Photography: Sacred Places

Places I visited and photographed. Sites marked with '†' do not allow photography inside, and those marked with '††' ban it anywhere on their grounds (e.g., in courtyards, cloisters, etc.) Sometimes it is possible to sneak a few photographs anyway. Sites marked with '*' are those where I could only photograph the exterior. Sites in italics are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Many churches, especially if they are not Roman Catholic or Anglican, are often closed except for services. Thus far, Bulgaria has proved be the toughest case: photography is basically banned in all churches, and sometimes even on the grounds of monasteries. The US, France, and Germany are by far the friendliest: I have not encountered a single ban in a functioning church yet! The UK is a close second with only the rare exception. Spain is a mixed bag: major cities are friendly, provinces less so, while Italy seems the exact opposite (many churches in Venice, for instance, do not allow photography).

England London Brompton Oratory (RC)† St Clement Danes St Paul (Covent Garden) St Paul's Cathedral† Southwark Cathedral Westminster Abbey*† Westminster Cathedral (RC) Oxford Christ Church Cathedral St Mary the Virgin St Aloysius (RC) St Giles* St Mary Magdalen St Michael at the Northgate Cathedrals Bath Bristol Bury St Edmunds Canterbury Carlisle Chelmsford Chichester Durham† Ely Exeter Gloucester Hereford Lichfield Lincoln London - St Paul's† London - Southwark London - Westminster Abbey*† Norwich Oxford Peterborough Ripon Rochester Salisbury St Albans Southwell Wells Winchester Worcester York Parish Churches Bampton Barfreston Black Bourton Burford Cambridge - Great St Mary's Cambridge - King's College Chapel Cambridge - The Round Church Carlisle - Our Lady & St Joseph's* Carlisle - St Cuthbert Colchester - St Peter's Cirencester Fairford Fownhope Great Malvern Priory Great Witley Kilpeck Lanercost Priory Lechlade Lincoln - St Hugh's (RC) Long Melford Minster-in-Thanet Northleach - St Peter & St Paul Ramsgate - St Augustine (RC) Ramsgate - St Laurence* Stratford-upon-Avon - Holy Trinity Studley Royal Abbeys Bath Abbey Gloucester Cathedral Fountains Abbey Pershore Abbey* St Albans St Edmundsbury Cathedral Tewkesbury Abbey Westminster Abbey*† Oxford Colleges & Chapels All Souls Balliol Brasenose Christ Church Corpus Christi Exeter Hertford* Jesus Keble* Lincoln Magdalen Mansfield Merton New College† Oriel Queen's St John's Trinity* University† Cambridge Colleges & Chapels King's St John's United States The Missions of California La Purísima Concepción San Antonio de Pala San Buenaventura San Carlos Borromeo San Diego de Alcalá San Fernando, Rey de España San Francisco de Asís San Francisco de Solano San Gabriel Arcágel San José San Juan Capistrano San Luis, Rey de Francia† San Luis Obispo de Tolosa San Miguel Arcángel San Rafael Arcángel Santa Bárbara Santa Clara de Asís Santa Inés Los Angeles Bethel Lutheran* First Baptist* First Congregational* First Presbyterian, Hollywood* Good Shepherd, Beverly Hills Immanuel Presbyterian* Precious Blood* Presbyterian, Beverly Hills* St Basil St James Episcopal* St Sophia Cathedral United Methodist, Hollywood* Wilshire Boulevard Temple* Wilshire Christian* New York Cathedral of St John the Divine Central Presbyterian* Church of the Ascension Church of the Incarnation Church of Notre Dame Church of the Heavenly Rest Church of the Holy Trinity First Presbyterian Guardian Angel* St Batholomew's St Francis of Assisi St Francis Xavier St Ignatius Loyola St Jean Baptiste St John the Baptist St Mary the Virgin St Patrick's Cathedral St Paul's Chapel St Peter's St Sava* St Thomas St Vincent de Paul* St Vincent Ferrer Temple Emanu-El* The Riverside Church Third Church of Christ, Scientist* St Louis Cathedral Basilica Christ Church Cathedral Shrine of St Joseph St Alphonsus Liguori* St Francis Xavier College Church St Stanislaus Kostka Chicago Bond Chapel (U of Chicago) Covenant Presbyterian/All Saints First Unitarian* Fourth Presbyterian Church Holy Innocents* Holy Name Cathedral Holy Trinity Our Lady of Pompeii Shrine Queen of All Saints Basilica Quigley Preparatory Seminary Rockefeller Memorial Chapel St Alphonsus St Boniface* St Clement St Hedwig St James Cathedral St John Cantius St Josaphat St Mary of the Angels St Michael St Patrick St Stanislaus Kostka New Orleans St Joseph St Louis Cathedral St Mary's Assumption St Patrick's Columbia Bethel AME Church* Church of the Good Shepherd* First Baptist Church* First Presbyterian Church* Second Calvary Baptist Church* St Peter's Trinity Cathedral* Washington St United Methodist* Santa Fe Santuario de Guadalupe San Miguel St Francis Cathedral Loretto Chapel Cristo Rey Washington, DC Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of St Matthew Church of the Ascension and St Agnes Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land Holy Trinity Church National Cathedral National City Christian Church St John's Episcopal Church* St Patrick's St Sophia Orthodox Cathedral* San Francisco Grace Cathedral Mission San Francisco de Asís Mission Dolores Basilica Other Christ Church, Alexandria, VA Notre Dame, South Bend, IN St Francis Xavier, Dyersville, IA

Italy Rome Basilica of St Peter (Vatican) Sant'Andrea della Valle Santi Luca e Martina Sacro Nome di Gesu Santissimo Nome di Maria Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore Santa Maria di Loreto Sant'Agnese in Agone Santa Maria in Aracoeli Santa Maria in Montesanto Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri Santa Maria sopra Minerva San Giovanni in Laterano Santa Maria in Vallicella Florence Basilica di San Marco* Basilica di Santa Croce Basilica di San Lorenzo† Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore Basilica di Santa Maria Novella† Basilica di Santa Trinita Basilica di Santo Spirito* Battistero di San Giovanni Chiesa dei Santi Michele e Gaetano Chiesa di Orsanmichele* Venice Basilica di San Marco† Madonna dell'Orto† San Rocco (+ Scuola)† San Salvador† San Sebastiano† Santa Maria Assunta (Gesuiti)† Santa Maria del Carmini (+ Scuola) Santa Maria di Nazareth (Scalzi) Santi Giovanni e Paolo Santissimi Apostoli Chiesa Evangelica Alemanna* San Apollinare* San Barnaba* San Geremia* San Giorgio Maggiore* San Giovanni Evangelista* San Marcuola* San Moisé* San Pantalon* San Paolo Apostolo* San Simeon Piccolo* San Stae* San Tomá* San Vidal* Santa Fosca* Santa Maria dei Miracoli*† Santa Maria del Giglio* Santa Maria della Salute* Santa Maria Formosa* Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari* Pisa Santo Sepulcro* San Francesco San Frediano San Giuseppe San Martino* San Michele in Borgo San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno San Paolo all'Orto* San Sisto Santa Caterina d'Alessandria Santa Cecilia* Santa Maria del Carmine* Santa Maria della Spina Sant'Andrea* Santo Stefano dei Cavalieri