there are many frescoes dating from the late middle ages, about 1000-1400 ad when, it was the fashion to paint the inside of churches with people and stories from the bible. the order of the pictures was carefully planned by the artists and priests. above the altar is usually seen a picture of jesus christ. on the west wall is often a frightening picture of the last judgement to remind people to turn to jesus. many frescoes like this can be seen in greece, spain, portugal, serbia, armenia, romania and russia. there are a few in germany, france and italy.