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Churches, Temples, Shrines & Holy Places

Throughout human history civilizations have been bound together by religion. Some have built grand structures, others just small family shrines. Some have required amazing effort and resources to build, others almost nothing. Some have survived thousands of years and many are simply forgotten. These photos include some of all of this and I hope show the beauty that so many have created.
2001 France - Pau, Chapel Saint Antoine a few km from Saint Just-Ibarre
1995 Myanmar - Yangon, Small pagodas
1995 Myanmar - Yangon, Shwedagon Pagoda. It is gold and almost 100 meters high.
1994 Indonesia - Yogyakarta, Entrance to the ancient Borobudur Buddhist temple
1994 Indonesia - Yogyakarta, Borobudur carved relief scene
1994 Indonesia - Yogyakarta, Borobudur carved relief scene
1994 Indonesia - Yogyakarta, View from the upper levels of Borobudur
1994 Indonesia - Yogyakarta, Stupas on the upper levels
1994 Indonesia - Yogyakarta, Buddha, Borobudur
2007 Thailand - Krabi, Shrine of the phallic
2010 Nepal - Dunbar Square, Bhaktapur, Statues in front of the Durga Temple
2010 Nepal - Kathmandu, Several of the Votive shrines at Pandra Shivalaya, opposite the Pashupatinath Temple
2010 Nepal - Kathmandu, Candles for sale at the Bodath Stupa
2010 Nepal - Kathmandu, Joss sticks, Monkey Temple
2008 Dominican Republic - San Francisco de Macoris,
2008 Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo, Interior of the Cathedral
2008 El Salvador - San Andres - Zapotitan Valley, San Andres Archaeological Park - Mayan pyramid
2008 El Salvador - San Salvador, The San Salvador Cathedral dome – the picture on the inside dome has a 79 foot (24m) radius and is almost 150 feet (46m)above…
2008 El Salvador - San Salvador, San Salvador Cathedral
2008 El Salvador - San Salvador, San Salvador Cathedral