Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, are becoming cheaper and easier to use all the time. Combined with cheap high-quality cameras, and we’re living in a new age of video recording.

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A drone plus an HD camera can enable a regular person take absolutely breathtaking video from angles never before possible (or at least that were very, very difficult to do before).

While YouTube is chalk-full of amazing videos shot with drones, here is just a sampling of videos shot with drones of beautiful Christian sites.

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For each video, I’ve included a picture, a few gifs, and then the video.

Enjoy!

1) Mont St. Michel, France

Freeway Drone / YouTube
Freeway Drone / YouTube
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Freeway Drone, YouTube / giffffr
Freeway Drone / giffffr
Freeway Drone, YouTube / giffffr

2) Solesmes Abbey, France

Freeway Drone / YouTube
Freeway Drone / YouTube
Freeway Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com
Freeway Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com
Freeway Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com
Freeway Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com

3) Dom Tower, of the old Cathedral of Saint Martin, Utrecht, Netherlands

Overview / YouTube
Overview / YouTube
Overview, YouTube / makeagif.com
Overview, YouTube / makeagif.com
Overview, YouTube / makeagif.com
Overview, YouTube / makeagif.com

4) Christ the Redeemer statue, Brazil

worldfromaboveHD / YouTube
worldfromaboveHD / YouTube
worldfromaboveHD, YouTube / makeagift.com
worldfromaboveHD, YouTube / makeagift.com
worldfromaboveHD, YouTube / makeagift.com
worldfromaboveHD, YouTube / makeagift.com

5) Cathedral of Notre Dame, Strasbourg, France

Flynamic Drone / YouTube
Flynamic Drone / YouTube
Flynamic Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com
Flynamic Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com
Flynamic Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com
Flynamic Drone, YouTube / makeagif.com

6) Canterbury Cathedral, United Kingdom

Nina Blueroom / YouTube
Nina Blueroom / YouTube
Nina Blueroom, YouTube / makeagif.com
Nina Blueroom, YouTube / makeagif.com
Nina Blueroom, YouTube / makeagif.com
Nina Blueroom, YouTube / makeagif.com

7) Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

albertocvr / YouTube
albertocvr / YouTube
albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com
albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com
albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com
albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com

8) St. Paul Cathedral, St. Paul, MN, USA

Matthew Deery / YouTube
Matthew Deery / YouTube
Matthew Deery, YouTube / makeagif.com
Matthew Deery, YouTube / makeagif.com
Matthew Deery, YouTube / makeagif.com
Matthew Deery, YouTube / makeagif.com

9) Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey, France

glambert7777 / YouTube
glambert7777 / YouTube
glambert7777, YouTube / makeagif.com
glambert7777, YouTube / makeagif.com
glambert7777, YouTube / makeagif.com
glambert7777, YouTube / makeagif.com

10) Sagrada Família, Spain

albertocvr / YouTube
albertocvr / YouTube
albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com
albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com
albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com
albertocvr, YouTube / makeagif.com

11) Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, France

Aderly-ONLYLYON / YouTube
Aderly-ONLYLYON / YouTube
Aderly-ONLYLYON, YouTube / makeagif.com
Aderly-ONLYLYON, YouTube / makeagif.com
Aderly-ONLYLYON, YouTube / makeagif.com
Aderly-ONLYLYON, YouTube / makeagif.com

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