pilgrimage+church


 * Pilgrimage Church**: A pilgrimage church is a church related to some particularly holy aspect of Christianity, often a relic, to which Christians would voyage to pay respects. They were designed to impress and dazzle their visitors. This is the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Zelen%C3%A1_hora_-_poutn%C3%AD_kostel.jpg/400px-Zelen%C3%A1_hora_-_poutn%C3%AD_kostel.jpg Marylin Stokstad Art History, Third Edition