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Sainte-Chapelle
Paris, France
Medieval royal chapel whose walls are almost entirely stained glass.
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Paris, France
Medieval royal chapel whose walls are almost entirely stained glass.
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United Kingdom
A Gothic cathedral with Britain's tallest spire and a copy of Magna Carta.
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Salzburg, Austria
A baroque cathedral where Mozart was baptised.
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Kutna Hora, Czechia
A small chapel decorated with the bones of tens of thousands of people.
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Siena, Italy
A striped black and white marble cathedral with an ornate marble floor.
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Kutna Hora, Czechia
A late Gothic cathedral with a tent-like roof and a view over the town.
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Ghent, Belgium
The home of the Ghent Altarpiece, a landmark of early Netherlandish painting.
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Kraków, Poland
The twin-towered Gothic church on the Main Square, famous for its carved wooden altarpiece and blue star-spang...
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Istanbul, Turkey
A grand sixteenth-century mosque by the architect Sinan, on a hill above the Golden Horn.
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Belgrade, Serbia
A huge white-domed Orthodox church, one of the largest in the world and a landmark on the Belgrade skyline.
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Toledo, Spain
A Gothic cathedral with a lavish gilded interior and works by El Greco.
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Romania
A painted monastery known for its deep blue frescoes.
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Gordes, France
Cistercian abbey in a lavender-filled valley.
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Albi, France
Fortress-like red-brick cathedral covered in painted interior.
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Amalfi, Italy
A striped medieval cathedral reached by a grand staircase.
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Bamberg, Germany
A four-towered medieval cathedral with the famous Bamberg Horseman statue.
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Basel, Switzerland
A red sandstone cathedral on a terrace above the Rhine.
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Toulouse, France
Huge Romanesque basilica on the pilgrimage route to Santiago.
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Florence, Italy
Florence's great Franciscan church, containing tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli.
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Bath, United Kingdom
A late medieval abbey church with a magnificent fan-vaulted ceiling and a climbable tower.
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Berlin, Germany
A huge domed Protestant cathedral on Museum Island, with a crypt and a dome walk.
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Bern, Switzerland
Switzerland's tallest cathedral tower rises above the old town, with a view from the top.
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Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A dervish monastery built against a cliff beside the source of the Buna river.
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Braga, Portugal
A hillside sanctuary reached by a huge zigzag baroque stairway.