CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES
Articles on Bargain Travel Europe for cathedrals, historic churches, monasteries, abbeys and cloister some you can stay in or just sight-see.
ENGLAND
ENGLISH
KINGS & ALE, WITCHCRAFT AND FOOTBALL
B&B with a bit'o history - Stapleton's Chantry North Moreton
A bed and breakfast with an 800 year history in one of
Oxfordshire's historic small villages
DORCHESTER
ABBEY - WAYSIDE STOPOVER
Former Seat of Anglo-Saxon Bishops in Dorchester-on-Thames
HEXHAM ABBEY
St. Andrew and St. Wilfred in Northumberland
CHESTER CATHEDRAL
Early Gothic Gem in Cheshire's Medieval Walled City
ST
PANCRAS OLD CHURCH LONDON - MARY SHELLY HISTORY
Mary Shelly and the real “birth” of Frankenstein
WHITBY
ABBEY - NORTH YORKSHIRE COAST
Ruins of Gothic Abbey Inspired Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
DURHAM
CATHEDRAL - RELICS OF ST CUTHBERT
North England’s Great Norman Church and
St Cuthbert Shrine
YORK
MINSTER - NORTH ENGLAND'S GREAT GOTHIC CATHEDRAL
What to See at North England’s Magnificent Church
WESTMINSTER
ABBEY – TOMBS, POETS, CORONATIONS & ROYAL WEDDINGS
England's Most Historic Chusch in the heart of Londo
GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL
Edward II Tomb and Harry Potter
SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
Magna Carta and Tallest Spire
WALES
ST
DAVID’S BISHOP’S PALACE AND CATHEDRAL
Great Religious History in Wales Smallest Town
LLANGYFELACH
PARISH & ST DAVID'S CHURCH
Norman Church Tower and Celtic Graveyard
IRELAND
ST.
COLUMB'S CATHEDRAL & CHAPTER HOUSE MUSEUM
Londonderry’s Great Reformation Church and Ulster History
DUBLIN'S
CHRIST CHURCH - VIKINGS & STRONGBOW
Viking World and Medieval Dublin at Christ Church
ST
AUDOEN’S CHURCH - DUBLIN
Dublin’s Oldest Medieval Church
JERPOINT
ABBEY - CISTERCIAN MONASTERY
Great Monastery Ruins Near Kilkenny
THE
HILL OF TARA - MEATH
Ireland’s Most Sacred Site of the Iron Age - Sanctuary
of the High Kings
ST
DECLAN’S WELL & HERMITAGE CHURCH – ARDMORE
Coast Path Sites
of Ireland's First Christian Conversion
GLENDALOUGH – ST
KEVIN'S MONASTIC
RUINS - WICKLOW
St Kevins Monastery and Gravestones
SAINT PATRICK'S TRAIL
Northern Ireland Path of
Ireland's Patron Saint
ST ANNE'S CATHEDRAL - BELFAST
Artistry and Industry in Queen Victioria's Cathedral Quarter
BOYLE ABBEY - BOYLE
Magnificent Cistercian Abbey Ruins in County Roscommon
ITALY
MILAN
- A BIT OF DISNEYLAND IN OLD EUROPE?
Milan's 18th century
indoor mall is the centerpiece between the magnicent Gothic
Duomo and La Scala opera house.
WARM
NIGHTS ON THE BAY OF THE SUN
Laigueglia - Romantic Hideway on the Italian Riviera
The Hotel Splendid del Mare lies halfway between Savona and San Remo on the secludid
central Italian Rivera
ROME
IN RUINS - A Walking Tour
A trip to Rome can start with
an orientation foot tour from the Vatican through the ancient ruins of
the Roman Forum.
BASILICA
MADONNA DI TIRANO
Changing Trains to the Swiss Alps
GERMANY
DON'T
TREAD ON ME, MY SON
Mainz Cathedral in the heart of the Rhineland
Mainz red Romanesque Cathedral is
unique among the more later Gothic Styles such as Cologne's.
