Sacred Places
219 places found
HinduismDhamrai Jagannath Roth
, India
A historic wooden chariot (rath) of Lord Jagannātha kept at Dhamrai in Bangladesh, central to one of the most significant Hindu Rath Yātrā festivals in the country.
temple
HinduismDodda Ganeshana Gudi
, India
A historic Hindu temple in the Basavanagudi neighbourhood of south Bengaluru, India, dedicated to Lord Gaṇeśa and known to devotees for its great monolithic mūrti of the deva.
temple
IslamDome of the Rock
, Palestine
The seventh-century octagonal Umayyad shrine at the heart of the Al-Aqsa precinct in Jerusalem — the oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture and one of the most sacred sites in Islam.
mosque
IslamDongsi Mosque
, People's Republic of China
A historic Hui Muslim mosque in the Dongsi neighbourhood of Beijing's Dongcheng District, China, with a layered history reaching back to the Yuan dynasty and notable Ming-era expansions.
mosque
ChristianityEichstätt Cathedral
, Germany
The Catholic cathedral of Eichstätt in Bavaria, Germany, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Willibald, and Saint Salvator, with origins in the eighth century.
church
ChristianityEisenstadt Cathedral
, Austria
The Roman Catholic cathedral of Eisenstadt in Burgenland, Austria — Saint Martin's Cathedral, dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours — and seat of the bishop of Eisenstadt since the founding of the diocese in 1960.
church
HinduismErawan Shrine
, Thailand
A beloved Bangkok shrine to Phra Phrom — the Thai form of the Hindu creator-god Brahma — and a striking example of the syncretism of Hinduism and Buddhism in Thai religious life.
temple
ChristianityEssen Minster
, Germany
Essen Minster, also called Essen Cathedral since 1958, is the Roman Catholic seat of the Bishop of Essen in western Germany, dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
church
IslamFakr ad-Din Mosque
, Somalia
The Fakhr al-Din Mosque is a historic Sunni Muslim place of worship in the Hamar Weyne quarter of Mogadishu, the old heart of Somalia's capital and one of the oldest Islamic foundations along the East African Indian Ocean coast.
mosque
ChristianityFlorence Cathedral
, Italy
Florence Cathedral, the Duomo di Firenze, is the mother church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Florence in Tuscany, formally dedicated as Santa Maria del Fiore in honour of the Virgin Mary.
church
ChristianityFreiburg Minster
, Germany
Freiburg Minster, the Catholic cathedral of Freiburg im Breisgau in southwestern Germany, is dedicated to Our Lady and crowned by a Gothic tower long regarded as one of the most beautiful spires in Christendom.
church
ChristianityFreising Cathedral
, Germany
Freising Cathedral, the Mariendom, is a Romanesque basilica in Freising, Bavaria, dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Corbinian and serving as co-cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Munich and Freising.
church