Sacred Places
219 places found
HinduismMỹ Sơn
, Vietnam
A UNESCO-listed cluster of Shaiva Hindu temples in central Vietnam, raised between the fourth and thirteenth centuries by the kings of Champa as the religious heart of their Indianised kingdom.
temple
HinduismNageshvara Jyotirlinga
, India
A Hindu shrine at Dwarka on the coast of Gujarat in western India, dedicated to Shiva and counted among the twelve Jyotirlinga sites named in the Shiva Purana.
templeJainism
Nakoda
, India
A Jain pilgrimage site centred on Nakodaji, the historic temple of Parshvanatha at the village of Nakoda in the Barmer-Jodhpur region of Rajasthan, India.
temple
ChristianityNaples Cathedral
, Italy
The Roman Catholic cathedral of Naples in southern Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and renowned as the Cathedral of Saint Januarius, the city's patron.
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ChristianityNew Cathedral, Linz
, Austria
A neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral in Linz, Austria, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary and recognised as the largest church building in the country.
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ChristianityNidaros Cathedral
, Norway
A Church of Norway cathedral in Trondheim, raised over the burial place of Saint Olav and serving as the northernmost medieval cathedral in the world and a centre of Lutheran pilgrimage.
church
HinduismNyatapola Temple
, Nepal
A five-storeyed Newar temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal, commissioned by King Bhupatindra Malla in 1701 and raised to the Tantric goddess Siddhi Lakshmi, the tallest temple in the country.
temple
HinduismOmkareshwar Temple
, India
A Hindu temple on the Narmada river island of Mandhata in Khandwa district, Madhya Pradesh, India, dedicated to Shiva as Omkareshwar and counted among the twelve Jyotirlingas.
temple
ShintoOmura Shrine
, Japan
A Shinto shrine in Hidaka in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, founded in 587 and home to a National Treasure tachi sword venerated as the shintai of its kami.
shrine
IslamOrtaköy Mosque
, Turkey
An ornate nineteenth-century Ottoman mosque on the Bosphorus shore in Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey, formally the Buyuk Mecidiye Camii and commissioned by Sultan Abdulmecid I.
mosque
JudaismOstia Synagogue
, Italy
An ancient Jewish synagogue and archaeological site at Ostia, the seaport of Imperial Rome in present-day Lazio, Italy, the oldest synagogue in Europe and the oldest known outside the Land of Israel.
synagogue
HinduismPadmanabhaswamy Temple
, India
A Hindu temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, dedicated to Vishnu as Anantha Padmanabhaswamy and counted among the 108 Divya Desams of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.
temple