Category: Religious landmarks

Located in the heart of Basel, the Offene Kirche Elisabethen strives to be a welcoming, inclusive, and energetic event space for the community. Ecumenically supported by the Evangelical Reformed, Roman Catholic, and Old Catholic Churches of Basel-Stadt, this church is the first of its kind in Switzerland. The Offene Kirche…

Located in northern Cambodia, Angkor Wat is a massive complex of Buddhist temples. It was originally constructed as a Hindu temple sometime around the first part of the 12th century. Angkor Wat is the largest Hindu temple complex in terms of land area, at more than 400 acres. The name,…

Vienna Plague Column (‘die Wiener Pestsäule’), also known as Trinity Column (‘Dreifaltigkeitssäule’) is a Baroque-style column in Graben street in Vienna, erected to commemorate victims of the Great Plague in 1679.

The Salzburg Cathedral is the city's most recognisable structure. The Salzburg Cathedral (German: "Dom zu Salzburg") is a stunning example of early baroque architecture, topped by a bulbous copper dome and twin spires. There have been at least ten fires in the historic district, resulting in three complete rebuilds of…

Coricancha, Koricancha, Qoricancha or Qurikancha was the most important temple in the Inca Empire. It is located in Cusco, Peru, which was the capital of the empire. The surrounding courtyard was formerly filled with golden statues, and the walls and flooring were formerly covered in solid gold sheets. According to…