Photo credits

The cathedrals and abbeys on the homepage are real places. The photographs are credited below; the motion and the light are added in your browser.

The homepage

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome: The dome of the Pauline Chapel, Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, crossed by a shaft of sunlight. Photograph by Mari27454, Wikimedia Commons, public domain; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
Cologne Cathedral, Germany: Cologne Cathedral, the choir seen from the crossing, up to the vault. Photograph by Palickap, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome: The nave of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, between its rows of granite columns. Photograph by Hugo DK, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
San Zeno in Oratorio, Verona: Candles before the chapel of the Immaculate in San Zeno in Oratorio, Verona. Photograph by Hermann Hammer, Wikimedia Commons, CC0; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
St. Pölten Cathedral, Austria: The baroque high altar of St. Pölten Cathedral, Austria, lit by candles and chandeliers. Photograph by Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
Gurk Cathedral, Austria: A carved wooden double confessional in Gurk Cathedral, Austria. Photograph by Johann Jaritz / CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
Freiburg Minster, Germany: Hans Baldung Grien's Coronation of the Virgin, the high altar of Freiburg Minster. Photograph by Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
Nonnberg Abbey, Salzburg: The Gothic high altar of Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg, between two stained-glass windows. Photograph by Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
Chartres Cathedral, France: The north rose window of Chartres Cathedral, c. 1230. Photograph by Eusebius, Wikimedia Commons, public domain; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
Altenburg Abbey, Austria: The baroque library of Altenburg Abbey in Austria. Photograph by Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; cropped, toned (one film grade for the whole page) and given motion and light in the browser.
Poly Haven: Medieval Blocks 03, a seamless stone-block texture (color), by Rob Tuytel, Poly Haven, CC0; lit in your browser.
Poly Haven: Medieval Blocks 03, its normal map (OpenGL), by Rob Tuytel, Poly Haven, CC0; lit in your browser.

Adaptations of the CC BY-SA photographs are shared under the same licence.

Walk the Nave

The church on the walk is St. Moriz in Rottenburg am Neckar, photographed in the round.

St. Moriz, Rottenburg am Neckar: St. Moriz, Rottenburg am Neckar, photographed in the round from under the organ gallery: the nave's painted pillars and pointed arches. Photograph by Didym, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned (one film grade), cut into still views and shown in the round in your browser.
St. Moriz, Rottenburg am Neckar: St. Moriz, photographed in the round beside a statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, with votive candles, and the Gothic column of the old market fountain. Photograph by Didym, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned (one film grade), cut into still views and shown in the round in your browser.
St. Moriz, Rottenburg am Neckar: St. Moriz, photographed in the round in a side aisle beside the Mount of Olives altar. Photograph by Didym, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned (one film grade), cut into still views and shown in the round in your browser.
St. Moriz, Rottenburg am Neckar: St. Moriz, photographed in the round in a side aisle beside a side chapel, a carved epitaph and a door. Photograph by Didym, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned (one film grade), cut into still views and shown in the round in your browser.
St. Moriz, Rottenburg am Neckar: St. Moriz, photographed in the round before the altar, looking into the Gothic choir and its crucifixion group. Photograph by Didym, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned (one film grade), cut into still views and shown in the round in your browser.

Earlier versions of the homepage

The walk through the cathedral that opened this site from October 2026, still seen in some of our films and posts:

Tours Cathedral at night: photograph by Benjamin Smith, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
Auxerre Cathedral, the west portals at night: photograph by Benjamin Smith, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
Coutances Cathedral, the nave: photograph by Andreas F. Borchert, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
Gurk Cathedral, the double confessional: photograph by Johann Jaritz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
Freiburg Minster, the high altar: photograph by Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
Nonnberg Abbey, the high altar: photograph by Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
Altenburg Abbey, the library: photograph by Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
The pilgrimage church of Maria Saal, the sacristy door: photograph by Johann Jaritz, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
Chartres Cathedral, the north rose: photograph by Eusebius, Wikimedia Commons, public domain; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
St. Pölten Cathedral, the high altar: photograph by Uoaei1, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; toned, given depth and moved in the browser.
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph, Rembrandt (1656, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel): Wikimedia Commons, public domain; given depth and moved in the browser.
Adaptations of the CC BY-SA photographs on this page are shared under the same licence.