Kirchen

Kirchen rund um die Welt.

48° 13′ 35″ N, 12° 40′ 35″ O

Altötting ist die Kreisstadt des gleichnamigen Landkreises im Regierungsbezirk Oberbayern und liegt etwa 90 km östlich von München. Überregionale Bedeutung erfährt die Stadt als Wallfahrtsort mit Gnadenkapelle. [Mehr dazu]

41° 44′ 33″ N, 13° 9′ 27″ O

Anagni, with the Duomo Santa Maria, is the birth place of the pope Boniface VIII in the 13^th century. The Crypt of San Magno has frescoes from the 12^th and 13^th centuries. [Mehr dazu]

48° 8′ 6″ N, 11° 34′ 11″ O

St Johann Nepomuk, better known as the Asam Church is a church in Munich built from 1733 to 1746 by the brothers Egid Quirin Asam and Cosmas Damian Asam as their private church. The church is considered to be one of the most important buildings of… [Mehr dazu]

43° 4′ 28″ N, 12° 36′ 21″ O

Assisi is a town in the province of Perugia on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It was the birthplace of St Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St Clare (Chiara d’Offreducci), the founder of the Poor… [Mehr dazu]

41° 32′ 59″ N, 14° 18′ 38″ O

Castelpetroso is a municipality in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 km west of Campobasso and about 10 km south-east of Isernia. [Mehr dazu]

41° 52′ 57″ N, 12° 35′ 9″ O

The church “Dives in Misericordia” is located in Tor Tre Teste in Rome, and was designed by Richard Meier, winner of the competition announced in the frame of the diocesan program “50 Churches for Rome 2000”. This architecture has the particular… [Mehr dazu]

41° 51′ 7″ N, 12° 27′ 32″ O

The Chiesa del Santo Volto di Gesu is a church of Rome, in Portuense district, in via della Magliana. It is one of the most successful examples of modern religious architecture in Rome, comparable to other contemporary churches such as the Chiesa… [Mehr dazu]

41° 26′ 18″ N, 13° 11′ 43″ O

Fossanova Abbey is located about 100 km south-east of Rome. It is the finest example of a Cistercian Abbey and of the Burgundian Early Gothic style in Italy. It dates from the end of the 12^th to the end of the 13^th century. St Thomas Aquinas died… [Mehr dazu]

38° 16′ 22″ N, 16° 13′ 6″ O

Gerace is a town in the region of Calabria, Italy. Gerace is located some 10 km inland from Locri, yet the latter town and the Sea can be seen from Gerace’s perch atop a 500 m vertical rock. The town stands on a hill formed of conglomerates of sea… [Mehr dazu]

48° 10′ 11″ N, 11° 14′ 56″ O

Das Kloster Fürstenfeld ist eine ehemalige Zisterzienserabtei in Fürstenfeldbruck in Bayern in der Erzdiözese München und Freising. Es liegt etwa 25 km westlich der Landeshauptstadt München. Das frühere Kloster war eines der ehem. Hausklöster der… [Mehr dazu]

38° 23′ 43″ N, 22° 44′ 47″ O

Hosios Loukas (Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς) is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo. It is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites, along with the… [Mehr dazu]

47° 56′ 29″ N, 10° 17′ 53″ O

Das Kloster Ottobeuren ist eine Benediktinerabtei im oberschwäbischen Ottobeuren. Das den zwei Heiligen Alexander von Rom und Theodor Tiro geweihte Kloster wurde 764 durch Silach, einen alemannischen Adligen, gegründet und 972 durch Kaiser Otto I.… [Mehr dazu]

48° 53′ 56″ N, 11° 49′ 12″ O

Die Klosterkirche St. Georg der Benediktinerabtei Weltenburg am Donaudurchbruch bei Kelheim in Bayern ist eine der wichtigsten Sakralbauten des Barock in Europa. Die Klosterkirche wurde von 1716 bis 1718 erbaut und in der Folgezeit von den Brüdern… [Mehr dazu]

