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Windsor castle

Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited castle in the world and, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror, is the oldest in continuous occupation. The castle's floor area is approximately 484,000 square feet. Together with Buckingham Palace in London and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, it is one of the principal official residences of the British monarch.

Popular Article: Eastern Christianity

Christ Pantocrator in Hagia Sophia – Constantinople (Istanbul) twelfth century

Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions and churches that developed in Greece, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Asia Minor, the Middle East, Northeastern Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity. This blanket term or umbrella concept is usually contrasted with Western Christianity that developed in Western Europe. This term is a convention that does not truly or accurately define a single common religious tradition or communion, but rather is used to describe non-Western Churches.

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The shroud of Turin, which bears the image of a crucified man claimed to be Jesus, is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, Italy. (source: Shroud of Turin)

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