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Louvre Museum in Paris, France
Louvre Museum in Paris, France - The best art galleries in the world
Louvre Museum is the most visited art museum in the world, a monument full of historical meaning and the greatest national museum of France. It is a central tourist attraction in Paris, located on the Right Bank of the Seine, in the first arrondissement. Here there are displayed over 35,000 art objects dating from the 6th millennium BC and up to the nineteenth century AD. Louvre Museum is housed by Louvre palace, which was originally...
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Avila Cathedral
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Avila is one of the most romantic and beautiful cities in Spain. You will never confuse it with another city due to the fortress wall that surrounds it. It is the oldest and best preserved city wall, something in which Spain has no shortage. With its resistant medieval walls, the city looks more like a mountain fortress from far away. The city is one of the most highly located cities in Spain and there is always chilly weather here. Also, it is one of the cities with the highest n...
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Cathedral of Valencia
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Valencia is the third largest city in Spain and one of the few cities that still preserves among its walls century-old vestiges, along with impressive, futuristic and ingenious buildings. Paella, the festival of Las Fallas –all these words you will often hear in this cosmopolitan and lively city. Located on the eastern coast of Spain, with access to Mediterranean Sea, Valencia was an important port of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as an economic power and a cultural center ...
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Cathedral of Toledo
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The Cathedral, El Greco, the Inquisition, marzipan, Visigoths, Majorica pearls, Christians, Muslims, Hebrew, armor, ancient instruments of torture, Alcazar, synagogues, Don Quixote de la Mancha, Sancho Panza, windmills, knightly tournaments, "the City of the three cultures", mosque, UNESCO patrimony, Puente de San Martin, Corpus Christi Festival, Castle of San Servando, Puerta de Sol -these are just some of the beautiful emblems of Toledo. Am...
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Leon Cathedral
Leon Cathedral - The most beautiful cathedrals of Spain
Castilla Leon is a magical realm of castles, where Castellano language was born and the legendary hero El Cid emerged. It is the place where history, myth and legend have woven over the years, making it difficult to separate the truth from reality. It is the result of the union of two ancient kingdoms -Old Castile (Burgos, Palencia, Valladolid, Avila, Segovia and Soria) and the Kingdom of Leon (Salamanca, Zamora and Leon), which were separated and reunited several times over medie...
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Cadiz Cathedral
Cadiz Cathedral - The most beautiful cathedrals of Spain
Cadiz is a city of myth and legend, with images of antiquity, the braveries of Hercules, fascinations of Troy and famous gaditani. Considered one of the oldest cities in the Western world, Cadiz is a delight for most of the tourists staying here. Cadiz could easily compete for the title of the city with the most churches in the world, being one of the most spectacular citieson the east coast of Spain. The most popular attraction in town is undoubtedly the Cathedral of Cadiz. ...
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Barcelona Cathedral
Barcelona Cathedral - The most beautiful cathedrals of Spain
In the center of Barri Gotic, in the very heart of Barcelona there is located the beautiful Gothic cathedral called La Seu. The cathedral was constructed throughout the 13th to 15th centuries, with the principal work done in the 14th century, but the cathedral was only completed in the early 20th century. The church is dedicated to Eulalia, co-patron saint of Barcelona. The official name of this cathedral is the Catedral de la Santa C...
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Burgos Cathedral
Burgos Cathedral - The most beautiful cathedrals of Spain
The Burgos Cathedral is a Gothic-style Roman Catholic cathedral in Burgos. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is famous for its vast size and unique architecture. The entire history of Gothic art is summed up in the gorgeous architecture and its unique collection of artworks, including paintings, tombs and stained glass. Works of extraordinary artists are preserved here, such as the architects and sculptors of the Colonia family (Juan, Simón and Francisco), the sculptor...
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Iglesia de Santa Maria del Mar
Iglesia de Santa Maria del Mar - The most beautiful cathedrals of Spain
The most symmetric church in Barcelona and certainly the best example of Mediterranean Gothic structure in town, Santa Maria del Mar Church is located in the Ribera district in Barcelona. Known as the Catedral de la Ribera (or Catedral del Mar), it was built between 1329 and 1383 in Catalan Gothic style, by architect Berenguer of Montagut, in collaboration with Ramon Despuig. Santa Maria del Mar was built due to a vow made a century ago by Jaume I, ...
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Episcopal Palace
Episcopal Palace - The most beautiful cathedrals of Spain
If in the legacy of Antoni Gaudi there exists any building in the Gothic style, that is, of course, the Episcopal Palace in Astorga, near Leon. This modest town of Astorga is widely known for this magnificent masterpiece of Gaudi. In 1886, for dedicated service to the church, the priest Juan Grau Valespinos was assigned in Astorga, one of the first episcopacies throughout Spain, being founded in the fourth century. As a man of g...
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San Juan de Gaztelugatxe
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe - The most beautiful cathedrals of Spain
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe is a tiny picturesque island on the coast of Biscay in Basque Country. On top of the island stands a hermitage dedicated to San Juan. It dates from the 10th century, although certain discoveries indicate the 9th century. It is a small church, which is usually closed, that apparently belonged to the Knights Templar. In 1053, it was donated by Íñigo López, the first lord of Biscay, to the monaster...
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La Seu Palma Cathedral
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Palma de Mallorca is the capital of the Balearic Islands. It is located south of Mallorca and enjoys a fantastic view over the bay of Palma. One of the first things tourists should visit when they arrive here is the fantastic cathedral which dominates the entire bay –La Seu Palma Cathedral. Palma del Mallorca has a great fame due to this masterpiece work of Gaudi and architect Miguel Barcelo –an unequaled cathedral, “La Se...