BAROQUE CHURCHES OF
MUNICH
Exploring the great Cathedrals of the Bavarian Capital
BAROQUE
IN BAVARIA - ETTAL ABBEY BASILICA
Magnificent Baroque Abbey in the Alps of southern Bavaria is still an active
Benedictine Monastery.
HAMBURG'S
LANDMARK ST. MICHAELIS KIRCHE
If it's Baroque it must be "Michel"
Hamburg's symbol St. Michael's Church in the Baroque style
offers music performances and the best views of the city.
ALL
SAINTS CASTLE CHURCH WITTENBERG
Martin Luther and the Church Doors of Wittenberg
Where Reformation began with a handful of papers and a nail.
MAULBRONN
ABBEY
Germany’s Best Preserved Cistercian Monastery
Along the wine roads of Wurttemberg west of Stuttgart
WORMS ROMANESQUE CATHEDRAL
Martin Luther and the Diet of Worms
Great Cathedral on the Rhine
DRESDEN'S
FRAUENKIRCHE
Firebombed Baroque Crown Jewel Church of Our Lady Reborn
Baroque Masterwork Rebuilt in Saxony
BERLIN'S
DOM CATHEDRAL & HOHENZOLLERN CRYPT
Berlin's
Revival Royal Court Church - The Protestant St Peters
KAISER
WILHELM CHURCH - BLAUKIRCHE - BOMBED SPIRE OF BERLIN
Bombed Memorial Church and the Blue Church
LUTHERAN
GERMAN HERITAGE DISCOVERY 2011
Martin Luther Festivals in Germany
FRANKFURT
ST BARTHOLOMEW GOTHIC CATHEDRAL
Emperor's Coronation Church and the Dom Museum
SPEYER
CATHEDRAL - EMPEROR'S SPIRES
Imperial Romanesque Cathedral of the Palatine
WALKING & CYCLING
THE LUTHER ROUTE
Martin Luther Cities Wittenberg and Eisleben
HERMITAGE
CLIFF CASTLE CHAPEL - SAAR
The Klause Kastel, Ex-Tomb of the Blind King
KLOSTER_MACHERN
- CISTERCIAN CONVENT & BAROQUE CHAPEL
Beer Wine & Religious Icons on the Mosel
TREASURY MUSEUM ST PETER AND ALEXANDER - ASCHAFFENBURG
Romanesque Church, Medieval and Reformation Art
HEILIGGEIST CHURCH – HEIDELBERG
Church of the Holy Spirit in Old Town
IMPERIAL CATHEDRAL - AACHEN
Imperial Coronation Chapel of Charlemagne
ST THOMAS CHURCH - LEIPZIG
Johann Sebastian Bach Burial Grave
MARKET CHURCH MARTIN LUTHER - HALLE (SAALE)
Death Mask of Martin Luther
ST GEORG CHURCH SCHMALKALDEN
Martin Luther, Schmalkaldic League and Medieval Bones
ST ANNE'S CHURCH - LUTHERSTIEG - AUGSBURG
Baroque and Rennaissance Church with Martin Luther History
ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL - AUGSBURG
Holbein Panels, Frescoes and Medieval Stained Glass
ST MARTIN’S ABBEY BASILICA WEINGARTEN
Germany's Largest Baroque Church
COLOGNE CATHEDRAL
Giant Gothic Church on the Rhine
FAVORITE CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS IN GERMANY BOOK
History and Architecture Germany's iconic Churches
FRANCE
ABBEY CLUNY
Benedictine Monastery Ruins once most important abbey in France and
the Abbots of Cluny including Richelieu.
TOURNUS
ABBEY
Well preserved Romanesque Abbey and Eglise
of
St.
Philibert
in
heart of Burgundy wine country
A SAINT, A CHANTEUSE
AND AN EMPEROR
Chatillon-Sur-Seine, Burgundy
Two medieval churches in a small town of the Seine tied to the miracles
of
St.
Bernard,
the Virgin Noire, Napolean
and Kiki of Montparnass.
EGLISE ST VORLES - SAINT BERNARD MILK MIRACLE
Religious School and Ancient Cemetery
CHURCHES
ON PERCHES - CASTELLANE
The Napolean Road leads north from Cannes through Haute
Provence region the Norte Dame du Roc former monastery.
