Sacred Places
219 places found
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IslamSultan Ahmed Mosque
, Turkey
The seventeenth-century imperial mosque of Sultan Ahmed I in Istanbul, popularly called the Blue Mosque for its luminous interior tilework and counted among the masterpieces of Ottoman architecture.
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ShintoSumiyoshi Shrine
, Japan
A revered Shinto shrine at Hakata in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, traditionally regarded as one of the original three Sumiyoshi sanctuaries dedicated to the Sumiyoshi sea kami.
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ShintoSuwa Shrine
, Japan
A major Shinto shrine in Nagasaki, Japan, dedicated to the Suwa kami and famed for the dynamic Kunchi festival that draws together Shinto, Chinese and Dutch influences in autumn each year.
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HinduismSwami Bagh Temple
, Bangladesh
A prominent ISKCON-managed Vaishnava temple and ashram in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from which the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra of the capital begins each year.
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BaháʼíSydney Bahá'í Temple
, Australia
The Bahá'í House of Worship of Sydney, Australia, completed in 1961 in the northern suburb of Ingleside and honoured as the Mother Temple of the Antipodes.
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JudaismSynagogue of the Ashkenazi Jews in Baku
, Azerbaijan
The principal Ashkenazi and Georgian Jewish synagogue of Baku, Azerbaijan, gathering both communities under one roof for the prayer of Israel in a purpose-built sanctuary dedicated in 2003.
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ShintoTagata Shrine
, Japan
An ancient Shinto shrine in Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, dedicated to agricultural prosperity and the kami Mitoshi, celebrated annually for its Hōnensai fertility festival.
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TaoismTai Wong Temple, Cheung Shing Street
, People's Republic of China
A historic Chinese folk temple on Cheung Shing Street in Yuen Long Kau Hui, Hong Kong, dedicated to the Tai Wong, the protective city god of the old market district.
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HinduismTanah Lot
, Indonesia
An ancient Balinese Hindu pilgrimage temple set upon a tidal rock off the southwestern coast of Bali, Indonesia, honouring the sea deity Dewa Baruna among the seven principal sea temples of the island.
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JainismTaranga
, India
The Taranga Jain tirth in Gujarat, India, a hilltop pilgrimage complex of marble temples dedicated to the second Tirthankara Ajitnatha and revered by both Shwetambara and Digambara Jains.
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IslamTemple Mount
, Palestine
The ancient hill at the heart of Jerusalem's Old City, holiest place in Judaism and home to the Islamic al-Aqsa compound including the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque.
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TaoismTin How Temple
, United States
The oldest Taoist temple still standing in San Francisco's Chinatown, established in the 1850s and dedicated to the Chinese sea goddess Mazu, known in Cantonese as Tin How, the Empress of Heavens.
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