The Most Stunning Stained Glass Windows In The World (PHOTOS)

When stepping into a holy place, our eyes seek the light. If we're lucky, the light will be shining through a stained glass window, adding illumination and beauty at once. Stained glass windows tell a stories, educate and inspire.

Doctor Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the mind behind the theory of the five stages of grief, once wrote:

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.

Take in their beauty here:

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La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain


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'Glory Window,' Chapel of Thanksgiving, Dallas, Texas


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Kings Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom


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Nasir Al-Mulk Mosque, Shiraz, Iran


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Church of Notre-Dame au Sablon, Brussels, Belgium


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Grace Cathedral, San Francisco


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La Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, France


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Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, United Kingdom


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Temple Emanu-El, New York City, New York


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St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham, Suffolk, United Kingdom


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St. Salvator Cathedral, Bruges, Belgium


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Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France


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Cathedral of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil


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Aix Cathedral, Aix-en-Provence, France


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Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, United Kingdom


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Lloyd Street Synagogue


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Reims Cathedral, Reims, France


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Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, United Kingdom


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St. Martin's Cathedral, Ypres, Belgium


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St Nicolaaskerk Church, Amsterdam, the Netherlands


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Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey


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Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy


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Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


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St. Clements Church, Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom