Sacred Places
51 places found
ChristianityJakarta Cathedral
Jakarta · Indonesia · church
Jakarta Cathedral, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Jakarta, its twin neo-Gothic spires of pierced white ironwork rising over Merdeka Square beside the great dome of Istiqlal Mosque.
ChristianityKlagenfurt Cathedral
Klagenfurt · Austria · church
The cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt in Carinthia, Austria, raised as a Protestant church in 1581 and now the city's principal parish church.
ChristianityKönigsberg Cathedral
Kaliningrad · Russia · church
A fourteenth-century Brick Gothic cathedral on Kneiphof island in Kaliningrad, the most significant surviving building of the historic city of Königsberg, largely lost in the Second World War, and today a museum, concert hall, and the burial place of the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
ChristianityMosque-Cathedral of Cordoba
Cordoba · Spain · cathedral
The Great Mosque of al-Andalus, begun in 786 with a hall of about 850 columns and a gold-mosaic mihrab, consecrated as Cordoba's cathedral in 1236 and in continuous Catholic worship since, with a Renaissance nave rising at its centre.
ChristianityNaples Cathedral
Naples · Italy · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of Naples in Campania, Italy, dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and known across the city as the Cathedral of Saint Januarius, whose relics it holds and whose blood is said to liquefy three times each year.
ChristianityNew Cathedral, Linz
Linz · Austria · church
The neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral of Linz, Austria, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Mary and the largest church building in the country.
ChristianityNidaros Cathedral
Trondheim · Norway · church
A Church of Norway cathedral raised over the grave of St Olav, patron saint of Norway, the northernmost medieval cathedral in the world and the goal of the revived St Olav pilgrim ways.
ChristianityNotre-Dame de Paris
Paris · France · cathedral
The Gothic cathedral of Paris and home of the Crown of Thorns, begun in 1163 and reopened in December 2024 after the 2019 fire, its rebuilt spire and oak forest roof restored. Entry is free for all, every day of the year.
ChristianityRagusa Cathedral
Ragusa · Italy · church
Crowning the upper town of Ragusa in southeastern Sicily, the cathedral of San Giovanni Battista has stood as the seat of the Diocese of Ragusa since 1950, its monumental Baroque facade rising over the piazza that bears the same saint's name.
ChristianitySaint Andrew's Cathedral, St Petersburg
Saint Petersburg · Russia · church
A pastel-pink, five-domed Baroque cathedral on Vasilyevsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the last Baroque cathedral raised in the city and the spiritual home of Russia's oldest order of chivalry, the Order of Saint Andrew.
ChristianitySaint-Germain Cathedral
Rimouski · Canada · church
The mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rimouski in Quebec, Canada, its neo-Gothic stone nave and tall white spire rising above the Bas-Saint-Laurent shore of the Saint Lawrence estuary.
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.