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A diagram of one of the finest surviving Byzantine basilicas, the Church of Saint Irene in Istanbul (mid-6th century CE and remodelled in the 8th century CE).

The church of Oradour-sur-Glane where 349 women, as well as all but one of the children present that day in the village, were cruelly murdered on 10 June 1944 by soldiers of the Waffen SS Das Reich division. The...

A 1778 oil-on-canvas painting, Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, by Bernardo Bellotto. (Royal Castle, Warsaw)

The early Christian church of Saints Cosma and Damiano at Carsulae (Italy) was built in the 11th century CE, reusing an existing Roman building. The original Roman building dates to the 1st or early...

The Church of the Granite Columns at Old Dongola, Sudan, 7th century.

The tower of the Church of Saint Laurent in Marseille, France, first built in the 12th century CE in the Romano-Provençal style. Later additions were made in the early 16th century CE.

Mystras in southern Greece was the provincial capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea from the 13th through the 15th centuries CE. It was primarily known for its churches, which, with the exception of the...

The facade of Santa Maria Assunta, Torcello, Italy. The basilica was established in 639 CE and is the oldest building in the Venetian lagoon. Most of the standing building is from the 11th century CE.

The 1905 Law of Separation of Church and State was enacted as the climax of decades of conflict between monarchists and anticlerical Republicans who viewed Christianity as a permanent obstacle to the...

Medieval English churches differed in size and layout. Their original and evolving role(s), financial and material resources, and architectural fashions helped determine variability. However, their...