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A close-up architectural detail showing three small domed lanterns with green and yellow glazed tiles, set against a stone facade featuring Moorish-style horseshoe arches and intricate geometric tilework.

Palermo, Sicily

Palermo Cathedral Dome

UNESCO site with Norman, Gothic, and Baroque dome terraces

Free main basilica; €13 combined ticket for roof,

The image shows a large, circular ceiling fresco depicting the Assumption of Mary surrounded by angels and saints, located inside a church with architectural features like arches, windows, and a staircase leading up to the dome; the artwork is sig

Pisa Cathedral (Duomo di Pisa)

1092 Pisan Romanesque cathedral in Piazza dei Miracoli

The interior of a large, light-colored stone church featuring tall clustered columns, ribbed vaulted ceilings, and rows of wooden pews facing an altar.

Todi, Umbria and Marche

Chiesa di San Fortunato

Gothic-Renaissance church with panoramic Todi views

A low-angle view of a Baroque church facade with a bell tower, accessed by a wide stone staircase flanked by high retaining walls under a blue sky.

Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Scale

Baroque church in Ragusa Ibla

The image shows an interior view of a historic religious structure featuring elaborate Byzantine-style mosaics on vaulted ceilings and arches, with Latin inscriptions and a central figure in a medallion surrounded by golden foliage; stone columns

Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna

Neonian Baptistery

5th-century octagonal baptistery with renowned mosaics

The image shows the Piazza del Duomo in Brescia, Italy, featuring the Duomo Nuovo (New Cathedral) with its prominent green dome and classical facade, alongside the Duomo Vecchio (Old Cathedral) with its Romanesque stone apse and bell tower, captur

Brescia, Lombardy

Piazza del Duomo

Square with two cathedrals and a rare circular Romanesque...

The image shows the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, Italy, featuring its distinctive white stone facade, rose window, bell tower, and a modern bronze equestrian statue in the foreground.

Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi

13th-century Gothic basilica in Lecce's historic center

The image shows the white stone facade of the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi, Italy, with its distinctive bell tower and rose window, alongside a modern bronze equestrian statue on a grassy lawn.

Gubbio, Umbria and Marche

Basilica of San Francesco

Medieval church with 14th-century frescoes

A low-angle shot of a church facade with a central stone portal, a large circular stained-glass window above it, and a cross on the roof, with people gathered at the entrance.

Agrigento, Sicily

Cathedral of San Gerlando (Duomo di Agrigento)

Norman-Baroque cathedral with 85m whispering acoustics

A wide-angle, color photograph of a large, ornate cathedral with a prominent central dome and twin bell towers, situated atop a grand staircase in a sunlit Italian town square.

Cattedrale di San Nicolò

Sicilian Baroque cathedral on a monumental staircase

The image shows the ornate Baroque interior of a cathedral, featuring a high vaulted ceiling with frescoes, large marble-clad columns with gold capitals, a gilded high altar with a central painting, and rows of pews with congregants.

Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol

Bressanone Cathedral (Duomo di Bressanone)

Largest sacred building in Bressanone

The image shows an ornate Baroque ceiling fresco with elaborate stucco work, painted scenes of religious figures and cherubs, and architectural illusionism typical of 18th-century Sicilian church interiors.

Catania, Sicily

Chiesa di San Benedetto

Early 18th-century Baroque church in Catania

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