This is an Anglican church located in the city of Florence in Italy. It forms part of the chaplaincy of St. Mark’s Florence with Holy Cross Bologna, in the Diocese of Europe within the Church of England. The Reverend Charles Tooth founded the church as a centre of worship of Anglo-Catholic members of the Anglican…
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Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street
This church, more commonly known as Farm Street Church is a Catholic parish church located in the Mayfair area of Central London. It is run by the Society of Jesus. It’s main entrance is on Farm Street but it can also be accessed from the adjacent Mount Street Gardens. The Jesuits first began looking for…
Igreja de São Sebastião da Pedreira, Lisbon
The Parish Church of São Sebastião da Pedreira, located in the center of Lisbon, at the top of Rua Tomás Ribeiro, near Parque Eduardo VII. It was founded during the reign of King John IV on the site of Pedreira (quarry) and inaugurated in 1652. The entrance of the church is reached by a side…
Jumeirah Mosque, Dubai
This mosque is located in Dubai in the Emirate of Dubai. It was built between 1975 and 1979 and was a gift from the then ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Rasheed bin Saeed Al Maktoum to his son and heir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rasheed Al Maktoum. It is located in the Jumeirah District along the Persian…
Church of St. Monica’s Priory, Hoxton
This is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Hoxton area of London’s East End. It was built in 1866 to designs by E W Pugin. It is located on Hoxton Square and is a Grade II listed building. The Order of St. Augustine was invited in 1864 to start a mission for the…
St. Ninian’s Cathedral, Perth
This is the mother church of the Diocese of St Andrew’s, Dunkeld and Dunblane in the Scottish Episcopal Church. It was the first new Anglican cathedral to be built in Britain since the reformation and was consecrated in 1850. It is named for St Ninian who brought the Christian message to Scotland in the 5th…
13th June, 2025
Well it has been far too long since I’ve done anything with this site of mine! This is mainly down to laziness on my part and then not having the patience to sit down and do things. I’ve been to a number of different countries over the past few years, so have a lot of…
Stadtkirche St. Sebastian, Limburg an der Lahn
This is the Catholic city church located in Bishop’s Square in the old town of Limburg an der Lahn and is part of the Diocese of Limburg. It was a monastery church of the former Franciscan monastery. It is thought that the church was built by the Franciscans in the early 14th century and this…
Limburger Dom, Limburg an der Lahn
Cathedral Church of St. George and St. Nicholas This cathedral is prominently located high on a rock overlooking the old town of Limburg and the River Lahn. It is the diocesan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg in the German state of Hesse. It is unknown when the first church was built on…
Seminarkirche St. Michael, Würzburg
This church is the former seminary church of the Würzburg Jesuit College and now the Catholic Church of St Michael. There has been a church on this site since the earliest 13th century. The first was a small chapel dedicated to St Agnes and used as a monastery by the Franciscans. During the 16th century…
St. Mary-on-the-Rock, Ellon
This is a large episcopal church located above the River Ythan just south of the town centre of Ellon, in the Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney. The town’s parish history dates back over 900 years but the present church building was built in 1871 replacing the original one of 1816. The present building was designed…
St. Stephan zu Mainz
The Collegiate Church of St Stephan is located in the city of Mainz, the capital of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built in the Gothic style and is also a ‘hall’ church. It is now principally known for it’s stained glass windows designed by Marc Chagall. The church was originally built in 990…
Cathedrals and Churches I've Visited on my Travels 