasters high in the west wall of the nave at Deerhurst	Humphrey Bolton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The west tower and south aisle of St Mary's Priory Church, Deerhurst	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Odda's Chapel, Deerhurst, a small tall stone Anglo-Saxon chapel with a round-headed doorway	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Odda's Chapel at Deerhurst, a plain stone chapel joined to the black-and-white farmhouse of Abbot's Court	Jeff Gogarty	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Inside Odda's Chapel, looking through the round chancel arch from the bare stone nave	Michael Garlick (HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014)	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A replica of the Latin dedication stone of Odda's Chapel mounted on the brick and stone wall inside the chapel	Michael Garlick (HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014)	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Derby Cathedral, its tall Perpendicular Gothic tower with pinnacles rising beside the classical Georgian nave, among trees	sps1955	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The monument to Bess of Hardwick in Derby Cathedral, her painted effigy lying under a canopy	Neil Theasby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A peregrine falcon in close-up, with the pinnacled tower of Derby Cathedral behind it	Nick Moyes	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Robert Bakewell's black and gold wrought-iron screen across the chancel of Derby Cathedral	sps1955	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
One of Ceri Richards's modern stained-glass windows in Derby Cathedral, swirling abstract shapes in deep blues above a doorway	Simon Burchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Dorchester Abbey's long stone church and square tower seen across its churchyard on a sunny day	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A pale stone canopied shrine in the interior of Dorchester Abbey	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Close view of carved stone figures standing on the branches of the Jesse window tracery	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Jesse window at Dorchester Abbey, whose stone tracery forms the branches of a tree with carved figures	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The stone effigy of a cross-legged knight in armour, twisting as he draws his sword	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The nave of Dorchester Abbey with a timber roof, looking east to the large east window	Hadrianus1959	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The square west tower of Dorchester Abbey with its red-tiled roofs beside it	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The tomb of the Venerable Bede in the Galilee Chapel, Durham Cathedral	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The chapter house, Durham Cathedral	Julia Kostecka	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The cloister at Durham Cathedral	Michael Beckwith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
durham cathedral cloisters	Peter Elfelt	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The grave slab of St Cuthbert behind the high altar, Durham Cathedral	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The west front and towers of Durham Cathedral from the riverbank	Benjamin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Miners' Memorial in the south transept, Durham Cathedral	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The incised piers of the nave, Durham Cathedral	Benjamin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
durham cathedral north door	Martin Tester	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The quire of Durham Cathedral, looking east to the Neville Screen	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Durham Cathedral above the River Wear	Les Hull	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Bishop West's chantry chapel, Ely Cathedral	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
ely cathedral lady chapel	J.Hannan-Briggs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The lierne vault of the Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral	Verbcatcher	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The painted nave ceiling, Ely Cathedral	Hans A. Rosbach	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Octagon at Ely, looking up into the vault	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
ely cathedral octagon exterior	Jim Linwood	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The lantern of the Octagon, Ely Cathedral, seen from the crossing floor	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The presbytery at Ely, seen from the choir	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Prior's Door, Ely Cathedral — Romanesque carving of about 1135	Verbcatcher	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west tower of Ely Cathedral	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Escomb Saxon Church, County Durham, a small, tall and narrow stone church in a round churchyard surrounded by houses	Chris Heaton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall round chancel arch at Escomb, built of large dressed stones laid in long-and-short fashion	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The north side of Escomb church, with large squared stones, tiny high windows and a stone-slate roof	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall, narrow whitewashed nave of Escomb church looking east to a tall round chancel arch	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Whitewashed squared stones inside Escomb church, showing the diagonal tool marks of Roman masons	John from Tejas	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
An ancient carved stone sundial set high in the south wall of Escomb church	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The blue and gold astronomical clock in the north transept of Exeter Cathedral	DeFacto	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The tall carved oak canopy of the bishop's throne in the choir of Exeter Cathedral	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A painting of Exeter Cathedral rising over bombed ruins after the 1942 air raid	Olive Wharry	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Weathered carved figures in the image screen on the west front of Exeter Cathedral	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Carved and painted angels playing medieval instruments on the Minstrels' Gallery at Exeter Cathedral	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The stone pulpitum screen and organ at Exeter Cathedral beneath the vault	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking straight up at the palm-tree ribs and painted bosses of the vault at Exeter Cathedral	Karl Gruber	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0 at
The west front of Exeter Cathedral with its carved image screen and great west window	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Mary's Church, Fairford, Gloucestershire, a Perpendicular Cotswold wool church with a pinnacled central tower, seen across the churchyard	Oswald Bertram	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The east window of St Mary's, Fairford, with scenes of the Passion and Crucifixion in late medieval glass	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A carved wooden misericord under a choir stall at St Mary's, Fairford	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of St Mary's, Fairford, looking east through the tower arch to the chancel screen and east window	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Medieval stained glass at Fairford showing Adam and Eve and the serpent in the Garden of Eden	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The great west window of St Mary's, Fairford, showing the Last Judgement in medieval stained glass	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Detail of the Last Judgement window at Fairford, with red and blue devils dragging souls into hell	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The red sandstone ruins of Furness Abbey, Cumbria, with the tall arches of the transepts and presbytery standing on a lawn	Kevin Waterhouse	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved stone corbel projecting from a red sandstone wall at Furness Abbey, with ferns growing from the joints	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Late afternoon sun on the ruins of Furness Abbey, with the east end and transepts glowing red	Colin Park	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruined church of Furness Abbey seen from the west, looking along the nave to the tall arches of the crossing	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The stone vault of the infirmary chapel at Furness Abbey, its ribs meeting at a central boss	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The carved stone canopied seats of the sedilia in the presbytery of Furness Abbey, in red sandstone	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The octagonal Abbot's Kitchen at Glastonbury Abbey	NotFromUtrecht	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Low ruined walls at the north east corner of the choir at Glastonbury Abbey	John C	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The parkland grounds of Glastonbury Abbey with ruins among the trees	John C	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The marked site of the high altar and King Arthur's grave at Glastonbury Abbey	Tom Ordelman	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A hawthorn tree in the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey	Jim Champion	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Lady Chapel at Glastonbury Abbey with its carved doorways	Chris Talbot	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The crypt beneath the Lady Chapel at Glastonbury Abbey	NotFromUtrecht	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The ruins of Glastonbury Abbey spread across mown grass	David P Howard	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Norman crypt of Gloucester Cathedral	Endangered_Human	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The painted wooden effigy of Robert Curthose at Gloucester Cathedral	Brian Deegan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The alabaster tomb effigy of Edward II in Gloucester Cathedral	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Great East Window of Gloucester Cathedral filled with medieval glass	Philip Halling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Lady Chapel of Gloucester Cathedral with its tall windows	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The monks' washing place in the north cloister walk at Gloucester Cathedral	David James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Norman nave of Gloucester Cathedral with its huge round piers	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The quire of Gloucester Cathedral looking east towards the great window	Philip Halling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The lierne vaulting above the quire of Gloucester Cathedral	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Malvern Priory with its tall pinnacled central tower and Perpendicular windows	Daderot	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The great east window of Great Malvern Priory filled with medieval stained glass	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall Magnificat window in the north transept of Great Malvern Priory	J.Hannan-Briggs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of Great Malvern Priory looking east, with a timber roof and the great east window	Tony Hisgett from Birmingham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Massive round Norman piers in the nave of Great Malvern Priory with Perpendicular windows above	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A medieval tile showing a pelican feeding its young with its own blood	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A wall of medieval glazed tiles in brown and yellow with patterns and lettering	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The pinnacled Perpendicular central tower of Great Malvern Priory	JiriMatejicek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
An angel with spread wings engraved in glass, glowing against a dark background	Richardjohnellis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Rows of chairs at Guildford Cathedral with embroidered kneelers hanging from their backs	Jim Osley	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of Guildford Cathedral looking west towards the glass doors and the view beyond	Jim Osley	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The pale, tall nave of Guildford Cathedral looking east towards the altar and a round window	Jim Osley	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Guildford Cathedral standing on its hill above the trees and houses of Guildford	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Engraved glass angels on the west doors of Guildford Cathedral, lit from within	Englepip	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruined arches on the east side of the cloister at Hailes Abbey, Gloucestershire, with a bench on the lawn in front	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruins of Hailes Abbey across a wide green lawn, with bare trees and the Cotswold edge behind	Fabian Musto	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Low ruined walls of Hailes Abbey in long summer grass, with broken arches beyond and trees behind	Gareth James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved stone roof boss from Hailes Abbey showing Samson wrestling a lion, displayed in the site museum	August Schwerdfeger	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The small stone parish church at Hailes with a bellcote on its roof, in a churchyard in the Cotswold countryside	Bill Boaden	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Inside the small parish church at Hailes, with old wooden pews and a carved screen in front of the chancel	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A faded medieval wall painting of a saint in a pointed recess on the wall of Hailes church	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Faded medieval wall paintings with heraldic patterns and a narrow window in the chancel of Hailes church	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The shrine of St Thomas de Cantilupe at Hereford Cathedral with its red and gold painted canopy	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A large suspended crown-shaped corona hanging in Hereford Cathedral	Neil Owen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The red sandstone west front of Hereford Cathedral seen from the corner of the Close	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The statue of Edward Elgar leaning on his bicycle in front of Hereford Cathedral	Gareth James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The high altar of Hereford Cathedral beneath a Norman arch, with a gilded reredos	Hugh Llewelyn	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Early English Lady Chapel at Hereford Cathedral looking east to its lancet windows	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The east end of the Lady Chapel at Hereford Cathedral seen from outside	Andrew Abbott	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The New Library Building at Hereford Cathedral, home of the Mappa Mundi and the Chained Library	Giano II	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Hereford Mappa Mundi, a medieval world map drawn on vellum with Jerusalem at its centre	Richard of Haldingham	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The straight-sided triangular arches of the north transept at Hereford Cathedral	Hugh Llewelyn	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Hereford Cathedral's tower seen beyond the medieval Wye Bridge over the River Wye	Merch & Cart	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west front of Hereford Cathedral in red sandstone, seen from the Cathedral Close	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A narrow stone chamber in the Anglo-Saxon crypt beneath Hexham Abbey	Brian Deegan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The east end of Hexham Abbey with its tall lancet windows and corner turrets	Hassocks5489	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Roman tombstone of Flavinus, carved with a cavalryman riding over a fallen enemy	Brian Deegan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The frith stool, a stone chair carved from a single block, at Hexham Abbey	Brian Deegan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The crossing and transept of Hexham Abbey seen from the top of the night stair	Sadgrovem	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Hexham Abbey seen across the street, with its long south side and square central tower	Peter Wood	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of Hexham Abbey with pews, rebuilt in the early twentieth century	Benjamin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Medieval painted wooden panels at Hexham Abbey showing standing figures of saints	Benjamin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York, a low medieval church with a small square tower in a leafy churchyard	Andrew Abbott	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Wooden communion rails with green kneelers in front of the altar at Holy Trinity, Goodramgate	Malcolmxl5	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Rows of dark wooden box pews on an uneven stone floor in Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York	Malcolmxl5	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The five-light medieval stained glass east window of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, with saints and the Holy Trinity	Tadeusz Hare	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A simple stone font with a dark wooden cover in Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York	Malcolmxl5	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A narrow paved passage between brick walls leading from Goodramgate to Holy Trinity Church, York, with its tower ahead	Malcolmxl5	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Close view of painted box pews with doors and high panelled sides in Holy Trinity, Goodramgate	Malcolmxl5	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The avenue of lime trees leading through the churchyard to the north porch of Holy Trinity, Stratford	Acediscovery	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Holy Trinity Church and its spire seen across the River Avon at Stratford	Steve Daniels	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The painted funerary monument of William Shakespeare, a half-length bust holding a quill, in Holy Trinity Church	Adam Jones	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Shakespeare's grave slab in the chancel floor of Holy Trinity, Stratford, with its carved verse curse	Bin im Garten	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The nave of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, looking east under a timber roof	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Hull Minster seen from the south, its long brick and stone body and tall central tower against a blue sky	Richard Locket	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The chancel of Hull Minster with carved wooden stalls and a red carpet leading to the altar	HJ Mitchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The open west end of the nave at Hull Minster with the medieval font and the floor slabs	HJ Mitchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
A tall stained glass window at Hull Minster filled with brightly coloured figures	HJ Mitchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Looking east through the crossing of Hull Minster, between tall piers and the organ, towards the chancel	HJ Mitchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Looking up at the painted blue and gold roof of the nave at Hull Minster between tall arches	HJ Mitchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The tall Perpendicular central tower of Hull Minster seen from a street in the Old Town	Bernard Sharp	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Mary the Virgin, Iffley, a small Norman church with a central tower, seen from the churchyard	Michael Coghlan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Close view of the beakhead carvings around the west doorway arch at Iffley church	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The east end of the chancel at Iffley church with its altar and lancet window	Bill Nicholls	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved Norman rib vault in the chancel of Iffley church	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking east through the Norman arches of the tower to the chancel at Iffley church	Motacilla	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
John Piper's Nativity window at Iffley, a tree of life in deep blue with birds and animals	Ojwelch	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The west front of Iffley church with its carved Norman doorway and round window above	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The ruins of Jervaulx Abbey, Wensleydale, with the tall wall of the monks' dormitory rising behind lawns and trees	mattbuck	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A row of ruined stone arches at Jervaulx Abbey overgrown with grasses and wild plants	Kitmaster	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The slender stone columns that once held up the vault of the chapter house at Jervaulx Abbey, on a lawn	Kitmaster	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A round-arched doorway in the ruins of Jervaulx Abbey with a path running through it	mattbuck	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The tall west wall of the dormitory range at Jervaulx Abbey, pierced by a regular row of lancet windows	Admiralgary	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Sheep grazing in the parkland beside the ruins of Jervaulx Abbey in Wensleydale	Colin Park	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Kilpeck church, a small Norman church of red sandstone with a rounded apse, in its churchyard	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Norman chancel arch inside Kilpeck church with carved figures stacked on its shafts	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A row of carved stone corbels under the eaves of Kilpeck church, showing animal and human heads	Hadrianus1959	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Close view of carvings on the south doorway at Kilpeck, with intertwined creatures and foliage	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The huge plain round font of conglomerate stone at Kilpeck church	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved corbel at Kilpeck showing a hound and a hare	SiGarb	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The richly carved Norman south doorway of Kilpeck church with its tympanum and carved columns	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The fan vault of King's College Chapel spreading across the ceiling between the tall windows	Rafa Esteve	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Rubens's painting of the Adoration of the Magi above the altar of King's College Chapel	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The dark carved oak screen of King's College Chapel with the organ above it	Txllxt TxllxT	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The cloister garth of Kirkstall Abbey surrounded by ruined monastic buildings	Sirenuk	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The west front of Kirkstall Abbey church with its round-arched Norman doorway	Jungpionier	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The vaulted medieval chapter house of Lacock Abbey, with plain stone walls and pillars	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The cloister of Lacock Abbey seen across the grassed garth, with the house rising above	Daderot	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The vaulted medieval cloister walk of Lacock Abbey, with stone ribs and traceried openings onto the garth	Derek Voller	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The entrance to the Fox Talbot Museum and visitor reception at Lacock, through large wooden barn doors	Jennifer Petrie	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Gothick Great Hall of Lacock Abbey, with niches holding terracotta figures and a decorated ceiling	Derek Voller	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The oriel window on the south front of Lacock Abbey, the window in Fox Talbot's first negative	Martin Dawes	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
An early brown-toned photograph by William Henry Fox Talbot of the cloisters at Lacock Abbey	William Henry Fox Talbot	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The vaulted warming house of Lacock Abbey, with a large stone fireplace and a big iron cauldron	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Lanercost Priory: the red sandstone church with its west front, beside the roofless ruins of the priory	Martinvl	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A carved effigy of a sleeping baby lying on a stone tomb chest at Lanercost Priory	David Dixon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The grassed cloister of Lanercost Priory with the Dacre Tower and the remains of the monastic buildings	habiloid	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved red sandstone tomb chest of Humphrey, Lord Dacre, in the east end of Lanercost Priory	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Inside the nave of Lanercost Priory church, with its arcade and tall clerestory	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The roofless presbytery of Lanercost Priory with three tiers of arches and lancet windows	Basher Eyre	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The rib-vaulted undercroft beneath the refectory at Lanercost Priory	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The tall west front of Lanercost Priory church with its lancet windows and a statue in a niche	David Dixon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A tall, narrow Victorian stained glass window with figures in Lanercost Priory church	The Carlisle Kid	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The church of St Peter and St Paul, Lavenham, with its tall flint and stone tower above the churchyard	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A carved stone shield with Thomas Spring's merchant's mark on the outside wall of Lavenham church	Lavenham500	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A carved medieval misericord at Lavenham church showing a pelican feeding her young	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall nave of Lavenham church with slender piers, clerestory windows and a carved timber roof	Kognos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The south porch of Lavenham church, decorated with carved stone panels and coats of arms	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved wooden medieval screen across the chancel arch of Lavenham church	Philip Halling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The richly carved wooden parclose screen around the Spring family chantry in Lavenham church	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall flint and stone tower of Lavenham church with its buttresses and battlements	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The south side of Leicester Cathedral and its spire, seen across a paved square	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The spire of Leicester Cathedral beside the timber-framed Guildhall	Duncan Harris from Nottingham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The choir of Leicester Cathedral with carved wooden stalls looking east	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The nave of Leicester Cathedral looking east, with Gothic arcades and a painted timber roof	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The tomb of Richard III, a pale stone block incised with a cross on a dark plinth carved with his name	Jeremy Polanski from Cuyahoga Falls	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A brightly coloured three-light stained-glass window in reds and blues	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tall stone spire of Leicester Cathedral against a blue sky	NotFromUtrecht	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A row of carved stone statues of saints and figures in niches on the Vaughan Porch	NotFromUtrecht	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The chapter house of Lichfield Cathedral with a central pillar and display cases	kitmasterbloke	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Tall windows of sixteenth-century Flemish stained glass in the Lady Chapel at Lichfield Cathedral	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Anglo-Saxon carved Lichfield Angel in its display case	Thomas Quine	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The three spires of Lichfield Cathedral seen over trees and Minster Pool	Nessy-Pic	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A marble bust of Samuel Johnson in Lichfield Cathedral	Tony Grist	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Chantrey's white marble monument of two sleeping girls at Lichfield Cathedral	Bs0u10e01	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A page from the St Chad Gospels showing the evangelist St Mark	Unknown 8th-century scribe	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Rows of carved figures on the west front of Lichfield Cathedral below the twin western spires	Harry Mitchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Lincoln Cathedral — carved angels in the spandrels of the Angel Choir	Cc364	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Lincoln Cathedral — the Bishop's Eye rose window	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Lincoln Cathedral — the ten-sided Chapter House	Michael D Beckwith	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Lincoln Cathedral — the asymmetrical vault of St Hugh's Choir	Cc364	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Lincoln Cathedral — the Dean's Eye rose window	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
lincoln cathedral exchequer gate	Malcolm Neal	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Lincoln Cathedral — the high altar and the sanctuary	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Lincoln Cathedral — the Lincoln Imp, in the Angel Choir	Harry Harris	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Lincoln Cathedral — the Angel Choir and the east window	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Lincoln Cathedral — the pulpitum screen and the organ above it	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Lincoln Cathedral — the West Front	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruined nave of Lindisfarne Priory with round Norman arches and a pillar carved with a chevron pattern	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The single surviving rib of the crossing vault, the rainbow arch, spanning the ruins of Lindisfarne Priory	habiloid	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Mary's parish church on Holy Island, next to the priory ruins	Russ Hamer	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The ruined west front of Lindisfarne Priory church with its round-arched doorway	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Liverpool Cathedral — Tracey Emin's neon in the Well	Stefan Schäfer	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Liverpool Cathedral — the Lady Chapel, the first part built	Michael D Beckwith from England	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Liverpool — the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King at dusk	Chowells	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
Liverpool — inside the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Liverpool Cathedral — the Great Space looking east	Michael D Beckwith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
liverpool cathedral st james gardens	Rept0n1x	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Liverpool Cathedral — the Vestey Tower	Rodhullandemu	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Liverpool — the view from the top of the cathedral tower	Christine Matthews	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Liverpool Cathedral — the Benedicite window above the Well	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, a long flint and stone church with a tall tower above the village green	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A medieval carved alabaster panel of the Adoration of the Magi at Long Melford	Evelyn Simak	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The small Clopton Chantry chapel at Long Melford with painted ceiling and inscriptions	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The long south side of Holy Trinity Long Melford with its rows of tall windows and flint flushwork	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Fifteenth-century stained glass figures in the windows of Holy Trinity Long Melford	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Inside the Lady Chapel at Long Melford, with a central chapel surrounded by an arcaded walkway	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The long nave of Holy Trinity Long Melford looking east to the chancel	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A carved stone panel of seated apostles beneath an angel, inside the porch of Malmesbury Abbey	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved stone tomb chest with a recumbent crowned effigy, in Malmesbury Abbey	Ethan Doyle White	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of Malmesbury Abbey with massive round piers and pointed arches	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The deep round-arched Norman doorway of the south porch of Malmesbury Abbey with bands of carving	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A semicircular carved stone tympanum showing Christ in Majesty supported by angels	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Manchester Cathedral from the south-west, with its west tower and battlemented Perpendicular nave	Suicasmo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Fire Window at Manchester Cathedral, a stained-glass window in blazing reds, oranges and yellows	Acediscovery	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
A carved wooden misericord at Manchester Cathedral with figures and foliage	Charlesdrakew	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Dark carved wooden Gothic screens inside Manchester Cathedral	Chris06	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Wendreda's Church, March, Cambridgeshire, seen from the south across the churchyard, with its west tower and spire	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved wooden angel with wings outspread at the end of a hammerbeam in the roof at March	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking along the double hammerbeam roof of St Wendreda's, March, lined with rows of carved wooden angels	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved wooden angel holding a shield below a saint in a niche, high on the wall of St Wendreda's, March	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Rows of carved wooden angels with outspread wings on the roof timbers of St Wendreda's Church, March	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The white-walled nave of St Wendreda's Church, March, looking east under the dark timber angel roof	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The west tower and tall stone spire of St Wendreda's Church, March, against a clear blue sky	Peter Wood	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The reconstructed two-storey monk's cell at Mount Grace Priory with its walled garden	HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The living room of the reconstructed monk's cell at Mount Grace Priory, with a table, fireplace and leaded window	HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The low walls of the monks' cells around the great cloister at Mount Grace, with the reconstructed cell beyond	HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The small ruined church of Mount Grace Priory with its central tower	JohnArmagh	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The stone manor house at Mount Grace Priory seen across its Arts and Crafts garden	HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Newcastle Cathedral, its tower topped by the open stone lantern on flying buttresses, rising above the surrounding streets	Steve Daniels	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The medieval stone font of Newcastle Cathedral under its tall carved wooden canopy	David	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The lantern on top of Newcastle Cathedral's tower, an open crown of stone on four flying buttresses with pinnacles	FinlayCox143	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The nave of Newcastle Cathedral, open and free of pews, looking east to the quire, with a stone font carved with coats of arms in the foreground	Peter.cumiskey	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The quire of Newcastle Cathedral, with carved wooden stalls and the organ case, looking east to the reredos	Michael D Beckwith	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A medieval stained-glass roundel of the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child, set in clear leaded glass	Tony Grist	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Thornton brass, a large Flemish memorial brass engraved with the figures of Roger and Agnes Thornton under canopies	Sojourner in the earth	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The church of St Peter and St Paul at Northleach, its tall tower and long clerestoried nave of Cotswold stone among the trees of the churchyard	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A memorial brass at Northleach of a wool merchant and his wife standing side by side, set into the stone floor	Jules & Jenny	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The octagonal stone font of Northleach church, its bowl carved with heads and supported by carved angels	simontcope	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of Northleach church, with tall slender arcades and a large window above the chancel arch	simontcope	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The two-storey south porch of Northleach church, with pinnacles, niches and a statue of the Virgin	hugh llewelyn	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A long vaulted walk in the medieval cloister of Norwich Cathedral	MrsEllacott	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The spire of Norwich Cathedral seen through the tracery of the cloister	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The painted Despenser Retable showing scenes of the Passion at Norwich Cathedral	J An	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The copper font at Norwich Cathedral, made from a chocolate factory mixing bowl	Luke H. Gordon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Looking east along the Norman nave and choir of Norwich Cathedral	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The lierne vault of the nave at Norwich Cathedral with rows of painted roof bosses	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Close view of painted roof bosses in the vault of Norwich Cathedral	J An	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west front of Norwich Cathedral with its great Perpendicular window and the spire behind	Diego Delso	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Mary's Church at Ottery St Mary, Devon, seen from the west, with its two transept towers rising above the roof	Spencer Means	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The painted medieval astronomical clock face in the south transept of St Mary's, Ottery St Mary	Andrewrabbott	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The fan-vaulted ceiling of the Dorset Aisle at Ottery St Mary, with carved pendants	Andrewrabbott	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of St Mary's, Ottery St Mary, looking west under a painted and vaulted ceiling	Spencer Means	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Patrick's Church, Patrington, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with its slender central spire rising above the churchyard trees	Ian S	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Aerial view of St Patrick's Church, Patrington, a cross-shaped church with a central spire, in the middle of the village	Poor Frank Raw	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A carved stone head in a hood on a corbel inside St Patrick's Church, Patrington	Neil Theasby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved stone Easter Sepulchre in the chancel at Patrington, with sleeping soldiers below the risen Christ	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A grinning carved stone grotesque with its hands on its knees at St Patrick's, Patrington	Lindy Buckley	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The pale stone nave of St Patrick's, Patrington, with clustered piers and pointed arches looking east	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The east end of St Patrick's, Patrington, with a gilded reredos beneath the large stained glass east window	Neil Theasby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Pershore Abbey's tall pinnacled tower and the surviving east end seen across the park	Noisar	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The east end of Pershore Abbey with the altar beneath tall lancet windows	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A round Norman stone font carved with arcading and figures	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The interior of Pershore Abbey looking east, with tall Gothic arcades and a rib vault	Jonathan Billinger	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tower of Pershore Abbey rising above trees, with tall paired openings and corner pinnacles	Mike Peel	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking up inside the tower of Pershore Abbey to the suspended ringing floor	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The ribbed stone vault of Pershore Abbey with its many ribs meeting in carved bosses	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The grave of Catherine of Aragon behind railings in Peterborough Cathedral	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Looking up into the central tower and crossing ceiling of Peterborough Cathedral	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The fan vault of the New Building at the east end of Peterborough Cathedral	NotFromUtrecht	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Norman arcades of Peterborough Cathedral seen from the gallery level	Ben Keating	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Anglo-Saxon Hedda Stone carved with figures of saints at Peterborough Cathedral	Warofdreams	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
