Sacred Spaces in Spain

The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.

The cathedral of a controversial, conservative, schismatic sect that declared the Catholic Church heretical and founded its own succession of popes.

The remains of this misplaced church were moved here stone by stone.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

These fly sculptures are scattered around the city and represent the patron saint of Girona.

This ancient Visigothic church might hide an ancient treasure.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

According to tradition, King Phillip II supervised construction of the seat of his empire from this seat carved into rock.

Indigenous cultures believed all life would end if this enormous rock toppled.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

This Gothic church houses ornate royal tombs and a magnificent gilded altarpiece.

The surviving remnants of a destroyed medieval church now stand in a public park.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

The 20th-century church looks like a rustic version of the Sagrada Familia.

The magnificent sanctuary is Spain's first purpose-built structure of its kind.

This magnificent brick dome was made with an unusual design method.