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| Examples |
| 1 | Christian architecture |
| 2 | Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre |
| 3 | Jerusalem: Arch of Ecce Homo |
| Specific religious buildings |
| 4 | Italy: Rome: St. Peter's and the Vatican |
| 5 | Italy: Rome: San Giovanni in Laterano (Archbasilica of St. John Lateran) |
| 6 | France: Paris - Notre Dame |
| 7 | France: Paris - Notre Dame, Facade |
| 8 | France: Paris - Notre Dame, La Porte Rouge |
| 9 | Scotland: Melrose Abbey |
| 10 | Scotland: Rosslyn Chapel / Roslin Chapel |
| 11 | Egypt: Saint Catherine's Monastery |
| Photographers |
| 12 | Hill & Adamson: Scotland: Roslin: Roslin Chapel - Rosslyn Chapel |
| 13 | Edward Anthony: The Fulton St. Prayer Meeting, set of 12 views (1857) |
| 14 | Henri Le Secq: Premier Cahier de lithophotographie (1853) |
| 15 | Edmond Bacot: Christian architecture and cultural heritage in France |
| 16 | Roger Fenton: Christian architure in Great Britain |
| 17 | William Russell Sedgfield: England: Cathedrals, abbeys and minsters |
| 18 | Cundall & Delamotte: England: Fountains Abbey (1850s) |
| 19 | Francis Heyland: Italy: Pavia: Carthusian Monastery of the Certosa (ca 1865) |
| 20 | Carol Szathmari: Romania: Monastery and Cathedral of Curtea de Arges (1866) |
| 21 | Cundall and Fleming: Belgium: Antwerp - Interiors showing Christian architecture (1866) |
| 22 | Southworth and Hawes: Mount Auburn Cemetery |
| 23 | Francis Frith: Canterbury |
| 24 | Eugène Atget: Churches of Paris - L'Eglises de Paris [Portfolio] |
| 25 | Frederick H. Evans: Cathedrals |
| 26 | Josef Sudek: Prague, St. Vitus Cathedral |
| 27 | Francis Bruguière: Cathedral montages |
| 28 | Walker Evans: Churches |
