Hoping to capture their faded splendor before it's too late, French photographer Francis Meslet has spent almost a decade documenting abandoned churches, chapels and priories in varying states of disrepair. His stunning images show dilapidated pipe organs, overgrown cloisters, long-empty pews and sunlight pouring into naves strewn with dust and rubble. Credit: Francis Meslet/Jonglez PublishingMany of the churches have, evidently, been neglected for years. Credit: Francis Meslet/Jonglez Publishingthe not-for-profit group Observatory of Religious Heritage that it considers threatened or have closed in recent years. "Over time, and in the course of my explorations, I have seen the growing number of religious buildings in decline all over Europe.

Source: CNN December 29, 2020 00:55 UTC