Where: Prague, Czech Republic
When: August 2014
There are three St. Nicholas Churches in Prague, and this one is prominently featured in any panoramic shot of Malostranské Náměstí. This view, however, is from the other side of the square, not the more populated one with easy access to (avert your eyes now) Starbucks. This was taken on Tuesday evening, around 7 p.m. The most famous part of this church, a Baroque masterpiece completed in the middle of the 18th century, is the organ, which Mozart played on a visit in 1787.
Where: Budapest, Hungary
When: May 2014
You are looking at the sun setting on St. Stephen's Basilica, one of the two tallest buildings in Budapest. The other is the Hungarian Parliament, which like this church is 96 meters at its tallest point. This is not a coincidence -- law dictates that no other buildings in Budapest can be taller, and the buildings' matching heights is meant to show equal importance between the spiritual and lawmaking world. St. Stephen's features, among other things, a bell that weighs roughly 10 tons, 242 sculptures, and the mummified right hand of St. Stephen.
