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Religious Statues in Architecture

Elaborate sculptures of saints and religious figures, showcasing craftsmanship and historical significance in various European cathedrals.

Carmel Mission, Carmel, California, USA

ESCULTURA DE SANTIAGO LEYENDO - FINALES DEL SIGLO XVI - MANIERISMO ESPAÑOL. Author: PABLO DE ROJAS (1549-1611). Location: CATEDRAL-INTERIOR. GRANADA. SPAIN. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor.

Sion cathedral. Saint Anthony the Great or Anthony of Egypt. He is also known as the Father of All Monks. Sion cathedral. Sion. Switzerland.

Statue of Saint Joachim on the Saint Joseph altar in the Church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Pokupsko, Croatia

Statue of Saint Paul on the altar in Parish Church of Saint Martin in Martinska Ves, Croatia

Ollesheim Madonna. Cologne, c. 1260-1270. Beech, polychrome. Schnu_tgen Museum. Cologne, Germany.

Saint Nicholas statue on the altar in Our Lady church in Aschaffenburg, Germany

Salomon Salomon Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22711403

Saint Peter

Carmel Mission, Carmel, California, USA

Saint Matthias, Basilica of St. Vitus in Ellwangen, Germany Saint Matthias, Basilica of St. Vitus in Ellwangen, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20952168

Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla church, Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. Saint Peter statue.

Saint Andrew Apostle statue on the altar in the Baroque Church of Our Lady of the Snows in Belec, Croatia

Statue of apostle St Paul

IMAGEN DEL APOSTOL SANTIAGO - TALLA POLICROMADA Y ESTOFADA CON LOS BRAZOS ARTICULADOS - SEGUNDA MITAD DEL SIGLO XIII. Location: MONASTERIO DE LAS HUELGAS-INTERIOR. BURGOS. SPANIEN. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor.

Statue of saint

Saint Peter the Apostle, statue in the Church of Saint Francis Xavier in Vugrovec, Croatia

Saint Valentine, statue on the altar of Saint Valentine in Church of Assumption of Virgin Mary in Zakanje, Croatia

Saint Stephen of Hungary

Mainz, St Martin's Cathedral, Romanesque Leichhof portal, tympanum

Saint Dominic on the altar of Our Lady of Sorrows, parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary in Lepoglava, Croatia

Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary

Saint Andrew apostle

altarpiece altarpiece, Saint Jerome, 17th century, altar of the relics, Monastery of Saint Jerome of Yuste, 15th century, region of La Vera, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22108174

Statue of the Apostle, La Sainte Chapelle in Paris, France Statue of the Apostle, La Sainte Chapelle in Paris, France Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20464651

Catedral de Santiago de Compostela, iniciada en el año 1075. La Coruña, Galicia. Pórtico de la Gloria (1168-1188) construido por el maestro Mateo. Detalle del apóstol Santiago.

Saint Blaise

Asian Civlisations Museum. Saint Francis Xavier. India, Goa, 19th century. Painted wood. Singapore.

Statue of saint

Silver sculpture of St. Gallus, detail from the silver altar, Parish Church of St. Gallus, Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria, Europe

Statue of saint

Saint Dominic on the altar of Our Lady of Sorrows, parish Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary in Lepoglava, Croatia

Saint Joachim

San Joaquin, museo colonial, Casa de Santo Domingo, antiguos templo y convento de Santo Domingo y al Colegio Mayor de Santo Tomás de AquinoAntigua Guatemala, departamento de Sacatepéquez, República de Guatemala, América Central.

Saint Peter the Apostle

St. Jakobus, Roman Catholic collegiate church of St. Philipp and St. Jakob, the present parish church is a listed building, Bad Groenenbach, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Statue of Saint Paul on the main altar in the Church of Holy Cross in Sisak, Croatia Statue of Saint Paul on the main altar in the Church of Holy Cross in Sisak, Croatia Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21075065

Belgium,Brugge,St.Saviours Cathedral,Shrine of Charles the Good

Pope blessing statue, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican, Rome, Italy.

