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The cryptoporticus of Aeminium. A series of arched passageways, known as cryptoporticus, located in what was the forum of the ancient Roman city called Aeminium (present-day Coimbra). It's one of the largest surviving Roman structures in Portugal.

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Ghent, Belgium

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Wells Cathedral, Somerset, England by wordyelaine

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Palazzo Altemps, Roma, Italia.

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Notre-Dame-du-Port, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

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Schloss Lieser / Germany (by Manoj Galle).

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Prague, Czech Republic by Marcus Lutz

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Dancing House, Prague |_lorenzogargiulo

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Rudolph Gallery of Prague Castle ,Czech Republic by Ani_pretty_

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St. Vitus Cathedral • Czechia, Prague.

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National Museum (Prague)

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(by Charlie Gallant)

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Sint-Janskerk & Basiliek van Sint Servaas, Maastricht 01.2025

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Some shots of the magnificent interior of Our Dear Lady church (O-L-Vrouwekerk) in Dendermonde, a provincial town in Flanders, Belgium.

The church has a sculpted Romanesque baptismal font from the 12th century, which comes from Tournai. This is probably the only remnant of the original Romanesque church.

Main altar in early Baroque style, by Antwerp sculptor Hubrecht van den Eynde. This is a monumental portico altar of marble and alabaster, crowned with statues of the patron saints Hilduard and Christiana, and of Christ as Salvator Mundi.

The baroque rood loft dates from 1663. This once closed off the high choir. Artus Quellinus and Mattheüs van Beveren worked on this.

The pulpit, which was made of oak, is also Baroque and dates from 1681. This also belongs to Mattheüs van Beveren. The pulpit is carried by two angels who trample on a heretic who is holding a book.

In addition, you will find numerous other old church furniture, such as confessionals from the 17th century and a communion rail from 1682.

The church contains many valuable paintings, such as Christ on the cross from 1629. This painting painted by Antoon van Dyck was originally intended for the Capuchin Church, which was then located on the Vlasmarkt. After the French Revolution it was taken by the French occupiers and hung in the Louvre in Paijs. After the battle of Waterloo it returned to Dendermonde and was given a place in the Church of Our Lady. In 2024 it became known that it was being restored.

The Adoration of the Shepherds is also a work by Van Dyck. There are also an Ascension of Christ and the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, by Gaspar de Crayer, and two wooden panels from a triptych from 1617 by David Teniers the Elder. In 2015, this triptych by David Teniers the Elder, whose center panel disappeared shortly after 1945, was made complete again by a contemporary version of "the transfiguration of Jesus on Mount Tabor". This new painting was painted by Gerolf Van de Perre. In total there are more than 60 paintings in the Church of Our Lady.

There is also, next to the St. Nicholas altar, a statue of a young beggar, attributed to Frans Duquesnoy. Jos De Decker sculpted the granite service altar from 1975.

There is also a church treasure, which includes many silver objects, such as reliquaries, monstrances and the like.