The former burial place of Mary, Queen of Scots, marked behind railings at Peterborough Cathedral	Derek Voller	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The long Norman nave of Peterborough Cathedral seen from the west end	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Peterborough Cathedral's west front seen from the Outer Gate across the precincts	Roger Jones	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The retrochoir of Peterborough Cathedral with fan vaulting and tall windows	DrMoschi	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A painted hanging crucifix above the nave altar at Peterborough Cathedral	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Portsmouth Cathedral among trees in Old Portsmouth, its seventeenth-century tower and white cupola rising behind the pale stone of the newer nave	ITookSomePhotos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The marble monument to George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, in Portsmouth Cathedral, with an urn above and mourning figures beside the inscription	The wub	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The slate gravestone of an unknown seaman of the Mary Rose in the floor of Portsmouth Cathedral, inside a low rope barrier	Simon Burchell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The light, spacious nave of Portsmouth Cathedral with round columns and a rose window at the west end	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The quire of Portsmouth Cathedral, with its slender columns and pointed arches, looking east to the altar	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The remains of the chapter house at Rievaulx Abbey with its column bases on the grass	Mandala Heaven	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The low remains of the nave at Rievaulx Abbey, looking east to the presbytery	G Laird	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The towering three-storey arches of the ruined presbytery at Rievaulx Abbey	Antony McCallum	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The tall ruined wall of the refectory at Rievaulx Abbey with its lancet windows	G Laird	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Ionic Temple on Rievaulx Terrace above the valley	Paul Brooker	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved wooden misericord at Ripon Cathedral showing a griffin chasing a rabbit into a hole	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The small stone-vaulted Saxon crypt under Ripon Cathedral	Martin Dawes	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved stone pulpitum of Ripon Cathedral with rows of statues and the organ above	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Maltby Beck running in a stone channel through the ruins of Roche Abbey	Paul Buckingham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The low foundations of the monastic buildings at Roche Abbey on a lawn, with the transepts beyond under a stormy sky	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The north and south transept walls of Roche Abbey facing each other across the ruined crossing	JohnArmagh	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The valley of Maltby Beck with the ruins of Roche Abbey in the distance among trees	Neil Theasby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Rochester Cathedral's spire beside the keep of Rochester Castle seen across the River Medway	OathOn	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The vaulted thirteenth-century crypt of Rochester Cathedral	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Norman nave of Rochester Cathedral with round arches and a flat timber ceiling	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Round Norman arches and decorated piers in the nave of Rochester Cathedral	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Early English presbytery of Rochester Cathedral looking east to the altar	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The screen at the east end of the nave of Rochester Cathedral leading to the quire	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Textus Roffensis manuscript open in its display case at Rochester Cathedral	Clem Rutter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The carved tympanum above the west door of Rochester Cathedral showing Christ in Majesty	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Romanesque west doorway of Rochester Cathedral with its carved arches	Gary Ullah from UK	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Romanesque blind arcading and a carved figure on the west front of Rochester Cathedral	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The medieval Wheel of Fortune wall painting in the quire of Rochester Cathedral	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Romsey Abbey seen across its green churchyard on a sunny day, with a stone cross in the foreground	Colin Park	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved wooden pew front with a coat of arms and a portrait head of Lord Mountbatten	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The east end of Romsey Abbey with its rounded Norman chapels and pinnacled gable	Colin Babb	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The black floor slab marking the grave of Earl Mountbatten of Burma at Romsey Abbey, with flowers	Peter Trimming	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall nave of Romsey Abbey looking west towards three lancet windows	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The three storeys of round Norman arches in the nave of Romsey Abbey	MEBeton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The long north side of Romsey Abbey with its low central tower, seen across the grass	Geni	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The east end of the quire at Romsey Abbey with the altar beneath two tiers of windows	M J Richardson	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved limestone panel of the Crucifixion with figures on either side of the cross, in St Anne's Chapel	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
salisbury cathedral chapter house magna carta	Forbes Johnston	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Salisbury Cathedral — the medieval clock mechanism	--Immanuel Giel 09:28	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Salisbury Cathedral — the cloisters, with the spire above	Diego Delso	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
salisbury cathedral font	Sumit Surai	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Salisbury Cathedral — the medieval frieze in the Chapter House	Richard Avery	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Salisbury Cathedral — another scene from the Chapter House frieze	Richard Avery	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Salisbury Cathedral — the interior looking east	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Salisbury Cathedral — the tomb of William Longespée	Bernard Gagnon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Salisbury Cathedral — the Prisoners of Conscience window in the Trinity Chapel	Peter Trimming from Croydon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Salle, Norfolk, a huge pale stone church with a tall west tower standing alone in open fields	Sebastiandoe5	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The carved stone seven-sacrament font at Salle, with a tall wooden cover hanging above it from a crane	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved wooden misericord under a choir stall at Salle, showing a grotesque face	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The long, light nave of Salle church with tall arcades, clear glass and a timber angel roof	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The medieval choir stalls of Salle church, looking west down the long nave	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Salle church seen across the churchyard, a long Perpendicular church with a tall west tower	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Carved stone figure of an angel swinging a censer above the west door of Salle church	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A Norman pillar at Selby Abbey carved with a diamond lattice pattern	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of Selby Abbey looking east, with the font in the foreground	Kognos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Massive round Norman arches and piers in the nave of Selby Abbey	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A heraldic shield in stained glass with two red bars and three red stars on white	Neil Theasby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A clerestory window at Selby Abbey with plain glass and a small heraldic shield	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Sheffield Cathedral in the city centre, its medieval tower and spire beside the newer extensions, with trees in the cathedral forecourt	Tim Green	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Looking east into the medieval chancel of Sheffield Cathedral, under its dark timber roof, to the east window	Neil Theasby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking up into the lantern of Sheffield Cathedral, where Amber Hiscott's glass forms a many-pointed star of colour	Crep171166	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long nave of Sheffield Cathedral with light oak benches and a level stone floor, looking east	Michael D Beckwith	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The wall monument of the 6th Earl of Shrewsbury in Sheffield Cathedral, his effigy in armour lying below a long inscription framed in gilded stone	Neil Theasby	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The screen of St George's Chapel in Sheffield Cathedral, made of rows of swords and bayonets	Oosoom	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The choir of Sherborne Abbey with its fan vault and tall east window	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Looking straight up at the golden fan vault of Sherborne Abbey	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The interior of Sherborne Abbey looking east along the nave to the choir	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Lady Chapel at Sherborne Abbey with its altar and east window	Mutney	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The nave of Sherborne Abbey under its fan vault, looking east	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Norman south porch of Sherborne Abbey with its round-arched doorway	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The great west window of Sherborne Abbey filled with modern stained glass	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Shrewsbury Abbey in evening sunlight, its red sandstone west tower with a great Gothic window beside the long nave	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A modern stained glass window at Shrewsbury Abbey showing St Benedict, in memory of the author Ellis Peters	AndyScott	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Shrewsbury Abbey from the south, a long red sandstone church with a west tower and a churchyard in front	Peter Whatley	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruined stone refectory pulpit of Shrewsbury Abbey, a small open-sided stone structure standing by the road	Graham Jones	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The brightly painted tomb of the poet John Gower, his effigy resting its head on three books	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A black and white cat sitting on a red cushion in a carved wooden stall	Marathon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of Southwark Cathedral looking east to the carved stone screen behind the high altar	JFVoll	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
An alabaster figure of William Shakespeare reclining, with a relief of old Southwark behind	Frank Kovalchek	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A colourful stained-glass window above the Shakespeare memorial, with figures from his plays	Philip Halling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The modern west window of Southwell Minster filled with rows of angels in stained glass	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The ruined walls of the medieval Archbishop's Palace beside Southwell Minster	Brian Deegan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Inside the octagonal chapter house at Southwell Minster with its carved canopies and vault	Phil Brandon Hunter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved double doorway into the chapter house at Southwell Minster, covered in stone foliage	Kognos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Norman crossing of Southwell Minster with round arches, the nave altar and the stone screen beyond	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Southwell Minster from the north-west, with its two Norman west towers and their pyramid spires	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A carved green man's face with leaves sprouting from his mouth in Southwell Minster chapter house	Southwell Minster Marketing	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A stone capital in Southwell Minster chapter house carved with deeply undercut maple leaves	stavros1	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The Norman nave of Southwell Minster with massive round pillars and arches under a timber roof	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The carved stone pulpitum of Southwell Minster seen from the choir, with the organ above it	Necrothesp	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The west front of Southwell Minster framed by a stone gateway arch across the churchyard	Phil Brandon Hunter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The choir of St Albans Cathedral with its painted wooden ceiling and the great screen beyond	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St Albans Cathedral seen from the west across the grass, with its long nave and Norman tower	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The very long nave of St Albans Cathedral with Norman arches on one side and Gothic arches on the other	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The rose window in the north transept of St Albans Cathedral	Robert Lamb	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The reconstructed Purbeck marble shrine of St Alban with its embroidered canopy	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Norman central tower of St Albans Cathedral, built of reused Roman brick	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Medieval wall paintings of the Crucifixion on the Norman piers of the nave at St Albans Cathedral	Alex Gunningham from London	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tall stone Wallingford Screen behind the high altar of St Albans Cathedral, filled with statues	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The carved oak watching loft beside St Alban's shrine at St Albans Cathedral	David Kemp	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Norman interior of St Bartholomew the Great, with heavy round arches, a gallery above and Prior Bolton's oriel window	Oleg Yunakov	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A restored section of the cloister walk at St Bartholomew the Great beside a lawn	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The flint and stone exterior of St Bartholomew the Great beside Cloth Fair in the City of London	Edwardx	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Tudor half-timbered gatehouse of St Bartholomew the Great above a stone archway on West Smithfield	Acabashi	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking up into the painted vault beneath the tower of St Edmundsbury Cathedral	No Swan So Fine	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long Perpendicular nave of St Edmundsbury Cathedral looking east, with slender piers and tall windows	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The brightly painted timber hammerbeam roof of the nave of St Edmundsbury Cathedral	Jim Linwood from London	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The quire of St Edmundsbury Cathedral looking east towards the high altar	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The tall pinnacled tower of St Laurence's Church rising above the rooftops of Ludlow	Fabian Musto	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The chancel of St Laurence's with its choir stalls and great east window	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A medieval carved wooden misericord at St Laurence's, Ludlow, showing a mermaid between two fish-like beasts	Charlesdrakew	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The long nave of St Laurence's Church in Ludlow looking east through the crossing	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A stained glass window with figures in St John's Chapel, the Palmers' Guild chapel at St Laurence's, Ludlow	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The six-sided south porch of St Laurence's Church in Ludlow, with a statue in a niche, and the tower behind	Philip Halling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Perpendicular tower of St Laurence's Church in Ludlow with its corner pinnacles	Tony Grist	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
View over the rooftops of Ludlow and the countryside from the top of the church tower	Mr M Evison	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Mary Redcliffe church in Bristol with its tall stone spire, pinnacled nave and flying buttresses	Matt Gibson from Bristol	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tall stone-vaulted nave of St Mary Redcliffe looking east	Julian P Guffogg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The richly carved outer north porch of St Mary Redcliffe at the top of a flight of steps	Spencer Means	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking through the deeply carved doorway of the north porch into the church	dw_ross	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A length of iron tram rail sticking out of the grass in the churchyard, with a small plaque	Colin Park	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The star-shaped rib vault of the hexagonal north porch with carved bosses	Karl Gruber	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0 at
St Mary's Church, Beverley, seen from the south, a long pinnacled Gothic church with a tall central tower	Chris Heaton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved stone head with a broad grin and horn-like ears on a wall inside St Mary's, Beverley	Immanuel Giel	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Looking up at a painted panelled timber ceiling of deep blue with gold stars at St Mary's, Beverley	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The dark marble font of St Mary's Church, Beverley, an octagonal bowl on a carved stem	pam fray	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Painted carved figures of medieval minstrels on top of a pillar in St Mary's Church, Beverley	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of St Mary's Church, Beverley, looking east between tall arcades towards the chancel	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The vaulted St Michael's Chapel at St Mary's, Beverley, with tall windows and a stained glass east window	Stephen Craven	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The pinnacled west front of St Mary's Church, Beverley, glowing gold in evening light	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Beauchamp Chapel at St Mary's, Warwick, with its gilded tombs, carved stalls and great east window	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Medieval stained glass in the tracery of the Beauchamp Chapel windows, showing angels holding scrolls of music	Jules & Jenny from Lincoln	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The gilt bronze effigy of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, lying on his tomb chest under a hooped bronze hearse	The Carlisle Kid	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The effigies of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and his wife Katherine holding hands on their tomb in the chancel of St Mary's, Warwick, looking west to the nave	The Carlisle Kid	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The vaulted Norman crypt of St Mary's, Warwick, with its round arches and stone floor	The Carlisle Kid	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The light and airy nave of St Mary's, Warwick, rebuilt in Gothic style after the fire, looking east	The Carlisle Kid	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A carved memorial relief in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral	Ad Meskens You are free to use this picture for any purpose	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The spiral Geometric Staircase in the south west tower of St Paul's Cathedral	Richard Gillin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The high altar and baldacchino of St Paul's Cathedral	Extraordinary Faith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of St Paul's Cathedral looking east towards the dome	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The quire of St Paul's Cathedral with its gilded mosaics	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Whispering Gallery running round the inside of the dome of St Paul's	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
St Paul's Church, Jarrow, a low stone church with a tall narrow tower between its nave and chancel, seen across the grass	Stanley Howe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Bede's Chair, a battered old wooden chair standing by a window in St Paul's Church, Jarrow	Stanley Howe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The eastern end of St Paul's Church, Jarrow, the small rough-stone Anglo-Saxon chancel with its narrow windows	Stanley Howe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A square stone carved with Latin capitals recording the restoration of St Paul's Church, Jarrow, set in a plastered wall	Stanley Howe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Jarrow Hall, a Georgian red-brick house with a bowed front, beside St Paul's Church	Stephen McKay	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Paul's Church, Jarrow, behind the low stone walls of the ruined monastery buildings in the grass	Russel Wills	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Small round-headed Anglo-Saxon windows set high in the rubble stone wall of the chancel at Jarrow	Vallan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The west end of St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, with its tall narrow Anglo-Saxon tower and porch beside the gable of the nave	Stanley John James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The east window of St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, tall lancets of stained glass with figures under bright tracery	Ojwelch	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The south side of St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, with the outlines of the monastery buildings marked out in the churchyard	Stanley John James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, looking east past the arcade to the chancel	Stanley John James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, seen from the north-west, its tall Anglo-Saxon tower against a blue sky	Stanley John James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Inside St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, looking west along the nave to the tall rough-stone Anglo-Saxon west wall	Stanley John James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Mary's Church at Studley Royal, a Victorian Gothic church with a tall spire, standing in open parkland	Juliet220	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The richly painted and gilded chancel of St Mary's Church, Studley Royal, with stained glass and marble	Bs0u10e01	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The painted and gilded dome-like ceiling of the chancel at St Mary's Church, Studley Royal	Martin Dawes	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Mary's Church, Studley Royal, seen across the open grass of the deer park	Rosser1954	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Two stained-glass lights at St Mary's, Studley Royal, with angels fighting a red dragon and the woman clothed with the sun	Amanda Slater	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The interior of St Mary's Church, Studley Royal, looking east along the nave to the chancel	Marathon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The stone obelisk in Studley Royal deer park with the spire of St Mary's Church beyond	David Dixon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A row of stained-glass windows at St Mary's, Studley Royal, showing horsemen of the Apocalypse above crowds of figures	Amanda Slater	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The round nave and chancel of Temple Church in London, built of pale stone, seen from the courtyard	It's No Game	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tall vaulted chancel of Temple Church in London, looking east to the altar	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Temple Church, its Round and chancel, seen across a rain-washed courtyard of the Inns of Court	Tipcake	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A thirteenth-century stone effigy of an armed knight lying cross-legged in Temple Church	Tony Hisgett from Birmingham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Inside the Round of Temple Church, with its dark Purbeck marble columns, looking east into the chancel	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The arcaded gallery above the Round of Temple Church, with round-headed and pointed arches	Shortenfs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The delicate stone vault of the Beauchamp Chantry at Tewkesbury Abbey	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Looking up at the painted vaults of the crossing and presbytery at Tewkesbury Abbey	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The painted kneeling effigy of Edward Despenser under a canopy at Tewkesbury Abbey	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The seventeenth-century Milton Organ case at Tewkesbury Abbey	Ethan Doyle White	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of Tewkesbury Abbey with massive round Norman pillars under a ribbed vault	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The presbytery of Tewkesbury Abbey with fourteenth-century stained glass and a painted vault	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A gilded roof boss of the Resurrection in the nave vault of Tewkesbury Abbey	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The old wooden sacristy door at Tewkesbury Abbey	Philip Halling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Wakeman Cenotaph at Tewkesbury Abbey, a carved stone cadaver tomb	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The west front of Tewkesbury Abbey with its giant recessed Norman arch	Bellminsterboy	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Thaxted parish church, Essex, seen from the south-east across the churchyard, with its tall spire and battlemented aisles	Acabashi	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking west through the wide interior of Thaxted church, with chairs, arcades and the west tower arch	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The light, white-walled nave of Thaxted church looking east, with tall arcades and a dark timber roof	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The spire of Thaxted church rising behind timber-framed houses in Watling Street, Thaxted	Robert Lamb	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The west tower and spire of Thaxted church glowing orange in evening sunlight	Talksr	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Thaxted's brick tower windmill and the church spire rising above a field	Sludge G	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The rib vault of the baptistery at Truro Cathedral	Jack Pease Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Gothic Revival east end of Truro Cathedral with its rose window and pinnacles	Jack Pease Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The three spires of Truro Cathedral rising above the rooftops of Truro	Ian S	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall vaulted nave of Truro Cathedral looking west towards the great west window	Jack Pease Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The quire of Truro Cathedral with its stalls, vault and the reredos beyond	Jack Pease Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The carved Bath stone reredos behind the high altar of Truro Cathedral, full of figures	Mutney	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
St Mary's Aisle at Truro Cathedral, the surviving part of the old parish church, with a timber roof	Jack Pease Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking up into the vault beneath the central tower of Truro Cathedral	Jack Pease Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The tall ruined east end of Tynemouth Priory church rising above the gravestones of the headland churchyard	A. Nolan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The stone gatehouse of Tynemouth Castle, a tall square tower with an arched entrance, on a grassy slope	David Dixon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A circular concrete gun emplacement on the clifftop at Tynemouth Castle, looking out to sea	Nick-D	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Inside the small vaulted Percy Chantry at Tynemouth Priory, with a rose window above the altar	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The rib vault of the Percy Chantry at Tynemouth, studded with carved and painted stone bosses	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruined round-arched west doorway and walls of the nave at Tynemouth Priory on a grassy headland	Glen Bowman	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tall ruined east window arch of Walsingham Priory standing alone in parkland, Little Walsingham, Norfolk	Richard Humphrey	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Close view of the ruined east window arch of Walsingham Priory, two flint and stone towers joined by a pointed arch	Richard Humphrey	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The High Street of Little Walsingham, with timber-framed and flint houses and the priory gatehouse	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Inside the Holy House at the Anglican shrine in Walsingham, a small dark chapel lit by candles around the altar	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Anglican Shrine Church of Our Lady of Walsingham, a brick and flint church with a tall tower, from the road	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The garden of the Anglican shrine at Walsingham with a small wayside shrine and the shrine church behind	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Slipper Chapel at Houghton St Giles, a small fourteenth-century flint and stone chapel with a large window	Len Williams	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Thousands of snowdrops carpeting the woodland of the Dell in the Walsingham Abbey grounds	Richard Humphrey	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
wells cathedral astronomical clock	DeFacto	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Carved head in the chapter house, Wells Cathedral	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
wells cathedral chapter house	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The memorial to Harry Patch beside Wells Cathedral	Des Blenkinsopp	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Jesse Tree window in the choir, Wells Cathedral	Andrewrabbott	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A misericord in the choir stalls, Wells Cathedral	Rodw	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The chapter house stairs at Wells Cathedral, photographed by Frederick H. Evans	Frederick H. Evans	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
wells cathedral vicars close	Kmtextor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Medieval statues on the west front of Wells Cathedral	Ad Meskens	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The octagonal Chapter House at Westminster Abbey with its central pillar	ChrisVTG Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The vaulted cloisters of Westminster Abbey	Robert Lamb	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
College Garden at Westminster Abbey with the abbey behind	Flaming Ferrari (talk)	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The shrine of Edward the Confessor behind the high altar at Westminster Abbey	Maggie Jones	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey	amanderson2	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The medieval Cosmati pavement before the high altar of Westminster Abbey	14GTR	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The fan vaulted ceiling of the Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey	JRennocks	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The high vaulted nave of Westminster Abbey looking east	Robert Lamb	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The monument to Sir Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey	14GTR	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Memorials and busts in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey	14GTR	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Royal tomb effigies in the Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey	Robert Lamb	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The grave of the Unknown Warrior in the nave floor of Westminster Abbey	Robert Lamb	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Westminster Cathedral — St Edward's Tower from the piazza	Robert Lamb	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A trial panel by Eric Gill for the Westminster Cathedral Stations of the Cross	Daderot	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Westminster Cathedral — the high altar, baldacchino and hanging rood	James Bradley	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
westminster cathedral lady chapel	Loz Pycock	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Westminster Cathedral — the marble revetment of the lower walls	Diego Delso	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Westminster Cathedral — the nave looking east	Diego Delso	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
westminster cathedral piazza	Anthony O'Neil	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
westminster cathedral stations of cross	M0tty	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Wimborne Minster with its two towers of chequered stone seen across the green on a sunny day	Bellminsterboy	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The astronomical clock at Wimborne Minster with the earth at the centre and the sun and moon circling it	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Alabaster effigies of a knight and his wife lying side by side on a tomb chest	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The central tower of Wimborne Minster with its Norman arcading and corner pinnacles	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The vaulted crypt beneath the east end of Wimborne Minster	Ethan Doyle White	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of Wimborne Minster looking east, with round Norman arches and pews	Fr James Bradley from Southampton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Looking down the nave of Wimborne Minster from a high gallery	JackPeasePhotography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A painted wooden figure of a soldier in a red coat standing between two bells on the tower	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Winchester Cathedral — Jane Austen's ledger stone in the north aisle	Marathon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Winchester Cathedral — a painted mortuary chest of Cynegils and Æthelwulf	BabelStone	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
winchester cathedral close	Christopher Hilton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
winchester cathedral crypt gormley	David Kernan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Winchester Cathedral — the wall paintings of the Holy Sepulchre Chapel	BabelStone	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Winchester Cathedral — the mortuary chests on the presbytery screens	BabelStone	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Winchester Cathedral — the Great Screen behind the high altar	Jack Pese Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Winchester Cathedral — Antony Gormley's Sound II in the flooded crypt	David Spender	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Winchester Cathedral — the memorial to William Walker, the diver	Caeciliusinhorto	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Winchester Cathedral — the Great West Window, reassembled from smashed fragments	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Winchester Cathedral — the effigy of William of Wykeham in his chantry	J An	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The circular chapter house of Worcester Cathedral with its central column	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The vaulted cloister walk at Worcester Cathedral with tall traceried windows	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A carved royal roof boss in the cloister vault at Worcester Cathedral	Bob Embleton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Rows of short Norman columns in the crypt of Worcester Cathedral	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Elgar memorial stained-glass window in Worcester Cathedral	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tomb of King John in front of the high altar at Worcester Cathedral	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Early English Lady Chapel at the east end of Worcester Cathedral	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The long nave of Worcester Cathedral looking east towards the quire	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The carved stone screen of Prince Arthur's Chantry at Worcester Cathedral	Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The west front of Worcester Cathedral with its large window and pinnacles	Gary Ullah from UK	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The south side of Wymondham Abbey with a tall tower at each end of the long nave	Poliphilo	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Wymondham Abbey seen across a meadow, with its great square west tower and the octagonal tower at the east end	Abbeygarth	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The gold reredos by Sir Ninian Comper at Wymondham Abbey, with tiers of painted and gilded figures under a canopy	Richard Barton-Wood	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Looking east along the Norman nave of Wymondham Abbey to the gilded reredos	hugh llewelyn	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall square west tower of Wymondham Abbey, built by the parishioners	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
York Minster — the Astronomical Clock, a memorial to airmen	Steven Fruitsmaak	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
York Minster — the wooden vault of the Chapter House	Andy Beecroft	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
York Minster — the Chapter House and its canopied stalls	Łukasz Nurczyński	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
York Minster — Philip Jackson's statue of Constantine outside the south door	jacquemart from England	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
York Minster — the Doomstone in the crypt	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
York Minster — a panel of the Great East Window	Coventry glazier John Thornton	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
York Minster — the Five Sisters window in the north transept	Stch2022	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
York Minster — the Horn of Ulf, photographed in the nineteenth century	Rijksmuseum	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
York Minster — a king on the fifteenth-century Quire Screen	dun_deagh	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
York Minster — the Rose Window in the south transept	Steven Fruitsmaak	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
York Minster — Roman and Norman fabric in the Undercroft	Tilman2007	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0