France, Vaucluse, Venasque (Most Beautiful Village in France), Baptistery (11th century), sculpture of Saint Siffrein holding the Saint-Mors in his hands

Saint Peter statue on the main altar in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, Croatia

Stone Slab, Jesus Falls at the Cross, Cemetery Sankt Peter, Salzburg City, Austria 1065534356

Saint with Book, sculpture by Giovanni della Robbia from Medici Chapel, Basilica di Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Saint with Book, sculpture by Giovanni della Robbia from Medici Chapel, Basilica di Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20149430

ARTE BARROCO. ESPAA. SANTUARIO DE SAN ANDRES DE TEIXIDO. El templo actual se construyÛ en el siglo XVI prolong·ndose las obras hasta el siglo XVIII. Detalle de la IMAGEN DE UNO DE LOS DOCE APOSTOLES en el RETABLO barroco (s. XVIII). SAN ANDRES DE TEIXIDO. Provincia de A CoruÒa. Galicia.

Saint Peter statue on the main altar in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, Croatia

Saint Ambrose

Heiliger Simon, Detail der Tür der Kirche Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris Saint Simon, detail of door of Saint Vincent de Paul church, Paris Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 21244658

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Saint Roch, statue on the Our Lady of Mount Carmel altar in the Church of Blessed Virgin of Purification in Smokvica, Korcula island, Croatia

Oratori de Crestatx, Siglo XIII, Sa Pobla, ruta cultural de los santuarios, ermitas y oratorios de Mallorca,imagen de San Antonio,Majorca, Balearic Is...

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, 1649, Historic Centre, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Puebla, State of Puebla, Mexico, North America, Central America, Statue of Jesus with outstretched arms and a heart-shaped symbol on his chest in a church, Oaxaca, Central America

Heiliger Augustinus, Altar des Heiligen Johannes von Gott in der Barmherzigenkirche in Graz, Steiermark, Österreich Saint Augustine, altar of Saint John of God in Barmherzigenkirche church in Graz, Styria, Austria LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 23231599

Oratori de Crestatx, Siglo XIII, Sa Pobla, ruta cultural de los santuarios, ermitas y oratorios de Mallorca,imagen de San Antonio,Mallorca, balearic islands, spain, europe.

Spain, Andalusia, Seville, Iglesia San Salvador, church, interior

Holy figure of St. Jakobus in the Parish Church of St. Jakob, Dachau, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Saint Zachary

Bartolomé Ordóñez, San Olegario, 1519. Trascoro Catedral de Barcelona.

Saint, relief on the facade of Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross - famous Franciscan church in Florence, Italy Saint, relief on the facade of Basilica of Santa Croce Basilica of the Holy Cross - famous Franciscan church in Florence, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20966684

Saint, detail of te door of Church Santa Maria Maggiore in Florence, Tuscany, Italy Saint, detail of te door of Church Santa Maria Maggiore in Florence, Tuscany, Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20990252

Statue of apostle St Paul

Photograph of the interior of St. Stephen's Cathedral, (Stephansdom), in Vienna which dates from the 12th to 15th centuries. Dated 21st Century

CATEDRAL DE SANTA MARIA Y SAN JULIAN O CATEDRAL DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GRACIA. INTERIOR, SACRISTIA MAYOR. CUENCA, ESPAÑA.

Saint Martin of Tours, Madeleine church in Paris Saint Martin of Tours, Madeleine church in Paris Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20578802

St.Matthew the Evangelist

Saint Mark statue, Orsanmichele Church, Florence, Italy. Statue by Donatello 1411

Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Baltic Sea, Pomeranian Bay, Usedom Island, Usedom Town, Church in Moenchow

Statue representing an apostle. Convent of La Cartuja Nuestra Señora de la Defensión in Jerez de la Frontera, in the Spanish province of Cadiz. Author: JOSE DE ARCE (1600-1666). Location: CARTUJA DE SANTA MARIA DE LA DEFENSION. JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA. Cadiz. SPAIN. Apóstol Santiago el Mayor.

Saint Paul the Apostle, Basilica of St. Vitus in Ellwangen, Germany

The blurred tower of the Johanniskirche in the old town of Schwäbisch Gmünd with the figure of the mother of Christ of the Marienbrunnen on the market square in the foreground of the blurred tower of the Johanniskirche in the old town of Schwäbisch Gmünd with the figure of the mother of Christ of the Marienbrunnen on the market square in the foreground: xzoonar.com/frankxwagnerx 22156756

Saint Ildefonsus of Toledo (607-667). Archbishop of Toledo. Image of T. Ildefonsus. Main altar of the Church of St. Maria la Mayor, 16th century. Coca, Segovia province, Castile and Leon, Spain.