Chiesa e Convento di San Torpe Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta Turin Cattedrale di San Giovanni Battista Madonna degli Angeli Santissima Annunziata Gran Madre di Dio Real Chiesa di San Lorenzo Tuscany Abbazia di San Galgano Cortona - Santa Margherita* Lucca - San Martino Pienza - Duomo* Pitigliano - Santi Pietro e Paolo San Gimignano - Collegiata† San Gimignano - Sant'Agostino† Siena - San Francesco Siena - Santa Maria Assunta Sovana - Santi Pietro e Paolo Sovana - Santa Maria Maggiore Volterra - Battistero di San Giovanni Volterra - Santa Maria Assunta Volterra - San Francesco Volterra - San Michele Arcangelo* Other Cities Alberobello - Santi Medici* Alberobello - St Anthony Lecce - San Giovanni* Lecce - Sant'Oronzo Lecce - Santa Croce Messina - Duomo Milan - Duomo Padua - St Anthony† Padua - St Guistina* Trani - St Nicholas the Pilgrim Praiano - San Gennaro Bulgaria Sofia Basilica Hagia Sophia† Boyana Church† Holy Mother of God Mosque†* Old St Pekta† St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral† St George† St George - Victory Bringer† St Joseph Cathedral (RC) St Nedelya St Nicholas (Russian Church)† St Nicholas Miracle Maker† St Paraskeva* St Petka of the Saddlers† Sveti Sedmochislenitsi† Synagogue Plovdiv Cathedral of St Virgin Mary† Church of Constantine & Elena† Jumaya Mosque Monasteries Bachkovo†† Cherepish† Dragalevtsi† Etropole Glozhene Kremikovtzi Pravets Rila† Sedemte Prestola† Troyan†† Other Sites Asenovgrad - Dormition of St Mother of God† Asenova Krepost - Holy Theotokos of Petrich† Thracian Sites Perperikon Starosel Tatul Slovenia Ljubljana St Nicholas Cathedral Annunciation (Franciscan)† Holy Trinity (Ursuline) St Florian* St James St Peter St Joseph Our Lady of Mercy (Teutonic Knights) St John the Baptist SS Cyril and Methodius Orthodox Lutheran (Evangelical) Church* France Cathedrals Amiens Metz Paris Reims Strasbourg Versailles Paris Cathedrale St Louis Eglise du Dome Notre Dame Pantheon Sainte Chapelle St-Etienne-du-Mont* St-Eustache St-Germain l'Axerrois St-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie St-Louis-en-l'Ile St-Sulpice Churches Reims - St Remi Basilica Versailles - Chapel Royal Sweden Stockholm Adolf Fredriks Hedvig Eleonora Katolska domkyrka Katarina kyrka Klara kyrka Maria Magdalena Riddarholmskyrkan† Royal Palace Chapel Sankt Jacobs Sankt Johannes Sofia kyrka Storkyrkan Tyska kyrkan Uppsala Domkyrka Helga Trefaldighets Switzerland Zürich Fraumünster* Grossmünster Predigerkirche St Peter St Gallen St Gall Cathedral St Laurence Kreuzlingen St Stephan St Ulrich & Afra Czech Republic Prague St Nicholas at Malostranske Namesti St Vitus Cathedral* Old Saints' Church St George Basilica Other Cities Hruba Skala - St Josef Kutna Hora - Assumption of Our Lady* Kutna Hora - Sedlec Ossuary Valdstejn Castle - Chapel Netherlands Amsterdam Eglise Wallonne* Begijnhof Kapel (RC) Buddhist Temple De Krijtberg Moses and Aaron Nieuwe Kerk Our Lord in the Attic (RC) Oude Kerk Saint Nicholas (RC) Westerkerk Zuidekerk*