Scotland

125 photographs — 26 from Pexels, 99 from Wikimedia Commons.

Scotland — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The twin west towers and great west doorway of the ruined Elgin Cathedral in Moray	Carolyn S	Pexels	Pexels licence
Glasgow Cathedral with its central tower, spire and green copper roofs	Chikondi Gunde	Pexels	Pexels licence
Glasgow Cathedral and its spire seen from the Necropolis, with the Royal Infirmary behind	Miwa	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Glasgow Cathedral looking east towards the stone pulpitum screen	Angelo Capitanio	Pexels	Pexels licence
The timber roof and Gothic arcades of the nave of Glasgow Cathedral	Lucas Craig	Pexels	Pexels licence
A large stained glass window with four lights and a rose in Glasgow Cathedral	Bill Eccles	Pexels	Pexels licence
The great west window of Glasgow Cathedral seen from the nave	Emre Acar	Pexels	Pexels licence
Victorian monuments in the Glasgow Necropolis with the city beyond	Abhinav Goswami	Pexels	Pexels licence
Walkers on a hillside above the village and abbey on Iona, with the Sound of Iona and Mull beyond	John Bailer	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined church of Jedburgh Abbey above the Jed Water, with its tower and long nave behind houses and the riverbank	Tati Bor	Pexels	Pexels licence
Ruined pointed arches and pillars of the nave at Melrose Abbey, open to the sky	Spencer Haynes	Pexels	Pexels licence
The red sandstone ruins of Melrose Abbey glimpsed across trees and gardens	Spencer Haynes	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Thomas Coats Memorial Church in Paisley, a red sandstone Gothic church with a crown spire, at the top of a flight of steps	Phil Evenden	Pexels	Pexels licence
The spiral-carved Apprentice Pillar in Rosslyn Chapel	Pam Crane	Pexels	Pexels licence
Rosslyn Chapel in Roslin, Midlothian, seen across its garden	Rino Adamo	Pexels	Pexels licence
Weathered carved niches and a window on the outside wall of Rosslyn Chapel	Adrien Olichon	Pexels	Pexels licence
Pinnacles along the roofline of Rosslyn Chapel against a blue sky	Adrien Olichon	Pexels	Pexels licence
The south side of Rosslyn Chapel with its pinnacles and buttresses	Adrien Olichon	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined east gable of St Andrews Cathedral and the square St Rule's Tower rising above the gravestones, Fife	Geert Rozendom	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin-turreted east gable of St Andrews Cathedral seen along the grassed-over nave, with the sea beyond	Leonhard Niederwimmer	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long south wall of the nave of St Andrews Cathedral with the east gable and St Rule's Tower in the distance	Emre Acar	Pexels	Pexels licence
The medieval crown steeple of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh	Himalay Patel	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of St Giles' Cathedral with its blue vault and rows of chairs	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Giles' Cathedral and its crown steeple on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh	Zezen Zaenal Mutaqin	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh	Muhammed Zahid Bulut	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long red and yellow sandstone side wall of St Magnus Cathedral with the tower and spire behind, under a blue sky	MR Ledger	Pexels	Pexels licence

Scotland — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The ruined pink sandstone church of Dryburgh Abbey, its transept gables standing among cedars and lawns	Pasicles	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Inside the barrel-vaulted chapter house of Dryburgh Abbey, with a row of small arches along the east wall below three windows	Iain Lees	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The cloister of Dryburgh Abbey, a square of lawn enclosed by ruined sandstone walls, with the gable of the south range beyond	Iain Lees	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The north transept of Dryburgh Abbey, a ruined gable with tall pointed arches sheltering the burial chapels, among cedars	Iain Lees	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The red granite tomb of Sir Walter Scott in a chapel of the north transept of Dryburgh Abbey, with an information panel beside it	Tim Heaton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The trunk and spreading branches of the ancient Dryburgh Yew beside the abbey	Stuart Logan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Dunfermline Abbey in Fife, with the square tower of the 1821 church carved with the words King Robert the Bruce	Mussklprozz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Inside the 1821 Abbey Church at Dunfermline, looking towards a large stained-glass window above the organ	Victuallers	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The old nave and the newer church of Dunfermline Abbey seen together from the churchyard	Wandernder Weltreisender	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Romanesque nave of Dunfermline Abbey, with massive round pillars carved with zigzag and spiral patterns	Kim Traynor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The ruined wall of Dunfermline Palace, with rows of tall windows above the glen	CormacTH	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Dunkeld Cathedral on the bank of the River Tay, the roofless nave and tower beside the roofed choir among trees	HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Apostles' Stone, a worn Pictish cross-slab carved with rows of figures, in the chapter house at Dunkeld	PaulT (Gunther Tschuch)	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Inside the choir of Dunkeld Cathedral, the parish church, looking east to the great window	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The roofless nave of Dunkeld Cathedral, its arcades of pointed arches standing on a lawn	Iain Lees	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tomb of Alexander Stewart, the Wolf of Badenoch, with his effigy in armour, in Dunkeld Cathedral	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The octagonal chapter house of Elgin Cathedral seen from outside, with its tall traceried windows	Billreid at English Wikipedia	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The stone vault of the octagonal chapter house at Elgin Cathedral, its ribs springing from a single central pillar	AlasdairW	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The east end of Elgin Cathedral, with two tiers of tall lancet windows below a round rose window	Nilfanion	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Looking down from a west tower of Elgin Cathedral over the ruined choir, the east end and the octagonal chapter house	Billreid	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Elgin Cathedral ruins seen across a road and green from the north-east, with trees around	Lucas Kendall	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The inside of the west towers of Elgin Cathedral seen from the grassed-over nave	Gordon Hatton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The old great bell of Glasgow Cathedral standing on the floor of the church	WeeHolly	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white-painted rib vault and bosses of the Blacader Aisle, Glasgow Cathedral	Scotfocus	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A painted carved head on a corbel in the Blacader Aisle of Glasgow Cathedral	WeeHolly	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The arcade, triforium and clerestory of the choir of Glasgow Cathedral	WeeHolly	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Pillars and vaults of the Lower Church beneath Glasgow Cathedral	Jean-Baptiste L	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Rib vaulting with carved bosses over the tomb of St Mungo in Glasgow Cathedral	Gareth Talbot from Glasgow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A Victorian engraving of Rob Roy in the crypt of Glasgow Cathedral	Dalziel Brothers	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
St Mungo's Well in the Lower Church of Glasgow Cathedral, with a stained glass window	Fthierygeo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The marble effigies of the 8th Duke of Argyll and his wife in Iona Abbey	marsupium photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Carved medieval stone capitals and an arch inside Iona Abbey church	Tom Parnell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The rebuilt cloister arcade of Iona Abbey	Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A bronze sculpture in the cloister garth of Iona Abbey seen through an arch	Tom Parnell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The dim interior of the small St Columba's Shrine at Iona Abbey	Tom Parnell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Passengers boarding the small ferry to Iona at Fionnphort on Mull	Steve Houldsworth	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Iona Abbey below the hill of Dun I, seen across the Sound of Iona	August Schwerdfeger	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Gravestones in front of Iona Abbey with the hills of Mull across the water	Des Blenkinsopp	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The pink granite ruins of the medieval nunnery on Iona	August Schwerdfeger	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The Reilig Odhrain burial ground in front of Iona Abbey	dun_deagh	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A nineteenth-century photograph of the ruined Iona Abbey church	Anonymous	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The restored St John's Cross displayed in the museum at Iona Abbey	HaSt	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Martin's Cross, an eighth-century carved stone high cross on Iona	marsupium photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Oran's Chapel in the foreground with Iona Abbey behind	Tom Parnell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west front of Iona Abbey church with a replica high cross in front	Tom Parnell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Carved Romanesque shafts and zigzag mouldings in the sandstone at Jedburgh Abbey	Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Jedburgh Abbey church seen across the low walls of the cloister and monastic buildings	Victuallers	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long south side of Jedburgh Abbey church seen across a lawn and garden	Tom Parnell from Scottish Borders, Scotland	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The roofless nave of Jedburgh Abbey, three tiers of arches on each side, looking west to the rose window	Fingalo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0 de
The west front of Jedburgh Abbey with its round-arched doorway and rose window, seen from the street	Victuallers	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The ruined east end of Melrose Abbey with its tall Perpendicular east window, seen across the graveyard	Richard Sutcliffe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The stone carving of a pig playing the bagpipes on the roof of Melrose Abbey	Russel Wills	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The south transept of Melrose Abbey with its great traceried window, seen across the graveyard	LornaMCampbell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Paisley Abbey seen from the south-east, its long roofed nave, transept and central tower in grey stone	Rosser1954	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Barochan Cross, a weathered early medieval carved stone cross, inside Paisley Abbey	Elizabeth Rebecca Holmes	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The choir of Paisley Abbey seen from the crossing, with its ribbed stone vault, carved choir stalls and the great east window	Colin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A modern gargoyle on Paisley Abbey that looks like the creature from the Alien films	Mark Harkin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tomb of Marjorie Bruce in Paisley Abbey, a stone tomb chest with a carved effigy	Lairich Rig	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of Paisley Abbey looking west, with tall pointed arcades, a triforium and clerestory, and stained glass in the west windows	Rosser1954	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The ruins of Rosslyn Castle among trees in Roslin Glen	Rosser1954	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Victorian baptistery at the west end of Rosslyn Chapel	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
An old photograph of the carved barrel-vaulted ceiling of Rosslyn Chapel	Cornell University Library	Wikimedia Commons	no known copyright restrictions
The vaulted sacristy or crypt beneath Rosslyn Chapel with a stained glass window	Andreas Faessler	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A nineteenth-century silhouette picture of visitors inside the ruined Rosslyn Chapel	Auguste Edouart	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A carved stone Green Man face in Rosslyn Chapel	Thomas Duesing from San Antonio	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The interior of Rosslyn Chapel looking east towards the Lady Chapel and stained glass	Mike McBey	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Carved arches and stained glass in the Lady Chapel of Rosslyn Chapel	Thomas Duesing from San Antonio	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
An old photograph of the pendant bosses and carved vault of the Lady Chapel at Rosslyn	Cornell University Library	Wikimedia Commons	no known copyright restrictions
Carving round a window arch in Rosslyn Chapel said to represent maize	Kjetil Bjørnsrud	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
The carved south doorway of Rosslyn Chapel	Ymblanter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The towers of St Andrews Cathedral seen above the harbour from the pier	Ian Hawfinch	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved Pictish St Andrews Sarcophagus panel with a figure, a lion and hunting scenes	Syrio	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Rule's Tower, a tall plain square Romanesque tower with a small church attached, among gravestones	Gordon Hatton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The memorial to the golfer Young Tom Morris in St Andrews Cathedral graveyard, showing him about to drive	August Schwerdfeger	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
View from the top of St Rule's Tower over the cathedral ruins and the rooftops of St Andrews	Son of Groucho from Scotland	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Looking through the ruined west doorway of St Andrews Cathedral along the nave to the east gable	Son of Groucho from Scotland	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Robert Burns memorial window at the west end of St Giles' Cathedral	Enchufla Con Clave	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The central communion table under the crossing of St Giles' Cathedral	Holger Uwe Schmitt	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Victorian great east window of St Giles' Cathedral	CPClegg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Heart of Midlothian mosaic set into the cobbles of the Royal Mile	Mike McBey	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The bronze floor plaque commemorating Jenny Geddes in St Giles' Cathedral	CPClegg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The marker of John Knox's grave in parking space 23 in Parliament Square	Kim Traynor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The bronze statue of John Knox in St Giles' Cathedral	CPClegg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white marble effigy on the monument to the Marquess of Montrose in St Giles' Cathedral	Remi Mathis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Detail of the stained glass window showing the assassination of the Regent Moray	Kim Traynor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Regimental and knightly banners hanging in the Preston Aisle of St Giles' Cathedral	CPClegg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A carved wooden angel playing the bagpipes in the Thistle Chapel	Kim Traynor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The carved stalls and vault of the Thistle Chapel in St Giles' Cathedral	Holger Uwe Schmitt	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, a red sandstone Romanesque cathedral with a central tower and spire, seen across its graveyard	Virtual-Pano	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Magnus Cathedral seen from the ruins of the Bishop's Palace across the road in Kirkwall	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved stone memorial of the Arctic explorer John Rae, shown lying asleep with a book and rifle, in St Magnus Cathedral	Daniel Bordeleau	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The tall, narrow nave of St Magnus Cathedral, with massive round Romanesque pillars and arches, looking west	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The HMS Royal Oak memorial in St Magnus Cathedral, with flags, a carved wooden screen and a stained-glass window	The Carlisle Kid	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
A doorway in the west front of St Magnus Cathedral, with arches of alternating red and yellow stone	Rob Farrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The red sandstone ruins of Sweetheart Abbey at New Abbey, its roofless church and central tower above the lawns	Martin Dawes	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The worn stone effigy of Dervorguilla of Galloway lying in a tomb recess at Sweetheart Abbey, behind protective fencing	Rosser1954	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking east along the roofless nave of Sweetheart Abbey, between arcades of pointed red sandstone arches	Christopher Hilton	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The overgrown granite precinct wall of Sweetheart Abbey, with the red sandstone abbey beyond	Richard Sutcliffe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The ruined red sandstone gable of the south transept of Sweetheart Abbey, with its windows and the circular window above	Rosser1954	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0

Wales

37 photographs — 9 from Pexels, 28 from Wikimedia Commons.

