Europe's Most Beautiful Cathedrals | Sacred Architecture & History

Porto Cathedral (Sé do Porto)

Porto's fortress-like 12th-century cathedral, blending Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque styles, with a tiled cloister overlooking the old town.

Gothic church in Porto famous for its gold-covered Baroque interior, carved Tree of Jesse and catacombs beneath the floor.

An 18th-century Porto church famed for its 11,000-tile azulejo façade depicting the life of Saint Ildefonso.

An 18th-century Porto church famed for its giant tiled mural and the sliver of a house wedged against its twin next door.

The world's largest Gothic cathedral, built over a former mosque and topped by the Moorish Giralda bell tower.

Seville's second-largest church, raised over a former Almohad mosque, filled with gilded Baroque altarpieces and a courtyard of orange trees.

Valencia's Gothic cathedral, home to a chalice many believe is the Holy Grail and the climbable Miguelete bell tower in the old town.

A small Baroque chapel in Naples holding Sanmartino's Veiled Christ, dazzling sculptures and a prince's mysterious legacy.

A royal Franciscan complex in Naples with a Gothic basilica, a colourful majolica cloister, a museum, and Roman baths beneath the old city.

The Baroque seat of the Diocese of Nice, crowned by a glazed-tile dome on the lively Place Rossetti in the Old Town.

Western Europe's largest Orthodox cathedral, with onion domes, rich icons and imperial Russian history in the heart of the Riviera.

A Franciscan monastery on Cimiez hill with Louis Bréa altarpieces, a small museum, one of Nice's oldest gardens and sweeping views of the bay.

Moscow's most famous church, a 16th-century cluster of brightly patterned domes and chapels rising beside Red Square.

Moscow's monumental white-and-gold cathedral on the Moskva River, rebuilt in 2000 and now the main church of Russian Orthodoxy.

A Russian Revival landmark on the Griboedov Canal, built where Alexander II was fatally wounded and lined with over 7,000 square meters of mosaics.