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Ceské Budejovice, the church and monastery of Maria Sacrifice in south Bohemia, Czech Republic huismanfoto

Churches and Monasteries
cathedral of Morella, Spain

Malaga cathedral altar

            For me  as a believing Christian, monasteries and churches have always been a very important item. As a student I made a study of gothic churches in the Netherlands. But also from the artistic and photographic point of view they are - even as a ruin - a wonderful scene!! The vaulted arches and pillars are impressive to get a good shot. The beautiful altar-pieces, pulpits and (wall)paintings show a deep religious devotion and artistic talents as hardly ever seen before!! Realising how many years or even centuries ago these churches, kathedrals and monasteries have been built. What an inspiring believe!!
             Anyway - what would our world be without the religous expressions in music and architecture!! Not only Michaelangelo, but also Bach and so many others!! It should make us humble in our modern time of engines and electronics!! It is this admiration that I would like to share with you in the following albums and pages!!

inside the cathedral of Valencia, Spain

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Churches and monasteries of Spain
churches in Germany

Album  Ceské Budejovice Maria-church and monastery
Album Jindrichuv Hradec John the Baptist-church
Album St. Barbara-cathedral Kutná Hora
Album Pribram pilgrimage-church Zvatá Hora
Album Zlatá Koruna monastery and church
Album 110 Algarve churches 1
Album 111 Algarve churches 2
Album 112 Algarve churches of Faro
Album 113 Algarve churches of Tavira
Album 114 Algarve Faro cathedral 
Album 230 Verona basilica San Zeno 1
Album 231 Verona basilica San Zeno 2
Albums Salzburg churches 268   269   270   271
South Tyrol - churches:
Album 298 Brixen Minster and Frauenkirche 1
Album 299 Brixen Minster and Frauenkirche 2
Album 300 Brixen Minster cloister
Album 301 Monastery Neustift
Album 302 St. Ulrich parish church
Album 303 Sterzing parish church 1
Album 304 Sterzing parish church 2
Album 305 Sterzing parish church 3
Album 306 Neustift basilica
Album 307 St. Christina parish church
Album 308 Kastelruth St. Peter and Paul
Album 309 Voels am Schlern parish church
Album 310 churches South Tyrol 1
Album 311 churches South Tyrol 2
Album 312 churches South Tyrol 3
Album 407 churches Switzerland\Graubünden 1     408-2
Album 409 churches in Innsbruck - Austria 1
410-2          411-3        412-4
Album 416 churches Austria\Tyrol 1     417-2     418 3     419-4   420-5  421-6   422-7   423-8  424-9   425-10
Churches in West-Bohemia, Czech:
Album 436     437      438      439
Album 440 monastery-church Kladruby 1       441-2
Album 442 Maria Kulm 1       443-2
Album 444 Valec church of the Holy Trinity

Churches and monasteries

         How many churches alone in Europe would there be? I estimate some ten thousands!! How strange that some politicians want to 'scratch' out in official documents that christianity is one of  the main elements in European history!!
          In recent years my wife and I have been visiting Spain quite often. Enjoying and photographing so many cathedrals, like in Malaga, Morella and Valencia, but also many parish churches. See new page about  Churches and Monasteries of Spain This year, 2007, we made a trip through south Bohemia in Czech. May I ask your attention for churches and monasteries, like the pilgrimage church in Pribram! Or the John the Baptist-church in Jindrichuv Hradec and many more.
            But also so many cathedrals or even ruins in the UK, like Wells, Bath, Norwich, Durham, Salesbury etc. What about France, where the Gothic architecture started?! Not only Paris, but also Chartres, showing Gothicism at it's best, Amiens, Reims and Beauvaix with the highest  choir in the world with more than 50 meters!!
          Altar-pieces in the choir or side chapels, unrevealed pieces of art and strong believe! Like in the 'Iglesia del Carmen' in Antequere in Spain. Just see the album of the page 'travelling'.
2008 - We made a city trip and visited some fine cathedrals and other churches in San Sebastian, Burgos, Salamanca, Avila,Segovia, Madrid, Toledo, Cuenca, Valencia again. See the reports in the albums, left side!! Unforgettable!!   See new pageChurches and Monasteries of Spain
        In july 2009 we visited the very interesting city of Verona in northern Italy. So many magnificent churches there are here - worthy to visit again soon! Now the very old basilica of San Zeno in 2 albums.
       September 2009 - just 1 day in Salzburg, Austria, the church-city 'par excellence' so many interesting churches, like the famous cathedral. Barock in its best performance! In 4 continuing albums.
        May-June 2010 - Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. Also here some interesting churches.
         Early summer 2010 we visited the Dolomites in South Tyrol. What an impressive mountainous region of unequalled beauty! But also worth a visit of the many nice churches, and certainly the finest basilica of South Tyrol:Kloster (monastery) and basilica Neustift. And the Minster of Brixen with the Frauenkirche. Nice old city. And many other churches!!
And last fall and spring 2010\2011 new churches and monasteries in Northeast\Southeast Spain. Magnificent churches and ruins worth to visit!! Now in 10 new albums. See new page: Churches and Monasteries of Spain
July 2011: churches in Switzerland\Graubünden and Austria\Tyrol. So many and so interesting!!
September 2011: A trip through West-Bohemia, Czech Republic, with many impressive churches and monasteries!!
          I could go on like this pages long, but I don't want to tire you with it. I invite you to admire with me the pictures in many albums. 

Can matter develop itself?

Pribram, pilgrimage church Svatá Hora, Czech Republic

parish church of Peniscola, Spain

John the Baptist church in, Jindrichuv Hradec,  Czech Republic

In Sterzing in noord Zuid-Tirol - Pfarrkirche zu unserer Lieben Frau im Moos - gewelfschilderingen overal.

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