Wales — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, with its west towers and spire seen across the churchyard among trees	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The vaulted Lady Chapel of Llandaff Cathedral, with a painted ceiling and a gilded reredos below the east window	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Llandaff Cathedral looking east to a concrete arch carrying Epstein's aluminium figure of Christ in Majesty	Michael D Beckwith	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Davids Cathedral in its hollow below the city of St Davids, Pembrokeshire, seen from above with its central tower	David Atkins	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Davids Cathedral seen from the slope above, in a grassy hollow with the countryside behind	Blesson Poulose	Pexels	Pexels licence
The central tower of St Davids Cathedral rising above the long roof of the nave against a blue sky	John Disandolo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of St Davids Cathedral with its rows of round arches and the central tower behind	John Disandolo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined church of Tintern Abbey framed by a broken stone archway	TNP	Pexels	Pexels licence
Black-and-white view inside the roofless nave of Tintern Abbey, looking through tall pointed arches to the empty east window	carla	Pexels	Pexels licence

Wales — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Brecon Cathedral seen across the lawn, its long choir and transept gable with the square central tower behind, framed by trees	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The cresset stone at Brecon Cathedral, a block of stone with thirty round cups cut into its top in rows	Colin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The tall Early English lancet windows at the east end of Brecon Cathedral above the high altar and stone reredos	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved Norman font of Brecon Cathedral beside the north doorway, the main entrance	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Games monument in Brecon Cathedral, a carved wooden effigy of a woman lying on a tomb chest	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Havard Chapel at Brecon Cathedral, with regimental colours hanging above the altar and a stained-glass window behind	Seth Whales	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of Brecon Cathedral looking east, with pointed arcades, rows of chairs and the chancel arch beyond	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Close view of Jacob Epstein's aluminium figure of Christ in Majesty on the organ case in Llandaff Cathedral	Ann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The west front of Llandaff Cathedral, with its two towers, one with a spire	Ferdi2005	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The ruined Bishop's Palace at St Davids, with its arcaded parapet and great hall walls	Oscar Taylor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Norman nave of St Davids Cathedral, with round arches and a carved wooden ceiling of Irish oak	Philip Pankhurst	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The restored shrine of St David in the presbytery of St Davids Cathedral, with painted icons in its niches	Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The round-arched west doorway of Strata Florida Abbey in its ruined stone wall, with lawn and low walls beyond	Llywelyn2000	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A dark stone memorial panel to the poet Dafydd ap Gwilym set against the ruined wall of the north transept at Strata Florida	Otter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The low ruined walls and column bases of the abbey church at Strata Florida on a lawn, with the hills beyond	Gareth James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Medieval glazed floor tiles with patterned designs in one of the chapels of Strata Florida Abbey	Otter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Close view of the Romanesque west doorway of Strata Florida Abbey, its roll mouldings bound by carved bands ending in spirals	August Schwerdfeger	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The roofless Gothic church of Tintern Abbey seen from the south across a meadow with grazing cows, wooded hills behind	Kaiho	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Low ruined walls of the cloister and monastic buildings at Tintern Abbey, with the church behind	Saffron Blaze	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The empty frame of the great east window of Tintern Abbey, with a single slender mullion rising through it	Kaiho	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The west front of Tintern Abbey with its tall seven-light window and the doorway below	Martinvl	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The full length of Tintern Abbey church under a cloudy sky, with the wooded slopes of the Wye Valley behind	Phil Price from Encinitas, California, USA	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Valle Crucis Abbey near Llangollen: the tall ruined east end of the church beside the roofed east range, on a green lawn below wooded hills	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The rib-vaulted chapter house of Valle Crucis Abbey, with its pillars and stone floor	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The long monks' dormitory at Valle Crucis Abbey under its timber roof, with carved grave slabs along the walls	Wolfgang Sauber	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The east end of Valle Crucis Abbey reflected in the still water of the monastic fishpond	Manfred Heyde	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A medieval grave slab at Valle Crucis Abbey carved with a flowering cross and scrolling foliage	Wolfgang Sauber	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The west front of Valle Crucis Abbey with its doorway, three tall windows and the rose window above	Michael Garlick	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0

Northern Ireland

15 photographs — 0 from Pexels, 15 from Wikimedia Commons.

Northern Ireland — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The twin spires of St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral in Armagh rising above the houses, seen from Abbey Street	Eric Jones	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Patrick's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Armagh, a low sandstone church with a square central tower on its hilltop	JohnArmagh (shifted & cropped by Rabanus Flavus)	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The carved stone head of an eleventh-century high cross in the north aisle of Armagh's Church of Ireland cathedral	Andreas F. Borchert	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave and quire of the Church of Ireland cathedral in Armagh, under a red-painted timber roof	Andreas F. Borchert	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west front of St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral in Armagh, with twin Gothic spires and a great window	NateBergin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
A gold mosaic of St Brigid in the chancel of St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral, Armagh	NateBergin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The richly painted and gilded nave of St Patrick's Catholic Cathedral in Armagh, looking east to the sanctuary	NateBergin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Down Cathedral, a grey stone Gothic church with a pinnacled tower, at the top of the road up the hill among trees	Chief Judge Rico	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The stone high cross on the grass outside Down Cathedral, in front of a doorway	Ardfern	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Inside Down Cathedral, looking west along the nave past the box pews to the organ in its gallery	Joseph Mischyshyn	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The great rough granite slab carved with the name Patric, marking the traditional grave of St Patrick at Down Cathedral	August Schwerdfeger	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The roofless church of Grey Abbey on the Ards Peninsula, with its great arched doorway, seen across the low walls of the cloister buildings	JohnArmagh	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The east end of Grey Abbey church with its tall lancet windows in two tiers	Kognos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The aisleless nave of Grey Abbey, roofless, looking along its walls	Erl Johnston	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The carved west doorway of Grey Abbey, a pointed arch with several orders of mouldings	NateBergin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0

France

139 photographs — 72 from Pexels, 67 from Wikimedia Commons.

France — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The great organ of Albi Cathedral filling the west end of the nave beneath the painted blue and gold vault	Javier Cruz	Pexels	Pexels licence
Amiens Cathedral from the south-east, with its flying buttresses, chapels and slender spire under a blue sky	Lajos Kristóf Kántor	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking down the immensely tall Gothic nave of Amiens Cathedral towards the choir	Ludovic Delot	Pexels	Pexels licence
Close-up of the carved Gothic portals, gables and rose window of Amiens Cathedral's west front	Ludovic Delot	Pexels	Pexels licence
Amiens Cathedral and its spire rising above the canals, bridges and flowers of the Saint-Leu quarter	Emmanuel Codden	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up at the pale ribbed vault and clerestory windows high above the nave of Amiens Cathedral	Lajos Kristóf Kántor	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Amiens Cathedral, with three deep sculpted portals, a rose window and two unequal towers	bruno carray	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Chartres Cathedral framed by blue flags with gold fleurs-de-lis	Eduardo Reiser	Pexels	Pexels licence
The white Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourviere with its towers and gilded statue on the wooded hill above Lyon, in evening light	Pablo Fernandez	Pexels	Pexels licence
The east end of the Fourviere basilica with two of its octagonal towers, the bronze St Michael on the apse and the gilded Virgin on the old chapel tower	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
The gilded bronze statue of the Virgin Mary on top of the bell tower of the old chapel at Fourviere	Magda Ehlers	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of the Fourviere basilica among trees on its hill, with the rooftops of Lyon, the river and its bridges beyond	Mikhail Nilov	Pexels	Pexels licence
Mont-Saint-Michel, its abbey and spire crowning the rocky island above the village, under a blue sky	Ryan Klaus	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Gothic abbey buildings and spire of Mont-Saint-Michel seen from below against a blue sky	Gérard PITOIS	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall Gothic choir of the abbey church of Mont-Saint-Michel, lit by high windows	Oleksandra Zelena	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of Mont-Saint-Michel standing on the sands of the bay at low tide	Marie-Claude Vergne	Pexels	Pexels licence
Mont-Saint-Michel seen across the flat fields and salt meadows at dusk	LIZHI LIANG	Pexels	Pexels licence
Notre-Dame de Paris seen across the Seine beyond a stone bridge	Marija Piliskic	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west rose window and the Gallery of Kings on the facade of Notre-Dame de Paris	Nathan Graciano	Pexels	Pexels licence
The pale restored nave of Notre-Dame de Paris looking east towards the altar	Michael Pointner	Pexels	Pexels licence
The rebuilt spire of Notre-Dame de Paris rising above the south transept	Evans Joel	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Notre-Dame de Paris with visitors on the square in front	Miguel Saddi Vitorino	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris with the Virgin and Child and two angels in front	Ali Büyükkahraman	Pexels	Pexels licence
The upper west front of Reims Cathedral with the rose window and the gallery of kings below the towers	Nathan Neve	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall Gothic arcade of an aisle in Reims Cathedral, with stained glass at the far end	T6 Adventures	Pexels	Pexels licence
The carved central portal of Reims Cathedral, with rows of figures in the arches and a rose window above the door	Manon Segur	Pexels	Pexels licence
The great rose window of Reims Cathedral glowing red and blue inside the west end	Manon Segur	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Reims Cathedral with its three deep portals, rose window and twin towers against a blue sky	Steve B	Pexels	Pexels licence
Black and white view of the statues and gables of the west front of Reims Cathedral	Edoardo Colombo	Pexels	Pexels licence
Visitors lighting candles beside a tall pier inside Rouen Cathedral, lit by a window	Bingqian Li	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Rouen Cathedral against a deep blue sky, with its spiky gables and pinnacles	Hub JACQU	Pexels	Pexels licence
Close view of the openwork gable and tracery above the central portal of Rouen Cathedral	Rockwell branding agency	Pexels	Pexels licence
Black and white photograph of the carved Gothic stone staircase climbing the wall of a transept in Rouen Cathedral	Vincent M.A. Janssen	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long nave of Rouen Cathedral with rows of wooden chairs leading to the choir and the lantern tower	Theo Felten	Pexels	Pexels licence
A carved stone tympanum on Rouen Cathedral crowded with small figures under rows of carved arches	Rockwell branding agency	Pexels	Pexels licence
The green cast-iron spire of Rouen Cathedral under restoration, its tip wrapped in white, above the Gothic pinnacles	Masee Bayat	Pexels	Pexels licence
A street in old Rouen at dusk leading towards one of the tall towers of the cathedral	Jesús Esteban San José	Pexels	Pexels licence
The lacy Gothic west front of Rouen Cathedral and its two towers in morning sunlight, seen across the square	Rino Adamo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The great apse mosaic of Christ in Majesty with arms outstretched in Sacré-Cœur	Kadir Avşar	Pexels	Pexels licence
The white domes of the Sacré-Cœur basilica on Montmartre against a blue sky, with an equestrian statue	Tove Liu	Pexels	Pexels licence
The domes and small towers of Sacré-Cœur seen from close below	Ibrahim-Can DURAN	Pexels	Pexels licence
The main dome of Sacré-Cœur rising above green trees	Mathias Reding	Pexels	Pexels licence
Sacré-Cœur at the top of Montmartre seen from the gardens and carousel below	Reinaldo MIQUELINO	Pexels	Pexels licence
The dim interior of Sacré-Cœur looking east beneath the dome towards the apse mosaic	Zekai Zhu	Pexels	Pexels licence
Statue of Christ in a niche on Sacré-Cœur under the inscription Cor Jesu Sacratissimum	David Henry	Pexels	Pexels licence
Crowds of visitors on the steps in front of Sacré-Cœur on a grey day	Antonio Miralles Andorra	Pexels	Pexels licence
The north tower and the two-storey colonnaded facade of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, framed by trees	Lucas Mota	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Fontaine Saint-Sulpice in the square in front of the church, with statues of bishops and lions	David Henry	Pexels	Pexels licence
The gilded Lady Chapel at the east end of Saint-Sulpice, with a white marble statue of the Virgin lit from above	Evans Joel	Pexels	Pexels licence
The vast pale stone interior of Saint-Sulpice with tall pillars, arches and rows of chairs	Bruno Charlier	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking down the nave of Saint-Sulpice towards the great organ case above the west door	David Henry	Pexels	Pexels licence
The double row of columns and arches of the portico of Saint-Sulpice	Alexandru Dan	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up at the carved stone vault of Saint-Sulpice	David Henry	Pexels	Pexels licence
The apse of the Sainte-Chapelle with the gilded tribune of the relics beneath tall windows	Ivan Dražić	Pexels	Pexels licence
Close view of the tall stained-glass windows of the Sainte-Chapelle	Manon Segur	Pexels	Pexels licence
The dim, low lower chapel of the Sainte-Chapelle with a statue of Louis IX	Manon Segur	Pexels	Pexels licence
The blue vault of the lower chapel of the Sainte-Chapelle painted with gold fleurs-de-lis	DUET. PHOTO	Pexels	Pexels licence
The slender spire and steep roof of the Sainte-Chapelle rising above the Palais de Justice	Evans Joel	Pexels	Pexels licence
The upper chapel of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, walled almost entirely in stained glass	Design Diva	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking straight up at the painted vault of the Sainte-Chapelle between walls of glass	Alina Rossoshanska	Pexels	Pexels licence
The length of the upper chapel of the Sainte-Chapelle looking west to the rose window	Julio García Photos	Pexels	Pexels licence
The astronomical clock in Strasbourg Cathedral, a tall painted and gilded case with dials and automata	T6 Adventures	Pexels	Pexels licence
Close view of the dials and cherubs on the Strasbourg astronomical clock	T6 Adventures	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Gothic nave of Strasbourg Cathedral in pink stone looking east to the choir	Masood Aslami	Pexels	Pexels licence
Half-timbered houses in the old town of Strasbourg beside the cathedral	Sara Free	Pexels	Pexels licence
Black-and-white close view of the great rose window and stone tracery of Strasbourg's west front	adrian vieriu	Pexels	Pexels licence
The south side of Strasbourg Cathedral with pinnacles, flying buttresses and green roofs	Edoardo Colombo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The single spire of Strasbourg Cathedral rising at the end of a narrow street of old houses	kdry yldz	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Strasbourg Cathedral in pink sandstone seen from below, with its great rose window	Masood Aslami	Pexels	Pexels licence
Sunlight falling through the arches of a side aisle at Vézelay onto the stone floor, with a visitor walking in the light	Jan van der Wolf	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Romanesque nave of Vézelay with round arches banded in alternating light and dark stone	Jan van der Wolf	Pexels	Pexels licence
The steep main street of Vézelay village, lined with old stone houses, leading up the hill	Marie-francoise Bastien	Pexels	Pexels licence

France — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Albi Cathedral, a vast red-brick Gothic church with a tall square bell tower, seen above the arches of a brick viaduct	Alkhimov Maxim	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The canons' choir of Albi Cathedral, with carved wooden stalls under a stone screen of pinnacles and painted statues	Benh LIEU SONG	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Part of the late medieval Last Judgement mural in Albi Cathedral, with the damned suffering torments in hell	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The white stone Flamboyant Gothic canopy of the south porch of Albi Cathedral against the red brick walls	FrDr	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The lacy white stone rood screen of Albi Cathedral, with Flamboyant Gothic pinnacles and statues, closing off the choir	Benh LIEU SONG ( Flickr )	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The painted vaults of Albi Cathedral, with saints and ornament in gold on a deep blue ground	Marc-Julien-Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Painted stone reliefs in quatrefoil frames on the choir screen of Amiens Cathedral, against a red background	GFreihalter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
An elaborately carved Gothic wooden pinnacle above the choir stalls of Amiens Cathedral	Vassil	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The black and white octagonal labyrinth set into the floor of the nave of Amiens Cathedral	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A marble funerary monument with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling canon and a small weeping angel seated between them	Welleschik	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The ambulatory of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, with slender columns and stained glass in the radiating chapels	Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Rows of medieval stone recumbent effigies of French kings and queens in the Basilica of Saint-Denis	Chabe01	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The tall thirteenth-century Gothic nave of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, with clerestory windows above	Chabe01	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The great stained glass rose window of the north transept of the Basilica of Saint-Denis	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Renaissance marble tomb of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany, with kneeling figures on top and arcades around	Myrabella	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The west front of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, with its three round-arched portals and single south tower	Chabe01	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Chartres Cathedral with its two spires rising above the roofs of the town	Czenon1	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Belle Verrière stained-glass window of the Virgin and Child enthroned at Chartres	Michael Wittwer	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The carved stone choir screen in the ambulatory of Chartres Cathedral	Txllxt TxllxT	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long vaulted crypt chapel of Notre-Dame-sous-Terre at Chartres with rows of chairs	Le Passant	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The circular stone labyrinth set in the floor of the nave at Chartres, with visitors walking it	Patrick from Compiègne	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The pale restored nave of Chartres Cathedral looking west towards the west rose	Ludvig14	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The north porch and north transept of Chartres Cathedral in shade	Txllxt TxllxT	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The north rose window of Chartres Cathedral above five tall lancets	PtrQs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The shrine of Notre-Dame du Pilier with its dressed statue of the Virgin in Chartres Cathedral	Ludvig14	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The central tympanum of the Royal Portal at Chartres with Christ in majesty and the symbols of the evangelists	Eusebius	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The Saint-Piat chapel behind the east end of Chartres Cathedral	Chatsam	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The three deep arched portals and statues of the south porch of Chartres Cathedral	Patrick from Compiègne	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The gilded reliquary frame holding the Veil of the Virgin at Chartres, flanked by two angels	Rama	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The west front of Chartres Cathedral with its two unmatched spires, seen from below	Patrick from Compiègne	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Three tall twelfth-century stained-glass lancet windows at the west end of Chartres Cathedral	Eusebius	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
One of the great mosaic panels on the nave wall of the Fourviere basilica, showing a crowded historical scene in gold, blue and green	Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The apse of the upper church at Fourviere, covered in gold and coloured mosaic, with marble columns and the high altar	Kent Wang from Barcelona, Spain	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The cloister of Mont-Saint-Michel, with slender arcades round a garden and the abbey church above	Marco Usan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The Knights' Hall at Mont-Saint-Michel, a Gothic hall of stone columns and vaults with a great fireplace	Ptyx	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long refectory of Mont-Saint-Michel abbey, lit by narrow windows set deep between columns	Parsifall	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The great wooden treadwheel at Mont-Saint-Michel, used to haul supplies up to the abbey	Oimabe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The open stone gallery of the chimeras high on the towers of Notre-Dame de Paris	Parsifall	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The carved oak choir stalls of Notre-Dame de Paris	Ibex73	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The gilded nineteenth-century reliquary of the Crown of Thorns at Notre-Dame de Paris	Marie-Lan Nguyen	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Last Judgement tympanum over the central portal of Notre-Dame de Paris	The wub	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The three carved portals of the west front of Notre-Dame de Paris	Wyslijp16	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The gilded rooster on top of the new spire of Notre-Dame de Paris	Ibex73	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The south rose window of Notre-Dame de Paris seen from inside	Alexander Baranov from Montpellier	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A transept rose window above the cleaned stone walls inside Notre-Dame de Paris	Ibex73	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking up into the restored rib vaults of Notre-Dame de Paris	Ibex73	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Smiling Angel statue on the north portal of the west front of Reims Cathedral	Mathieu Kappler	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The dark crypt of Sacré-Cœur with a row of lit stained-glass windows	Peter Potrowl	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Montmartre funicular climbing towards Sacré-Cœur through trees	Peter Potrowl	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
View over the roofs of Paris from the dome of Sacré-Cœur, with a small cupola in the foreground	Pline	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Delacroix's mural of Jacob wrestling with the angel beneath great trees, in the Chapel of the Holy Angels	Eugène Delacroix	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The brass line of the gnomon crossing the marble floor of Saint-Sulpice, with an oval brass plate	Aubry Gérard	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Latin inscription on the marble obelisk of the gnomon at Saint-Sulpice	PHGCOM	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
An old photograph of a giant clam shell used as a holy-water stoup on a carved rock-like base at Saint-Sulpice	Eugène Atget	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The rose window of the Apocalypse at the west end of the Sainte-Chapelle	Thomon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A painted statue of an apostle against a pier in the upper chapel of the Sainte-Chapelle	Pierre Poschadel	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The gilded wooden canopy of the tribune of the relics in the Sainte-Chapelle	denfr	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Statues of the Tempter and the Foolish Virgins on the right-hand west portal of Strasbourg Cathedral	Morio60	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The swallow's-nest organ case hanging high on the wall of the nave in Strasbourg Cathedral	Lionel GRANDADAM	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Pillar of Angels in the south transept of Strasbourg Cathedral with carved figures on three tiers	Thomon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
View over the roofs of Strasbourg from the platform of the cathedral	Edelseider	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The elaborately carved late Gothic stone pulpit in Strasbourg Cathedral	Morio60	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Romanesque basilica of Vézelay with its tall square tower on top of the hill, above the village roofs and green Burgundian countryside	Nikater	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A carved Romanesque capital in the nave of Vézelay with lively figures among foliage	Benjamin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The pale early Gothic choir of Vézelay with its tall arcade and clerestory windows	Renhour48	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The great Romanesque tympanum inside the narthex at Vézelay, with Christ sending rays of the Spirit to the apostles, surrounded by carved peoples of the world	Office de tourisme de Vézelay	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west front of the basilica of Vézelay, with three portals, a large Gothic window and a single tower	Benjamin Smith	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0

Italy

266 photographs — 112 from Pexels, 154 from Wikimedia Commons.

