Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: the lantern tower of the basilica of St Louis, King of France, Tunis.

#tunis #louis #basilica #crusade

Repubblica.it: Restrizioni e controlli: a Gerusalemme la Pasqua è blindata. Al Santo Sepolcro messa a porte chiuse

Nella città vecchia gli accessi sono contingentati per via della guerra. Dopo le polemiche dalla domenica delle Palme, il cardinale Pizzaballa tiene la messa nella Basilica ma con lui ci sono solo i francescani

Restrictions and controls: Easter is under lockdown in Jerusalem. Mass at the Holy Sepulchre with closed doors.

In the old town, access is restricted due to the war. After the controversies since Palm Sunday, Cardinal Pizzaballa holds mass in the Basilica, but only the Franciscans are with him.

#Easter #Jerusalem #CardinalPizzaballa #Basilica #Franciscans

https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2026/04/05/news/gerusalemme_pasqua_santo_sepolcro-425265795/

Restrizioni e controlli: a Gerusalemme la Pasqua è blindata. Al Santo Sepolcro messa a porte chiuse

Nella città vecchia gli accessi sono contingentati per via della guerra. Dopo le polemiche dalla domenica delle Palme, il cardinale Pizzaballa tiene la messa n…

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Happy Easter! 🐣

St Mary’s Basilica, Krakow, Poland - November 25, 2023

#SilentSunday #Krakow #Poland #Basilica #architecture #church
Michelangelo Buonarroti painted the iconic Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508–1512) and "The Last Judgment" (1536–1541) in Vatican City for Popes Julius II and Paul III, respectively.
#art #arts #painting #basilica
The Sanctuary ⛪ for #spookysaturday

As you open the heavy wooden doors you see incense smoke curl and spiral around the empty pews.
Behind the altar, the wooden statue of Christ begins to weep real blood, his face contorted in agony.
As you walk towards the altar, reaching out to touch it, your legs buckle and crack beneath you as the bones break.
You hear the sound of the heavy oak doors slam shut, locking without a key.
Silence.
Then suddenly, coming from the organ pipes, a droning, rhythmic hum emerges.
Shadows slither out from beneath the pulpit.
"Welcome" they rasp. "We have been waiting for a new vessel".

This is the Basilica di San Francesco and is not actually creepy in real life 😂. Actually, it was a very lovely and sunny day when I took the unedited picture! ✨ (Still haven't figured out how to make good fog though, but we'll get there)

#photography #amateurphotography
#church #basilica #urban #city #cityphotography #composite #spooky #creepy #eerie #horror #architecture #history #paranormal #dark #moody #medieval #gothic #bologna #cityscape #story #writing #fiction
Seeing Double 👬 for #windowfriday

A reflection of the Basilica di San Francesco and one of its windows reflected from an apartment window across the square ✨

#photography #amateurphotography #fensterfreitag #window #bologna #italy #italia #travel #church #basilica #square #colours #city #cityscape #framing #art #history #medieval #middleages #piazza #frame #window #sky #urban #urbanarchitecure #building #architecture

RaiNews: Re Felipe e Letizia a Roma per incontrare Papa Leone XIV in Vaticano, poi a Santa Maria Maggiore

I Reali spagnoli ricevuti in udienza dal Pontefice, poi nella Basilica dove è sepolto Papa Francesco per la cerimonia di conferimento al sovrano spagnolo del titolo di protocanonico, tradizione riservata alla monarchia di Madrid

Prince Felipe and Letizia in Rome to meet Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican, then at Santa Maria Maggiore.

The Spanish royals received in audience by the Pontiff, then in the Basilica where Pope Francis is buried, for the ceremony of conferring on the Spanish sovereign the title of protocanonical, a tradition reserved for the Madrid monarchy.

#PrinceFelipe #Letizia #PopeLeoXIV #Vatican #SantaMariaMaggiore #Spanish #Basilica #Francis #Madrid

https://www.rainews.it/articoli/2026/03/felipe-e-letizia-a-roma-per-incontrare-papa-leone-xiv-in-vaticano-poi-a-santa-maria-maggiore-d19a092c-2ca0-4715-aab6-64b9f02e6b99.html

Re Felipe e Letizia a Roma per incontrare Papa Leone XIV in Vaticano, poi a Santa Maria Maggiore

I Reali spagnoli ricevuti in udienza dal Pontefice, poi nella Basilica dove è sepolto Papa Francesco per la cerimonia di conferimento al sovrano spagnolo del titolo di protocanonico, tradizione riservata alla monarchia di Madrid

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