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Monte oliveto, tuscany,  italy, june 15, 2016 : frescoes of the Life of St. Benedict painted by Luca Signorelli and il Sodoma, in the great cloister, 15th century
Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, Italy - June 1th 2024:    Figure of a head of a male saint in the basilica which has a long history, the building where completed in 1430 and has since in periods been the burial place for the dodges of Venezia
Vicenza - The fresco of St. Francis of Assisi among the franciscan saints in apse of church Chiesa di Santa Lucia by Rocco Pittaco (1862).
The construction of the Valencia Cathedral in a Gothic style began in 1262. The Valencian Bishop Rodrigo Borgia (later Pope Alexander VI) came to Valencia with the painters Francisco Pagano, from Naples, and Pablo de San Leocadio, from Reggio in Lombardia, in order to have the Cathedral as radiant as the new art movement coming up in Italy, the Renaissance. This master work of the first Renaissance disappeared in the 17th century. In 1674 the Archbishop Luis Alfonso de los Cameros, decided to restore the whole chapel so that the silver altarpiece decorating the altar could shine better. In May 2004, started the restoration of the baroque adornment of the apse, during which the frescoes were discovered.
Milan, Italy - April 18, 2023: Interior of the historic Certosa di Garegnano in Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Interior decor (frescos) Vank Cathedral or Holy Savior Cathedral  of the Armenian Apostolic Church (this is the national church of the Armenian people, it is part of the Oriental Orthodoxy and is one of the most ancient Christian communities). Location: Isfahan, Iran.
Interior of the cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Spoleto, Italy
Ancient religious murals in Siena, Italy
The Cathedral of the medieval city of Siena in Tuscany, Italy
Rome, Italy - May 12, 2018: The Basilica of the Sacred Heart is located in the Castro Pretorio district, near Termini Station and was built between 1879 and 1887 at the behest of Pope Pius IX who, in 1870, laid the foundation stone of the new building. However, due to the annexation of Rome to the Kingdom of Italy, the work was interrupted; it was only thanks to San Giovanni Bosco that construction could be resumed in 1880 and completed in 1887 by the architect Francesco Vespignani. In this photo, above the side altar dedicated to the baptism of Jesus Christ, detail of the lunette depicting the Heavenly Father.
Reggio Emilia - The Fresco of Saint Thomas of Aquinas in cupola of church Basilica di San Prospero by  C. Manicardi, G. Ferrari and A. Lugli (1884-1885).
Orvieto, Italy - July 3, 2021: Interior view of city Cathedral with frescoes and paintings.
Ghirlandaio Fresco Apparition Angel Zechariah Baptist Father Tornabuoni Chapel Santa Maria Novella Church Florence Italy. Fresco created 1485
Valencia, Spain - July 16, 2022: Church of San Nicolas de Bari and San Pedro Martir. The Roman Catholic building is also known as the Valencian Sixtine Chapel with a Gothic style architecture.
The chapel of San Michele Arcangelo is the largest and is located in the center.
Basilica di Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Southern Italy, Galatina, Apulia: Interiors fresco details
Florence, Italy – April 08, 2017: Brancacci Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, famous of Renaissance frescoes by Masaccio and Masolino da Panicale, lilippino Lippi
The mosaic on the central tympanum (above the main gate) of the 19th-century Duomo was crafted in Venice in 1886 based on designs by Nicolò Barabino. It shows Christ seated on a throne, flanked by the Virgin Mary and St John the Baptist. It also includes local saints, notably St Reparata and St Zenobius, who serve as patrons of Florence. The lilies in the foreground symbolize Florence while the blue orb in Christ's left hand symbolises the world or the universe.
It is one of the most important churches in Florence, located on the square of the same name and is the reference point for the Dominican order.
Fresco from the Renaissance period in the medieval Church of San Nicola in Capalbio
Milan - The fresco of Coronation of Virgin Mari in the apse of Basilica di San Simpliciano by  Ambrogio da Fossano detto il Bergognone (1453 – 1523).
Spoleto, Umbria, Italy: Detail of 15th-century fresco (Coronation of the Virgin) by Filippo Lippi in the apse of Santa Maria Assunta Cathedral in Spoleto (Perugia Province). The painting is part of the fresco cycle called Life of the Virgin.
Church details traveling around Napoli, Italian culture and buildings.
Rome, Italy, January 26 - A detail of the Gothic ciborium that surmounts the main altar inside the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, dedicated to St. John the Evangelist and St. John the Baptist. This Basilica, built on the Celian hill since the 4th century in the early Christian era, is also known as the Cathedral of Rome and is the most important and ancient basilica in the Western world. Inside the apse a series of magnificent Byzantine mosaics depicting the Emperor Constantine, while the central nave was designed in the Baroque period by the architect Francesco Borromini. Image in high definition format.
Painted ceiling of the Church of Saint Nicholas and Saint Peter, Valencia, Spain
1989 old Positive Film scanned, close-up Frescos in Cloister of Duomo Bressanone, Hofburg Brixen Bressanone, Italy.
Emperor Napoleon Pope Fresco La Madeleine Church Paris France. Catholic church created in 1800s as Temple to glory of Napoleon's army, later renamed for Mary Magdalene
Verano cemetery, Rome, Italy: detail of Domenico D'Amico's grave who was artist and made his tomb. He died in 1901.
Statue of Giovanni Villani, a Florentine merchant.
Detail of the throne for the Archbishop in the choir of a chapel in the Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo.
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