Italy — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The striped black and white facade of Amalfi Cathedral, with its pointed arches, gold mosaic gable and open arcaded porch	Edoardo Colombo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Romanesque bell tower of Amalfi Cathedral with its green and yellow tiled crown, above the rooftops of Amalfi and the blue sea	K	Pexels	Pexels licence
The bell tower and dome of Amalfi Cathedral rising above the pastel houses of Amalfi at the foot of steep wooded cliffs	Vincenza Minutiello	Pexels	Pexels licence
The brick facade of the Basilica of St Anthony in Padua, with its domes and slender towers rising behind	Mark Amores	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Basilica of St Anthony lit up at night, its domes glowing above the dark square	urtimud.89	Pexels	Pexels licence
The domes and spires of the Basilica of St Anthony rising at the end of a street of arcaded houses in Padua	sabrina martins	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Basilica of St Francis in Assisi, with its bell tower and the arcades of the lower piazza under a blue sky	Roberto Canaglia	Pexels	Pexels licence
The dim, low, frescoed interior of the Lower Basilica of St Francis in Assisi	leo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The painted vault over the high altar of the Lower Basilica in Assisi, with gold and blue allegorical frescoes	leo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long arcaded walls of the Sacro Convento and the basilica above the valley at Assisi	Duc Tinh Ngo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Basilica of St Francis in Assisi silhouetted against the setting sun	Carolyn D	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Gothic nave of the Upper Basilica in Assisi, with frescoed walls and blue vaults painted with stars	Mattia Carboni	Pexels	Pexels licence
The plain white stone facade and rose window of the Upper Basilica of St Francis, with mist in the valley beyond	Duc Tinh Ngo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Basilica of Superga, a Baroque church with a columned portico, a tall dome and twin bell towers, against a blue sky	Anca	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Basilica of Superga crowning a green wooded hill, seen from a distance	Diana ✨	Pexels	Pexels licence
The octagonal Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence, faced in green and white marble	Efrem Efre	Pexels	Pexels licence
Gold mosaics of the Last Judgment in the vault of the Florence Baptistery	Alfred Franz	Pexels	Pexels licence
The facade of Florence Cathedral beside Giotto's bell tower, seen from below	Sebastian Luna	Pexels	Pexels licence
The red-tiled dome of Florence Cathedral with its white marble ribs and lantern	C1 Superstar	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Last Judgment fresco painted inside the dome of Florence Cathedral, seen from below	Gotta Be Worth It	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of Florence Cathedral in white, green and pink marble, with its rose window	Keegan Everitt	Pexels	Pexels licence
Brunelleschi's dome and Giotto's bell tower rising above the roofs of Florence, with hills behind	Riccardo Falconi	Pexels	Pexels licence
The one-handed clock painted by Paolo Uccello on the inside west wall of Florence Cathedral	Andre	Pexels	Pexels licence
Giotto's bell tower in Florence, a square marble tower with Gothic windows	Ozan Tabakoğlu	Pexels	Pexels licence
Milan Cathedral seen from the corner of the piazza, showing the facade and the forest of spires along its side	Lauren Cuddy	Pexels	Pexels licence
The marble facade and spires of Milan Cathedral glowing in evening light above the crowds in Piazza del Duomo	Paolo Bici	Pexels	Pexels licence
The gilded statue of the Madonnina on top of the main spire of Milan Cathedral	Ian MacKay	Pexels	Pexels licence
The towering piers and Gothic vaults of the nave of Milan Cathedral	Dmitry Romanoff	Pexels	Pexels licence
A bronze door set in the carved marble central portal of Milan Cathedral	Karolina	Pexels	Pexels licence
View from the roof of Milan Cathedral over the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II and the city	Valeria Drozdova	Pexels	Pexels licence
Gothic spires topped with statues on Milan Cathedral against a deep blue sky	Gil Garza	Pexels	Pexels licence
Marco d'Agrate's marble statue of St Bartholomew, flayed, with his skin over his shoulders, in Milan Cathedral	Hamit Ferhat	Pexels	Pexels licence
Stained-glass windows glowing between the piers of Milan Cathedral	Dmitry Romanoff	Pexels	Pexels licence
Marble pinnacles on the roof of Milan Cathedral with modern skyscrapers in the distance	Ismail Abou Khalil	Pexels	Pexels licence
The golden mosaic apse of Monreale Cathedral, with the great figure of Christ Pantocrator above the high altar	Dmitry Romanoff	Pexels	Pexels licence
Paired columns in the cloister of Monreale, carved and inlaid with mosaic in zigzag and spiral patterns	Jan van der Wolf	Pexels	Pexels licence
The facade and towers of Monreale Cathedral seen down a street in the town of Monreale	Dmitry Romanoff	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long nave of Monreale Cathedral, its walls covered with gold mosaics, under a painted timber ceiling	José Barbosa	Pexels	Pexels licence
Close view of the mosaic Christ Pantocrator in the apse of Monreale Cathedral, his right hand raised in blessing	Florian Chefai	Pexels	Pexels licence
The white neo-Gothic facade of Naples Cathedral, with its three pointed portals and gabled centre, seen from below against a stormy sky	Egemen Mutlu	Pexels	Pexels licence
Colourful arrow signs in Naples pointing to San Domenico Maggiore, San Gaetano, the Cristo Velato, the Treasure of San Gennaro and San Gregorio Armeno	Luca Musella	Pexels	Pexels licence
The gold mosaic facade of Orvieto Cathedral, with its three gables, spires and rose window, lit by the late sun	Cristina Tasca	Pexels	Pexels licence
The rose window and gold-ground mosaics of the upper facade of Orvieto Cathedral	Edoardo Colombo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Orvieto Cathedral, with striped columns and arches and an open timber roof	Paola Tordoni	Pexels	Pexels licence
The painted vaults of the San Brizio Chapel, with prophets, apostles and saints on a gold and blue ground	Xavier Mena	Pexels	Pexels licence
The town of Orvieto on its rock above vineyards and cypress trees, with the cathedral rising above the roofs	Marián Moravčík	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pantheon, Rome — the interior and altar	Alejandro Aznar	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pantheon, Rome — approached from a side street	Виктор Соломоник	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pantheon, Rome — detail of the coffered dome	Ozan Tabakoğlu	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pantheon, Rome — the coffered dome and oculus	ΘSWΛLD	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pantheon, Rome — the portico and facade	Alejandro Aznar	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pantheon, Rome — the marble floor beneath the dome	Martino Grua	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pantheon, Rome — the disc of sunlight thrown by the oculus	Miguel Rivera	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pantheon, Rome — the portico columns and the Agrippa inscription	ArtHouse Studio	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pantheon, Rome — the rotunda wall, aediculae and chapels	Ozan Tabakoğlu	Pexels	Pexels licence
Pisa Cathedral in white and grey marble with its arcaded facade and dome, on the lawn of the Piazza dei Miracoli	Roberto Copernico	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of Pisa Cathedral's roofs and dome with the round Baptistery and the walled city beyond	Ozan Tabakoğlu	Pexels	Pexels licence
The facade of Pisa Cathedral with tiers of small arcades in white marble against a blue sky	Photo Wallpapers	Pexels	Pexels licence
Visitors resting on the green lawn in front of Pisa Cathedral	Petr Ganaj	Pexels	Pexels licence
The flank and dome of Pisa Cathedral with the Leaning Tower behind	Juan Martin Lopez	Pexels	Pexels licence
Rome — church domes across the skyline	Anastasiya Badun	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Baroque painted dome of San Vitale in Ravenna seen from below	Francesco Sommacal	Pexels	Pexels licence
The plain brick exterior of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, with its octagonal drum	Frank Wesneck	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up inside the octagon of San Vitale, with its arcades, gallery and painted dome	Francesco Sommacal	Pexels	Pexels licence
The red-brick Romanesque front of the Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio in Milan, with its loggia and tall bell tower, seen across the atrium	Lukas Lussi	Pexels	Pexels licence
The arcaded brick atrium of Sant'Ambrogio, with the church front and its two bell towers at the far end	Lukas Lussi	Pexels	Pexels licence
The white, green and pink marble facade of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence under a dramatic sky	Pixabay	Pexels	Pexels licence
Santa Croce in Florence seen from above, with its long roof, bell tower and the hills beyond	Nesshi Oliveira	Pexels	Pexels licence
Visitors in front of a brightly lit chapel with tall stained glass windows in Santa Croce	Pam Crane	Pexels	Pexels licence
The statue of Dante in front of the marble facade of Santa Croce in Florence	Marco Carlotti	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Baroque marble tomb of Galileo Galilei in Santa Croce, with his bust and two allegorical figures	Pam Crane	Pexels	Pexels licence
The white domed basilica of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, seen across the water with boats moored in front	AXP Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
Santa Maria della Salute seen from above, at the tip of Dorsoduro between the Grand Canal and the lagoon	Valmir Zanellato	Pexels	Pexels licence
The domes of Santa Maria della Salute rising above the palaces and boats of the Grand Canal at sunset	Wolfgang	Pexels	Pexels licence
The red brick church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, with its domed tribune, seen across the piazza	tommy picone	Pexels	Pexels licence
The brick facade of Santa Maria delle Grazie with its round windows and Renaissance portal	Andrew Patrick Photo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The sixteen-sided drum and dome of Bramante's tribune at Santa Maria delle Grazie against a blue sky	Bianka Bécsi	Pexels	Pexels licence
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the facade	Arunkumar M	Pexels	Pexels licence
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the gilded ceiling	Alisa Skripina	Pexels	Pexels licence
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the nave interior	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the Sistine Chapel altar within the basilica	Vytautas Markunas	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ornate Gothic facade of Siena Cathedral in white, pink and green marble under a deep blue sky	Alejandro Aznar	Pexels	Pexels licence
The frescoed Baptistery of Siena with the hexagonal marble and bronze font in the middle	Siegfried Poepperl	Pexels	Pexels licence
The black and white striped bell tower and the dome of Siena Cathedral seen from above	Charl Durand	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up at the striped columns, painted vaults and gilded dome at the crossing of Siena Cathedral	Wojciech Wyszkowski	Pexels	Pexels licence
The high altar of Siena Cathedral beneath the rose window, with bronze angels and striped columns	Wojciech Wyszkowski	Pexels	Pexels licence
Black and white striped marble columns in the nave of Siena Cathedral	Charl Durand	Pexels	Pexels licence
The brightly frescoed walls and ceiling of the Piccolomini Library in Siena Cathedral	Wojciech Wyszkowski	Pexels	Pexels licence
Carved marble reliefs crowded with figures on Nicola Pisano's pulpit in Siena Cathedral	Alejandro Aznar	Pexels	Pexels licence
Siena Cathedral's striped bell tower and dome rising above the brown roofs of Siena	Ian MacKay	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — Michelangelo's ceiling	Alina Rossoshanska	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — ceiling fresco detail	Alina Rossoshanska	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — the chapel interior	Josh Withers	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Vatican Museums, Vatican City — the exterior	Matteo Sassola	Pexels	Pexels licence
A narrow cobbled street in the historic centre of Naples, with tall old buildings and scooters parked along the walls	Jiří Dočkal	Pexels	Pexels licence
Archbasilica of St John Lateran, Rome — the rooftop statues	Vasyl D	Pexels	Pexels licence
The lead-covered domes of St Mark's Basilica seen from above, with the roofs of Venice behind	Gotta Be Worth It	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west front of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, with gold mosaics in its arches and statues along the roofline	AXP Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
The original gilded horses of St Mark displayed indoors in the St Mark's Museum	Diego Caumont	Pexels	Pexels licence
A replica horse on the loggia of St Mark's Basilica with the campanile behind	Hub JACQU	Pexels	Pexels licence
The interior of St Mark's Basilica, with gold mosaic domes and a great hanging lamp	Toon Machiels	Pexels	Pexels licence
Mosaic figures on a gold ground on the arches of St Mark's Basilica	Patricia Kitzmann	Pexels	Pexels licence
Gold mosaics covering a dome and arches inside St Mark's Basilica	Paintalia	Pexels	Pexels licence
Piazza San Marco in Venice with the basilica at the far end and the campanile rising beside it	Wolfgang	Pexels	Pexels licence
The mosaic over the Porta di Sant'Alipio showing St Mark's body being carried into the basilica	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — the apse and papal altar	Ludovic Delot	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — Bernini's baldachin	Giuseppe Di Maria	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — Michelangelo's dome from inside	Robert Stokoe	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — the nave interior	Michael Hamments	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — Michelangelo's Pietà	Nicole Broetto	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Peter's Square, Vatican City — seen from above	Efrem Efre	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Peter's Square, Vatican City — Bernini's colonnade	Efrem Efre	Pexels	Pexels licence

Italy — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Faded medieval frescoes of the Crucifixion in a pointed arch in the Basilica del Crocifisso, Amalfi	Berthold Werner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The green bronze doors of Amalfi Cathedral, divided into panels, under a carved marble frame and a mosaic of St Andrew	Luciano Tronati	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The richly painted and marbled crypt of St Andrew under Amalfi Cathedral, with the bronze statue of the saint above the altar	Velvet	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The nave of Amalfi Cathedral, with gilded coffered ceiling, chandeliers and white and gold Baroque columns leading to the high altar	Marco Ober	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white interlaced arches of the Cloister of Paradise in Amalfi seen through palm trees and a clipped green garden	Mentnafunangann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The high altar of the Basilica of St Anthony with Donatello's bronze statues and crucifix, under the domed choir	Nicola Quirico	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Altichiero's 14th-century frescoes on the walls of the Chapel of St James in the Basilica of St Anthony	Syrio	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Donatello's bronze equestrian statue of Gattamelata on its tall stone pedestal in front of the basilica	Jörgens.mi	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The interior of the Basilica of St Anthony, looking back down the nave under painted vaults to the rose window over the entrance	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Frescoes by Altichiero covering the walls of the Oratory of St George in Padua	Viaggiamocela	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Baroque Chapel of the Relics in the Basilica of St Anthony, with marble statues and reliquaries in niches	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white marble Renaissance chapel of St Anthony's tomb, with carved reliefs between arches and a gilded vault	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Cimabue's fresco of the Virgin and Child enthroned with angels and St Francis in the Lower Basilica	Cimabue	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Fresco of St Francis preaching to the birds, from the Legend of St Francis in the Upper Basilica	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The stone tomb of St Francis behind a grille in the crypt of the basilica in Assisi, lit by lamps	Dennis G. Jarvis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking up into the dome of the Basilica of Superga, a ring of windows and coffered decoration around the lantern	Paris Orlando	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The memorial to the Grande Torino football team behind the basilica, a stone with a cross set into an ivy-covered wall	Unknown (released into the public domain)	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Hall of the Popes at Superga, its walls covered in rows of painted portraits of popes	Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The marble tomb of King Charles Albert of Sardinia in the royal crypt of Superga, with a sculpted figure on the sarcophagus	Jastrow	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Panoramic view from Superga over the wooded hills, the city of Turin and the plain towards the Alps	Mikki65~commonswiki	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The plain yellow and grey street front of the Cappella Sansevero in a narrow lane of Naples' historic centre	Velvet	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Antonio Corradini's terracotta model for the Veiled Christ, showing a veiled body on a draped mattress, in a glass case	E. della Morte	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
19th-century engraving of Queirolo's statue Disillusion, a man freeing himself from a carved net with the help of a winged spirit	Franz Robert Richard Brendámour (1831–1915)	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
19th-century engraving of Corradini's statue Modesty, a woman entirely covered by a clinging veil, beside a tomb tablet	Unknown author	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino: a marble figure of the dead Christ lying on a mattress under a thin, transparent-looking veil	David Sivyer from United Kingdom	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Paolo Uccello's painted equestrian monument to Sir John Hawkwood in Florence Cathedral	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The long nave of Florence Cathedral with grey stone arches and a patterned marble floor	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Gilded bronze panels from Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise in the Opera del Duomo Museum, Florence	Yair Haklai	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The small cross-shaped brick building of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The deep blue mosaic vault of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, covered in gold stars around a cross	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Excavated foundations of the early Christian baptistery beneath Milan Cathedral	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A beam of sunlight falling across the floor of Milan Cathedral towards the brass meridian line	Alaexis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Mosaic of King William II offering a model of Monreale Cathedral to the enthroned Virgin and Child	José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The great bronze door of Monreale Cathedral by Bonanno Pisano, divided into small square panels, in its carved stone portal	José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The fountain in the corner of the cloister at Monreale, a carved column standing in a round basin under arches	Clemensfranz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
View from the roof of Monreale Cathedral over the roofs of the town and the plain down to Palermo and the sea	Andr€a	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The sunken early Christian font in the floor of the baptistery of San Giovanni in Fonte, Naples, inside a protective rail	MentNFG	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The ornate gilded brass gate by Cosimo Fanzago closing the Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro, seen from the cathedral aisle	Paolo Villa	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long nave of Naples Cathedral with a gilded coffered ceiling, painted panels above the arcades and the apse at the far end	Robot8A	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The domed Baroque Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro, with marble altars, silver busts and painted pendentives	Giuseppe Guida	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of the Basilica of Santa Restituta inside Naples Cathedral, with ancient columns and a painted Baroque ceiling	MentNFG	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The white marble Renaissance crypt of San Gennaro under the high altar of Naples Cathedral, with carved panels and columns	Giuseppe Guida	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Luca Signorelli's fresco of the Preaching of the Antichrist in the San Brizio Chapel, with a crowd around the preaching figure	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Frescoes of miracles of the Eucharist on the walls of the Chapel of the Corporal in Orvieto Cathedral	Luistxo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Signorelli's fresco of the Damned, a mass of naked bodies tormented by demons, in the San Brizio Chapel	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Marble relief of the Last Judgement on a pillar of the facade of Orvieto Cathedral, with the dead rising from their tombs	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Marble plaque on Palazzo di Sangro in Naples recording that Raimondo di Sangro, seventh Prince of Sansevero, lived, worked and died there	Giuseppe Guida	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Pantheon, Rome — the Annunciation fresco attributed to Melozzo da Forlì	Melozzo da Forlì / Antoniazzo Romano	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Pantheon, Rome — Lorenzetto's Madonna del Sasso above Raphael's tomb	Dennis G. Jarvis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Pantheon, Rome — the facade and the Macuteo obelisk from Piazza della Rotonda	Amphipolis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Pantheon, Rome — the tomb of Raphael	Fallaner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Pantheon, Rome — the tomb of King Umberto I and Queen Margherita	Szilas	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Pantheon, Rome — the tomb of King Victor Emmanuel II	Jebulon	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A bronze relief of the Annunciation, with the angel and the Virgin under an arch, from the Porta di San Ranieri	Lforzini	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The marble tomb of Emperor Henry VII in Pisa Cathedral beneath a painted lunette	Ern	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The striped arcades and granite columns of the nave of Pisa Cathedral, leading to the gold apse mosaic	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Giovanni Pisano's carved marble pulpit in Pisa Cathedral, on columns and figures, with the apse beyond	Canaan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The ambo and Cosmatesque pavement in the upper basilica of San Clemente	Massimo.Bellina	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Detail of the 12th-century apse mosaic at San Clemente, Rome	Rita1234	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The 12th-century atrium of the Basilica of San Clemente, Rome	Miguel Hermoso Cuesta	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Chapel of St Catherine at San Clemente, frescoed by Masolino	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
Masolino's St Catherine disputing with the philosophers of Alexandria, San Clemente	Masolino da Panicale	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The 11th-century fresco of St Clement celebrating Mass, lower basilica of San Clemente	Anonymous (Italy)Unknown author	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Basilica of San Clemente, Rome — the street entrance	Nicholas Gemini	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The front of the upper basilica of San Clemente seen from the atrium	NateBergin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Roman brick corridors of the 1st-century level beneath San Clemente	Valerio b. cosentino	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The 4th-century lower basilica beneath San Clemente, Rome	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Basilica of San Clemente, Rome — the Mithraeum, one level below the lower church	Ice Boy Tell	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The tauroctony altar in the Mithraeum beneath San Clemente, Rome	Cristiano Cani from Cagliari	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Basilica of San Clemente, Rome — the marble schola cantorum	NateBergin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The 11th-century Sisinnius fresco in the lower basilica of San Clemente	Matthias Holländer at German Wikipedia	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Mosaic lunette in San Vitale showing Abraham welcoming three angels and about to sacrifice Isaac	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The apse mosaic of San Vitale: a young Christ seated on a blue globe between angels, St Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius	Petar Milošević	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The mosaic of the Emperor Justinian with Archbishop Maximian, clergy, officials and soldiers in San Vitale	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The presbytery and apse of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, covered with sixth-century gold and green mosaics	Monica Rondoni	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The mosaic of the Empress Theodora with her attendants, wearing a jewelled crown and purple robe, in San Vitale	Petar Milošević	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Fifth-century mosaic portrait of St Ambrose, a standing figure on a blue ground with his name above, in the chapel of San Vittore in Ciel d'Oro	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The gold apse mosaic of Sant'Ambrogio, with Christ enthroned between saints and scenes from Ambrose's life	Dominik Matus	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Bramante's arcaded portico of the canonry beside Sant'Ambrogio, with the brick bell tower behind	Giovanni Dall'Orto	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.5 IT
The ciborium over the high altar of Sant'Ambrogio, on porphyry columns, with painted stucco reliefs in its gables	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The front of the golden altar of Sant'Ambrogio, gold panels of Gospel scenes framed by gems and enamels around Christ in majesty	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The nave of Sant'Ambrogio, with brick arches and rib vaults leading to the ciborium and the apse	Dominik Matus	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The carved late Roman sarcophagus known as Stilicho's, with the Romanesque pulpit above it, in the nave of Sant'Ambrogio	Emmanuel BRUNNER, Manu25	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The brick front of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, with its marble portico and the tall round bell tower beside it	RatMan1234	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The round brick bell tower of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo with rows of arched windows	Stefano pezzi	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Mosaic of Christ enthroned with four angels in white, against a gold background, at the east end of the south wall	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Mosaic of the walled town and harbour of Classe, with ships on the water between two towers	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Mosaic of the Three Magi in Persian trousers and Phrygian caps, carrying their gifts against a gold background	Carole Raddato	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Mosaic procession of male martyrs in white robes carrying crowns towards Christ, on the south wall of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo	Sofia Pan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The nave of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, with two long rows of marble columns under walls covered in gold-ground mosaics	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Mosaic of Theodoric's palace, an arcaded building labelled PALATIUM, with curtains hung between its columns	Jbribeiro1	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Mosaic procession of virgin saints in white and gold robes carrying crowns, separated by palm trees, on the north wall of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo	Sofia Pan	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Donatello's gilded stone Annunciation in Santa Croce, with the angel kneeling before the Virgin	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Giotto's frescoes of the life of St Francis on the walls of the Bardi Chapel in Santa Croce	Miguel Hermoso Cuesta	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The marble tomb of Michelangelo in Santa Croce, with his bust above three mourning figures	Prof. Mortel	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The wide Gothic nave of Santa Croce with its open timber roof, octagonal pillars and tombs along the walls	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The grey and white interior of Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel, with della Robbia roundels of the apostles	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Tintoretto's painting of the Marriage at Cana, with a long table of guests receding under a beamed ceiling	Jacopo Tintoretto	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
A 19th-century painting of the Festa della Salute, with crowds and boats in front of the basilica	Francesco Zanin	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The white and grey interior of Santa Maria della Salute, looking towards the high altar and its sculpture	PatriPA	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The small arcaded cloister of Santa Maria delle Grazie with a garden in the middle	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Montorfano's crowded fresco of the Crucifixion on the end wall of the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie	Wolfgang Moroder	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, showing Christ at the centre of a long table with the twelve apostles	Leonardo da Vinci	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Gothic nave of Santa Maria delle Grazie, with painted vaults and arches leading to the tribune	Parsifall	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking up into the light dome of Bramante's tribune inside Santa Maria delle Grazie	Julian.Schindler	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — Torriti's Coronation of the Virgin in the apse	Jastrow	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the campanile, the tallest in the city	MumblerJamie	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the 12th-century Cosmatesque floor	MumblerJamie	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the tomb of Pope Francis	Frmikecsc	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the loggia and Rusuti's 13th-century facade mosaic	MumblerJamie	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the 5th-century mosaics along the nave wall	MumblerJamie	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the Pauline (Borghese) Chapel	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the icon Salus Populi Romani	Fallaner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the dome of the Sistine Chapel of Sixtus V	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome — the triumphal arch and apse	Luistxo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Thirteenth-century wall paintings in bright reds and blues in the crypt beneath Siena Cathedral	Joanbanjo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The inlaid marble floor of the nave of Siena Cathedral, uncovered, looking towards the entrance between striped columns	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Sistine Chapel — St Bartholomew and the flayed skin, in the Last Judgment	Michelangelo	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — Michelangelo's Creation of Adam	Michelangelo	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Sistine Chapel — Perugino's Delivery of the Keys on the north wall	Pietro Perugino	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — the Delphic Sibyl	Michelangelo	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — the Flood, on the ceiling	Dennis G. Jarvis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Sistine Chapel seen from the Vatican Gardens	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — one of the twenty ignudi	Michelangelo	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — the prophet Jonah above the altar	Michelangelo	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — Michelangelo's Last Judgment on the altar wall	Michelangelo	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Sistine Chapel, Vatican City — the Libyan Sibyl	Jörg Bittner Unna	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The Sistine Chapel — Botticelli's Temptations of Christ on the north wall	Sandro Botticelli	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
White smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney at the end of a conclave	David Lees	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
St John Lateran, Rome — the apse mosaic	Deb Nystrom from Ann Arbor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Lateran Baptistery, Rome — the porphyry columns around the font	Kent Wang	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St John Lateran, Rome — the papal cathedra in the apse	Sonse	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
St John Lateran, Rome — the coffered wooden ceiling of the nave	Miguel Hermoso Cuesta	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St John Lateran, Rome — the Gothic ciborium over the papal altar	Nicholas Gemini	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Archbasilica of St John Lateran, Rome — the 13th-century cloister	NateBergin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
St John Lateran, Rome — the confessio and the tomb of Pope Martin V	Self-photographed	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
St John Lateran, Rome — the Corsini Chapel by Alessandro Galilei	Sailko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
St John Lateran, Rome — the fresco fragment of Boniface VIII, attributed to Giotto	Giotto	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
St John Lateran, Rome — the Holy Door	Georg Schelbert	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Archbasilica of St John Lateran, Rome — interior detail	Szilas	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Archbasilica of St John Lateran, Rome — the nave interior	Edelmauswaldgeist	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
St John Lateran, Rome — the Lateran obelisk in the piazza	Fallaner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Scala Santa, Rome — pilgrims climbing the stairs on their knees	Sonse	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
St John Lateran, Rome — the bronze doors from the Roman Senate house	Nicholas Gemini	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St John Lateran, Rome — Camillo Rusconi's St Matthew in the nave	Baba-patrimoine.fr	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St John Lateran, Rome — the transept and the Altar of the Blessed Sacrament	Szilas	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Pala d'Oro, a golden altarpiece set with enamels and precious stones, in St Mark's Basilica	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The porphyry sculpture of the four Tetrarchs embracing, on the corner of St Mark's Basilica	Archaeodontosaurus	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — Bernini's tomb of Alexander VII	Gary Todd from Xinzheng	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — the bronze St Peter Enthroned	Bruce McAdam	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — Bernini's Cathedra Petri	Dnalor 01	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — the Holy Door	Gutza	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — Bernini's St Longinus	Gary Todd from Xinzheng	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — Canova's Monument to the Royal Stuarts	Daderot	Wikimedia Commons	public domain

