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Sacred Places

Cathedrals, temples, shrines and the art made for them — rooms built to hold something larger than their walls.

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Gulls silhouetted against a fiery sunset sky above St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City — Vatican City A sky on fire over St Peter's

Baroque cathedral tower in Salamanca seen from below — Salamanca, Spain Looking up from the cloister

Cloister arches framing a bright, cloud-streaked sky, Florence — Florence, Italy A square of borrowed sky

Detail of a gold-ground Madonna and Child panel painting, Florence — Florence, Italy What the centuries couldn't dull

Detail of a ceiling fresco depicting the Holy Family among angels — Florence, Italy Still airborne after 500 years

Large street mural of San Gennaro towering over a narrow Naples street hung with laundry — Naples, Italy San Gennaro keeping watch over Forcella

Row of yellow auto-rickshaws parked before two tall, colourful Hindu temple gopurams, Tamil Nadu — Tamil Nadu, India Chariots in their modern translation

Several white candles burning with pooled melted wax against a dark background, India — India A vigil the dark can't put out

Carved wooden relief of a family with bowed heads saying grace around a table with fish, Cebu, Philippines — Cebu, Philippines Grace before the catch

Sacré-Cœur basilica illuminated at dusk with crowds sitting on the steps below, Montmartre, Paris — Paris, France Montmartre at dusk

Worshippers standing before a crucifix altar while a passer-by blurs through the frame, Basilica del Santo Niño, Cebu — Cebu, Philippines Passing devotion

Medieval carved wooden relief of the Lamentation of Christ displayed on a museum wall, Warsaw — Warsaw, Poland Lamentation in wood

Two marble statues on carved brackets against the wall of Milan Cathedral, one inverted, with hard shadows — Milan, Italy The Duomo's cast

The Gothic spires and pinnacles of Milan Cathedral rising against a blue sky with light clouds — Milan, Italy A forest in marble

Fra Angelico's Crucifixion with Saints fresco under a vaulted ceiling, San Marco, Florence — Florence, Italy The chapter house

Fra Angelico's Annunciation fresco with the angel Gabriel and Mary under painted arches, San Marco, Florence — Florence, Italy At the top of the stairs

Detail of Fra Angelico's Last Judgment showing angels and the blessed dancing in a garden, San Marco, Florence — Florence, Italy The dance of the saved

Detail of Fra Angelico's Last Judgment showing the tiered punishments of hell, San Marco, Florence — Florence, Italy The other verdict

Looking straight up at the ornate crossing dome and ribbed vaults of Salamanca's New Cathedral — Salamanca, Spain The stone iris

A young boy lighting a taper candle at a votive candle rack inside a dark Venetian church — Venice, Italy A small flame

The west front of St Paul's Cathedral with its two towers and clock against deep blue sky, London — London, England The west front

An open lectionary on a lectern facing the gilded apse and twin clocks inside St Peter's Basilica — Vatican City Before the first word

A carved stone relief of a serene female figure in a niche on a Sri Lankan temple wall, warm afternoon light — Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Keeping her smile

A golden reclining Buddha statue beneath a painted checkered cave ceiling at Dambulla, Sri Lanka — Dambulla, Sri Lanka Under a painted sky

The dome of St Peter's Basilica seen through a gap in dark garden foliage in the Vatican Gardens — Vatican City Through the leaves

Rows of skulls above a carved stone plaque bearing a nineteenth-century French inscription, Paris Catacombs — Paris, France The ossuary's epitaph

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