Religious Places

Batalha is a peaceful little town, but it was the setting for Portugal’s most important battle, the Batalha de Aljubarrota (1385). This battle secured… Read the rest

Katskhi pillar – A 130 ft. rock pillar. In the 4th century a place of seclusion. A church was built between the 6-8th centuries. It is a natural… Read the rest

The monastery of Santa Maria in Valle was built on the site of a Lombard palace. The surprising 8C tempietto, a former Palatine chapel, has been engul… Read the rest

La Cripta di San Magno fu costruita, dal vescovo Pietro da Salerno, contemporaneamente alla Cattedrale tra il 1072 e il 1104. Essa doveva fungere da s… Read the rest

La Basilica di Santa Maria della Sanità è considerato uno dei progetti più ambiziosi di Fra Nuvolo, architetto domenicano. La Basilica è stata costr… Read the rest

Mogao Grottoes (Caves of the Thousand Buddhas) At a crossroads of the Silk Road, Buddhist monks dug 492 caves out of rock and carved more than 2,000… Read the rest

Le Havre Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Havre) is a Roman Catholic church in Le Havre, France. The cathedral was previously a parish church dat… Read the rest

Considered to be a masterpiece of the Romanesque art in Normandy, Graville abbey underwent several periods of construction since the eleventh century… Read the rest

Though a hedonistic holiday destination Dubai is a Muslim country, with its traditions and culture. Thus while lying in the beach or perusing the stor… Read the rest

Tian Tan Buddha, a 202-ton statue of the deity commonly ” lies West of the city centre in the mountainous terrain of Lantau Island. The best way to ge… Read the rest