Portugal

121 photographs — 49 from Pexels, 72 from Wikimedia Commons.

Portugal — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The church front of Alcobaca monastery seen from the square	Fabricio Dionisio	Pexels	Pexels licence
Alcobaça Monastery — the Cloister of Silence	Schadrac B	Pexels	Pexels licence
Alcobaça Monastery — the west facade	Efrem Efre	Pexels	Pexels licence
Alcobaça Monastery — the Gothic nave	Jose Cruz	Pexels	Pexels licence
Manueline carving at Batalha Monastery	Efrem Efre	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Royal Cloister of Batalha with the church pinnacles above	Fernando Amaral	Pexels	Pexels licence
Pinnacles and window tracery on the exterior of Batalha Monastery	Jose Cruz	Pexels	Pexels licence
A gargoyle on the exterior of Batalha Monastery	Jose Cruz	Pexels	Pexels licence
Batalha Monastery — vaulted ceiling detail	Jose Cruz	Pexels	Pexels licence
Batalha Monastery — the Royal Cloister	Jose Cruz	Pexels	Pexels licence
Batalha Monastery — the Gothic nave	Manon Segur	Pexels	Pexels licence
Bom Jesus do Monte — interior of the neoclassical church	Average GUY	Pexels	Pexels licence
The neoclassical west front of the basilica at Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Pedro Sanches	Pexels	Pexels licence
The wooded park behind the sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Jose Vargues	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Stairway of the Five Senses at Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Catarina Paulo	Pexels	Pexels licence
Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga — the Stairway of the Five Senses	Ivan Dražić	Pexels	Pexels licence
The view from the terrace at Bom Jesus do Monte over Braga	Filipe Carvalho	Pexels	Pexels licence
Bones and skulls in the Chapel of Bones, Evora	Deann DaSilva	Pexels	Pexels licence
Skulls set into the wall of the Chapel of Bones, Evora	Alexander Popovkin	Pexels	Pexels licence
Chapel of Bones — detail of skulls set into the wall	Alexander Popovkin	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Pegoes aqueduct near Tomar, Portugal	Miguel Ls	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Templar castle walls and keep at Tomar, Portugal	Pedro Vinicius Garrett	Pexels	Pexels licence
The sixteen-sided exterior of the Charola at Tomar	Pedro Vinicius Garrett	Pexels	Pexels licence
Inside the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fatima	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Sanctuary of Fatima illuminated at night	g o	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fatima	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
The esplanade and colonnades at the Sanctuary of Fatima	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
Sanctuary of Fátima — the crucifix in the Basilica of the Holy Trinity	Aaron Porras	Pexels	Pexels licence
Sanctuary of Fátima — mosaic in the Basilica of the Holy Trinity	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
The statue of Pope John Paul II at the Sanctuary of Fatima	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
Pilgrims on the esplanade at the Sanctuary of Fatima	Efrem Efre	Pexels	Pexels licence
Sanctuary of Fátima — interior of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Sanctuary of Fatima with its monument column	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
Sanctuary of Fátima — the basilica and esplanade	Fernando Amaral	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long side wall of the Igreja do Carmo covered in a huge blue and white azulejo panel, with people walking past	Efrem Efre	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ornate grey stone Rococo facade of the Igreja do Carmo in Porto, with its long side wall covered in blue and white tiles	Aaron Porras	Pexels	Pexels licence
A vintage yellow and red tram passing in front of the twin churches of the Carmelitas and the Carmo in Porto	Eduardo Niederauer	Pexels	Pexels licence
Jerónimos Monastery — the Manueline cloister	Pedro Rodrigues Barros	Pexels	Pexels licence
The cloister of the Jerónimos Monastery from the upper storey	Pedro Rodrigues Barros	Pexels	Pexels licence
Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon — the south facade	Alyona Nagel	Pexels	Pexels licence
The south front of the Jerónimos Monastery, Belém	Zak Mir	Pexels	Pexels licence
Inside the church of Santa Maria de Belém, Jerónimos Monastery	Mitch Oram	Pexels	Pexels licence
Jerónimos Monastery — the nave of Santa Maria de Belém	Mitch Oram	Pexels	Pexels licence
Jerónimos Monastery — Vasco da Gama's tomb	Mitch Oram	Pexels	Pexels licence
The rib vault of the church of Santa Maria de Belém	Mitch Oram	Pexels	Pexels licence
A yellow tram passing in front of the twin towers of Lisbon Cathedral on a cobbled street	Mariya Kolina	Pexels	Pexels licence
Gothic arches of the cloister of Porto Cathedral with walls of blue and white azulejo tiles	Wentorini .	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin towers and rose window of Porto Cathedral at the top of a broad flight of granite steps	Cláudio Castro	Pexels	Pexels licence
A bronze equestrian statue in front of the domed tower of Porto Cathedral	Anselmo Machado	Pexels	Pexels licence

Portugal — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The ambulatory and radiating chapels at Alcobaca monastery	Bernardo de Oliveira Nunes	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.5
The chapter house at Alcobaca monastery, Portugal	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The upper storey of the cloister at Alcobaca monastery	Threeohsix	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The monastic kitchen at Alcobaca monastery, Portugal	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The great chimney of the kitchen at Alcobaca monastery	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Alcobaça Monastery — the tomb of Pedro I	Joseolgon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The monks' refectory at Alcobaca monastery with the reader's pulpit	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Manueline sacristy doorway at Alcobaca monastery	Manuelvbotelho	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Hall of the Kings at Alcobaca monastery, with statues and azulejos	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Carved detail on the royal tombs at Alcobaca monastery	Bernardo Oliveira Nunes	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.5
The tomb of Ines de Castro at Alcobaca monastery, Portugal	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Unfinished Chapels at Batalha, open to the sky	GFreihalter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Inside the Unfinished Chapels at Batalha Monastery	GFreihalter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The stained-glass window of the Chapter House at Batalha	Daniel VILLAFRUELA.	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The flank of Batalha Monastery reflected in water	xiquinhosilva from Cacau	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tombs of the sons of Joao I in the Founder's Chapel, Batalha	Daniel VILLAFRUELA.	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The lavabo fountain in the Royal Cloister at Batalha Monastery	Duca696	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Chapter House at Batalha with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers	Jaimrsilva	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The west front of Batalha Monastery with the statue of Nuno Alvares Pereira	Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Bom Jesus do Monte — the high altar	António Amen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Fountain of the Five Wounds at Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Béria Lima de Rodríguez	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Detail of a sense fountain on the stairway at Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Béria Lima de Rodríguez	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The water-counterweight funicular at Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Joseolgon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The 1723 gateway at the foot of the stairway at Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Vlach Pavel	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A fountain on the Stairway of the Five Senses at Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Joseolgon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The upper stairway of the Three Virtues at Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Béria Lima de Rodríguez	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A Passion chapel on the Sacred Way at Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga	Joseolgon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The painted vault of the Chapel of Bones, Evora	Ingo Mehling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A bone-faced pillar in the Chapel of Bones, Evora	Ingo Mehling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Skulls and long bones on a pillar, Chapel of Bones, Evora	Ingo Mehling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Church of St Francis, Évora, home to the Chapel of Bones	F Delventhal	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Chapel of Bones — the inscription above the entrance	Wikimedia Commons contributor	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The interior of the Chapel of Bones, Evora	Dicklyon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A bone-faced wall in the Chapel of Bones, Evora	Ingo Mehling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Chapel of Bones — walls and pillars lined with human bone	Rodrigopassarelli	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Chapel of Bones looking towards the altar, Evora	Ken & Nyetta	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Convent of Christ — the Manueline Chapter House Window	Duca696	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Convent of Christ — interior of the Charola (round church)	Ingo Mehling	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Painted and gilded decoration inside the Charola at Tomar	Jl FilpoC	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Convent of Christ — the Cloister of King João III	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Arcade detail in the main cloister at the Convent of Christ, Tomar	GFreihalter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The dormitory corridor at the Convent of Christ, Tomar	Daniel VILLAFRUELA.	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Convent of Christ, Tomar — the exterior	Vitor Oliveira	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Manueline nave and choir at the Convent of Christ, Tomar	José Luis Filpo Cabana	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The refectory at the Convent of Christ, Tomar	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Cloister of Santa Barbara at the Convent of Christ, Tomar	José Luis Filpo Cabana	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Carved detail at the base of the chapter house window, Tomar	Ray Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Chapel of the Apparitions after it was dynamited in 1922	Unknown authorUnknown author	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Mass at the Chapel of the Apparitions, Fatima	eebAMDG	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The altar at the Chapel of the Apparitions, Fatima	Einaz80	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The gilded high altarpiece of the Igreja do Carmo above red carpeted steps, with carved wooden choir stalls on either side	xiquinhosilva from Cacau	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The painted ceiling of the Igreja do Carmo, pale and gilded, framed by carved gilt-wood ornament	John Samuel	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The interior of the Igreja do Carmo, a single nave with gilded side altars leading to the golden high altar	xiquinhosilva from Cacau	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tomb of Luís de Camões, Jerónimos Monastery	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The tomb of Alexandre Herculano in the chapter house, Jerónimos Monastery	xiquinhosilva from Cacau	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The tomb of Fernando Pessoa in the cloister, Jerónimos Monastery	Daniel VILLAFRUELA.	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Azulejos in the refectory, Jerónimos Monastery	Dennis G. Jarvis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The chancel and royal tombs, Jerónimos Monastery	Georges Jansoone	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.5
The sacristy of the Jerónimos Monastery	Manuelvbotelho	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The south portal and south front of the Jerónimos Monastery	Daniel VILLAFRUELA.	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Nicolau Chanterene's axial (west) portal, Jerónimos Monastery	Manuelvbotelho	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The fortress-like west front of Lisbon Cathedral, with two crenellated towers either side of a rose window	Paulo JC Nogueira	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Gothic ambulatory of Lisbon Cathedral, with pointed arches and tall windows around the chancel	Andrzej Otrębski	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Archaeological excavations in the cloister of Lisbon Cathedral, with Roman and medieval walls below Gothic arcades	Mogadir	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The baptismal font of Lisbon Cathedral behind an iron grille, in a chapel lined with blue and white tiles	Concierge.2C	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The dark Romanesque nave of Lisbon Cathedral, with round arches and the rose window glowing at the west end	Concierge.2C	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The 14th-century tomb of Lopo Fernandes Pacheco, a stone effigy with a dog lying at his feet	Hispalois	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The battlemented granite walls and towers of Porto Cathedral rising above the terrace of its cloister, under a blue sky	Michael Gaylard from Horsham, UK	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The paved courtyard of the Gothic cloister of Porto Cathedral seen from above, with a stone cross in the centre	Alessandro Bonvini from Reggio Emilia, Italy	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The gilded wooden altarpiece and painted vault of the main chapel of Porto Cathedral, with carved choir stalls on either side	Peter K Burian	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Inside the Church of St Francis, Evora	Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The nave of the Church of St Francis, Evora	Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves	Wikimedia Commons	public domain

Spain

117 photographs — 66 from Pexels, 51 from Wikimedia Commons.

Spain — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The neo-Gothic facade and spires of Barcelona Cathedral rising above the Pla de la Seu	trip1 Travel	Pexels	Pexels licence
Light falling from the octagonal lantern over the west end of Barcelona Cathedral	Keith Proven	Pexels	Pexels licence
The nave of Barcelona Cathedral looking towards the high altar under Gothic vaults	Mitch Oram	Pexels	Pexels licence
The carved central doorway of Barcelona Cathedral with rows of statues in its arches	Lars H Knudsen	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ribbed Gothic vaults of Barcelona Cathedral with a hanging chandelier	Lars H Knudsen	Pexels	Pexels licence
The neo-Gothic bridge over Carrer del Bisbe beside Barcelona Cathedral	AXP Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
The pale Gothic bulk of Burgos Cathedral with its openwork spires and pinnacles under a deep blue sky, seen from the square	Miguel Saddi Vitorino	Pexels	Pexels licence
Burgos Cathedral lit up at dusk above the roofs of the city	Miguel Saddi Vitorino	Pexels	Pexels licence
Stone tympanum of Christ in Majesty surrounded by the Evangelists writing at their desks, over the Sarmental door	Estanis Bardeci Albo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin openwork spires of Burgos Cathedral rising above the coloured houses of the old town	Sergei Gussev	Pexels	Pexels licence
The granite Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial below the Guadarrama mountains	JOSE GALLARDO	Pexels	Pexels licence
El Escorial monastery rising above autumn trees	JOSE GALLARDO	Pexels	Pexels licence
The formal gardens beside the monastery at El Escorial	Luis Ribeiro	Pexels	Pexels licence
The frescoed main hall of the Royal Library at El Escorial	Osviel Rodriguez Valdés	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Patio de los Reyes courtyard in front of the basilica at El Escorial	Osviel Rodriguez Valdés	Pexels	Pexels licence
Red and white double arches in the prayer hall of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	José Antonio Otegui Auzmendi	Pexels	Pexels licence
Close view of the double tier of horseshoe arches in the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Alinson Torres	Pexels	Pexels licence
The bell tower of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Ivan Dražić	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Renaissance cathedral nave built inside the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Elia	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Renaissance vault over the cathedral in the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Igor Passchier	Pexels	Pexels licence
A decorated doorway in the outer wall of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Rafael Albaladejo	Pexels	Pexels licence
Interlaced lobed arches in the maqsura of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Jose Luis Vanasco	Pexels	Pexels licence
The gilded mosaic arch of the mihrab in the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Gu Bra	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ribbed dome in front of the mihrab of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Rino Adamo	Pexels	Pexels licence
Orange trees in the Patio de los Naranjos at the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Tudor Sorin	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Roman bridge over the Guadalquivir with the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba behind	Igor Passchier	Pexels	Pexels licence
The jagged pink rock pinnacles of Montserrat mountain with the monastery buildings on a ledge halfway up	Gotta Be Worth It	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of Montserrat monastery and basilica in a fold of the mountain, with crowds in the square	Jose Rodriguez Ortega	Pexels	Pexels licence
The dark, richly gilded interior of the basilica of Montserrat, with lamps hanging before the high altar	Eugenio Felix	Pexels	Pexels licence
The carved facade of the basilica of Montserrat seen through the arch of the atrium	Lexi Lauwers	Pexels	Pexels licence
A funicular track climbing steeply up a gorge above the monastery of Montserrat	Brian Ramirez	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall buildings of Montserrat monastery against towering rounded rock formations and blue sky	Bas Linders	Pexels	Pexels licence
The arcaded front of the monastery and its tower on the main square at Montserrat	Stiven Gonzales	Pexels	Pexels licence
Palma Cathedral's golden Gothic flank and buttresses above the sea wall and palm trees, beside the Almudaina palace	Wolfgang Weiser	Pexels	Pexels licence
Palma de Mallorca seen from the hills, with the cathedral rising above the city and the harbour full of boats	David Vives	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up at the west front of Palma Cathedral, with its pinnacles and rose window	Alex Staudinger	Pexels	Pexels licence
Palma Cathedral and the Almudaina palace reflected in the still water of the lake in the Parc de la Mar	David Vives	Pexels	Pexels licence
The high altar and suspended canopy of the Sagrada Familia	Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz	Pexels	Pexels licence
The towers of the Sagrada Familia rising above Barcelona	OG Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
Carved figures and foliage on the Nativity facade of the Sagrada Familia	Cristian Loayza	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Nativity facade of the Sagrada Familia with its four towers	Regan Dsouza	Pexels	Pexels licence
Branching tree-like columns in the nave of the Sagrada Familia	AXP Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
The angular Passion facade of the Sagrada Familia	Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz	Pexels	Pexels licence
Angular stone sculpture by Subirachs on the Passion facade of the Sagrada Familia	Francisco Ortiz	Pexels	Pexels licence
Blue and green light from stained glass windows inside the Sagrada Familia	Maria Orlova	Pexels	Pexels licence
Red and orange light from stained glass windows inside the Sagrada Familia	Phil Evenden	Pexels	Pexels licence
View over Barcelona from a tower of the Sagrada Familia	AXP Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
The vault of the Sagrada Familia seen from directly below	BERK OZDEMIR	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Renaissance cloister of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	Masi	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Baroque organ case above the Romanesque arcades of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	Eric Prouzet	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Baroque Obradoiro facade of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	Victor Damian	Pexels	Pexels licence
Pilgrims in the Praza do Obradoiro in front of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	Guillermo Jano Lopez	Pexels	Pexels licence
Seville Cathedral and the Giralda tower seen from the Plaza del Triunfo	Ana Rubio	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Giralda bell tower of Seville Cathedral against a blue sky	AXP Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Renaissance belfry at the top of the Giralda in Seville	Marian Florinel Condruz	Pexels	Pexels licence
View over the rooftops of Seville from the Giralda	Jose Luis Vanasco	Pexels	Pexels licence
The soaring Gothic nave and vaults of Seville Cathedral	Daka	Pexels	Pexels licence
Orange trees in the Patio de los Naranjos at Seville Cathedral	Ana Rubio	Pexels	Pexels licence
Carved and gilded figures on the Retablo Mayor in Seville Cathedral	Zekai Zhu	Pexels	Pexels licence
The gilded Retablo Mayor altarpiece in Seville Cathedral	Rino Adamo	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Gothic west front of Toledo Cathedral, with its carved portals and tower, under a deep blue sky	Ludovic Delot	Pexels	Pexels licence
Elaborate iron grilles and Gothic vaults inside Toledo Cathedral	Zekai Zhu	Pexels	Pexels licence
The skyline of Toledo on its hill, with the spire of the cathedral rising above the old town	Ludovic Delot	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Gothic spire of Toledo Cathedral seen at the end of a narrow street of tall houses	Fernando D Reyes	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Gothic Apostles' Door of Valencia Cathedral with its rose window, and the octagonal Micalet bell tower behind, seen from a narrow street	Ludovic Delot	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall octagonal Micalet bell tower of Valencia Cathedral beside the Baroque Door of the Irons, under a deep blue sky	Ana Hidalgo Burgos Burgos.	Pexels	Pexels licence

