Church, mosque or temple in Europe

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Cologne Cathedral

Cologne, Germany

A massive Gothic cathedral beside the main station, one of Germany's most visited sights.

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Florence Cathedral

Florence, Italy

The Duomo, topped by Brunelleschi's enormous red-tiled dome.

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Hagia Sophia

Istanbul, Turkey

A sixth-century domed masterpiece that has been a church and a mosque.

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Mezquita-Cathedral of Cordoba

Córdoba, Spain

A great mosque of red-and-white arches that later had a cathedral built into its centre.

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Milan Cathedral

Milan, Italy

A huge Gothic cathedral of white marble with thousands of statues and a roof you can walk on.

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Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey

Mont-Saint-Michel, France

Medieval abbey perched at the summit of a tidal island.

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Notre-Dame de Paris

Paris, France

Gothic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, restored after the 2019 fire.

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Pantheon

Rome, Italy

A nearly two-thousand-year-old temple with a perfect concrete dome and a circular opening to the sky.

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Sagrada Familia

Barcelona, Spain

Gaudi's unfinished basilica, a forest of stone columns and light that has been under construction for generati...

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Santiago de Compostela Cathedral

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

The goal of the Camino pilgrimage, with a baroque facade and the tomb of St James.

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Sistine Chapel

Vatican City, Vatican City

The chapel with Michelangelo's famous ceiling and the Last Judgment.

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St Mark's Basilica

Venice, Italy

Venice's glittering Byzantine-style cathedral covered in golden mosaics.

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St Peter's Basilica

Vatican City, Vatican City

The greatest church of Catholicism, with a soaring Renaissance dome.

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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Sofia, Bulgaria

Sofia's golden-domed cathedral and one of the largest Orthodox churches in the Balkans.

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Blue Mosque

Istanbul, Turkey

Sultanahmet Mosque, known for its six minarets and blue Iznik tiles.

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Cathedral of Santa Maria, Palma

Palma, Spain

La Seu, a huge Gothic cathedral on the seafront, with a rose window and a modern interior touch by Gaudi and B...

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Church of St John at Kaneo

Ohrid, North Macedonia

A small Byzantine-style church on a cliff above Lake Ohrid, the town's most photographed view.

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Frauenkirche Dresden

Dresden, Germany

The domed baroque church rebuilt from rubble, a symbol of reconciliation.

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Hallgrímskirkja

Reykjavík, Iceland

Reykjavík's tall, rocket-like church, with a tower you can ride up for rooftop views.

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Helsinki Cathedral

Helsinki, Finland

The white neoclassical cathedral with green domes that dominates Senate Square and the Helsinki skyline.

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Jeronimos Monastery

Lisbon, Portugal

A showpiece of Manueline architecture, with an ornate cloister, near Belem Tower.

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King's College Chapel

Cambridge, United Kingdom

A Gothic chapel with a spectacular fan-vaulted ceiling and a famous choir.

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Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Kyiv, Ukraine

A sprawling monastery complex on the Dnipro hills with golden domes and underground cave passages.

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Meteora Monasteries

Kalambaka, Greece

Monasteries perched on top of enormous sandstone pillars.

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