St. Peter's Catholic Church (Peterskirche), which stands in the heart of the Inner Stadt close to St. Stephen's Cathedral, is one of most outstanding examples of baroque architecture in Vienna.

These seven churches worthy of this year's Visita Iglesia are silent witnesses to the province's religious and historical ...

Missionary priests came to spread the Catholic faith. Many churches were built throughout the country. Four of them were inscribed as World Heritage in 1993. The churches have survived several ...

Baroque architecture is closely entwined with the Counter-Reformation, an effort by the Catholic Church to respond to the rising challenge of Protestantism across Europe. Church leaders used ...

The reign of King Sigismund III Vasa – a devout Catholic – was particularly ... immaculate examples of Tuscan Renaissance architecture. Churches in present-day Lviv and Vilnius also were constructed ...

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — A Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage site, ...