Spain — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The carved wooden choir stalls of Barcelona Cathedral with painted coats of arms above them	Didier Descouens	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Gothic cloister of Barcelona Cathedral with palm trees in the garden	Marco Almbauer	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The carved sarcophagus of St Eulalia in the crypt of Barcelona Cathedral	Didier Descouens	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
White geese beside the pond in the cloister of Barcelona Cathedral	Balou46	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
View from the roof of Barcelona Cathedral over the spires and the rooftops of the Gothic Quarter	Literat Tours	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The chapel of the Christ of Burgos, with the crucifix in a skirt above a gilded altar	Jl FilpoC	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Constable's Chapel in Burgos Cathedral, with its altarpiece and star vault lit from above	JUAN RAMON RODRIGUEZ SOSA	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Looking up into the crossing lantern of Burgos Cathedral, an eight-pointed star vault of openwork stone	Concierge.2C	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The red marble floor slab marking the tomb of El Cid and his wife Jimena under the crossing of Burgos Cathedral	Fabio Poggi	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The Golden Staircase in Burgos Cathedral, a double Renaissance stair with gilded iron balustrades	giomodica	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The Papamoscas, a carved figure in a red coat above a clock face, holding a bell clapper high in the nave	El Coleccionista de Instantes	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The interior of the basilica at El Escorial with its high altar	DoctorJoeE	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The dome of the basilica at El Escorial seen from below	Diego Delso	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The allegory of Geometry painted on the vault of the Royal Library at El Escorial	Jl FilpoC	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Stacked marble royal sarcophagi in the Pantheon of the Kings at El Escorial	Bocachete	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The marble and gilded bronze Royal Pantheon of the Kings at El Escorial	Bocachete	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Carved mahogany choir stalls in the cathedral of the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Daderot	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Puerta del Perdon gateway at the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba	Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The richly decorated chapel of the Cambril behind the high altar at Montserrat, with mosaics and marble	Enric	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The boys of the Escolania choir in white surplices singing in front of the high altar of the basilica	Jean Robert Thibault	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The dark-faced Romanesque statue of the Virgin and Child of Montserrat, La Moreneta, in her silver-framed niche	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The immensely tall nave of Palma Cathedral, with slender columns, lit chandeliers and a glowing rose window at the east end	José Luis Filpo Cabana	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The coloured rose window seen high above the arches and columns inside Palma Cathedral	Andreamartineez	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Rows of pews leading to the choir and royal chapel at the east end of Palma Cathedral	José Luis Filpo Cabana	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
The congregation filling the nave at the Mass for the blessing of the Tower of Jesus Christ	Medol	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The small Sagrada Familia Schools building with its undulating roof	Enfo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A narrow spiral staircase inside one of the towers of the Sagrada Familia	Tony Hisgett	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Botafumeiro censer swinging across the transept of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	wolfgang.mller54	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The silver Botafumeiro hanging in front of the high altar of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	Josefito123	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The silver casket in the crypt beneath the high altar of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	José Luis Filpo Cabana	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The gilded Baroque high altar of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	Jorge Franganillo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The Holy Door of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Christ in majesty in the tympanum of the Portico of Glory, Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	calblas78	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Romanesque Praterias facade of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral	Lancastermerrin88	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Quintana side of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral with the Holy Door	D.Rovchak	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
View from the roofs of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral over the cloister and the old town	amaianos	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The gilded iron grille in front of the main chapel of Seville Cathedral	José Luis Filpo Cabana	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Close view of the bronze heralds on the tomb of Columbus in Seville Cathedral	Karsten Wentink	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The tomb of Christopher Columbus carried by four heralds in Seville Cathedral	Fabi-DE	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Church of El Salvador in Seville	Kent Wang	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Renaissance Sacristia Mayor of Seville Cathedral	Diego Delso	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The elliptical dome of the chapter house in Seville Cathedral	Daderot	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
A carved walnut relief of Moses from Berruguete's upper choir stalls in Toledo Cathedral	Enrique Cordero	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
El Greco's painting of the Disrobing of Christ, with Christ in a red robe among a crowd	El Greco	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The towering gilded and painted Gothic altarpiece of the main chapel of Toledo Cathedral	Miguel Hermoso Cuesta	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The pale soaring Gothic vaults and piers of Toledo Cathedral, with a rose window at the end	Paco Consuegra	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0 es
The Baroque Transparente of Toledo Cathedral, an explosion of marble and gilded figures lit from above	Miguel Hermoso Cuesta	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Looking up into the octagonal lantern over the crossing of Valencia Cathedral, with its tracery windows of alabaster	Kent Wang from Barcelona, Spain	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Detail of a Renaissance fresco in Valencia Cathedral showing the faces of the Virgin Mary and St Joseph against a landscape	Joanbanjo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Gothic nave of Valencia Cathedral with ribbed vaults and pale stone arches, leading to the brightly lit high altar	Enfo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Holy Chalice of Valencia, an agate cup on a gold stem and base, displayed in a glowing golden case	Vitold Muratov	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0

Germany

76 photographs — 42 from Pexels, 34 from Wikimedia Commons.

Germany — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Aachen Cathedral from above the Katschhof square, with its domes, chapels, Gothic choir and west tower	Peter Hölterhoff	Pexels	Pexels licence
The gold mosaic of the dome of Aachen Cathedral, with the Barbarossa chandelier hanging below	Meike	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall Gothic windows and buttresses of the choir of Aachen Cathedral in sunshine	Nils Rotura	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aachen Cathedral seen from the Katschhof square, with the domed Carolingian octagon, the Gothic choir and the west tower	Ira	Pexels	Pexels licence
Gold-ground mosaics of saints on the arches of the gallery of Aachen Cathedral	Wolfgang Krzemien	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up into the dome of the octagon of Aachen Cathedral, covered with gold mosaics and ringed by arches	Dick Scholten	Pexels	Pexels licence
Berlin Cathedral with its great green dome and corner towers, seen across the Lustgarten on a sunny day	Claudia Solano	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up into the dome of Berlin Cathedral, with its painted and gilded decoration and ring of windows	Claudia Solano	Pexels	Pexels licence
The interior of Berlin Cathedral, with marble columns, gilded decoration and the altar under the dome	Claudia Solano	Pexels	Pexels licence
The great Sauer organ in Berlin Cathedral, with its tall silver pipes in a carved and gilded case	Abdel Rahman Abu Baker	Pexels	Pexels licence
Berlin Cathedral beside the River Spree in autumn, with its green copper domes	detait	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long dark nave of Cologne Cathedral leading to the brightly lit stained glass of the choir	Ekam Juneja	Pexels	Pexels licence
Cologne Cathedral and the arches of the Hohenzollern Bridge reflected in a glass surface at sunset	Dirk Tucholski	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up past massive clustered piers to the high windows of the nave of Cologne Cathedral	Mahrukh Rehman	Pexels	Pexels licence
Cologne Cathedral lit up at night above the Rhine, with the lit Hohenzollern Bridge on the right	Pham Ngoc Anh	Pexels	Pexels licence
A deep Gothic portal of Cologne Cathedral, its arches lined with rows of carved figures	Masood Aslami	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ribbed vault and tall stained glass windows of a transept of Cologne Cathedral, seen from directly below	Emre Akyol	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin Gothic spires and west front of Cologne Cathedral seen from below against a pale sky	F4Bi	Pexels	Pexels licence
The pale sandstone dome of the Frauenkirche in Dresden rising above the Neumarkt under a blue sky	David Floyd	Pexels	Pexels licence
The dome of the Frauenkirche seen from above, rising over the roofs of Dresden's old town	Ilia Bronskiy	Pexels	Pexels licence
The stone dome and lantern of the Frauenkirche seen from close by, with sculpted balustrades	wal_ 172619	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Frauenkirche seen across the Neumarkt in Dresden, with rebuilt baroque townhouses on either side	Enrico Hänel	Pexels	Pexels licence
The broken tower of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church among modern office towers on Breitscheidplatz, Berlin	Dennis Wolfram	Pexels	Pexels licence
A Christmas market stall in front of the towers of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church	Rajeev Singh	Pexels	Pexels licence
The old tower of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church with the scaffolded modern bell tower behind it	Claudia Solano	Pexels	Pexels licence
The old tower of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church beside Egon Eiermann's flat-roofed octagonal church	Floris Mulder	Pexels	Pexels licence
The jagged, roofless top of the old tower of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church against a blue sky	Tim Diercks	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin openwork spires of Regensburg Cathedral rising behind the old town and the medieval bridge tower on the Danube	Christian Krknjak	Pexels	Pexels licence
Regensburg Cathedral's spires above the colourful houses on the bank of the Danube	Felix Mittermeier	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up at the pinnacles, buttresses and tracery of the south side of Regensburg Cathedral against a blue sky	Michele Petruzzelli	Pexels	Pexels licence
One of the openwork Gothic spires of Regensburg Cathedral rising above the nave roof and the old town	Markus Luther	Pexels	Pexels licence
The red sandstone east end of Speyer Cathedral, with its octagonal crossing tower and two green-capped towers	Elias Tigiser	Pexels	Pexels licence
The towers of Speyer Cathedral among autumn trees under a blue sky	Mario Tabarra	Pexels	Pexels licence
The view from the tower of Speyer Cathedral over the roof, a green-capped tower and the city	Walters Photos	Pexels	Pexels licence
The garden of the Gothic cloister of Trier Cathedral, with arcades and the walls of the cathedral behind	sunny green	Pexels	Pexels licence
The towers of Trier Cathedral and the Liebfrauenkirche rising above the roofs of Trier's old town	MR Ledger	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Gothic Liebfrauenkirche in Trier, a centrally planned church with tall traceried windows and a central tower	Brandon Hawkins	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Gothic west tower of Ulm Minster rising above trees against a blue sky	Matea Gvozdenović	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long nave of Ulm Minster with its tall pillars and rib vault, looking towards the choir	Wolfgang Weiser	Pexels	Pexels licence
The openwork spire of Ulm Minster glowing gold in evening light between bare trees	Linh Bo	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking straight up at the white rib vault of the nave of Ulm Minster	Elena Castelli	Pexels	Pexels licence
The arches and carved tracery of the west porch of Ulm Minster seen from below	Nenia Anip	Pexels	Pexels licence

Germany — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The gold Shrine of Charlemagne in Aachen Cathedral, decorated with figures of emperors under arches	Beckstet	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The plain marble throne of Charlemagne on its stepped platform in the upper gallery of Aachen Cathedral	Gerda Arendt	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Rows of coffins and sarcophagi in the Hohenzollern crypt beneath Berlin Cathedral	LarsMueller	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The gilded sarcophagus of King Frederick I of Prussia by Andreas Schlüter in Berlin Cathedral	Frank Liebig	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Gero Cross in Cologne Cathedral, a carved wooden figure of Christ on a cross against a gilded Baroque sunburst	Frank Vincentz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The gold Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral, decorated with enamel, gems and small figures	Pedelecs	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The gilded baroque altar of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, with the organ above it	W. Bulach	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking up into the painted inner dome of the Frauenkirche in Dresden	W. Bulach	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The bright interior of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, with tiers of galleries curving round the altar and organ	W. Bulach	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Visitors in the Memorial Hall inside the base of the old tower, with mosaics, a marble floor and display cases	Szilas	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
A gold mosaic of the Hohenzollern rulers in procession, on the vault of the Memorial Hall	Szilas	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Kurt Reuber's charcoal drawing of the Virgin wrapping the Child in her cloak, with the words Light, Life, Love	Kurt Reuber	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The small Romanesque All Saints' Chapel in the cathedral cloister at Regensburg, with its octagonal drum and apses	Allie_Caulfield	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
A small medieval stone figure of the Devil carved in a niche beside the west portal of Regensburg Cathedral	Heiko Fischer	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The plain square Romanesque Eselsturm tower on the north side of Regensburg Cathedral	Nylki	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The tall Gothic nave of Regensburg Cathedral looking east towards the choir, with stained-glass windows in the clerestory	NoRud	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The vaulted Romanesque crypt of Speyer Cathedral with its sandstone arches and a small altar	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Domnapf, a huge stone bowl on an octagonal base, in front of the west front of Speyer Cathedral	BlueBreezeWiki	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Stone tombs of the emperors behind an iron grille in the burial vault of Speyer Cathedral	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A nineteenth-century fresco of the Coronation of the Virgin, surrounded by angels, in the Kaisersaal of Speyer Cathedral	AnRo0002	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The long, plain Romanesque nave of Speyer Cathedral, with massive piers of red and yellow sandstone	José Luiz	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Romanesque west front of Trier Cathedral, with its apse, two square towers and stair turrets, rising above the Domfreihof square	AnRo0002	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
An ornate gilded wrought-iron screen and gate in Trier Cathedral	Holger Uwe Schmitt	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The carved Renaissance wall tomb of Archbishop Johann III von Metzenhausen in Trier Cathedral, with carved figures in niches under a wrought-iron railing	Dguendel	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The nave of Trier Cathedral looking east, with plain Romanesque arches and white vaults leading to the raised Romanesque east choir	Kelisi	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A painted Romanesque tympanum showing Christ enthroned between the Virgin Mary and St Peter, over a doorway in Trier Cathedral	Lothar Spurzem	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Medieval stained glass windows in the Besserer Chapel of Ulm Minster	Uli E.	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The carved oak choir stalls of Ulm Minster with busts of sibyls and philosophers along the top	Uli E.	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
A carved wooden bust of the Roman orator Cicero on the choir stalls of Ulm Minster	Rictor Norton and David Allen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The large painted Last Judgement over the chancel arch of Ulm Minster, with Christ enthroned above the dead rising from their graves	Rufus46	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The carved wooden doors of the main west portal of Ulm Minster, framed by Gothic stonework	Gerhard Giebener	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The pulpit of Ulm Minster with its tall carved wooden canopy of Gothic pinnacles	Rufus46	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The tall slender stone sacrament house in Ulm Minster, carved with pinnacles and figures	Uoaei1	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A metal figure of a sparrow holding a straw on the roof ridge of Ulm Minster	Photograph: Frank C. Müller, Baden-Baden	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0

Austria

41 photographs — 25 from Pexels, 16 from Wikimedia Commons.

Austria — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Painted skulls on a shelf in the Hallstatt charnel house, decorated with flowers and the names of the dead	Ahmet Yüksek ✪	Pexels	Pexels licence
Rows of painted skulls on wooden shelves above stacked bones in the Hallstatt charnel house	Catherine Kozdoba	Pexels	Pexels licence
The white tower of the Catholic parish church of Hallstatt among autumn trees	Ilya B	Pexels	Pexels licence
Hallstatt village on the shore of the lake beneath steep wooded mountains, with a church spire	Hayder Qasim	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Karlskirche in Vienna, with its green copper dome between two tall carved columns, under a blue sky	Pixabay	Pexels	Pexels licence
The portico and columns of the Karlskirche in Vienna seen from the steps	Lukas Kosc	Pexels	Pexels licence
The high altar of the Karlskirche, with St Charles Borromeo carried up to heaven amid gilded rays	Erica On The Go	Pexels	Pexels licence
The interior of the Karlskirche in Vienna, with marble walls and arches rising to the painted dome	Erica On The Go	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Karlskirche and its two columns reflected in the pool in front of the church	Heinz Klier	Pexels	Pexels licence
The yellow baroque church and buildings of Melk Abbey on their rock above the Danube, in evening light	Tom Jurman	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of Melk Abbey, its long buildings stretching along the ridge above the town and the Danube	Reinhard Bruckner	Pexels	Pexels licence
The yellow facade and arched gateway of a forecourt building at Melk Abbey	David Nestorov	Pexels	Pexels licence
The twin towers and facade of Melk Abbey church against a deep blue sky	Usman Younas	Pexels	Pexels licence
Melk Abbey seen above the rooftops and main square of the town of Melk	Gerhard adF Hofmarcher	Pexels	Pexels licence
The pale marble facade and twin green-domed towers of Salzburg Cathedral, with the Gaisberg mountain behind	Magic K	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up into the dome of Salzburg Cathedral, ringed with windows and painted panels	David N.618	Pexels	Pexels licence
The bright white nave of Salzburg Cathedral with stucco-framed paintings on the vault, leading to the high altar under the dome	David Magauer	Pexels	Pexels licence
The domes and towers of Salzburg's old town, with the cathedral, under wooded hills in autumn	Zepps Project	Pexels	Pexels licence
Visitors in the golden-lit Gothic nave of St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, looking towards the high altar	Deniz Erus	Pexels	Pexels licence
The zigzag patterned tile roof of St Stephen's Cathedral with the south tower and the shorter north tower behind	Tom D'Arby	Pexels	Pexels licence
View down the patterned tiled roof of St Stephen's Cathedral from a tower, with a spire and Vienna beyond	Valentin Ivantsov	Pexels	Pexels licence
Close view of the Gothic gables and pinnacles along the side of St Stephen's Cathedral under the tiled roof	Ceyda Çiftci	Pexels	Pexels licence
The south tower of St Stephen's Cathedral rising above the rooftops of central Vienna	Westafrikan Koffi	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, with its patterned tiled roof and the tall Gothic south tower against a blue sky	Diogo Digital Art	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Romanesque west front of St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, with the Giant's Door and the two Heathens' Towers	Syd Newnham	Pexels	Pexels licence

Austria — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The carved and gilded shrine of the late Gothic winged altar in Hallstatt parish church, with the Virgin and Child between two saints	Wolfgang Sauber	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The small terraced cemetery of Hallstatt with wooden and iron grave crosses and flowers	Werner100359	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
St Michael's Chapel, which houses the charnel house, among the graves of the cemetery in Hallstatt	Jitka Erbenová (cheva)	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A group of painted skulls from one family in the Hallstatt charnel house	H. Michael Miley	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Rows of skulls painted with wreaths, crosses and inscriptions in the Hallstatt charnel house	Wolfgang Sauber	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Detail of the dome fresco of the Karlskirche, with angels among clouds	Balou46	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The gilded and marbled interior of Melk Abbey church, looking down the nave to the high altar	Aconcagua	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The baroque library of Melk Abbey, with gilded bookcases, a gallery and a painted ceiling	Aconcagua	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Marble Hall of Melk Abbey, with pink marble pilasters, tall windows and a painted ceiling	Aconcagua	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The crossing of Salzburg Cathedral with the high altar and galleries of organs on the piers around it	Matthias Süßen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Domplatz in Salzburg on a wet day, with the Marian column in the centre and the white facade of the cathedral behind it	Martin Kraft	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
17th-century engraving of the interior of Salzburg Cathedral by Melchior Küsel, showing the nave and crowds	Melchior Küsel (1626–1683)	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The medieval bronze font in Salzburg Cathedral, decorated with figures of saints and resting on four crouching bronze lions	GFreihalter	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The red marble tomb of Emperor Frederick III behind a carved balustrade in St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna	Jim.kovic	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The carved late-Gothic stone pulpit of St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, with its winding stair and tracery	Vitold Muratov	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Carved stone bust of a man leaning out of a window opening beneath the stair of the pulpit in St Stephen's Cathedral	Werner100359	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0

Ireland

86 photographs — 25 from Pexels, 61 from Wikimedia Commons.