47° 44′ 9″ N, 10° 57′ 58″ O

Die ehemalige Augustiner-Chorherren-Stiftskirche und jetzige römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche Mariä Geburt ist ein denkmalgeschütztes Kirchengebäude in Rottenbuch, im Landkreis Weilheim-Schongau (Bayern). Bald nach der Gründung des Klosters im Jahr… [Mehr dazu]

47° 39′ 11″ N, 13° 0′ 9″ O

Maria Gern is located north of Berchtesgaden in the valley and on the slopes of the creek Gerner (also called Gererbach or Anzenbach), a tributary of the Berchtesgadener Ache. The area is bounded on the west by the Rauhenkopf, in the east of the… [Mehr dazu]

39° 43′ 16″ N, 21° 38′ 3″ O

The Metéora (Μετέωρα), lit. “middle of the sky”, “suspended in the air” or “in the heavens above”, is one of the largest and most important complexes of Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The monasteries are built on… [Mehr dazu]

42° 43′ 1″ N, 12° 6′ 46″ O

Orvieto is a city in Province of Terni situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The site of the city is among the most dramatic in Europe, rising above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are completed by defensive… [Mehr dazu]

51° 35′ 21″ N, 4° 31′ 44″ O

The Basilica van de HH Agatha en Barbara was built in 1865 by the architect Dr Cuypers as a replica of the Basilica San Pietro in Vaticano after the return of the Zouaves who set out their journey from Oudenboch to defend the Pope against Garibaldi. [Mehr dazu]

45° 23′ 54″ N, 11° 52′ 36″ O

Padova (Padua) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy. Padua stands on the Bacchiglione River, 40 km west of Venice and 29 km south-east of Vicenza. It hosts the renowned University of Padua, almost 800 years old and famous, among other things,… [Mehr dazu]

40° 20′ 9″ N, 15° 39′ 8″ O

The monastery of Padula (Certosa di Padula / Certosa di San Lorenzo), founded by Tommaso San Severino in 1306, constitutes the second largest Chartreuse in Italy after the one in Parma and is dedicated to St Lawrence. Besides its 320 rooms and… [Mehr dazu]

41° 53′ 57″ N, 12° 28′ 36″ O

The Pantheon is a building in Rome, commissioned by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome, and rebuilt by Emperor Hadrian in about 126 AD. The building is circular with a portico of large granite Corinthian columns (eight in… [Mehr dazu]

37° 18′ 33″ N, 26° 32′ 45″ O

Patmos (Πάτμος) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, one of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex. The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 m above sea level. Patmos’ main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala (the… [Mehr dazu]

38° 44′ 32″ N, 16° 10′ 28″ O

Pizzo is a seaport in the province of Vibo Valentia, situated on a steep cliff overlooking the Gulf of Santa Eufemia. Fishing is one of the main activities, including that of tunny and coral. Pizzo is famous for its Tartufo, a large ball of ice… [Mehr dazu]

44° 24′ 57″ N, 12° 11′ 49″ O

Ravenna, a city in the Emilia-Romagna, is inland, but connected to the Adriatic Sea by a canal. Ravenna was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 402 till 476. It was later the capital of the Kingdom of the Ostrogoths and the Exarchate… [Mehr dazu]

41° 53′ 21″ N, 12° 29′ 52″ O

The Basilica of Saint Clement is a Roman Catholic minor basilica dedicated to Pope Clement I located in Rome. Archaeologically speaking, the structure is a three-tiered complex of buildings: (1) the present basilica built just before the year 1100… [Mehr dazu]

43° 8′ 58″ N, 11° 9′ 21″ O

The abbey of Saint Galgano rise in the valley of the Merse River, between the medieval villages of Chiusdino and Monticiano, in the province of Siena. The original nucleus of the monastic complex Cistercian of Saint Galgano (Galgano Guidotti… [Mehr dazu]

