Saint Luke's Chuch, Salford
Salford, GB
Saint Luke's is a Roman Catholic Church constructed in 1969. It stands as a good example of a modernist church.
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Salford, GB
Saint Luke's is a Roman Catholic Church constructed in 1969. It stands as a good example of a modernist church.
Veszprém, HU
Saint Margaret Church is a Neo-Baroque temple in Veszprem inaugurated in the Jubilee Year of 1938, which commemorated the death of St Stephen I.
Junglinster, LU
The present building was constructed from 1771-1773 in line with the architectural plans of Paul Mungenast of Echternach, based on the model of the old collegiate church of St. Paulinus in Trier. The paintings are by Ignaz Millim, an immigrant from Moravia. They have been restored several times. The church houses a collection unique in Luxembourg of memorial plaques, commemorating the Lords of Linster.
Virton, BE
The church of Saint-Martin in Vieux-Virton can be considered the original parish of Saint-Mard. Indeed, the title Saint-Martin, its extra muros location and the chronology revealed during the excavations point to a very old church. The early church dates from the 8th century and was built of stone. In the 9th or 10th century, a second building was erected. Two carved blocks from the High Roman Empire, which can still be seen today, were used as a replacement. A third construction phase took place in the 10th-11th centuries. It was at this time that the nave was extended.
Champeaux, FR
This collegiate church is one of the largest churches in Ile-de-France. Its construction began in the 12th century. Since 1947 it has been the subject of several restorations, while remaining open to worship and visits. This church is one of the richest in heritage in the entire region.
Marcourt (Rendeux), BE
Perched at the top of the village, the church of Marcourt is an eye-catcher from afar. The first written mention to this building dates from 1566. In the 14th century, the building was enlarged with a defensive tower, and at the end of the 17th century, a new nave was added. Inside, you can admire precious works of sacred art and older furniture, preserved because of the attachment of the parishioners. In the old cemetery, with its listed walls, you will discover interesting tombstones from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, FR
The church was built in 1295 on the crypt housing the remains of Mary Magdalene, making this church of her the third tomb of Christianity in terms of importance. The church also harbors several treasures, including the reliquary which houses the skull of Marie-Madeleine, the crypt and its 4 sarcophagi, the choir and its 94 stalls, the altarpiece by Antoine Ronzen with its 16 panels of the Passion of the Christ, and the organs of the basilica composed of 2692 pipes.
Lille, FR
Saint Maurice Catholic Church at Lille was built on the same place in the 11th century.
Soissons, FR
The abbey was destroyed in 1567 at the beginning of the Wars of Religion, partially rebuilt in 1630 before being razed to the ground to the ground to the crypt in 1793. The crypt extended as far as under the eastern high altar and is 30 m wide. Dating is uncertain, but first mention of the crypt in 1079.
Płock, PL
The Collegiate Church of Saint Michael is part of a religious complex that has been active in education since the 12th century. Between 1611 and 1773, the Jesuit order ran the school of the monastery. In 1764, the Jesuits began to rebuild the destroyed church of St. Michael. After the dissolution of the order in 1773, the school was taken over by the State Commission for National Education. The present Malachowski Gymnasium is considered to be the oldest grammar school in Poland.
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