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France - Sainte-Chapelle, Palais de la Cité, Paris.  

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Czech Republic - St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague.

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France - North transept rose window, Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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France - South transept rose window, Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres.

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Iran - Nasīr al-Mulk Mosque, Shiraz. 

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USA - The Spiral Stained Glass in the Chapel of Thanksgiving, Dallas, TX.

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Spain - Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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England - King's College Chapel, University of Cambridge, Cambridge. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

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USA - Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.

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USA - Hungarian Room, Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, PA. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Spain - Palau de la Música Catalana (concert hall), Barcelona. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

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England - St Michael, Cornhill, London. 

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Brazil - Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian, Rio de Janeiro. 

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Germany - Stained Glass pixels by Gerhard Richter, Cologne Cathedral. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Spain - Iglesia de Santa Maria del Mar, Barcelona. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Croatia - Basilica Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Marija Bistrica. 

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England - St Michael Paternoster Royal, London. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

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Germany - Stained glass window of the Prophet Jonah, Augsburg Cathedral. (Photo: Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0)

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England - York Minster, Yorkshire. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

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USA - Frank Lloyd Wright window. Art Institute of Chicago, IL. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

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France - Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence, or Matisse Chapel, Vence. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Brazil - The Oscar Niemeyer-designed Cathedral of Brasília, Brasília. The stained glass was created by artist Marianne Peretti.

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France - Reims Cathedral.

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Germany - Aachen Cathedral, Aachen. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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France - St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre.

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USA - Mapparium Christian Science Center, Boston. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0-Enlarged from original)

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Mexico - Grand Hotel Ciudad de México, Mexico City. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Paris - Galeries Lafayette, Boulevard Haussmann. 

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Australia - National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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France - Notre-Dame de Paris. South rose window, designed by Jean de Chelles and Pierre de Montreuil. Installed in 1260. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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England - Baptistry, Coventry Cathedral, Warwickshire, West Midlands. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

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Brazil - Santuário Dom Bosco, Brasília. 

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The Netherlands - Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, Hilversum.

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Turkey - Blue Mosque, Istanbul. The mosque has more than 200 stained-glass windows in shades ranging from palest blue to indigo. 

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France - The stained glass windows of Église Saint-Maximin de Metz, Moselle, designed by avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

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Scotland - Magdalen Chapel, Edinburgh. This 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact. (Photo: Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0)

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France - Église Saint-Eustache, Paris. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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USA - Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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USA - A tiny piece of moon rock donated to Washington National Cathedral by the Apollo 11 astronauts is embedded in the stained glass Space Window. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0 Enlarged from original)

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Mexico - The stained glass at the Cosmovitral botanical garden, Toluca, Mexico State Capitol.

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Taiwan - The Dome of Light, Formosa Boulevard MRT station.

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Portugal - Detail of the ceiling at Porto Lello & Irmão bookshop, Porto. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Spain - Abando train station, Bilbao. The stained glass windows depict Basque symbols.

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Canada - Casa Loma Conservatory, Toronto. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

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USA - Air Force Academy Chapel, Colorado Springs, CO.

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Thailand - Erawan Museum, Samut Prakan, Bangkok. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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USA - The stained glass windows, designed by Jean Barillet of Paris, dominate the walls of St Joseph's Cathedral in Hartford, CT.

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France - Mâcon Cathedral, Burgundy. 

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Portugal - Igreja de Santa Maria de Belém, Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Lisbon.

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Spain - The Westin Palace Hotel, Plaza de las Cortes, Madrid. 

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The Netherlands - The Basilica of Saint Nicholas, Amsterdam. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

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Wales - St. Davids Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

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USA - Beth Shalom Synagogue, Philadelphia, PA. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC 2.0)

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Poland - Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Kraków. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

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Switzerland - The Grossmünster, Zurich.

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USA - Tom Fruin Stained Glass House, Brooklyn, New York. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

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UAE - Wafi Mall, Dubai. (Photo: Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

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