Old statue with cross in the cemetery. Dramatic mysterious figure, no people. Old statue with cross in the cemetery. Dramatic mysterious figure, no people.

Statue of saint

CRISTO DE LA CORONACION DE ESPINAS - 1687 - BARROCO ESPAÑOL. Author: PEREA AGUSTIN. Location: IGLESIA DE LA ANUNCIACION. Sevilla. Seville. SPAIN.

Moses holding the Ten Commandments

Pere Johan / 'Virgen de los Perdones' (Verge dels Perdons), siglo XV, alabastro, procedente de la iglesia de Santa Ana de Barcelona. Museum: Museu Diocesà, Barcelona.

Processional cross, by delle Croci Giovanni Francesco, 1501, 16th Century, silver . Italy, Lombardy, Brescia, San Francesco d'Assisi Church. Detail. Panel astylar cross gilt: gilding silver statue St Bernardine of Siena holds Host: particle radiated with Bernardine monogram.

EAST GRINSTEAD, WEST SUSSEX, UK - MARCH 28 : Wooden carving from the pulpit of St Swithun's Church in East Grinstead West Sussex on March 28, 2022

San Nicolas, bishop, 14th century, polychrome limestone pidra, Diocesan Museum of Salamanca, Old Cathedral, Salamanca, autonomous community of Castile and Leon, Spain.

Nativity Kaspar, Melchior, Balthasar Nativity Kaspar, Balthasar

Statue of Saint Andrew in the church of Saint James in Ihlingen, Germany Statue of Saint Andrew in the church of Saint James in Ihlingen, Germany Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtletix 20905394

Statue of Jesus Christ in a church, Monastery of St Ipaty, Kostroma, Russia

Image of the eternal father, carved in cedar wood, 17th century, former Convent of Santo Domingo, Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez department, Guatemala.

Diego Laynez rejecting the papal tiara, Monument to Diego Laynez, by Federico Coullaut-Valera Mendigutia, 1970 ,Almazán, Soria, Spain.

Statue of Saint Nicholas. Court of the Catapano. Bari. Puglia. Italy

Saint Jude Thaddaeus the Apostle, Basilica of St. Vitus in Ellwangen, Germany

Tac Say Catholic Church. The marriage feast at Cana was the scene of Christ's first miracle, turning water into wine. Bac Lieu. Vietnam.

England, London, Westminster Abbey, The Nave, Statue at the Entance to the Choir

Seville, 06/09/2024. Visit to the church of Santa María la Blanca to see the restoration of the altarpiece. The Minister of Culture, Patricia del Pozo, attends. Photo: Raúl Doblado. ARCHSEV.

Limestone figure of an Apostle on the main portal, west facade, Koelner Dom, Cologne Cathedral, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Wat Pho Chinese stone guardian, Bangkok, Thailand

Saint Augustine, polychrome wood, 17th century, comes from the church of Nossa Senhora Das Merces, Evora museum, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe.

Croatia, Dubrovnik, statue of St. Blaise on top of church of St. Blaise

Saint Paul statue on the main altar in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, Croatia

Saint Paul statue on the main altar in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, Croatia

St Ambrogio Statue of the St Ambrogio at Cathedral in Cuneo,Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/gkunax 3807431

Mural at the entrance of St. Franziskus, St. Francis, Franciscan Church, built in the 13th Century, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary

The origins of a temple on this site date to prehistory. The great Greek Temple of Athena was built in the 5th century BCE. The temple was a Doric edifice with six columns on the short sides and 14 on the long sides. The present cathedral was constructed by Saint Bishop Zosimo of Syracuse in the 7th century. The battered Doric columns of the original temple were incorporated in the walls of the current church. The building was converted into a mosque in 878, then converted back when Norman Roger I of Sicily retook the city in 1085. The roof of the nave is of Norman origin, as well as the mosaics in the apses. As part of the increased building activity after the 1693 Sicily earthquake, the cathedral was rebuilt and the facade redesigned by architect Andrea Palma in 1725-1753.

Saint St. Benno with model of the Church of Our Lady and St. Benno, parish church St. Benno, Neo-Romanesque, Munich, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Saint Joachim

Reliquary casket, Charles the Good, Sint Salvatorskathedraal, St. Salvator in Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

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