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Boyana Church
Sofia, Bulgaria
A small medieval church with remarkable thirteenth-century frescoes.
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Sofia, Bulgaria
A small medieval church with remarkable thirteenth-century frescoes.
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Antwerp, Belgium
A soaring Gothic cathedral with paintings by Rubens.
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Split, Croatia
A cathedral inside the former mausoleum of the Roman emperor, with a bell tower you can climb.
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Sibenik, Croatia
A Renaissance cathedral built entirely of stone, famed for a frieze of carved faces on its apses.
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Zadar, Croatia
A round pre-Romanesque church from the early Middle Ages, built using stones from the Roman forum.
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Rovinj, Croatia
The baroque hilltop church whose bell tower defines Rovinj's skyline.
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Ohrid, North Macedonia
A medieval cathedral with some of the finest Byzantine frescoes in the Balkans, also used for concerts.
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Budapest, Hungary
One of the largest synagogues in the world, with a moving memorial garden.
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Esztergom, Hungary
The huge domed basilica on the Danube, the largest church in Hungary.
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Porec, Croatia
A sixth-century basilica complex whose gold mosaics are among the finest Byzantine art in the region.
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Munich, Germany
Munich's twin-domed brick cathedral, the city's best-known landmark.
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Zurich, Switzerland
A medieval church famous for its stained-glass windows by Marc Chagall.
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Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
A Gothic minster with an openwork spire, rising over a daily market.
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The city's main historic mosque, a 16th-century Ottoman landmark with a courtyard fountain.
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Lithuania
A hill covered with a very large number of crosses, rosaries and religious figures left by pilgrims.
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Lausanne, Switzerland
A gothic cathedral on the hill above the city, with a night watchman who still calls the hours.
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
A vast Gothic Revival Anglican cathedral with a tower you can climb.
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Ohrid, North Macedonia
A lakeside monastery near the Albanian border, beside springs that feed Lake Ohrid.
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Barcelona, Spain
A jagged mountain with a Benedictine monastery and the Black Madonna, an hour from Barcelona.
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Palermo, Italy
A cathedral that mixes Norman, Arab, Gothic and baroque styles.
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Pisa, Italy
The marble cathedral and baptistery beside the tower.
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Riga, Latvia
A huge medieval church, famed for its great organ and mixed architecture.
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Rocamadour, France
Chapels stacked on a cliff above a gorge.
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Roskilde, Denmark
A brick Gothic cathedral and the burial place of Danish monarchs, on the UNESCO World Heritage list.