St. George's Church
Tumilovichi, BY
St. George's Church is a wooden Orthodox church built in 1864. The building is surmounted by an octagonal drum and an onion-shaped spire. The belfry is independent from the church.
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Tumilovichi, BY
St. George's Church is a wooden Orthodox church built in 1864. The building is surmounted by an octagonal drum and an onion-shaped spire. The belfry is independent from the church.
Vardomichi, BY
St. George's Church is an Orthodox church built of wood in the 19th century. After the Second World War, under the Soviet regime, in 1960, the church was closed and left in ruins. In 1992, after the collapse of the USSR, the rebirth of the church in the village of Vardamichi began and in less than a year the church was restored.
Wismar, DE
St. George's Church is one of the three main churches in Wismar and a remarkable architectural monument of North German brick Gothic. The church dates from the first half of the 13th century. During its centuries-long construction, the church was modified several times and completed in 1594. The building was severely damaged during the Second World War. It was rebuilt from 1990.
Negotino, MK
St. George's Monastery was built in 1860 on the site where an old monastery was destroyed by the Ottomans in the 14th century. The new church was built thanks to the contributions of the citizens of Negotino between 1860 and 1866. The monastery houses were built a little later than the construction of the monastery church in the 1870s.
Vechta, DE
In the middle of the 12th century, the counts of Calvelage-Ravensberg built a castle at the crossing over the Moorbachtal. Some craftsmen and merchants settled near the castle and because of them, the first parish church of Sint Georg (St. George) was built at the beginning of the 13th century. Throughout the centuries, the building changed because of destruction and restorations. The current appearance of the church dates from 1598, but the massive tower with a Baroque Welsh dome was added in 1722. The building underwent a radical renovation from 2003 until 2007.
Lviv, UA
The Cathedral of St. George of Lviv is a monumental architectural complex of baroque-rococo style built between 1744 and 1762. Since 1998, the Cathedral, jointly with the historic center of Lviv, are part of the UNESCO World Heritage.
Cologne, DE
St. Gereon is one of the twelve main Romanesque churches in Cologne and one of its oldest churches. In its center, traces of a central building dating from the second half of the 4th century can be found.
Rīga, LV
St. Gertrude Old Church in Riga is an Evangelical Lutheran church built between 1864 and 1869 in neo-Gothic style. It was originally built for the German minority of Riga.
Wolgast, DE
The chapel was built around 1420 as a late gothic central building. It is considered a replica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, with a central column and star vault. Originally there were about 31 of these chapels in Pomerania.
Edinburgh, GB
St. Giles Cathedral was founded in the 11th century but the original cathedral burned down in 1385 and was rebuilt shortly afterwards. In 1466 St. Giles became a collegiate church and around 1490 the lantern tower was added. In the 16th century, the reformer John Knox became a priest of St. Gilles and was buried there, making the cathedral the mother church of Presbyterianism. He is commemorated by a 19th-century stained glass window in the south wall of the church and, since 1904, by a bronze statue on the north side.
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