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Antwerp - The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a copy after Peter Paul Rubens (1613) in Lady Chapel in st. Charles Borromeo church on September 5, 2013 in Antwerp, Belgium
The Sack of Baltimore took place in 1631, when the village of Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by Ottoman Empire slavers from the Barbary Coast of North Africa – Dutchmen, Algerians and Ottoman Turks. From an 1886 antique book \
Anthony van Dyck, Flemish, 1599-1641, The Betrayal of Christ, c. 1618-1620, Oil on canvas
Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo's mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.\n\nThe fresco shows the Omphalos stone covered with a net and the Python wrapped around it. A priestess stands at left with a sacrificial bull.\n\nA detail from a sacrificial scene shows a bull being brought to the omphalos - Made up of a stone and a snake it represents the navel of the world - Apollo plays the zither.\n\nThe ancient Greeks also used omphalos to refer to a sacred, rounded stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
Lanciano, Italy - July 21, 2023: Interior of Madonna del Ponte, cathedral of Lanciano, Chieti province, Abruzzo, Italy
East Doors (Gates of Paradise) by Lorenzo Ghiberti on Florence Baptistery (Battistero di San Giovanni) in Tuscany, Italy. These doors consist of 10 panels depicting scenes from the Old Testament and were commissioned in 1424. Once completed, they were described by Michelangelo as being fit to be the 'gates of paradise'. The doors displayed are now a copy of the original, with those being displayed in a local museum.
Santa Maria cathedral, Gerace in Calabria, Italy
Freshly restored frescos in a church ceiling in Sankt Mariæ Kirke – The Church of Our Lady – is part of a former Carmelite Priory and the church is from 1430. Today it is a normal Danish church.
Brescia, Ialy, May 23, 2016: Brescia - The Madonna with the child and st. Charles and st. Latino in church Chiesa di Angela Merici by Julio Cesare Procaccini (1570 - 1625)
Religious art in Sacro Monte di Varallo, Italy: Chapel's interiors
El Greco, Greek (active in Italy and Spain), 1541 - 1614, Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, c. 1570-1575, Oil on Canvas
Pompeii, House of the Vettii, Casa dei Vettii, VI, 15,1), wall painting of the oecus (room q) at the peristyle. Detail of wall painting showing small angels doing goldsmith work, on the right an angel weighs a piece of jewellery on hand held scales.\n\nAn ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting in the House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum. Excavated 1894-1895\n\nThe brothers Aulus Vettius Restitutus and Aulus Vettius Conviva commissioned their Fresco decorations from one of the leading artists; workshops so that their home would be not only a comfortable residence but also a status symbol. Cupids and their female equivalents ( psyches ) engaged in a number of different activities
Vasari Fresco done in the 1500s. Brunelleschi Cupola, Florence Duomo. Tuscany, Italy.
Venice, Italy - November 2022: Ceiling of San Pantalon church, the biggest canvas painting in the world, depicting the Martyrdom and Apotheosis of St Pantalon, by Giovanni Antonio Fumiani 1680 - 1704
Milan, Italy - July 16, 2020: Sant Eustorgio, Paleochristian church in Romanesque style in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Painting in the interior
14th Century oil painting of Jesus Christ Crucifixion depiction at interior wall of historic church Collégiale Saint Julien. It is a beautiful church located in the southern suburbs of Tournon-sur-Rhone. The church is known for its archaic setting and the Italian architecture that adorn. Built in the 14th Century, this building's main attraction is its awe-inspiring bell tower. Tournon-sur-Rhone, France
Naples - The detail of Archangel Michael from painting of Fall of the Rebel Angels  in the church Chiesa dell' Ascensione a Chiaia by Luca Giordano (1657).
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Salvador, Bahia, Brazil - April 19, 2019: View from the top of the church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo in the city of Salvador, Bahia.
Painting by Luigi Sabatelli dated 1806 in the Chapel of Madonna del Conforto, Cathedral of Arezzo
Europe items of landscape, building and architecture
Statue of Saint Thomas, one of the sculptures of the Twelve Apostles inside the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Rome, Italy. Sculpture by Pierre Le Gros il Giovane (1666, Paris - 1719, Roma),\
Inside of the Catedral de Malaga.  Exploring baroque wall frescoes, decorative motifs, beautiful altars and pillars of the Malaga La Manquita Cathedral. Malaga, Andalusia, Spain
Psyches gather flowers ( Faniciulle Fioraie - Little flower girls )\n\nAn ancient Fourth-Pompeian-Style Roman wall painting in the House of the Vettii or Casa dei Vettii or Domus Vettiorum. Excavated 1894-1895\n\nThe brothers Aulus Vettius Restitutus and Aulus Vettius Conviva commissioned their Fresco decorations from one of the leading artists; workshops so that their home would be not only a comfortable residence but also a status symbol. Cupids and their female equivalents ( psyches ) engaged in a number of different activities
Antwerp, Belgium - September 4, 2013: Deposition of the cross (460x340 cm) from years 1609 - 1610 by Peter Paul Rubens in the cathedral of Our Lady.
Venice, Veneto, Italy: gilded mosaic with Jesus Christ in heaven holding the cross, with angels, the Virgin and St John the Baptist, over the main entrance of St Mark's Cathedral - 'The Last Judgment', the original Byzantine mosaic was destroyed by a fire and this replica by Lattanzio Querena was installed in 1836.
Jesus Christ Driving Money Changers Temple, Church of San Roch Chiesa San Rocco Basilica Dome Altar Venice Italy.  Church completed mid 1700s.
Beautiful stained glass in Trinity Church in downtown Manhattan
VENICE, ITALY - SEPT 26, 2014: A masterpiece of  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo \
painting in a church in Tbilisi
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