← Explore all church collections
Churches by architectural family
Revival and historicist architecture
36 places connected through architectural family. Read them together to see both shared patterns and the local histories that resist a single Christian story.
Browse the collection
Churches across Christian history
Medieval · Bulgarian OrthodoxChurch of the Nativity at Rila MonasteryRila Mountains, BulgariaMonastery founded in the 10th century; present church 1830sThe painted heart of Bulgaria’s Rila Monastery, where medieval eremitic memory and nineteenth-century national revival meet inside a mountain fortress.Read the full history Reformation · Swiss ReformedGrossmünsterZürich, SwitzerlandRomanesque church begun c. 1100; Reformed from 1520sThe Romanesque minster where Huldrych Zwingli’s sequential biblical preaching helped launch the Zürich Reformation and reshape worship and civic life.Read the full history Medieval · CatholicCologne CathedralCologne, Germany1248–1880A cathedral begun for the shrine of the Magi, paused for centuries, and completed by modern Germany from medieval plans on an urban and national scale.Read the full history Reformation · LutheranAll Saints' Castle Church (Schlosskirche)Wittenberg, Germany, Germany1340s; rebuilt 1885–1892The door where the Reformation began — and where Luther is buried.Read the full history Reformation · CatholicSanta Cruz Cathedral BasilicaKochi, Kerala, IndiaFrom c. 1505Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through Portuguese mission, Dutch destruction, British-era rebuilding, painted interior, Latin Catholic community, colonial layers, tourism, and diocesan worshipRead the full history Modern & Global · Catholic with ancient Indian Christian contextSan Thome BasilicaChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPresent Neo-Gothic church built in the 1890s over older Portuguese and local shrine traditionsChennai’s white-spired basilica over the traditional tomb of Thomas, connecting Catholic pilgrimage with India’s ancient Christian memory.Read the full history Reformation · CatholicCathedral Basilica of LimaLima, PeruFounded 1535; repeatedly rebuilt after earthquakesLima’s repeatedly rebuilt colonial cathedral, a center of archiepiscopal power whose art, tombs, earthquakes, conquest, and Indigenous presence demand layered interpretation.Read the full history Modern & Global · CatholicQuiapo ChurchManila, PhilippinesParish founded 1588; present form shaped by 20th-century rebuildingThe crowded Manila basilica of the Black Nazarene, where touch, procession, vows, danger, healing hope, commerce, and urban Catholicism meet.Read the full history Reformation · CatholicSaint Joseph’s Church at WangfujingBeijing, ChinaFrom c. 1655Saint Joseph’s Church at Wangfujing connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through an early Beijing Catholic foundation repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt through imperial favor, rites conflict, Boxer violence, state change, and urban parish lifeRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicSan Fernando CathedralSan Antonio, Texas, United StatesFrom c. 1750San Fernando Cathedral connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a Canary Islander parish and Texas cathedral shaped by mission frontier, Mexican and American rule, Tejano community, Alamo memory, renovation, and bilingual worshipRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicLas Lajas SanctuaryIpiales, Nariño, ColombiaPresent church built 1916–1949 at an older pilgrimage siteA Gothic Revival pilgrimage church spanning Colombia’s Guáitara gorge, built around a Marian image tradition rooted in a local Indigenous mother and child.Read the full history Modern & Global · CatholicBasilica of Our Lady of Good HealthVelankanni, Tamil Nadu, IndiaFrom c. 1771Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through Marian apparition and rescue traditions, Tamil devotion, multilingual pilgrimage, healing testimony, festival crowds, tsunami memory, and national Catholic lifeRead the full history Modern & Global · Baptist — historically Black churchAbyssinian Baptist ChurchHarlem, New York City, United StatesCongregation founded 1808; present building opened 1923A pioneering Black Baptist congregation founded in resistance to segregation and shaped into a major Harlem center of worship, politics, education, and care.Read the full history Modern & Global · African Methodist EpiscopalMother Emanuel AME ChurchCharleston, South Carolina, United StatesCongregation founded in 1818; present church completed in 1891The historic Charleston congregation whose life spans Black religious independence, resistance, suppression, rebuilding, and costly witness.Read the full history Modern & Global · CatholicNotre-Dame Basilica of MontrealMontreal, CanadaFrom c. 1829Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a French Canadian parish and monumental interior shaped by Sulpicians, urban growth, migration, art, music, national ceremonies, tourism, and active worshipRead the full history Modern & Global · AnglicanSt George’s Cathedral, Cape TownCape Town, South AfricaPresent cathedral begun in 1901; earlier St George’s church from 1834Cape Town’s “People’s Cathedral,” where worship and public witness challenged apartheid and continue to address justice.Read the full history Modern & Global · EpiscopalTrinity Church Wall StreetNew York City, United StatesFrom c. 1846Trinity Church Wall Street connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a colonial-era parish on valuable land with successive buildings, cemetery, finance-district ministry, philanthropy, slavery reckoning, September 11 response, and worshipRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicChurch of Saint Francis XavierMalacca, MalaysiaFrom c. 1849Church of Saint Francis Xavier connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a Catholic church in a port city of Portuguese, Dutch, British, Malay, Chinese, and Indian histories, linked to Xavier memory and local worshipRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicSaint Patrick’s Cathedral MelbourneMelbourne, AustraliaFrom c. 1858Saint Patrick’s Cathedral Melbourne connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through an immigrant Catholic cathedral built over decades through colonial expansion, Irish identity, changing liturgy, national visits, restoration, and multicultural urban ministryRead the full history Modern & Global · AnglicanSaint Andrew’s CathedralSingapore, SingaporeFrom c. 1861Saint Andrew’s Cathedral connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through an Anglican cathedral shaped by colonial town planning, convict labor, tropical adaptation, wartime use, postcolonial diocese, multilingual ministry, and urban changeRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicOura ChurchNagasaki, JapanFrom c. 1864Oura Church connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a foreign-settlement church where hidden Japanese Christians revealed themselves, linking persecution memory, mission return, heritage, tourism, and minority worshipRead the full history Modern & Global · African Methodist EpiscopalBrown Chapel AME ChurchSelma, Alabama, United StatesCongregation founded 1866; present building completed 1908The AME church that sheltered Selma’s voting-rights campaign and launched the marches whose discipline, violence, faith, and national witness changed federal law.Read the full history Modern & Global · Anglican heritageOld Saint Paul’sWellington, New ZealandFrom c. 1866Old Saint Paul’s connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a timber colonial church built on Māori land, cathedral and military memory, heritage preservation, state ceremony, earthquake context, and questions of bicultural interpretationRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicSt. Mary’s Cathedral, SydneySydney, AustraliaPresent cathedral begun 1868; spires completed 2000Sydney’s sandstone Gothic cathedral, shaped by Irish Catholic migration, colonial sectarianism, civic presence, long construction, and contemporary multicultural worship.Read the full history Modern & Global · Baptist16th Street Baptist ChurchBirmingham, Alabama, United StatesCongregation founded in 1873; present church completed in 1911The Birmingham church that served the freedom movement and endured the 1963 bombing that killed four girls.Read the full history Modern & Global · CatholicSaint Patrick’s CathedralNew York City, United StatesFrom c. 1879Saint Patrick’s Cathedral connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through an immigrant Catholic cathedral opposite centers of wealth, built through mass giving and patronage, hosting liturgy, protest, funerals, restoration, and tourismRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicBasilica of Our Lady of LujánLuján, ArgentinaFrom c. 1887Basilica of Our Lady of Luján connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through Argentina’s national Marian shrine rooted in a seventeenth-century image tradition, pilgrimage, migration, labor movements, state ceremony, restoration, and popular CatholicismRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicBarasoain ChurchMalolos, PhilippinesFrom c. 1888Barasoain Church connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a parish church used by revolutionary congresses and the First Philippine Republic, joining Catholic worship, nationalism, political ceremony, conservation, and public memoryRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicMyeongdong CathedralSeoul, South KoreaCompleted and dedicated in 1898Seoul’s cathedral, built by a church first organized by Korean lay believers and later known as a refuge for democratic protest.Read the full history Modern & Global · EpiscopalWashington National CathedralWashington, District of Columbia, United States1907–1990The Episcopal cathedral conceived as a national house of prayer, hosting worship, presidential funerals, public mourning, justice debates, and interfaith ceremony.Read the full history Modern & Global · CatholicSaint Ignatius Cathedral at XujiahuiShanghai, ChinaFrom c. 1910Saint Ignatius Cathedral at Xujiahui connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a Jesuit educational district, Chinese Catholic community, Cultural Revolution damage, restoration, urban growth, state regulation, and renewed worshipRead the full history Modern & Global · AnglicanAll Saints’ Cathedral, NairobiNairobi, KenyaFoundation stone laid 1917; dedicated 1924Nairobi’s Anglican cathedral, transformed from a colonial-era church into a major African congregation engaged in worship, discipleship, politics, and public life.Read the full history Modern & Global · CatholicBasilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate ConceptionWashington, DC, United StatesFrom c. 1920Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a national pilgrimage church built over decades with chapels representing global Catholic communities, mosaic programs, episcopal ceremony, and university settingRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicUrakami CathedralNagasaki, JapanFrom c. 1925Urakami Cathedral connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through a cathedral built by descendants of hidden Christians, destroyed by the atomic bomb, relocated in memory debates, rebuilt, and used for peace witnessRead the full history Modern & Global · Interdenominational ProtestantThe Riverside ChurchNew York City, United States1930A Rockefeller-funded Gothic tower church whose pulpit connected liberal Protestant theology with civil rights, peace activism, social services, and global debate.Read the full history Modern & Global · CatholicBasilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of AparecidaAparecida, BrazilPresent basilica begun 1955; dedicated 1980Brazil’s immense national shrine around a small dark Marian image, gathering race, popular devotion, pilgrimage, media, commerce, miracles, and national identity.Read the full history