| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount of Olives
Site / Event : Tomb of the Virgin
|
 |
View of the Church of Mary Magdalene over the domes of the Basillica of the Agony.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : East Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Al Eizariya
|
 |
The Church of Lazarus marks the site of the tomb of Lazarus.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
|
 |
Church, belltower and minaret from the roof of the Crusader complex housing the Tomb of David and the Room of the Last Supper.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Room of the Last Supper
|
 |
The Room of the Last Supper is a Crusader chamber that was a 4th century church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Room of the Last Supper
|
 |
The church became a mosque during the Ottoman era.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Abbey of the Dormition
|
 |
The belltower is far from the church so as its shadow does not pass over the nearby Tomb of David.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Abbey of the Dormition
|
 |
The church is German Protestant and is famous for its mosaics.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Abbey of the Dormition
|
 |
The church is run by Benedictines.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Mount Zion
Site / Event : Abbey of the Dormition
|
 |
The church has mosaics in its side chapels as well as a large floor mosaic.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
|
 |
Church mosaic from the Negev depicting a man leading a camel laden with wine jars (6th century).
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
|
 |
Byzantine church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
|
 |
Carving from a Byzantine church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
|
 |
Marble relief from a Byzantine church.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Israel Museum
Site / Event : Gurlitt Collection
|
 |
"Capriccio with Portico and Church in the Background, Venice" by Italian, Francesco Guardi (died 1793).
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Ein Karem
Site / Event : Church of John The Baptist
|
 |
The Church of John The Baptist.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Ein Karem
Site / Event : Church of John The Baptist
|
 |
The church (1674) is on the site of the birth of John The Baptist.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Ein Karem
|
 |
The Roman catholic Visitatio Mariae Church is where the Virgin Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Ein Karem
|
 |
The Visitatio Mariae Church is decorated with passages from Luke.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
Site / Event : Church of the Nativity
|
 |
The Church of the Nativity was built in 325 over a Greek shrine of Adonis.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
Site / Event : Church of the Nativity
|
 |
The church was rebuilt in 529 but survived invasions by the Persians, Crusaders, Mameluks and Ottomans.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
Site / Event : Church of the Nativity
|
 |
The entrance is only 1.2m high. It was blocked up in the 13th century to stop horses being ridden into the church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
|
 |
There are several churches in Bethlehem.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Bethlehem
|
 |
A church clocktower.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Ramallah
District : Mukataa
Site / Event : Yasser Arafat Museum
|
 |
Statement by Winston Churchill promising the preservation of Palestinian rights and culture under a Jewish homeland.
|
2019 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Bank
City / Town : Sabastiya
|
 |
The mosque was once a 4th century church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Nazareth
Site / Event : Church of the Annunciation
|
 |
The Church of the Annunciation.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Nazareth
Site / Event : Church of the Annunciation
|
 |
The Church of the Annunciation was built in 1969 on the site of four earlier churches.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Nazareth
|
 |
St Gabriel's Church dates from the 17th century and is Greek Catholic.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Nazareth
|
 |
The Synagogue Church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Cana
|
 |
A group of churches in the village of Cana where Christains believe Jesus performed his first miracle.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Cana
|
 |
The Franciscan church marks where Jesus turned water into wine.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Galilee
Site / Event : Church of the Beatitudes
|
 |
The octagonal Church of the Beatitudes was built in 1933 by Mussolini.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Galilee
Site / Event : Church of the Beatitudes
|
 |
View of the Sea of Galilee from the church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Galilee
City / Town : Taghba
|
 |
The basalt church at Taghba marks the spot where Jesus appeared after his ressurection.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Galilee
|
 |
Modern (1982) Byzantine style church on the site of the feeding of the 5000.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Baram
|
 |
Maronite church in Baram, a town abandoned by its Christian Arab population when the state of Israel was created in 1948.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Golan Heights
City / Town : Golan
|
 |
Deserted Syrian orthodox church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Acre
|
 |
The sea walls with a church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Caeserea
|
 |
An old church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Ramla
|
 |
A mosque that was once a church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Lod
Site / Event : St George
|
 |
The double shrine of St George is a (Greek Orthodox) church and a mosque. It dates from the 12th century.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
City / Town : Lod
Site / Event : St George
|
 |
The mosque is built over a 6th century Byzantine church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Negev
City / Town : Avdat
|
 |
The 4th century church of St Theodoros.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Negev
City / Town : Avdat
|
 |
Carving on the outside of a church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Negev
City / Town : Avdat
|
 |
A sepulchal church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Negev
City / Town : Avdat
|
 |
The entrance to the sepulchal church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Negev
City / Town : Avdat
|
 |
The interior of the sepulchal church.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Mount Tabor
|
 |
The Greek Orthodox Church of Elijah dates from 1911.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Mount Tabor
Site / Event : Tabor Church
|
 |
Tabor Church was built in Syrian style.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Mount Tabor
Site / Event : Tabor Church
|
 |
The church was built in 1964.
|
1986 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : Israel
Region : Mount Tabor
Site / Event : Tabor Church
|
 |
The land for the church was given to the Fransiscans by the Druze in 1631.
|
1986 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Piazza Venezia
|
 |
The Church of St Maria of Loreto.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
|
 |
Statue of Moses in the Church of St Peter In Chains, one of the oldest in Rome (founded 431).