41° 53′ 10″ N, 12° 30′ 24″ O

The Papal Archbasilica of St John Lateran, commonly known as St John Lateran’s Archbasilica and St John Lateran’s Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome and the official ecclesiastical seat of the Bishop of Rome, who is the Pope.… [Mehr dazu]

41° 53′ 15″ N, 12° 28′ 34″ O

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere is a 5^th century church in Rome, devoted to Saint Cecilia, in the Trastevere rione. The first church on this site was founded probably in the 3^rd century, by Pope Urban I; it was devoted to the Roman martyr Cecilia,… [Mehr dazu]

41° 54′ 41″ N, 12° 28′ 34″ O

Santa Maria del Popolo is an Augustinian church located in Rome. It stands to the north side of the Piazza del Popolo, one of the most famous squares in the city. The Piazza is situated between the ancient Porta Flaminia and the park of the Pincio.… [Mehr dazu]

41° 53′ 18″ N, 12° 28′ 53″ O

The Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin is a minor basilica church in Rome. It is located in the rione of Ripa. The church was built in the 8^th century during the Byzantine Papacy over the remains of the Templum Herculis Pompeiani in the Forum… [Mehr dazu]

41° 53′ 50″ N, 12° 29′ 57″ O

The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major known also by other names, is the largest Roman Catholic Marian church in Rome. There are other churches in Rome dedicated to Mary, such as Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Santa Maria sopra… [Mehr dazu]

41° 54′ 20″ N, 12° 28′ 42″ O

Santi Ambrogio e Carlo al Corso (usually known simply as San Carlo al Corso) is a basilica church in Rome, facing onto the central part of the Via del Corso. The apse of the church faces across the street, the Mausoleum of Augustus on Via di… [Mehr dazu]

42° 59′ 59″ N, 11° 30′ 55″ O

Sant Antimo Abbey (Abbazia di Sant’Antimo) is a former Benedictine monastery, now inhabited by Canons Regular, situated in the province of Siena, near Montalcino, Tuscany. Its name refers to Saint Anthimus of Rome, whose relics were moved here… [Mehr dazu]

41° 53′ 57″ N, 12° 28′ 47″ O

The Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius is Roman Catholic titular church dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit order, located in Rome. Built in Baroque style between 1626 and 1650, the church functioned… [Mehr dazu]

43° 19′ 7″ N, 11° 19′ 54″ O

Siena, in English also spelled Sienna, is a city in Tuscany. The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO World Heritage Site. Siena, like other Tuscan hill towns, was first settled in the time of the Etruscans (900-400 BC) when it was… [Mehr dazu]

38° 28′ 48″ N, 16° 28′ 5″ O

Stilo is a town in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is located 151 km from Reggio Calabria. At 10 km from the city is the promontory of Cape Stilo, where in 1940 the Battle of Punta Stilo was fought by the Italian and British Navies. [Mehr dazu]

41° 54′ 8″ N, 12° 27′ 19″ O

Vatican City, or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. It has an area of approximately 44 hectares, and a… [Mehr dazu]

45° 26′ 20″ N, 10° 59′ 36″ O

Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy. The city has been awarded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO because of its urban structure and architecture. The play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare was based in Verona. [Mehr dazu]

47° 49′ 20″ N, 11° 55′ 11″ O

Die Wallfahrtskirche St. Marinus und Anian (Wallfahrtskirche Wilparting) ist die katholische Dorfkirche von Wilparting, einem Ortsteil der Gemeinde Irschenberg im Landkreis Miesbach. Sie erhebt sich über dem Grab der beiden Heiligen, die kleine… [Mehr dazu]

47° 40′ 50″ N, 10° 54′ 1″ O

Die Wieskirche ist eine prächtig ausgestattete Wallfahrtskirche im zur Gemeinde Steingaden gehörenden Ortsteil Wies. Der vollständige Name der Wieskirche lautet Wallfahrtskirche zum Gegeißelten Heiland auf der Wies. Die Gründung der Kirche geht auf… [Mehr dazu]

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