Fresco

These 500-year-old frescoes depict the city in its glory days.

After witnessing the rise and fall of three empires, this ancient city was finally destroyed by a series of earthquakes.

This landmark church at the Flathead Reservation mission features 58 ceiling and wall frescoes painted by the mission's cook.

This lavish 20th-century casino adorns labels for San Pellegrino water.

This fortress-like monastery is covered with intricate frescoes.

A prime example of socialist modernist architecture, wrapped in a enormous fresco about the media.

Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.

See gorgeous frescoes at this modest Byzantine place of worship.

Distressing images of the Last Judgement adorn the walls of this medieval sanctuary.

Below the altar in Saint-Willibrord Basilica rests the mortal remains of Luxembourg's patron saint.

This monastery set over a holy cave contains the oldest known painting of Saint Francis of Assisi.

One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.

The walls of this tiny Italian church are entirely covered with frescoes.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

This enigmatic piece of art is a mnemonic device from the early Renaissance.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.

The house where Harlequin was born.

Six paintings reminding you that death is integral part of everyday life.