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Homelessness has reached epidemic proportions in cities and towns scattered around the globe and the plight of the homeless has become the focus of a broad base of organizations in the various communities that endeavor to improve this tragic situation by whatever means possible. Typically, these non-profit organizations survive by using government aid, donations, foun...
The Honen-In Temple is located in Kyoto, Japan. The black Amida Buddha here is one of the most sublime Buddha images in all Japan.
The main building is open to the public twice a year, from April 1st to 7th and November 1st to 7th, and requires a small offering of money. This is an independent Jodo-shu temple.
Hong Kong is the gateway to Asia with many multi-national corporations maintaining significant operations in this dynamic city where East meets West. A densely populated land mass with a world famous skyline surrounded by beautiful mountains, beaches, neighboring islands and harbors that provide a respite from the hustle and bustle of the city, Hong Kong has maintaine...
Hopperstad Stave Church (Hopperstad stavkyrkje) is a stave church, just outside the village of Vikøyri in Vik Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The church is currently owned by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments. The two old parishes of Hopperstad and Hove was abolished in 1875, and replaced by the new, united, Vik pari...
The Monastery of Horezu was founded in 1690 by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu in the town of Horezu, Wallachia, Romania. It is considered to be a masterpiece of "Brâncovenesc style", known for its architectural purity and balance, the richness of its sculpted detail, its treatment of religious compositions, its votive portraits, and its painted decorative w...
Horomos (Armenian: Հոռոմոս), also known as Horomosivank, Ghoshavank, Hochavank or Khosha Vank, is an abandoned and ruined medieval Armenian monastic complex about 15 kilometers northeast of the ruins of Ani (the capital of Bagratid Armenia)
in present-day eastern Turkey. With its collection of churches, chapels and tombs, Horo...
Hōryū-jiis a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name isHōryū Gakumonji, or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as seminary and monastery both.
The temple's pagoda is widely acknowledged to be one of the oldest wooden buildings existing in the world, underscoring Hōryū-ji's place as one of the most celebrated temples i...
The UNESCO World Heritage Site Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area includes a variety of buildings found in Hōryū-ji and Hokki-ji in Nara Prefecture, Japan. They were designated in 1993 along with the surrounding landscape, under several criteria. The structures inscribed are some of the oldest extant wooden buildings in the world, dating from the 7th to 8th centu...
Hosios Loukas is an historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. It is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been listed on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites, along with the monasteries of Nea Moni and Daphnion.
The Church of the Theotokos, the oldest in the complex, is the only church kno...
Hotelito Desconocido Sanctuary Reserve & SPA is a 100% ecological luxury resort unparalleled in the world. It combines the tranquility of a pristine beach and a blue lagoon in the middle of the natural protected area of lush beauty with the class and services of the best hotels worldwide. It is located in the heart of Costalegre, Jalisco, between the Pacific Ocean...
Jan Tyranowski held clandestine gatherings in his house teaching young Catholics about the journey of the interior life. A future pope was among those whom Tyranowski instructed in the mystical writings of St. John of the Cross, a gift that would influence the rest of Karol Wojtyla’s life, including his papacy. John Paul II reminisced: "with Jan assisting, I was...
House of Sampoerna is a tobacco museum and headquarters of Sampoerna located in Surabaya. The main building's architectural style influenced by Dutch colonial-style compound was built in 1862, and is now a preserved historical site. Previously used as an orphanage managed by the Dutch‚ it was purchased in 1932, by Liem Seeng Tee‚ the founder of Sampoerna&s...
The House of the Black Madonna (Czech:Dům U Černé Matky Boží) is a cubist building in the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by Josef Gočár. The first floor houses a café, while the four upper floors are used by the Museum of Czech Cubism.
The building, completed in 1912, is named after the baroque sculpture of a Black Mado...