Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris, France Introduction Notre-Dame de Paris (“Our Lady of Paris”), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River)...
Category - Catholic Shrine Basilica
Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille, France
Basilique Notre-Dame de la Garde, Marseille Introduction Notre-Dame de la Garde (literally: Our Lady of the Guard), known to local citizens as la Bonne Mère (French for ‘the Good Mother’), is a Catholic basilica in...
Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha, Madrid, Spain
Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha, Madrid Introduction The Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha or Real Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Atocha is a large church in central Madrid on Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona.It is one of the...
Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon, France
Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon, France Introduction The Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon is a Roman Catholic church in Dijon. Considered a masterpiece of 13th-century Gothic architecture, it is situated at the heart of the preserved...
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe Introduction The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi (Spanish: Catedral basílica de San Francisco de Asís), commonly known as Saint Francis Cathedral, is a Roman...
Ermita Church, Shrine of Our Lady of Guidance – Ermita, Manila, Philippines
Ermita Church, Manila Introduction The Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guidance, also known as Ermita Shrine or Ermita Church (Spanish: La Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Guía) is a shrine located in the district of Ermita in the...
St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City Introduction The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter’s Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a...
Church of the Gesù, Rome, Italy
Church of the Gesù, Rome Introduction The Church of the Gesù (Italian: Chiesa del Gesù), is the mother church of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Catholic religious order. Officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù...
Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, England
Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, England Introduction The Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, informally known as the Slipper Chapel or the Chapel of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, is a Catholic basilica in Houghton Saint...
Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir, Russia
Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir Introduction The Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir (Assumption Cathedral) was a mother church of Medieval Russia in the 13th and 14th centuries. It is part of a World Heritage Site, the White Monuments...
