A beautiful church built out of something like 5 million yellow bricks  -  all the houses surrounding the church are made out of these same bricks so it’s really ties the community together. I love visiting churches and cathedrals in Europe because they’re all are so old and beautifully built. You can’t find such amazing structures like this in America (obviously, the country is just not old enough). They’re engineering marvels but they also represent a fading belief in religious architecture that could awe and inspire. Basically, they just don’t build them like they used to.

Services for Sacred Heart Church were held in the St. Mary's University building until 1892, when the parish's first structure was completed. Designed by the noted Galveston architect Nicholas J. Clayton, it was destroyed in the 1900 hurricane. The present building, the second for the parish, was constructed in 1903-04 during the pastorate of the Rev. D.J. Murphy. A prominent landmark in the city, it features ornate octagonal towers, flying buttresses, elaborate ornamentation, and a variety of arches. The design reflects influences of the Moorish, Byzantine, Gothic and Romanesque styles. The building's original dome, damaged in a 1915 hurricane, was redesigned by Nicholas Clayton. Sacred Heart Church has played a significant role in the growth and development of Galveston.

A replica of the church to facilitate the visually impaired visit.

The original abbey church burned in 1309. Rebuilding began soon after from the east end, but the church was never completed beyond the crossing. It reached its present form around 1400. The small porch was added by the Victorians. The church, a masterpiece of Decorated and early Perpendicular architecture, now serves as the chapel of the Milton Abbey School.

Built in 1230 and moved to its present location in 1871. It housed a thorn supposedly from Jesus' crown of thorns, brought back by a crusader.

Built 1854-57 by John Norton in Gothic Revival (neo-Decorated) style in the manner of Augustus Pugin, with additions 1892, of Pennant Stone with Bath Stone decoration.

Burned Dec. 19, 1979. Rockford, Illinois, USA

Rebuilt in 1843 Saint Mary's stands on the site of an old Saxon Church. The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is mentioned in the Domesday Book.

Built 1837-38, Architect A F Livesay in neo-Gothic (Early English) style.

Perpendicular style tower. The tower was built in the fourteenth century and is 91ft 6ins high. It holds an ancient clock and a peal of eight bells. Some of the bells are from pre-Reformation times. Two were added in 1934.

Commonly known as the Paoay Church, is the Roman Catholic church of the municipality of Paoay, Ilocos Norte in the Philippines. Completed in 1710, the church is famous for its distinct architecture highlighted by the enormous buttresses on the sides and back of the building. It is declared as a National Cultural Treasure by the Philippine government in 1973 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the collective group of Baroque Churches of the Philippines in 1993. Belltower. Adjacent to the facade is a three-storey coral belltower constructed separately from the church building on the right side resembling a pagoda. It was in 1793 when the cornerstone of the belltower was laid. It stands at some distance from the church as a protection against earthquake. It served as observational post for Filipino revolutionaries against the Spaniards in 1898 and by Filipino guerillas against Japanese soldiers during World War II.

Husaby church, originating from about 1100, when the tower was added to an earlier wooden stave church. The church has been restored several times. Photograph by: Werner Lindhe, 1902

Built 1840 by George Phillips Manners in neo-Norman style.