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Church of Notre-Dame-Saint-Vincent

Church of Notre-Dame-Saint-Vincent

Lyon, FR

Neo-classical style church, located between two adjoining dwellings. One enters the building via a magnificent cul-de-four porch. Because of its geographical location, it is in the same parish as the church of Saint-Paul which faces it from the other bank of the Saône.

Church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau

Church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau

Domfront-en-Poiraie, FR

Built around 1020 by Guillaume de Bellême. It owes its name to its location on the banks of a ford in the Varenne river. It saw manants, noblemen and high dignitaries passing by on their way from Paris to Mont Saint-Michel. William the Conqueror, Henry II, who often stayed in Domfront, stopped there.

Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Tarancón, ES

The church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción was built in the 16th century in the Herrerian style on the site of a church built a century earlier. In the 18th century, a choir and tower were added. During the 19th and 20th centuries the church suffered three calamities : in 1891, a main arch collapsed, which made it necessary to dismantle the Gothic ribbed vault; in 1936, shortly after the outbreak of the Civil War, the parish archives, the liturgical trousseau and some of the furniture were burnt, and the space was used by the Republican army; finally, in 1949, the explosion of a nearby military powder magazine seriously damaged the fabric of the church, which had to be restored.

Church of Nuestra Señora del Mercado

Church of Nuestra Señora del Mercado

León, ES

The church of Nuestra Señora del Mercado is a Romanesque church from the 11th century. Although the oldest part of the building dates from the 11th century, the church has undergone various reforms over time, so that it also has Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements.

Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon

Church of Our Blessed Lady of the Sablon

Brussels, BE

Built in the 15th century, Notre-Dame du Sablon Church is located in the historic center of Brussels. In bad condition by the 19th century, the church was restored (1895-1912) and classified National Monument since 1936. The church is of significant importance for the town as the starting point for the historic Ommegang procession. The Sablon church was also the place of worship of the military guilds of the city of Brussels. Each of the guilds had an altar dedicated to their patron saint: Saint Christopher for the harquebusiers, Saint Michael for the fencers, Saint Anthony and Saint Sebastian for the archers and Saint George for the small crossbowmen.

Church of Our Lady, Meißen

Church of Our Lady, Meißen

Meißen, DE

The Church of Our Lady was first mentioned in 1205, it was subordinate to the Augustinian canonical monastery of St. Frei. After the devastating city fires, a new building was erected between 1450 and 1520 as a church in late Gothic style. In 1547, the spire was destroyed by lightning. Subsequently, the tower received its octagonal top and in 1549 the gilded knob of the tower with weather vane.

Church of Our Lady before Týn

Church of Our Lady before Týn

Prague, CZ

The Church of Our Lady of Tyn, established in the fourteenth century, is a Catholic church of Prague. One of the main tourist attractions of Prague, it dominates the Old Town Square with its 80 meter high bell towers.

Church of Our Lady Immaculate

Church of Our Lady Immaculate

Bruxelles, BE

The Church of Our Lady Immaculate is a neo-Romanesque church was built in 1854 for the Capuchin fathers who made it their parish. The church is a Catholic parish. In 1587, the Capuchin fathers settled in Brussels. They remained there for a little over two centuries. At the end of 1796, during the French revolutionary period, their convent was confiscated and publicly sold by the French as 'national property'. In the 19th century, in 1852, the Capuchins returned. They settled in the heart of the city, near the Place du Jeu de Balle, in the Marolles district.

Church of Our Lady in summo

Church of Our Lady in summo

Poznań, PL

The church of the Blessed Virgin Mary "in summo" (on the town) was built in the 15th century, but its history begins around 965, year of the construction of a castle chapel on the island of Ostrów Tumski.

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