St. Mary's cathedral (The Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption), a Catholic cathedral, San Francisco, California, United States of America, North America

Statue of the Virgin Mary outside cathedral, Kaptol, Zagreb, Croatia, Europe

Saint Mary's Basilica in Old Town Square, Krakow, Poland

York Minster, northern Europe's largest Gothic cathedral, the spire of St Mary's church, and the skyline of the city of York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Life of the Virgin Mary, St. Anne portal, Western facade, Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral, Paris, France, Europe

Romanesque bas-relief of the Flight into Egypt, capital of Saint-Lazare Cathedral, Autun, Saone et Loire, Burgundy, France, Europe

Statues of the Angel of Annunciation and Virgin Mary, Mary and Elizabeth, David and Solomon on the west front of Reims Cathedral, Reims, Marne, France, Europe

Central nave and an aisle on either side, St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Arches, Mary's Gate, Reims Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Reims, Marne, France, Europe

Mary's gate rose window, Reims Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Reims, Marne, France, Europe

Virgin Mary and Jesus, St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Tourists on the steps of Dubrovnik Cathedral (Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary), Dubrovnik, Croatia, Europe

Hyde Park and St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Exterior view of the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception Virgin Mary in the Plaza de la Catedral, Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Mary's Coronation, Mary's Gate, Reims Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Reims, Marne, France, Europe

Notre-Dame-du-Puy Cathedral, Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence, France, Europe

Mary on her deathbed surrounded by Jesus and the apostles, Virgin's Gate, west front, Notre Dame Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Paris, France, Europe

Mary's gate, Reims Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Reims, Marne, France, Europe

Joseph, St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Mary statue in St. John's cathedral, Lyon, Rhone, France, Europe

Myanmar madonna child, burmese style, by sister star, at mandalay catholic cathedral

The Virgin Mary Cathedral (the Assumption Cathedral) in the old town in Plovdiv, the second largest city in Bulgaria, Europe

Rooftops and the twin spires of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Zagreb, capital of Croatia, Europe

Horse and carriage, St. Mary's Cathedral and Leaning Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Photographic Umbrella, St. Mary's Cathedral, Leaning Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Leaning Tower and St. Mary's Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

The Baptistery, St. Mary's Cathedral And Leaning Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

St Mary's Cathedral and Leaning Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Leaning Tower And St. Mary's Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Leaning Tower and St. Mary's Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Leaning Tower and St. Mary's Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Leaning Tower and St. Mary's Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Leaning Tower and St. Mary's Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Leaning Tower and St. Mary's Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Statue of Angels, St. Mary's Cathedral and Leaning Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

St Mary's Cathedral and Leaning Tower, Pisa, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

St. Mary's cathedral, Parnell Street, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

St. Mary's cathedral, Parnell Street, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

St. Mary's cathedral, Parnell Street, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

La Seu / Saint Mary of Valencia Cathedral. Palma De Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain, Europe

La Seu / Saint Mary of Valencia Cathedral. Palma De Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain, Europe

Our Lady of Covadonga. The Blessed Virgin Mary, and a Marian shrine devoted to her at Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga catholic church in Cangas de Onis, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, Europe. In 1777 a fire destroyed the old temple, which stood adjacent to the Holy Cave where Our Lady of Covadonga is revered. It was then decided to raise a new church as a monumental sanctuary, raising donations from all of Spain; the plan was opposed by the local council, as the canons wanted to rebuild the temple of the Holy Cave and build an ambitious sanctuary that had once been designed by Ventura Rodríguez, but never completed. One century later, the project was resumed by King Alfonso XII of Spain, who was interested in completing this work. The classic design of Ventura Rodríguez was very difficult and expensive and was replaced by a new neo-Medieval design.

Apse of Monreale Cathedral, Monreale, near Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Florence Cathedral, Cattedrale Di Santa Maria Del Fiore, Giotto,??s tower, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

The baptistry and cathedral, Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Florence Cathedral, mosaic of Jesus Christ above main entrance, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Notre Dame Cathedral and statue of Virgin Mary, Ho Chi Minh City, (Saigon), Vietnam

Religious mosaic on front of Saint Uspensky Sobor Russian Orthodox Assumption Cathedral, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Dome of Palermo Cathedral and statue of Saint Rosalia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Interior of the parish church of St. Emmeram (former Benedictine abbey church of the Assumption of Mary) in Geisenfeld in Upper Bavaria in Germany

Shrine of the Virgin Mary, Aachen Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

Interior shot of the Wroclaw Cathedral, St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Cathedral Island, Ostrów Tumski, Wroclaw, Poland, Europe

View from Fortress towards the old Main stone bridge, St. Mary Chapel and cathedral, Wuerzburg, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Shrine of the Virgin Mary, Aachen Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

View of Cathedral of St. Mary, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Europa

Europe, Germany, Thuringia, Erfurt. Spring festival at the Domplatz with Mariendom and Severikirche in the backgroud

Virgin Mary and Four Angels Fountain in front of Zagreb Cathedral, Kaptol, Under town, Zagreb, Croatia

Cathedral of Santa Maria, Saint Mary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Camino de Santiago or Way of St. James, Burgos Province, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe

Mosaics, Duomo di San Gennaro (Cathedral of Naples), historic centre of Naples, Campania, Italy

Bell tower and renaissance facade of Katedrala, Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pula, Istria, Croatia, Europe

