Sacred Places
219 places found
BuddhismPagoda of Chengtian Temple
· People's Republic of China · monastery
An eleven-storeyed brick pagoda in Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, built on the site of a Western Xia Buddhist temple and standing as the tallest pagoda in the region.
BuddhismPagoda of Cishou Temple
· People's Republic of China · monastery
A sixteenth-century stone and brick Chinese pagoda in the Buddhist Cishou Temple at Balizhuang, Haidian District, Beijing, originally named the Yong'an Wanshou Pagoda.
JainismPanchakuta Basadi, Kambadahalli
· India · temple
A Jain temple complex in the village of Kambadahalli in Mandya district, Karnataka, India, regarded as a fine example of Western Ganga Dravidian architecture.
HinduismPrambanan Temple
· Indonesia · temple
A ninth-century Hindu temple compound in the Special Region of Yogyakarta on southern Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimurti of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
HinduismPura Luhur
· Indonesia · temple
A Balinese Hindu sea temple on the south-western tip of the Bukit Peninsula in Uluwatu, Badung Regency, Bali, Indonesia, counted among the nine directional temples of the island.
Hinduism
Puthiyakavu Devi Temple
· India · temple
A Hindu temple of the Devi at Ponkunnam in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India, long honoured as a resting place for pilgrims on the way to the Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala.
ChristianityRagusa Cathedral
· Italy · church
A Roman Catholic cathedral in Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, dedicated to Saint John the Baptist and the seat of the Bishops of Ragusa since the diocese was created in 1950.
HinduismRamna Kali Temple
· Bangladesh · temple
A Hindu temple to the goddess Kali in Dhaka, Bangladesh, originally founded in the Mughal era, destroyed in 1971 during the Liberation War, and reconsecrated in 2021.
JudaismRemuh Synagogue
· Poland · synagogue
An Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue at 40 Szeroka Street in the historic Kazimierz district of Krakow in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship of southern Poland.
JainismRishabhdeo
· India · temple
A Jain pilgrimage town in Udaipur district, Rajasthan, India, centred on the Kesariyaji Tirth, the temple of Lord Rishabhanatha, the first Tirthankara of Jainism.
ChristianitySaint-Germain Cathedral
· Canada · church
A Roman Catholic cathedral in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Rimouski and built in a neo-Gothic style consecrated in 1853.
ChristianitySaint Ignatius Cathedral
· People's Republic of China · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of the Latin Church Diocese of Shanghai in China, located in the Xujiahui district and dedicated to Saint Ignatius of Loyola.