Most visitors to Rome head straight for St Peter’s, and understandably so. Yet across the city, in a quieter corner away from the crowds of the Vatican, stands a church

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Source: Pixabay St Peter’s Basilica is the largest church in Christianity and the spiritual centrepiece of the Roman Catholic world. Rising above Vatican City with Michelangelo’s vast dome on the

Source: Pixabay Before you reach the basilica, you cross one of the most famous open spaces in the world: St Peter’s Square. Designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the 17th

Source: Pixabay Rising dramatically from a vast tidal bay on the coast of Normandy, Mont-Saint-Michel is one of the most recognisable sights in France – a pyramid of medieval streets

Source: Pixabay On a hill at the northern edge of Mexico City stands the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the most visited Catholic shrine in the Americas and one

Source: Pixabay Rising from a green Umbrian hillside in central Italy, the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved churches in the Christian world. Built

Source: Pixabay In the hill town of Nazareth, in the Galilee region of northern Israel, stands the largest church in the Middle East: the Basilica of the Annunciation. For Christians

Source: Pixabay In the hill town of Loreto, in Italy’s Marche region near the Adriatic coast, stands one of the most important Marian shrines in the Catholic world. The Basilica

Source: Pixabay For many people, Santiago de Compostela is not just a place but a journey – the end of the Camino de Santiago, the Way of Saint James. This