Christian Civilization: Daily Pictures

[Vetus Ordo]

Marble Tombstones in St. John's Co-Cathedral, Malta.



The cathedral floor is composed of nearly 400 tombs of Knights and officers of the Knights of Malta. Each tombstone is inlaid by a marble slab bearing the crest, coat-of-arms and epitaph of the knight.

[Vetus Ordo]

A Chapel in Einsiedeln.

Canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.

[Vetus Ordo]

Sainte-Chapelle, Paris.

Saint Louis IX, pray for us.

[Jacob]

Sainte-Chapelle, Paris.

Any idea when this was taken?

[Lumen Christi]

May I also share some pictures?

Seville Cathedral's altar:

[Vetus Ordo]

Sainte-Chapelle, Paris.

Any idea when this was taken?

No.

But certainly 20th century. Post WWII, probably.

[Lumen Christi]

Santa Croce
Florence, Italy

[Lumen Christi]

Reims Cathedral
Marne, France

[Armor of Light]

Stunning! Too bad they all have tables blocking the view of the altar.

[Lumen Christi]

Stunning! Too bad they all have tables blocking the view of the altar.

Tables which were never mandated by Vatican II, I'd like to add. I'm not aware of anything in any Council document which mandates the use of a free-standing altar.

[Lumen Christi]

Side altar, Milan Cathedral

[Kephapaulos]

I remember visiting the Sainte-Chapelle and Santa Croce.

[Lumen Christi]

Parroquia San Miguel Arcangel, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

[Lumen Christi]

Notre Dame Basilica
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

[Non Nobis]

What a wonderful thread.  Thank you, Vetus Ordo, Lumen Christi, and others...