Spain Madrid Basilica di San Francisco† Basilica Pontifica de San Miguel Catedral de la Almudena La Concepcion Real de Calatrava San Gines San Nicolas* Santa Maria* San Jose San Sebastian Santa Cruz Real Iglesia de San Andres† San Jeronimo el Real San Pedro el Viejo Santa Iglesia Colegiata de San Isidro Barcelona Sagrat Cor de Jesus Cathedral Les Saleses* Santa Anna Santa Maria del Pi Betlem Sant Jaume Sagrada Familia Sant Agusti Sant Filip Neri* Santa Maria de la Merce Santa Maria del Mar SS Just and Pastor Sant Pau del Camp Cordoba Campo Madre de Dios* Catedral - Mezquita La Magdalena* San Andres San Augustin* San Lorenzo San Miguel San Pablo San Pedro* San Rafael* San Roque* Santa Ana* Santa Marina de Aguas Santas Santo Domingo* Nuestra Senora la Paz y Esperanza* San Francisco San Nicolas de la Villa* Santiago Apostol Synagogue Girona Sant Feliu Cathedral†† Mallorca Palma - Cathedral Palma - St Michael Other Cities Montserrat - Monastery Tarragona - Cathedral†† Austria Innsbruck St James Cathedral Hofkirche Wilten Basilica Premonstratensian Monastery Wilten Salzburg Abbey Church of St Peter Franciscan Church Holy Trinity Maria Loreto St Blasius St Mark St Michael St Rupert Cathedral St Sebastian Smaller Cities Seefeld - St Oswald Seefeld - Seekirchl Volders - St Karl Germany Cathedrals Cologne Freiburg Konstanz Lindau Munich Speyer Cologne Cathedral Gross St Martin St Andreas St Aposteln St Cecilia* St Georg St Maria im Kapitol St Maria Lyskirchen Konstanz Münster Loretokapelle Mainau Palace Church St Georg St Martin Chapel St Stephen Landsberg am Lech Holy Cross Holy Trinity (Ursuline) St John Lindau Münster St Stephan Munich Bürgersaal (lower church) Frauenkirche (cathedral) Heilig Geist St Bonifaz St Caetan (Teatine) St Peter Reichenau Island Abbey Münster St George SS Peter and Paul Speyer Cathedral Holy Trinity Schwäbisch Gmünd Johanniskirche* Heilig-Kreuz-Münster St Franziskus Sr Salvator Überlingen Franziskanerkirche Münster St Nikolaus Churches Bad Schussenried - St Magnus Bergatreute Pilgrimage Church Bermatingen - St Georg Birnau Pilgrimage Church† Egolfs - St Martin Esslingen - Frauenkirche Esslingen - St Dionys Gutenzell - St Cosmas & Damian Kißlegg - St Gallus & Ulrich Langenargen - St Martin Lorch Abbey Meersburg - New Palace Chapel Ottobeuren Abbey Rot a.d. Rot - St Verena Seefelden - St Martin Steinhausen Pilgrimage Church Wasserburg am Bodensee - St George Weingarten Basilica Weißenau - St Peter & Paul Wolfegg - Loretokapelle Wolfegg - St Katharina Zwiefalten Münster Upper Swabian Baroque Route Bad Sussenried Bergatreute Birnau Egolfs Gutenzell Kißlegg Kreuzlingen (CH) Langenargen Lindau Ottobeuren Rot an der Rot St Gallen (CH) Steinhausen Überlingen Weingarten Weißenau Wolfegg Zwiefalten Canada Montreal Christ Church Cathedral Marie Reine du Monde Notre Dame Basilica Notre Dame de Bonsecours* St James United Church* Japan Kamakura Engaku-ji Enno-ji Hachiman-gu Hase-dera Kencho-ji Kotoku-in Koya-san Daimon Danjo Garan Kongobu-ji Oku-no-in Cemetery Saizen-in Tokugawa Mausolea Women's Pilgrim Path Kyoto Choraki-ji Daigo-ji Daitoku-ji Enryaku-ji Fushimi Inari-taisha Ginkaku-ji Honju-ji Hotoku-ji Imamiya-jinja Kamigano-jinja Kinkaku-ji Kiyomizu-dera Kodai-ji Kozan-ji Mount Hiei Myoken-do Ninna-ji Nishi Hongan-ji Nishiotani Temple Nonomiya-jinja Ryoan-ji Sanjusangen-do Sekizan Zen-in Shinfuku-ji Tenryu-ji To-ji Yasaka Koshin-do Yasaka-jinja Yasaka-no-to Pagoda Zuishin-in Miyajima Daigan-ji Daisho-in Itsukushima Shrine Kiyomori Shrine Nara Gango-ji Horyu-ji Kasuga Taisha Kofuku-ji Todai-ji Toshodai-ji Yakushi-ji Nikko Futarasan-jinja Rinno-ji Taiyu-in Tosho-gu Tokyo Benten-do Kanda Myojin Komagata-do Meiji Jingu Sengaku-ji Yasukuni Shrine Yushima Seido Uji Byodo-in Ujigami-jinja Other Cities Fujiyoshida - Hongu Fuji Sengen-jinja Fujiyoshida - Sainen-in Kawaguchiko - Fuji Omuro Sengen-jinja Takachiho - Shrine