Shrine Collection (page 12)

Ta Pinu Church and national shrine, Ghasri Date: 2011

Ta Pinu Church and national shrine, Ghasri, Gozo 2011

Shrine of the Cross
The Shrine of the Cross, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel. Date: 1960s

Schloss at Eltz
Eltz, overlooking the Mosel river, must surely be one of the most romantic of castles. Easily defended by the narrow bridge, and enjoying divine protection from that shrine. Date: 1850

The Kaza Main Mosque, Baghdad, Iraq
The Al-Kadhimiya Mosque - a shrine located in the Kadhimayn suburb of Baghdad, Iraq. The shrine contains the tombs of the seventh Twelver Shi ah Imam Musa al-Kadhim

Shrine on Failicha Island - Kuwait Date: circa 1910s

Pocito Temple / Chapel, Mexico City, Mexico
The Pocito Temple/Chapel, Mexico City, Mexico, located near the eastern slope of the Tepeyac Hill. Built to house the site of the spring waters close to the site of the apparitions of the Virgin of

England / Lingfield
The village lock-up, beside the road and adjoining the pond, Lingfield, Surrey, England. Here delinquents and the like were punished. Originally a wayside shrine. Date: 1930s

Water Shrine close to Venice, Italy
A Scene in Venice A Water Shrine near Venice, Italy - a boat carries a family who bring offerings of flowers to place at the feet of the Madonna in the shrine

Italian Pifferari, 1869
Italian Pifferari infront of a wayside shrine of the Madonna. Date: 1869

Tomb of St. John - Damscus, Syria
Tomb of St. John (Yahya) in the Great Mosque (The Umayyad Mosque) at Damscus, Syria. Date: circa 1910s

Pancha Rathas at Mahabalipuram, Southern India
Pancha Rathas at Seven Pagodas, Southern India. Seven Pagodas has served as a nickname for the south Indian city of Mahabalipuram

Tope of Maunikyaula, Afghanistan
Tope of Maunikyaula. A tope is the Hindi word for a stupa or a structure where Buddhist relics are kept. 1815

Poland / Czestochowa
The monastery of Czestochowa which houses the sacred shrine of the Virgin Mary Date: circa 1880

Arrival of King George I of Greece at Tinos
Arrival of King George I of Greece at Our Lady of Tinos, the major Marian shrine in Greece. It is located in the town of Tinos on the Island of Tinos

Main Gate of Ieyasu Shrine - Nikko, Japan
Main Gate of Nikko Tosho-gu - a Shinto shrine located in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Shiva Temples, Kalna, West Bengal, India
A circle of Shiva (Siva) Temples in Kalna, known as the Temple City, in West Bengal, India. The Nava Kailash or 108 Shiv Mandirs was built in 1809

Roadside shrine, Austria
A roadside shrine on a country road not far from Aggsbach, Lower Austria

Korean Archers - Keijo (Seoul)
The Bowing Game of Chosen - Korean Archers of Keijo (Seoul), in Chosen Province practising traditional archery

Jerusalem - Tomb of Absalom
Yad Avshalom (Absaloms Shrine), also known as the Tomb of Absalom - an ancient tomb with a conical roof located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, Israel

The Shrine of Imam Reza - Mashad, Iran. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Unidentified building, India
An unidentified building in India -- probably a temple or shrine. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Carved gateway to Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh
An ornately carved gateway to the Stupa at Sanchi, a small village in the province of Madhya Pradesh, Central India. The Stupa is a large hemispherical dome with a central chamber containing relics

Unidentified ruined building, India
An unidentified ruined building at the side of a river in India. It appears to be a temple or shrine. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Detail of a carving on the Stupa at Sanchi, Central India
Detail of a carving of a human figure on the Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Temple of Baal, Palmyra, Syria
A Temple, ruins at Palmyra, Syria. The most striking building in Palmyra is the huge temple of Ba al one of the most important religious building of the first century AD in the Middle East

Fidel Castro in the US
FIDEL CASTRO - President of Cuba, pictured here reading a book on the Mount Vernon Shrine during a vsit to Washington in 1959. *UNAVAILABLE FOR USE IN ASIA AT PRESENT*

Ruined building in India
A ruined building, probably a temple or shrine, in India in the early 1920s. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ram Raja Temple, Madhya Pradesh, India
View of the Ram Raja Temple at Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Dedicated to Lord Ram or Rama, it was built in the 16th century in the centre of the city of Orchha

The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine, Kerman, Iran
Southeastern Iran - Kerman Province - The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine. The dome over the tomb of Shah Nematollah Vali, a well-known Sufi dervish, dates from the early 15th century

Stupa at Sanchi, Central India
The Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh Province, India. The Stupa is a large hemispherical dome with a central chamber containing relics of the Buddha. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Shrine in an unidentified location, India
A shrine containing a large statue of a human figure in an unidentified location in India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

The Nematollah Vali Shrine, Kerman, Iran
Southeastern Iran - Kerman Province - The Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine. The dome over the tomb of Shah Nematollah Vali, a well-known Sufi dervish, dates from the early 15th century

Roadside shrine, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A roadside shrine in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

The excavation of Tutankhamun
The photograph show the second stage of entry into the sealed chamber of the only intact shrine of a pharaoh ever found

The Holy Carpet
The start of the great annual Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1

The Holy Carpet carried to Mecca
The start of the great annual Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1

Chinese Shrine
A little rustic pagoda outside a village

Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki
The Suwa Shrine, Nagasaki, Japan. Founded in 1634, amidst the Japanese governments efforts to stamp out Christianity, it is the most important Shinto shrine

Pilgrims at Istanbul
The sacred camel leaves the Sultans palace at Istanbul, bearing gifts for the shrine of the prophet at Mecca

Japanese Worshippers
Worshippers at the Minatogawa shrine, Kobe

Family at Shinto Shrine
A Japanese woman presenting her new born baby at the Shinto Shrine

Family at Shrine / 1868
A Japanese family worshipping at a shrine

Buddhist Shrine, Japan
A Buddhist shrine, Japan

Notre Dame De Liessee
Pilgrims at the shrine of Notre-Dame de Liesse pray before the miraculous statue of the Virgin; note the man on the left in true pilgrims garb, cockle shells and all

Russian Shrine
Russian peasants at a wayside shrine

Coolidge / Katy Next 4
The peasant woman places flowers at a roadside shrine

Wu Liang Shrine / Relief
Stone relief showing a battle scene; Wu family grave, Shantung

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