Page 51 Beautiful Churches

Churches, from the most simple to the most ornate, are beautiful places. The Sanctuary is the center of Worship & Prayer - an essence of what Heaven may be like.

First picture is in Slovenia.

The neo-Gothic Las Laras Sanctuary sits perched on a bridge spanning a deep river gorge in southern

Colombia -- one of South America's most dramatic churches. It took 34 years to construct.

Notre-Dame Basillica of Montreal

Barcelonas and Antoni Gaudis, LaSagrada Familia

Construction commenced in 1882.  Estimated completion date: 2026

144 years

The soaring pillars and rainbow-hued stained glass windows of the Sagrada Familias interior.

Asis Church, Taos, N.M.

Cadet Chapel at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

The 150-foot tall Cadet Chapel......17 spires.

Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona, AZ.

Borgund Stave Church, Norway

Duomo in Milan

Construction commenced 1386

Completed 1965   579 years

Greek island of Santorini

St. Vinzenz Church, Heiligenblut, Austria.

Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.

Saint Peters Basilica, Rome

Interior of Saint Peters.

St. Michaels Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine

Cathedral-Basilica, New Orleans.

Church of Assumption, Bled Lake, Slovenia

Church of Our Savior, St. Petersburg, Russia.

St. Peters interior.

Chapel of the Rock, Estes Park, Colo.

Heddal Stave Church, Norway

St. Bartholoma, Lake Konigssee, Germany

Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Aparecida, Brasilia,Brazil.

Brasilias interior.

St. Basils, Moscow, Russia.

Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame, Dinant, Belgium

Lutheran Church of Hallgrimur, also known as Hallgrimskirkia, Iceland

Chapel of Thanksgiving in Dallas, TX.

Our Lady of Covadonga Cathedral, Spain.

Salisbury Cathedral, Britain

Construction:  1220 - 1320

Yosemite Valley Chapel, Yosemite National Park.

Nuestra Nenora de Gracia, Cuenca, Spain

Stowe Community Church, Stowe, Vermont

Santuario Dom Bosco, Brasilia, Brazil

emple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, San Diego, CA.

Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene, Jerusalem.

Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Canela, Brazil.

St. Charles Cathedral, Vienna

pogost , or enclosure, of Kizhi in the Russian autonomous region of Karelia dates back to the 18th century and includes two wooden churches -- one with 22 wooden domes -- and a wooden clock tower."

The UNESCO-listed pogost, Kizhi, Russia.

Crystal Cathedral, Grove, CA.

Sacre-Coeur Basilica, Paris

Church of Panagia Paraportiani, Island of Mykonos

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, Russia.

Basilica of the National Vow, Quito, Ecuador

Church of Dmitry on Blood, Uglich, Russia.

Memorial Temple of the Birth of Christ, Shipka, Bulgaria.

Notre-Dame-du-Huat, France.

Notre-Dame-du-Huat Interior.

Saint-Michel dAiguilhe, Puy-en-Velay, France