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
|
 |
The Church of Santa Maria is built on the site of a temple to Minerva. The marble elephant was carved in 1667 and added to an Egyptian obelysk dating from the 6th century BCE.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
|
 |
One of many churches scattered around the city.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
Site / Event : Spanish Steps
|
 |
The Trinity on the Hill Church at the top of the Spanish Steps.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Piazza del Popolo
|
 |
Piazza del Popolo with its twin churches.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Roman Forum
|
 |
One of the many buildings later converted to a church.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Roman Forum
Site / Event : Temple of Saturn
|
 |
The temple was converted to a church.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Roman Forum
|
 |
Building converted into a church.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Roman Forum
|
 |
Some of the original buildings have been converted to churches.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lazio
City / Town : Rome
District : Piazza Rotanda
Site / Event : Pantheon
|
 |
The building was converted into a church.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Tuscany
City / Town : Florence
|
 |
The Church of the Holy Spirit.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Tuscany
City / Town : Florence
|
 |
The Church of SS Annunziata.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Tuscany
City / Town : Florence
Site / Event : Santa Croce Church
|
 |
The Church of Santa Croce dates from 1294.
|
1994 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Umbria
City / Town : Orvieto
|
 |
The summit is topped by a church.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Umbria
City / Town : Orvieto
Site / Event : Cathedral
|
 |
The church is unique with its striped walls and columns.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Campania
Region : Amalfi Coast
City / Town : Positano
|
 |
Church perched on a ledge over the coastal road.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Campania
Region : Amalfi Coast
City / Town : Positano
|
 |
View of the church.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Campania
Region : Amalfi Coast
City / Town : Positano
Site / Event : Church of Santa Maria Assunta
|
 |
The Church of Santa Maria Assunta overlooks the centre of the village.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Campania
Region : Amalfi Coast
City / Town : Positano
Site / Event : Church of Santa Maria Assunta
|
 |
View of the church.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Campania
Region : Amalfi Coast
|
 |
One of many churches along the coast.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
|
 |
The Church of San Ignazio.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
District : Piazza San Domenico
|
 |
San Domenico Church.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
District : Piazza San Domenico
|
 |
Family in the piazza outside the church.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
|
 |
San Matteo Church.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
|
 |
The tiled dome of San Guiseppe Church.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
|
 |
Santa Caterina Church.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
|
 |
Santa Anna Church.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
|
 |
The Church of San Antonio.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
Site / Event : San Cataldo Church
|
 |
The domed San Cataldo Church.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Palermo
Site / Event : San Cataldo Church
|
 |
The church dates from the 12th Century.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Catania
Site / Event : Graeco-Roman Theatre
|
 |
The Church of Saint Francis of Assisi overlooks the ruins.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Catania
|
 |
Santa Nicoleta Church.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
Region : Mount Etna
City / Town : Zafferana
|
 |
The church at Zafferana, a town on the slopes of Etna.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Syracuse
District : Archeological Park
|
 |
Ruined church by limestone cliffs.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Syracuse
District : Ortygia
Site / Event : Church of Santa Lucia
|
 |
The Church of Santa Lucia in Piazza Duomo.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Syracuse
District : Ortygia
Site / Event : Church of Santa Lucia
|
 |
Detail from the church.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Agrigento
District : Valley of the Temples
Site / Event : Temple of Concordia
|
 |
The temple was converted to a Christian church in the 6th century.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Sicily
City / Town : Agrigento
|
 |
The Church of Santa Nicola is next to the Archeological Museum.
|
2014 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Cremona
|
 |
Sant' Agata Church was founded in 1077.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Lombardy
City / Town : Cremona
|
 |
The facade of Sant' Agata Church dates from 1845.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
City / Town : Stresa
|
 |
Small church in the hilly streets of the town.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
City / Town : Pallanza
Site / Event : Church of John The Baptist
|
 |
The clocktower of the Church of John The Baptist.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Piedmont
Region : Lago Maggiore
City / Town : Pallanza
Site / Event : Church of John The Baptist
|
 |
The Church of John the Baptist is the most important in the village.
|
1987 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Busseto
District : Piazza Verdi
|
 |
The Church of San Bartolomeo.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Busseto
|
 |
The church of Santa Maria Degli Angeli behind a high wall.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Parma
|
 |
Santa Teresa Church.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Parma
District : Piazza del Duomo
|
 |
Church of San Giovanni Evangelista.
|
2016 |
| Italy |
State / Province : Emilia-Romagna
City / Town : Parma
|
 |
Church of Maria della Steccata.
|
2016 |
were added from 1 February 2025.