Ireland — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, from the air	Jonathan Borba	Pexels	Pexels licence
The covered bridge linking Christ Church Cathedral to the former Synod Hall	Jonathan Borba	Pexels	Pexels licence
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin — the exterior	Heinz Klier	Pexels	Pexels licence
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, from the south	Jonathan Borba	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Homeless Jesus sculpture outside Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin	Alexander Kaliberda	Pexels	Pexels licence
Christ Church Cathedral from Christchurch Place, Dublin	Erik Glauber	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruined churches, high crosses and O'Rourke's round tower at Clonmacnoise, on a green slope above the River Shannon	Adrien Olichon	Pexels	Pexels licence
The stone-roofed St Kevin's Church and the round tower of Glendalough among green fields and trees	Dirk De Vlaminck	Pexels	Pexels licence
Celtic crosses and gravestones in the graveyard at Glendalough, with wooded hills behind	Reel Focus Productions	Pexels	Pexels licence
The tall slender stone round tower of Glendalough with its conical cap, above gravestones and trees	Daniel Wells	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Upper Lake at Glendalough, still and reflecting the wooded mountainsides and clouds	Jutaporn Pornin	Pexels	Pexels licence
Hore Abbey, below the Rock of Cashel	Florian Süß	Pexels	Pexels licence
Kylemore Abbey and its lake from the air	Andrew Mulleady	Pexels	Pexels licence
Kylemore Abbey reflected in the lake, Connemara	Rick Johns	Pexels	Pexels licence
Kylemore Abbey, Connemara — reflected in the lake	Rick Johns	Pexels	Pexels licence
Kylemore Abbey below the Connemara mountains	Julius Weidenauer	Pexels	Pexels licence
Rock of Cashel — an aerial view of the complex	Jay's Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary — the exterior	Panchi Pomes	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Rock of Cashel from the fields below	Jay's Photography	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Rock of Cashel above the Tipperary plain	Vijay Aditya M	Pexels	Pexels licence
Skellig Michael — a boat approaching across the Atlantic	Karl MPhotography	Pexels	Pexels licence
Skellig Michael, County Kerry — the island from the sea	Karl MPhotography	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — the exterior	Matthew Irvine	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — the nave floor	Nehir Yiğenoğlu Öztürk	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — the Gothic nave arches	Nehir Yiğenoğlu Öztürk	Pexels	Pexels licence

Ireland — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin — the medieval crypt	psyberartist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Bowes memorial in the crypt, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin	J.-H. Janßen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Carved royal arms in the crypt, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The Liber Albus in the crypt treasury, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin — the mummified cat and rat in the crypt	Adrian Grycuk	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0 PL
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin — the nave	Miedema8	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Strongbow effigy in the nave, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin	J.-H. Janßen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Treasures of Christ Church exhibition in the crypt, Dublin	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The roofless stone cathedral at Clonmacnoise with its tall west gable, among grave slabs and crosses	Bärwinkel,Klaus	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A ringed high cross carved with figure panels standing among grave slabs in front of O'Rourke's round tower at Clonmacnoise	Colin Park	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The carved Romanesque west doorway of the Nuns' Church at Clonmacnoise, with rows of chevrons and beast heads	Rob Hurson	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
O'Rourke's round tower at Clonmacnoise beside a high cross and old graves, with the flat callows of the River Shannon behind	Marmontel	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Temple Connor at Clonmacnoise, a small roofed stone church with a slate roof, beside the graveyard	Stacy	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The small round tower of Temple Finghin at Clonmacnoise, with its conical stone cap, above the Shannon meadows	Joseph Mischyshyn	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The pointed north doorway of Clonmacnoise Cathedral, framed by carved mouldings with three small saints above	Sarah Murphy	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The roofless stone ruin of Glendalough cathedral, with a round-headed east window and grave slabs on the floor	Superbass	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The double stone arches of the monastic gateway at Glendalough with steps leading through	psyberartist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The plain granite high cross known as St Kevin's Cross in the graveyard at Glendalough	Millars	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Kylemore Abbey — inside the Gothic memorial church	MarvinVells	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Carved figure on the neo-Gothic church at Kylemore Abbey	Sabine Holzmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The neo-Gothic church at Kylemore Abbey	Olliebailie	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Kylemore Abbey — a restored Victorian drawing room	Holger Uwe Schmitt	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Head Gardener's House in the Walled Garden, Kylemore Abbey	Berthold Werner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Head Gardener's House across the Walled Garden, Kylemore Abbey	Marathon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Inside a restored glasshouse, Kylemore Abbey Walled Garden	Marathon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The foundations of the lost glasshouses, Kylemore Abbey	Gareth James	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Kylemore Abbey — a furnished period room	Holger Uwe Schmitt	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The woodland walk to the Henry mausoleum, Kylemore Abbey	Dieglop	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Victorian Walled Garden at Kylemore Abbey	Berthold Werner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Rock of Cashel — inside the roofless Gothic cathedral	Bärwinkel,Klaus	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Carved heads and painted vault, Cormac's Chapel, Rock of Cashel	Rob Hurson	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The chancel arch of Cormac's Chapel, Rock of Cashel	NateBergin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Blind arcading on Cormac's Chapel, Rock of Cashel	Bärwinkel	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Rock of Cashel — Romanesque wall paintings inside Cormac's Chapel	Sonja1982	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The wall tomb of Miler Magrath, Rock of Cashel	Ramón	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The round tower, Rock of Cashel	Warren LeMay from Covington	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The Romanesque sarcophagus in Cormac's Chapel, Rock of Cashel	NateBergin	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The replica of St Patrick's Cross, Rock of Cashel	Rob Hurson	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Hall of the Vicars Choral, Rock of Cashel	Rob Hurson	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Skellig Michael, County Kerry — the island on approach	Stinglehammer	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Skellig Michael — the monastic beehive huts (clochans)	Stinglehammer	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Skellig Michael — the drystone beehive cells	Colin Park	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Skellig Michael — the beehive cells inside the enclosure	Colin Park	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Skellig Michael — Christ's Saddle, the col between the two peaks	Cathal Curran Photography	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Little Skellig — the gannet colony	NTF30	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Skellig Michael — the lighthouse on the Atlantic side	psyberartist	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Little Skellig seen from Skellig Michael	dconvertini	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Skellig Michael — the entrance to the monastic enclosure	Stinglehammer	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Portmagee, County Kerry — the harbour most Skellig boats leave from	Chris Gorringe	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Skellig Michael — a puffin on the island	NoNameIsLeft	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Skellig Michael — a boat in heavy sea at the landing	Sean MacEntee	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Skellig Michael — climbing the monks' steps toward the monastery	Colin Park	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — the Boyle Monument	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — the choir, with the banners of the Knights of St Patrick	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — the tiled floor of the choir	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — the Lady Chapel	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — looking down the nave	Diliff	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — the north transept, where the Door of Reconciliation hangs	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — Jonathan Swift's Latin epitaph	Wknight94	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — the brass plates over Swift's and Stella's graves	Wknight94	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin — Minot's Tower and the spire	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0

Georgia

26 photographs — 9 from Pexels, 17 from Wikimedia Commons.

Georgia — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Gergeti Trinity Church, Georgia — the church below Mount Kazbek	Alexander Fadeev	Pexels	Pexels licence
Jvari Monastery on the hill above Mtskheta	K	Pexels	Pexels licence
The confluence of the Mtkvari and Aragvi rivers at Mtskheta	Fernando Rees	Pexels	Pexels licence
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral and its walls from the air, Mtskheta	Artem Yellow	Pexels	Pexels licence
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Mtskheta, Georgia — the exterior	Lina Lisitsyna	Pexels	Pexels licence
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral — a fresco of Christ	Fernando Rees	Pexels	Pexels licence
The west gate into the Svetitskhoveli precinct, Mtskheta	Onur Kaya	Pexels	Pexels licence
Mtskheta and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral from above	Dr. T Sandhu	Pexels	Pexels licence
The defensive wall around Svetitskhoveli Cathedral	Artūras Kokorevas	Pexels	Pexels licence

Georgia — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Gergeti Trinity Church, Georgia — the free-standing bell tower	Vyacheslav Argenberg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Gergeti Trinity Church — icons and candles against the bare stone wall	Giftzwerg 88	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
Gergeti Trinity Church — a 14th-century fresco of St Nino	Unknown	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument on the Georgian Military Highway	Supanut Arunoprayote	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Gergeti Trinity Church, Georgia — the iconostasis and the bare stone interior	lumoplank	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Mount Kazbek, Georgia — the 5,054-metre peak above Gergeti	Vyacheslav Argenberg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Gergeti Trinity Church — the nave interior	Vyacheslav Argenberg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Stepantsminda, Georgia — the town below the church	Supanut Arunoprayote	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Gergeti Trinity Church, Georgia — the bell tower doorway	Alexander Roumega	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Gergeti Trinity Church with Mount Kazbek behind it	Arian Zwegers from Brussels	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The main altar and chandelier, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral	shankar s. from Dubai	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The relief of the architect's hand, Svetitskhoveli Cathedral	rugbyxm	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral — a service in progress, candlelit	Simon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Svetitskhoveli Cathedral — the painted zodiac fresco	Kober	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Frescoes in Svetitskhoveli Cathedral, Mtskheta	Kober	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The stone chapel inside Svetitskhoveli Cathedral	Kober	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Royal tomb slabs in the floor of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral	Henri Bergius from Finland	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0

Armenia

44 photographs — 17 from Pexels, 27 from Wikimedia Commons.

Armenia — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The drum and conical dome of Etchmiadzin Cathedral	Mary Rose Relente	Pexels	Pexels licence
Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Armenia — the exterior at golden hour	Doctor Unface	Pexels	Pexels licence
Etchmiadzin Cathedral in the evening	Doctor Unface	Pexels	Pexels licence
Etchmiadzin Cathedral and its belfry from the west	Oleksiy Yeshtokyn,🌻🇺🇦🌻	Pexels	Pexels licence
The basalt columns of the Garni gorge, Armenia	Vladimir Konoplev	Pexels	Pexels licence
The main church at Geghard Monastery, Armenia	Vladimir Konoplev	Pexels	Pexels licence
Rock-cut carvings and steps at Geghard Monastery	Mary Rose Relente	Pexels	Pexels licence
Geghard Monastery below the cliffs of the Azat gorge	Alexander Fadeev	Pexels	Pexels licence
The carved portal at Geghard Monastery	Vladimir Konoplev	Pexels	Pexels licence
Geghard Monastery, Armenia — the church built into the cliff	Vladimir Konoplev	Pexels	Pexels licence
Khor Virap and the excavated hills of ancient Artashat from the air	ArtHouse Studio	Pexels	Pexels licence
Khor Virap monastery on its hill in the Ararat plain at first light	Vladimir Konoplev	Pexels	Pexels licence
Khor Virap, Armenia — the monastery below Mount Ararat	Giulia Baptista	Pexels	Pexels licence
Vineyards of the Ararat plain below Khor Virap	Giorgio Giombi	Pexels	Pexels licence
The 17th-century fortification walls and towers of Khor Virap	Oleksiy Yeshtokyn,🌻🇺🇦🌻	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Gayane Church, Vagharshapat	Ash Haghighi	Pexels	Pexels licence
The ruins of Zvartnots Cathedral	Mary Rose Relente	Pexels	Pexels licence

Armenia — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The high altar of Etchmiadzin Cathedral	D-man	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0
Painted decoration under the belfry, Etchmiadzin Cathedral	Varoujan Tanielian	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The 17th-century belfry of Etchmiadzin Cathedral	Varoujan Tanielian	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Etchmiadzin Cathedral — pilgrims lighting candles	Shaun Dunphy	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Etchmiadzin Cathedral — the painted dome	Shaun Dunphy	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Carved doorway detail, Etchmiadzin Cathedral	Adam Jones from Kelowna	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Etchmiadzin Cathedral — the painted nave	Lohen11	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The reliquary of the Holy Lance from Etchmiadzin	Allison Meier from Brooklyn	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Khachkars beside the road up to Geghard Monastery	Beko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Geghard Monastery — a khachkar carved into the rock, dated 1213	Rita Willaert	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Geghard Monastery — the gavit and its carved stalactite ceiling	Anton Skrobotov	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Geghard Monastery — a shaft of light in a rock-cut chamber	Vladimir Pankratov	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
Carved relief in the Proshyan chapel, Geghard Monastery	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Proshyan arms carved in the rock at Geghard Monastery	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Khachkars on the Chapel of St Gregory, Geghard Monastery	Beko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Upper Zhamatun, cut from solid rock, Geghard Monastery	GRANDE PUFFO VCO	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Singers in the Upper Zhamatun at Geghard Monastery	GRANDE PUFFO VCO	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The hills of ancient Artashat below Khor Virap, with Ararat behind	Vladimir Pankratov	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Ararat plain and the closed Turkish border below Khor Virap	Pandukht	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Khor Virap — inside the Church of the Holy Mother of God	Palickap	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
Khor Virap — the church dome	Gerd Eichmann	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Church of the Holy Mother of God at Khor Virap seen through the gate arch	Aleksey Chalabyan a.k.a Xelgen	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Inside the chapel of St Gevorg at Khor Virap	Shaun Dunphy	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The chapel of St Gevorg over the pit at Khor Virap	Beko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Old carved grave slabs in the burial ground at Khor Virap	Beko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A carved khachkar cross-stone at Khor Virap	Beko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Khor Virap — the pit and its access ladder	David Holt	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0

Greece

32 photographs — 17 from Pexels, 15 from Wikimedia Commons.

Greece — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Aerial view of the white houses of Fira spilling down the cliff edge above the blue sea of the caldera	K	Pexels	Pexels licence
The clock tower and pale dome of the Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Fira against a blue sky	Atypeek Dgn	Pexels	Pexels licence
Monasteries built on top of towering sandstone pillars at Meteora, Greece, under a blue sky	Maarten van den Heuvel	Pexels	Pexels licence
A stone courtyard at a Meteora monastery with steps, potted plants and a bell tower	Brett Bennett	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Great Meteoron monastery on its rock, with the stone steps climbing up the cliff to it	Bogdan Chirea	Pexels	Pexels licence
The grey rock pillars of Meteora rising above green woodland, with mountains on the horizon	Randerisphotos	Pexels	Pexels licence
Rousanou monastery perched on a narrow rock in front of a great cliff at Meteora	Fotis Kyriakos	Pexels	Pexels licence
The long buildings of St Stephen's monastery at Meteora among trees, with mountains beyond	Sabina Kallari	Pexels	Pexels licence
A Meteora monastery with red roofs on a cliff edge, lit by the evening sun against a dark rock face	Tom D'Arby	Pexels	Pexels licence
Varlaam monastery on the summit of a sheer rock pillar at Meteora under a clear sky	Natalia Sevruk	Pexels	Pexels licence
A many-storeyed Athonite monastery on a rocky shore beneath wooded slopes, seen from the sea	BAB2056	Pexels	Pexels licence
A stone monastery with a tower and wooden balconies right at the water's edge on Mount Athos	My Photos	Pexels	Pexels licence
The pyramid of Mount Athos on the horizon across a turquoise sea, seen from the Halkidiki coast	Mihai Todor	Pexels	Pexels licence
A stone monastery building on a steep wooded hillside of Mount Athos under a blue sky	BAB2056	Pexels	Pexels licence
The red-painted walls and domes of a Byzantine monastery church on Mount Athos	drB drB	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Russian monastery of St Panteleimon on Mount Athos, with green onion domes, seen across the water	Foto Art Events	Pexels	Pexels licence
The bare limestone peak of Mount Athos above forested ridges and the sea under a deep blue sky	BAB2056	Pexels	Pexels licence

Greece — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The white domed Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral of Fira with its arcaded front, seen down a street	Tomisti	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Monastery of Hosios Loukas, with its domed churches and tall square bell tower among trees on a mountainside in central Greece	WillYs Fotowerkstatt	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The east ends of the two churches of Hosios Loukas, built of stone banded with brick, with domes and arched windows	Artav80	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Tiled roofs of the monastery buildings at Hosios Loukas, with the bell tower and dome behind and mountains beyond	Shakko	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The interior of the Katholikon at Hosios Loukas looking up into the dome, with marble-clad walls, galleries and mosaics on gold	bradhostetler	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The vaults of the narthex at Hosios Loukas covered in gold mosaic, with medallions of saints and standing figures	bradhostetler	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Gold-ground mosaics in the narthex vaults at Hosios Loukas with medallions of saints and a scene of Christ with the apostles	bradhostetler	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The Nativity in gold-ground mosaic on a squinch under the dome of the Katholikon at Hosios Loukas	Berthold Werner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
A mosaic of a young saint in a richly patterned robe on a gold ground, in a lunette at Hosios Loukas	bradhostetler	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Holy Trinity monastery at Meteora on the top of an isolated rock pillar	Giles Laurent	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
A post-Byzantine fresco of Adam seated in paradise naming the animals, including an elephant, at St Nicholas Anapafsas	Unknown author	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
Simonopetra monastery on Mount Athos, its tall walls and wooden balconies rising from a rock high above the sea	Laurens R. Krol	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 4.0
The blue dome and white bell gable of the Three Bells of Fira seen from the path above, with the caldera, the sea and the islands beyond	LBM1948	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The three bells hanging in the openings of the white bell gable, beside the curve of the blue dome, against the deep blue sea	Dietmar Rabich	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The pale street front of the Catholic Church of the Dormition in Fira, with the bell gable above its doorway	Dietmar Rabich	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0

Russia

22 photographs — 13 from Pexels, 9 from Wikimedia Commons.

Russia — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, with its patterned onion domes, at the end of the Griboedov Canal in St Petersburg	Vitali Adutskevich	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up into the mosaic vaults and dome of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood	Fatih Üstünsoy	Pexels	Pexels licence
Close view of the enamelled and gilded onion domes and mosaic gables of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood	Fernando B M	Pexels	Pexels licence
The interior of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, every wall and vault covered in coloured mosaics	Fatih Üstünsoy	Pexels	Pexels licence
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in winter, beyond the frozen, snow-covered canal	Paolo Boaretto	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow, with its cluster of patterned onion domes and the statue of Minin and Pozharsky in front	Lander Lai	Pexels	Pexels licence
The striped, spiralled and faceted onion domes of St Basil's Cathedral in bright colours against a blue sky	Tom D'Arby	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Basil's Cathedral lit up at night against a dark blue sky	Nikolai Lapshin	Pexels	Pexels licence
St Basil's Cathedral at the end of the wide paving of Red Square under a grey sky	Artyom Malyukov	Pexels	Pexels licence
The gilded dome and bell towers of St Isaac's Cathedral rising above the roofs of St Petersburg	Sun452	Pexels	Pexels licence
Aerial view of St Isaac's Cathedral and its square in the evening light, with the city stretching beyond	Dmitry Artamonov	Pexels	Pexels licence
The columned portico of St Isaac's Cathedral beneath its great gilded dome, in winter	ArtHouse Studio	Pexels	Pexels licence
The view from the colonnade of St Isaac's Cathedral over the Alexander Garden to the River Neva	Sun452	Pexels	Pexels licence

Russia — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The mosaic Crucifixion under a gilded arched canopy on the west face of the bell tower of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood	Александр Байдуков	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The marble iconostasis of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, with mosaic icons and the Royal Doors	Don-vip	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The jasper and rhodonite canopy over the spot where Tsar Alexander II was fatally wounded, inside the church	Perfektangelll	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The painted gallery inside St Basil's Cathedral, its walls and vaults covered with floral ornament	Ludvig14	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking up into the painted octagonal tower of one of the churches of St Basil's Cathedral, with a hanging chandelier	Don-vip	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking up into the tall tent-shaped tower of the central Church of the Intercession in St Basil's Cathedral	Don-vip	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Looking up into the painted inner dome of St Isaac's Cathedral, with the dove of the Holy Spirit at its centre	Александровы АГ	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
Green malachite and blue lapis lazuli columns of the iconostasis of St Isaac's Cathedral, with gilded capitals	Richard Mortel	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
The gilded and painted interior of St Isaac's Cathedral, looking up into the dome towards the iconostasis	Dennis G. Jarvis	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0

Holy Land

26 photographs — 9 from Pexels, 17 from Wikimedia Commons.

Holy Land — photographs used under the Pexels licence
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
The pale stone west front of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, with its tall window, reliefs and the dome behind	sunBeam	Pexels	Pexels licence
The lantern-topped dome of the Basilica of the Annunciation rising above its courtyard and arcades	sunBeam	Pexels	Pexels licence
The fortress-like stone walls and bell tower of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem under a blue sky	Ala J Graczyk	Pexels	Pexels licence
The bell tower of the Church of the Nativity above old stone walls	Amy Law	Pexels	Pexels licence
A bronze statue of St Jerome on a column in the cloister of St Catherine's, Bethlehem	Thắng-Nhật Trần	Pexels	Pexels licence
The squat stone bell tower of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre against a pale sky	Chloe Kraus	Pexels	Pexels licence
A Crusader window with a metal grille and carved stonework on the facade of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre	Ayşe	Pexels	Pexels licence
Looking up into the dome of the rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with a ring of gold rays around the central opening	Rockwell branding agency	Pexels	Pexels licence
Nazareth at sunset, its hillside houses spreading round the dome of the Basilica of the Annunciation	Mark Direen	Pexels	Pexels licence

Holy Land — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Excavated rock-cut caves, cisterns and walls of ancient Nazareth under a modern concrete roof beside the basilica	Konrad Summers	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The Grotto of the Annunciation in the lower church, a rock-cut cave with an altar, behind a low railing	Dan Lundberg	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 2.0
The lower church of the basilica, with the grotto sunk in the floor and the octagonal opening to the upper church above	Larry Koester	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
Early photograph of the interior of the old Franciscan church in Nazareth, with stairs descending to the grotto under a high altar	Unknown photographer (Library of Congress)	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
David Roberts's 19th-century lithograph of the Shrine of the Annunciation, a vaulted grotto chapel with an altar and paintings	David Roberts (Cleveland Museum of Art)	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
The low Door of Humility, a small rectangular opening in the stone front of the Church of the Nativity	Larry Koester	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 2.0
An old black and white photograph of the early mosaic floor exposed below the nave of the Church of the Nativity	Matson Photo Service (Library of Congress)	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
A restored twelfth-century mosaic of an angel in gold and red on the nave wall of the Church of the Nativity	Fallaner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The long nave of the Church of the Nativity with rows of red limestone columns and hanging lamps	Fallaner	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The light stone interior of the Church of St Catherine next to the Church of the Nativity	Radosław Botev	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY 3.0 pl
The silver star set in marble in the Grotto of the Nativity, surrounded by hanging lamps	Mark87 at English Wikipedia	Wikimedia Commons	public domain
The Crusader facade of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, with its twin arched doorways above the stone courtyard	Suicasmo	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Aedicule, the shrine over the Tomb of Christ, under the rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre	Bahnfrend	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The bare rock of Calvary seen through a glass case set into a stone wall in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre	Diego Delso	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0
The Greek Orthodox Katholikon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with its gilded iconostasis and dome	Zairon	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0
The Armenian Chapel of St Helena below the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with hanging lamps and ancient columns	Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China	Wikimedia Commons	CC0
Pilgrims kneeling at the Stone of Anointing just inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, beneath hanging lamps	Godot13	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 4.0

Site-wide

1 photograph — 0 from Pexels, 1 from Wikimedia Commons.

Site-wide — photographs used under Creative Commons or public-domain terms
Photograph	Photographer	Source	Licence
Bom Jesus do Monte — the painted dome	Josep Renalias	Wikimedia Commons	CC BY-SA 3.0

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