Sacred Places
219 places found
IslamAbu'l-Fida Mosque
, Syria
A medieval Sunni mosque and mausoleum complex on the banks of the Orontes River in Hama, Syria, where Ayyubid and Mamluk craftsmanship meet within a single walled sacred precinct.
mosque
JainismAharji
, India
An ancient Jain tīrtha in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region, revered for its eighteen-foot Chandella-era image of Bhagwān Shāntinātha in standing kāyotsarga posture.
temple
ChristianityAlbenga Cathedral
, Italy
A medieval Roman Catholic cathedral in Liguria, Italy, dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel and serving as seat of the Diocese of Albenga-Imperia.
church
ChristianityAlexander Nevsky Cathedral
, Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral of Saint Alexander Nevsky in Sofia, a vast neo-Byzantine landmark and one of the largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings in the world.
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IslamAl-Kadhimiya Mosque
, Iraq
One of the foremost Twelver Shia shrines, set in the Kāẓimiya district of Baghdad, Iraq, sheltering the tombs of the seventh and ninth Imams as well as great Shia scholars of the medieval era.
mosque
IslamAl-Quds Mosque Hamburg
, Germany
A former Sunni Muslim mosque in the German port city of Hamburg, which served local worshippers from 1993 until its closure was ordered by German security authorities in 2010.
mosque
ChristianityAltamura Cathedral
, Italy
A thirteenth-century Roman Catholic cathedral in Apulia, southern Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and a Hohenstaufen 'palatine' church.
church
IndigenousAltar of Consus
, Italy
An ancient subterranean Roman altar dedicated jointly to the gods Consus, Mars, and the lares, set beneath the Circus Maximus in the heart of the early city of Rome.
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HinduismAmarnath Temple
, India
A high Himalayan cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir where a naturally forming ice lingam is venerated as Lord Śiva, drawing one of India's great seasonal pilgrimages.
temple
ZoroastrianismAspakhu Fire Temple
, Iran
A Sasanian-period Zoroastrian fire temple in the village of Aspakhu in Iran's North Khorasan province, recognised as a protected Iranian national heritage site.
shrine
HinduismBadami cave temples
, India
A celebrated complex of sixth- to eighth-century Hindu, Jain, and (likely) Buddhist cave temples carved into the red sandstone cliffs of Badami in northern Karnataka, India.
temple
HinduismBadrinath Temple
, India
A major Himalayan Vaiṣṇava pilgrimage temple in Uttarakhand, India — one of the four Char Dham and one of the 108 Divya Desams sacred to the worship of Lord Vishnu.
temple