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Temples in California (3 C, 11 P) Pages in category "Religious buildings and structures in California" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Medieval building that have been transported to North America in modern times. The Cloisters museum, New York City, a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art housed in a complex integrating elements from several different medieval structures [3] St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church, a 12th-century cloister from Spain, reassembled in Florida [4]
Entrance to New Clairvaux Abbey. The Abbey of New Clairvaux is a rural Trappist monastery located in Northern California in the small town of Vina in Tehama County. [1] The farmland, once owned by Leland Stanford, grows prunes, walnuts, and grapes that the monks harvest from the orchards and vineyards to sustain the community.
The Royal Presidio Chapel is the first stone building in California and reflects the exquisite Spanish Colonial style of the late 18th century. The Moorish architecture influence is also evident in the fine architecture. The ornamental arches and portals carved in sandstone make the church unique and arguably the most beautiful of all the Missions.
Church of Our Saviour and the Holy Apostles Pro-Cathedral (Anglican Province of Christ the King 34°03′32″N 118°22′06″W / 34.058941°N 118.368408°W / 34.058941; -118.368408 ( Church of Our Saviour and the Holy Apostles Pro-Cathedral, Los Angeles, California
Opening page of the Lorsch Codex, detailing the Lorsch land holdings of the proprietary Lorsch Abbey. During the Middle Ages, a proprietary church (Latin ecclesia propria, German Eigenkirche) was a church, abbey or cloister built on private ground by a feudal lord, over which he retained proprietary interests, especially the right of what in English law is "advowson", that of nominating the ...
A church treasury or church treasure is the collection of historical art treasures belonging to a church, usually a cathedral or monastery (monastery treasure). Such "treasure" is usually held and displayed in the church's treasury or in a diocesan museum. Historically the highlight of church treasures was often a collection of reliquaries.
The Diocese of Stockton (Latin: Diœcesis Stocktoniensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in the Central Valley and Mother Lode region of California in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of San Francisco