Chiese, pievi, cattedrali e battisteri fuori rotta, tra mosaici, cripte e affreschi che quasi nessuno va a vedere.
St. Stephen in Balat (Istanbul): a church of cast iron founded in Vienna, a Bulgarian symbol on the Golden Horn. Free entry.
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In Prague, in an Old Town lane, the Basilica of St James guards a mummified arm, a restless tomb and a great organ.
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A 12th-century Romanesque church with a Gothic cloister, tucked away in a lane just steps from Plaça Catalunya, in Barcelona.
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In Fener, Istanbul, the only Byzantine church that always remained Greek Orthodox: hidden behind a wall, you enter by ringing the bell.
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On the Prinsengracht a façade so sober it disappears among the houses: inside, a monumental hall and a great Smits organ.
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In Malasaña, Madrid, a baroque church with an elliptical plan, its walls and dome entirely frescoed. Limited opening hours, almost always deserted.
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The monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon: azulejo cloisters, the Braganza pantheon and a panoramic terrace, almost always empty.
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In Paris, in the 9th arrondissement, a neo-Gothic church with 44 blue, red and green cast-iron columns and no bell tower. History, stained glass, how to get there.
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Among the skyscrapers of the City of London, the ruins of a Wren church destroyed in the Blitz are today a free public garden.
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