Albania
Church of Saint Nicholas (1721): the largest survivor of a city of 24 churches destroyed twice by Ottoman raids
Alla fine del Seicento, Voskopoja era una delle città più avanzate dei Balcani: 35.000 abitanti, 24 chiese, la…
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Mexico
Church of Santa Prisca: the church a silver baron built in seven years to say thank you to God
Nel centro storico di Taxco, nello stato messicano di Guerrero, la chiesa di Santa Prisca fu costruita e…
Croatia
Church of St. Donatus (9th c.): a cylinder of Roman stone built over ancient Zadar’s forum
Alta 27 metri, con una pianta cilindrica sorretta da tre anelli concentrici di colonne, la chiesa fatta costruire…
India
Church of St. Francis of Assisi: the church whose 1521 doorway survived its own 17th-century rebuilding
A Old Goa, in India, otto frati francescani portoghesi, giunti nel 1517, costruirono nel 1521 una piccola cappella,…
North Macedonia
Church of St. John at Kaneo (13th c.): perched on a cliff over Lake Ohrid, frescoes hidden until 1964
Costruita probabilmente nel XIII secolo su una rupe a picco sul lago di Ohrid, questa piccola chiesa dedicata…
Albania
Church of the Dormition of Saint Mary (1797): inside Berat Castle, a 16th-century red no one has ever replicated
Nel castello di Berat, sopra i resti di una cappella del X secolo, sorge una chiesa ricostruita nel…
Bulgaria
Church of the Nativity, Arbanasi: behind Ottoman-mandated low walls, Bulgaria’s ‘Sistine Chapel’
Costruita a partire dal 1597 ed estesa nel corso del Seicento, la chiesa della Natività è l'edificio religioso…
Palestine
Church of the Nativity: the church whose door was shrunk to keep out looters on horseback
La Basilica della Natività , a Betlemme, sorge sopra una grotta venerata come luogo di nascita di Gesù Cristo…
Ethiopia
Debre Berhan Selassie: the only church in Gondar a 19th-century raid didn’t burn, saved by bees, according to legend
La chiesa di Debre Birhan Selassie fu costruita a Gondar nel tardo XVII secolo, durante il regno dell'imperatore…
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