Church & Cathedrals

Church & Cathedrals

Visit Europe's magnificent cathedrals showcasing centuries of religious art, Gothic architecture, and spiritual heritage.

Riga Cathedral in Latvia, featuring historic red-brick architecture, a prominent bell tower and Dome Square.
Riga

Riga Cathedral

A 13th-century Lutheran cathedral in Riga's Old Town, famed for its 6,718-pipe Walcker organ, Gothic cloister and Baroque tower.

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St. Peter’s Church in Riga, Latvia, featuring its towering Gothic spire, historic brick architecture and Old Town square
Riga

St. Peter’s Church

A Gothic landmark in Riga's Old Town, famed for its 123-metre tower, lift-accessed viewing platform and a long history of fire and rebirth.

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Panoramic view of St. Martin’s Cathedral with its Gothic spire overlooking Bratislava Old Town and the Danube River.
Bratislava

St. Martin’s Cathedral

Bratislava's Gothic coronation cathedral, topped by a gilded crown replica and home to Donner's lead statue of St Martin.

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Blue Church of St. Elizabeth in Bratislava, Slovakia, featuring its pastel-blue Art Nouveau architecture and tower.
Bratislava

Blue Church (Church of St. Elizabeth)

A pastel-blue Art Nouveau church in Bratislava's Old Town, famed for its glazed blue roof, ceramic details and fairy-tale look.

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Panoramic view of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, featuring golden domes and Neo-Byzantine architecture.
Sofia

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Sofia's golden-domed Neo-Byzantine cathedral, a national memorial to Bulgaria's liberation, with a crypt museum of sacred icons.

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Boyana Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, featuring medieval stone and brick architecture surrounded by lush greenery.
Sofia

Boyana Church

Sofia's UNESCO-listed medieval church, famed for 13th-century frescoes of striking realism, set in a quiet park below Vitosha.

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Saint George Rotunda in Sofia, Bulgaria, featuring ancient red-brick Roman architecture and surrounding ruins.
Sofia

Saint George Rotunda

Sofia's oldest surviving building, a 4th-century red-brick rotunda hidden in a courtyard among Roman ruins and medieval frescoes.

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St. Sofia Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, featuring historic red-brick architecture, arched windows and a peaceful setting.
Sofia

St. Sofia Church

The 6th-century red-brick basilica that gave Sofia its name, standing above an underground museum of Roman tombs and early churches.

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Russian Church of St. Nicholas in Sofia, Bulgaria, featuring golden onion domes, green roofs, and ornate architecture.
Sofia

Church of St. Nicholas (Russian Chaurch)

A gilded-domed Russian Orthodox church on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard, built from 1907 to 1914 and home to the tomb of St Seraphim.

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Stavropoleos Monastery in Bucharest, Romania, featuring ornate frescoes, carved stone columns, and historic architecture
Bucharest

Stavropoleos Monastery

Tiny 1724 Orthodox monastery in Bucharest's Old Town, famed for Brâncovenesc carvings, Byzantine chant and a peaceful courtyard.

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Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade, Serbia, featuring its grand white facade, green domes and beautiful fountains.
Belgrade

Church of Saint Sava

A white-marble Orthodox landmark on Belgrade's Vračar plateau, famed for its enormous dome and gold mosaics.

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St. Michael’s Cathedral in Belgrade, Serbia, a historic Serbian Orthodox church with elegant architecture.
Belgrade

St. Michael’s Cathedral

Belgrade's main Orthodox church, built 1837-1840, with a gilded iconostasis, 19th-century frescoes and the tombs of Serbian rulers and scholars.

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