A church building, often simply called a church, is a building used for religious activities, particularly worship services. The term in its architectural sense is most often used by Christians to refer to their religious buildings; they can be used by other religions. In traditional Christian architecture, the church is often arranged in the shape of a Christian cross. When viewed from plan view the longest part of a cross is represented by the aisle and the junction of the cross is located at the altar area.
Churches
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10Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral in the city. It is the largest orthodox basilica and the fourth largest cathedral in the world.
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10Saint Lawrence Church, Macau
Built by the Jesuits in the mid-16th century, this is one of the three oldest churches in Macau. Its present appearance and scale was acquired in 1846.
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1Saint Nicholas Church, Bodruzal
St. Nicholas Church is a wooden Greek Catholic Church of the Eastern Rite situated in a village Bodruzal in Svidnik district in the Presov region. It is registered on the UNESCO's World Heritage List under an identification number 1273-007 since 8 July 2008.
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10Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kyiv
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev is an outstanding architectural monument of Kievan Rus'. The cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the Kiev Cave Monastery complex.
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2Saint Spyridon Church, Atheras, Kefalonia Island
At the left of the beach there is a small blue church by the name St. Spyridon. Saint Spyridon Church, Atheras, Kefalonia Island.
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10Santa Maria Church
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, commonly known as the Santa Maria Church is the parish church of Santa Maria in Ilocos Sur province, Philippines.
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9Santa Monica Parish Church (Sarrat)
The Santa Monica Parish Church, commonly known as the Sarrat Church, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Barangay San Leandro, Poblacion, Sarrat, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
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10Seville Cathedral
The Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, better known as Seville Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Seville. It is the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world.
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10Shitsu Church, Nagasaki
This asset is composed of the Kotabira village, which retains some of the atmosphere of the time of the Anti-Christian Edicts, the Shitsu Church built after the Edicts were repealed, and the former Shitsu Aid Center.
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3Shoghakat Church
The Church of Shoghakat was erected in 1694 by Prince Aghamal Sorotetsi during the reign of Catholicos Nahabed I in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), in Armenia's Armavir Province.
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10Speyer Cathedral
The Speyer Cathedral, officially the Imperial Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption and St Stephen, in Speyer, Germany, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Speyer and is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Bamberg.
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10St Margaret's Church, Westminster
The church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey, is situated in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, and is the Anglican parish church of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in London. It is dedicated to Margaret of Antioch.
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10St. Alexander Nevsky church
St. Alexander Nevsky church in Ust-Izhora, the church dedicated to St. Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, located at Ust-Izhora.
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3St. Andreas Church (Ruins), Kefalonia Island
St. Andreas Church (Ruins), Kefalonia Island, Greece.
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9St. Augustine’s Church, Macau
St. Augustine’s Church was built by Italian catholic Augustine priests in 1586 and three years later taken over by Portuguese. It is one of oldest churches of Macau as well as Macau’s first church for English Mass.
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1St. Dmytro's Church, Matkiv
St. Dmytro's Church, built in 1838, in 2013 inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List together with other wooden tserkvas of Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine.
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10St. Dominic's Church, Macau
St. Dominic's Church is a late 16th century Baroque-style church that serves within the Cathedral Parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Macau. It is located in the peninsular part of the city at the Largo de Sao Domingos, situated near the Leal Senado Building.
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4St. Elias Church, Toporivtsi
St. Elias Church in Toporivtsi village, Novoselytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. Mediaeval fortified court (church, walls, bell-tower), built around 1620 year by local noble Miron Barnovski, which later became prince of Moldavia, he is burried in the interior of the fortified church, one of the masterpieces of the medieval moldavian architecture.
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6St. George's Cathedral, Lviv
St. George's Cathedral is a baroque-rococo cathedral located in the city of Lviv, the historic capital of western Ukraine. It was constructed between 1744-1760 on a hill overlooking the city.
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1St. George's Church, Drohobych
St. George's Church in Drohobych is one of the oldest and best preserved timber churches of Galicia. The church, dating from ca. 1500, consists of three parts.
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4St. Germanus Church, Tienen
The church is also an example of the region's building stones, especially the Overlaar quartzite. The tower (65 metres) and its carillon (54 bells) can occasionally be visited. UNESCO has recognised the tower as a world heritage site.
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1St. James the Less Church, Powroznik
The Orthodox Church of St. James the Less the Apostle in Powroznik is the oldest Lemko shrine in Poland and one of the oldest ones in the Carpathians.
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9St. John Kaneo Church, Ohrid
Saint John the Theologian, Kaneo or simply Saint John at Kaneo is a Macedonian Orthodox church situated on the cliff over Kaneo Beach overlooking Lake Ohrid in the city of Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.
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10St. Joseph's Seminary and Church, Macau
The St. Joseph's Seminary and Church is a seminary and church located in Macau, China. The seminary was established in 1728 followed by the church in 1758.
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1St. Leonard's Church, Lipnica Murowana
It was built at the end of 15th century using larch wood in place of an old church. It has been preserved until toady in an unchanged form and it is one of the most valuable wooden Gothic buildings in Poland.
