It is Byzantine in style and is supposed to have ... Upon returning to the church, the picture was enthroned over the high altar, in a resplendent shrine-niche especially constructed for it.

The first, a Byzantine-style building ... which includes Titian's the "Assumption of the Virgin Mary" at the main altar. For a small fee, you can explore the treasury that has amassed a large ...

Shortly after this apparition, the Prefect took matters into his own hands and ordered the Grotto closed, and the rustic altar was dismantled ... a neo-Byzantine, three-level basilica was built.

An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in ...

A modern depiction of Digenes Akritas depicted in the style of a Byzantine icon by Greek artist Dimitrios Skourtelis. Credit: Dimitrios Skourtelis / Reddit Digenes Akritas (Διγενής Ακρίτας) is one of ...

Expect to hear both Italian and German while exploring, as the local culture and architecture is a blend of Italy and Austria ...

His tomb became a pilgrimage site still mentioned in the 6th century. Today, this Byzantine monastery, which shone through its activity until the 7th century, is one of the last witnesses of the ...