Lincoln Cathedral or St. Mary's Cathedral, 12th and 13th Century, Gothic-Romanesque style, with surrounding houses, Minster Yard, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lincoln Cathedral or St. Mary's Cathedral, 12th and 13th Century, Gothic-Romanesque, front left half-timbered building built in a Tudor style, Minster Yard, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe

Inner shot of the Notre Dame Cathedral, Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Cathedrale Notre-Dame, Unesco World Heritage, Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Crypt with beast column, Freisinger Dom St. Maria und St. Korbinian, Freising Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Korbinian, Freising, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Detailed view, Cologne Cathedral main portal, west facade with restored gable, statue of Mary with baby Jesus in the centre, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bell towers of the churches of St. Justin, St. Mary and the St. Andrew's monastery, Rab, Rab island, Kvarner Gulf, Croatia, Europe

Cathedral St. Mary, Gotland, Sweden

Notre Dame Catholic Cathedral, Nha Tho Duc Ba - Church of our Lady, with Madonna statue, in the back the Diamond Plaza Shopping Center, Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Southeast Asia

New Maiden Monastery Tower of the Mary's dead Cathedral, Moscow, Russia, East Europe, Europe

Cathedral on Domplatz Square, Mariensaeule, mary¥s column, Salzburg, Austria, Europe

Church of the Immaculate Conception in Panaji, Church of St. Mary, cathedral, Goa, India

Statue of Pope Alexander VI, St. Mary's Basilica, La Seu Cathedral, Xativa (Jativa), Valencia, Spain, Europe

Interior view of Freisinger Dom St. Maria und St. Korbinian, Freising Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Korbinian, Freising, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Portal of the Metropolitan Tabernacle next to the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary of Mexico City, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Mexico, Latin America, North America

Modern granite Pieta in front of the Gothic cathedral of Saint-Paul Aurelien, Saint-Pol-de-Leon, department of Finistere Penn ar Bed, region of Brittany Breizh, France, Europe

Portal of the Virgin Mary, Saint-Etienne Cathedral or St. Stephen's Cathedral, Metz, Moselle, France, Europe

Holy Metropolitan Church and Greek Orthodox cathedral of presentation of the Virgin Mary in Chania, Crete, Greece in morning. Bright sunlight, blue sky. Frontal shot of facade, traditional christian architecture. Doors open for morning holy service

Notre-Dame Cathedral, cycle rickshaw, in Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon, Vietnam, Asia

Oldest quarter of Rab Town, with Belfry of St Justine's Church, Great Bell Tower of St Mary's Cathedral, and Campanile of St Andrew's Monastery as seen from Campanile of Church of St John the Evangelist, Kaldanac, Croatia, Europe

Gracias, thanks, writing, devotion to Mary, Virgin Mary, Catedral de San Marcos cathedral, church, Arica, Norte Grande, northern Chile, Chile, South America

Gilded statue of Saint Mary, on the roof of the cathedral of Avignon, Provence, France, Europe

Bell towers of the churches of St. Justin, St. Mary and the St. Andrew's monastery, Rab, Rab island, Kvarner Gulf, Croatia, Europe

Porcelain relief of a saint in Lincoln Cathedral or St. Mary's Cathedral, 12th and 13th Century, Gothic-Romanesque, Minster Yard, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe

Roman Forum with St. Donat's Church, Campanile of St Anastasia's Cathedral, and St Mary's Church in Zadar, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe

Kreml Wall with Tajnikij Tower, with Cathedral of Mary Annunciation and Archangel Michael Cathedral and the Bell Tower Ivan Velikij , Moscow, Russia, East Europe, Europe

Statue of The Virgin Mary, neoclassical cathedral, Salta, Argentina

Arched west front facade of Church, Cathedral, of St Mary the Great, Crkva svete Marije Velike, in historic town of Rab, Croatia, Europe

Lincoln Cathedral or St. Mary's Cathedral, 12th and 13th Century, Gothic-Romanesque, with surrounding houses, Minster Yard, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe

Sanctuary of Mary Castelmonte, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, Europe

Mary's Protection Cathedral or Basilius Cathedral2, The Memorial of Minin und Pozarskij, Moscow, Russia, East Europe, Europe

Statue of Pope Calixtus III, St. Mary's Basilica, La Seu Cathedral, Xativa (Jativa), Valencia, Spain, Europe

Depiction, Pieta, Virgin Mary mourning Jesus Christ, basilica Abbey of Saint-Remi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, Marne, France, Europe

Kreml Wall with Tajnikij Tower, with Cathedral of Mary Annunciation and Archangel Michael Cathedral and the Bell Tower Ivan Velikij , Moscow, Russia, East Europe, Europe

Kreml Wall, Tajnikij Tower, Nameless Tower with Cathedral of Mary Annunciation and Archangel Michael Cathedral, Moscow, Russia, East Europe, Europe

Figure of a saint, the Virgin Mary and Child, on a town house, Muensterplatz cathedral square, Freiburg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Kreml Wall, Tajnikij Tower, Nameless Tower with Cathedral of Mary Annunciation and Archangel Michael Cathedral, Moscow, Russia, East Europe, Europe

Statue of Edward King Bishop of Lincoln, 1889-1910, Lincoln Cathedral or St. Mary's Cathedral, 12th and 13th Century, Gothic-Romanesque, Minster Yard, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, Europe

St. Mary's Assumption Monastery, Neuzelle Monastery, Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Statue of Pope Calixtus III, St. Mary's Basilica, La Seu Cathedral, Xativa (Jativa), Valencia, Spain, Europe

Facade of the Russian Orthodox Kazan cathedral, Red Square, Moscow, Russia