Religious Places

The Church of Santa Ana in Granada was built in 1501 over the Almanzra aljama (mosque). central aisle and general view of the church of santa ana… Read the rest

Over the entire area on which the basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva and the adjoining convent now stand, three temples of ancient Rome stood: the… Read the rest

The Cathedral of Our Lady Achiropita of Rossano dates back to the 9th-12th centuries, although it has undergone numerous remodeling over time. Built o… Read the rest

A refuge for Eastern monks who fled initially the iconoclastic persecution of Leo III Isauricus and later Arab pressure in Sicily.The rugged Calabrian… Read the rest

According to tradition, the origin of the shrine is to be placed in the 4th century by St. Eusebius, the first bishop of Vercelli. The earliest writ… Read the rest

Santo Stefano Rotondo is a 5th-century church located in Rome on the Caelian Hill in the Monti district. Run until 1580 by Hungarian Paulines, the chu… Read the rest

Words are not enough to describe the Charterhouse of Pavia. One has to see it. It is the first thing one realizes as soon as one crosses the entra… Read the rest

A building of Brahmanesque character, consisting of a central volume with a circular plan traversed by three levels of galleries to which are attached… Read the rest

A beautiful and intelligent ruler, Queen Theodolinda reigned over today’s Po Valley lands at the turn of the 6th and 7th centuries CE. Through c… Read the rest

Altamura Cathedral is one of the four palatine basilicas of Apulia, that is, under the direct dependencies of the emperor of Swabia. Much of the origi… Read the rest