Sacred Spaces

A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.

Plaques on its facade commemorate the Tiber's most destructive deluges.

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

A fortified medieval basilica on the Caelian Hill preserves extraordinary frescoes and one of Rome's most beautiful hidden cloisters.

A medieval church built into an ancient cave.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

In the quiet village of Fulmodeston, the ruins of a medieval church remain hidden among vines and foliage.

This modernist church's massive sci-fi dome may be one of Latin America's largest.

After a partial collapse in the 1950s, this small church's historic facade lives on.

The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

This unusual roadside attraction filled with handcrafted signage is home to a unique church.

Once a home for cows and hay, this barn has been transformed into an event cathedral.