Catholic Churches – Outside View

Santa Croce – Florence, Italy

Santa Maria del Fiore – Florence, Italy (a.k.a. the Duomo)

Santa Maria in Valicella – Rome Italy (a.k.a. Chiesa Nuova)

San Giovanni in Laterano – Rome Italy

Santa Maria Maggiore – Rome, Italy

San Paolo Fuori la Mura

San Pietro in Vaticano

Mission Santa Barbara – Santa Barbara, California

Mission San Carlos Borromeo – Carmel-by-the-Sea, California (a.k.a. Carmel Mission)

Mission San Diego – San Diego, California

Mission San Juan Bautista – San Juan Bautista, California

Mission San Luis Obispo – San Luis Obispo, California

Mission San Rafael – San Rafael, California

Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Chapel – Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California

St. Pius X Church – Granger, Indiana

St. Stanislaus Basilica – Winona, Minnesota

Holy Name Church – Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine – La Crosse, Wisconsin

St. Charles Church – Hartland, Wisconsin

St. Mary Church – Port Washington, Wisconsin

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