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Mezquita Cathedral
Mezquita Cathedral - The most beautiful cathedrals of Spain
Mezquita - meaning "mosque" in Spanish –located in Cordoba, Spain, is a harmonoius combination between a mosque and a cathedral dating from the eighth century. This impressive building stands as testimony for the multitude of religious changes that have shaped the city of Cordoba over the centuries. Today, the Mezquita is known more as "Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption", the title of "mosque" being no longe...
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Santa Maria del Popolo
Santa Maria del Popolo - The most beautiful churches of Italy
Santa Maria del Popolo is located in Piazza del Popolo, in the center of Rome, near the Villa Borghese Park. The church and the area got its name from the word populous, which means village, as on this place there was a village here in the Middle Ages. The interior of the church is filled with priceless works of art and it is famous due to the magnificent ceilings and murals done in Renaissance style, performed by such great masters as Pinturicchio, Raphael, Carracci, Caravaggio a...
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Basilica Santa Croce
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Basilica Santa Croce is located in the very heart of Florence and it is one of the most popular tourist attractions here. It is the greatest Franciscan Gothic church in Florence, famous for its frescoes by Giotto and tombs of the greatest personalities of Italy such as Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, Rossini. Basilica of Santa Croce is notable primarily for its architectural plan, in Gothic style, as well as its unique pieces of art kep...
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San Pietro in Vincoli
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San Pietro in Vincoli (“in vincoli”-“in chains” in Italian) was built on the ruins of an ancient temple dating from the 3rd century in 432-440 to house the relic of the chains that bound Saint Peter when he was imprisoned in Jerusalem. The Empress Eudoxia, who was the wife of Emperor Valentinian III received them as a gift from her mother, who respectively received them from Iuvenalis, bishop of Jerusalem; the former presented the chains to Pope Leo I...
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Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Santa Maria sopra Minerva - The most beautiful churches of Italy
The church is located in Piazza della Minerva, close to Pantheon, and it is considered the only Gothic church in Rome. Here there are the tombs of St. Catherine of Siena and great Dominican painter Fra Angelico. Founded in the seventh century, the name of the basilica comes from the fact that it was built directly over “sopra” (in Italian) the foundations of a temple dedicated to the Egyptian goddess Isis, but mistakenly a...
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Santa Maria in Trastevere
Santa Maria in Trastevere - The most beautiful churches of Italy
Trastevere, Rome's oldest neighborhood, is one of the most beautiful areas in the city, unforgettable both during day and night visits. Located on the other side of the river Tiber, the neighborhood is one of the most picturesque of Rome, with its narrow cobbled streets lined by medieval houses. With its crooked and narrow streets, houses covered with ivy, tiny restaurants and noisy taverns, large piazzas, ice-cold water fountains and bohemian artists who fascinate you on th...
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Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura
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Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (Italian: Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura) is one of the four churches that are the great ancient major basilicas or papal basilicas of Rome which are the basilicas of St. John Lateran, St. Maria Maggiore, and St. Peter and Saint Paul Outside the Walls. Unlike all the rest, it stands outside the Aurelian walls in the southern part of the Eternal City. In 1980 it entered the World Heritage List. I...
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Orvieto Cathedral
Orvieto Cathedral - The most beautiful churches of Italy
Cathedral or Duomo of Orvieto is the main attraction of the town and its most remarkable feature. The building is located in the heart of the city on a hill and it is visible from miles away. The construction of Orvieto Cathedral started in 1290, under the supervision of Pope Nicholas IV. The construction was attended by 33 architects, of which the most important is Lorenzo Maitani, 150 sculptors, 70 painters and 90 specialists in mosaic. Sculptural works show scenes from the Old ...
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Basilica of St. John Lateran
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The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Laterano or Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano in Italian is the cathedral of the Church of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is the Pope. It is the oldest and ranks first among the four Papal Basilicas or major basilicas of Rome. It has the title of ecumenical mother church -mother church of the whole inhabited world -among Roman Catholics; this means that in the Catholic hierarchy, this church is ...
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Siena Cathedral
Siena Cathedral - The most beautiful churches of Italy
Siena is one of the most beautiful cities in Tuscany. Surrounded by orchards, olive groves and vineyards, the city is going back into Italy's medieval past. According to historical documents discovered by archaeologists, the city was founded by the Romans in 30 AD. One of the most beautiful attractions here is the cathedral, or duomo. With an impressive height, the cathedral attracts through the successful combination of marble both outside...
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Certosa di Pavia
Certosa di Pavia - The most beautiful churches of Italy
Milan's beauty is already legendary, but there is another tourist attraction in its area that adventurous tourists should not miss: Certosa di Pavia. Certosa is a 14th century monastery. The gothic architecture of the monastery is extraordinary, both on the outside and inside, but what will attract your attention is the sacristy built in 1409. All cathedrals have sacristy where sacred vessels used at Holy Communion and other valuables are kept, but what makes it special for this o...
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Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
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Designed to be the world's largest cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore is nowadays surpassed in size by St. Peter in the Vatican, St. Paul's Cathedral in London and Milan. It was designed by Arnolfo di Cambio in 1296, as the Florentines desired to have a place of prayer more beautiful than those of Pisa and Siena, rival cities; it was built on the ruins of an old church, Santa Reparata. When it was finished, it was the largest cathedral in Europe of that era, being able to accommodat...
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