August Photo Contest Discussion: Religious Buildings (page 1 of 6)

Pressed for time due to a full house of kids, grandkids, and cats, I decided to go with a general theme. Everyone has photos of religious buildings, so architectural variety is guaranteed. Just a reminder—I’m asking for exterior shots only, either wide-angle or detailed views.

Phanom Rung, Thailand Wat Phra Keo, Bangkok

Abu Simbel

Quimper

Venice

Istanbul

Khiva, Uzbekistan

Joapira Bell Tower, El Hierro



Thanks, Lightroom...

The Church of Săpânța and its Merry Cemetery (Maramureș region, Romania)

Another church in Maramureș

Brasília Cathedral

Saint George of Lalibela

Golden Temple in Amritsar

Wat Muang Kang in Champasak

Panagia Theoskepasti Church in Santorini

Blue Mosque in Istanbul

St. Olaf's Church in Tallinn

In Nepal, there are so many religious buildings—you can’t even count them all! Nyatapola Temple in Bhaktapur

Not far from my place in the Vercors, you can see an Orthodox monastery in the Combe Laval near Saint-Laurent-en-Royans.



There’s also an Orthodox church in Saint-Jean-en-Royans. And... a Buddhist monastery! (Tibetan Studies Center of Montchardon in Izeron)

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican

Mauritian Trilogy

Hi Noëlle

Congrats on your win! 🙂 ... and good luck (and some good times too 😉) with all your various invasions.

Are cloisters accepted as religious buildings?

Basilique Saint Pierre, Vatican



I really love this photo, Agnès 👍 You should’ve posted it in the contest 😊

Trilogie Mauricienne

Another one 😉







And its Réunionese neighbor



(the lava stopped right at the church entrance—it’s a sign! 😏)

Awesome! This theme is going to get a lot of entries—already some really beautiful ones in this thread! 😊

I’m posting this one that won the November 2019 contest... it was one of my first entries! 😊

Convent of Saint Anthony of Padua in Izamal (Mexico)

I don’t recognize the first one? (Mauritius)

I’ll wait a bit until I’ve dug through my archives before posting! ;)

Since the last contest was in 2019, I’ll check later. Or dig through my film photos...🤪

I had to dig through my photos (my organization wasn't great back then 😇 ... and I didn't keep a travel journal). So: the Shiva Temple in Triolet (which I noted had just been repainted, at least)

Gorgeous!

I don’t know why, but mine are way less impressive 🤪😏



Anyway, I’m also digging through my folders and this time I’ve got some stock 😎

Yeah, I think this theme’s gonna make a lot of people happy 😊

Campanario de Joapira, El Hierro



Thanks Lightroom...

Are these the natural colors? Brrr, it looks like Dracula’s lair 😕

Masjid Samek Mosque. I won’t insult you by asking where it’s located 😛

Masjid Samek Mosque. I won’t insult you by asking where it is 😛



Well, I would’ve gotten zero on that question! When you’ve never been there… when you’ve never even heard of it 😕