DIJON
- BURGUNDY WINE, MUSTARD N' GARGOYLES
City
of bell towers, a martyred saint and Cathedrals Bénigne
and Notre Dame de Dijon
NO
REST FOR THE PIOUS - FONTENAY ABBEY
A
beautifully intact medieval Abbey in France's Burgundy region
BEAUNE
AND OLD VIRGINS OF BURGUNDY
The Hotel-Dieu Hospices
de Beaune and the Virgin Viege are centerpieces of this center of Burgundy's
wine region.
SWEET
TOOTH ON THE RUN
OO-so Delicious Strasbourg
France's
Strasbourg Cathedral and curious Gothic art and Pastry
VALENCIENNES
GOTHIC CATHEDRAL
War damage makes
you feels like the bombs are still exploding outside this beautiful Gothic
church.
ABBEY DE VAULUISANT
Cistercian Monastery near Sens
This former monastery hosts a Music Festival every June.
CATHEDRAL
NOTRE DAME DE PARIS
Gothic Arches, Gargoyles and Quasimodo
Paris' Most Famous Landmark Church
SACRE
COEUR - MONTMARTRE
Bohemians and Hill of Martyrs
KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR CHAPEL METZ
Romanesque-Gothic
Chapel of Templars in Lorraine
STRASBOURG GOTHIC CATHEDRAL
Lady Saints, Devils and Apostles' Procession
METZ CATHEDRAL OF ST STEPHEN
High Gothic Nave and Stained Glass in Lorraine
ST DIDIER GOTHIC CHURCH AVIGNON
AntiPopes and Boy Saint Relics
BELGIUM
ORVAL
ABBEY MONASTERY
Belgium Trappist Beer of the Semois Valley
Gothic ruins and an active Cistercian Monastery
SAINT
HUBERT BASILICA
Romanesque - Early Gothic Cathedral
in the Ardennes
ST
GEORGE’S WWI MEMORIAL CHURCH - YPRES
Memory of the Fallen in Flanders Fields
AUSTRIA
INNSBRUCK
HOFKIRCHE COURT
CHURCH - MAXIMILIAN'S TOMB
Famed
Bronze Statues of Kings and Queens and the Great Vacant Tomb
ST
SEBASTIEN’S CEMETERY - SALZBURG
The Mozarts, Paracelsus and Wolf Dietrich Mausoleum
DOM QUARTIER SALZBURG
Residence Palace and Cathedral Museum Tour
TREASURES OF ST STEPHENS CATHEDRAL
Story of Ambitius Habsburg Duke
ST PETERS RECTORY CHURCH VIENNA
Hidden Baroque Gem of Leopold I
BAROQUE ST JOHN NEPOMUK CHAPEL - BREGENZ
Chruch of the Downing Patron Saint
GOTTWEIG ABBEY - WACHAU VALLEY
Baroque Monastery on the
Danube
GEBHARDSBERG CASTLE - ST GEBHARD
St Gebhards Pilgrimmage Chapel
SWITZERLAND
ST
GALLEN ABBEY LIBRARY & MONASTERY CATHEDRAL
World Heritage Site Baroque Library and Former Benedictine Monastery
MADONNA
DEL SASSO SANCTUARY - LOCARNO
Mountainside
Baroque Pilgrimmage Church
GROSSMÜNSTER
CATHEDRAL – ZURICH
The Saints of Zurich and Face of Charlemagne
CHIESA
SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGIOLI - LUGANO
Bernardino
Luini’s Crucifixion & the Last Supper
ABBEY
OF ST MAURICE D’AGAUNE
Treasures and Theban Legion Martyrs
JESUIT CHURCH - LUCERNE
Switzerland's First Baroque Church
CZECH REPUBLIC
PRAGUE CASTLE AND ST.
VITUS CATHEDRAL
Romanesque Chapel, Gothic St. Vitus Cathedral and the Tomb of St. Wenceslas.
CROATIA
LUZNICA
CASTLE – SISTERS OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL
Stay
at a Castle Convent in Croatia
ZAGREB
CATHEDRAL
Neo-Gothic Reconstruction and a Cardinal’s Repose
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