Sacred Places
219 places found
HinduismDhamrai Jagannath Roth
· India · temple
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.
HinduismDodda Ganeshana Gudi
· India · temple
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.
IslamDome of the Rock
· Palestine · mosque
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.
IslamDongsi Mosque
· People's Republic of China · mosque
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.
ChristianityEichstätt Cathedral
· Germany · church
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.
ChristianityEisenstadt Cathedral
· Austria · church
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.
HinduismErawan Shrine
· Thailand · temple
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.
ChristianityEssen Minster
· Germany · church
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.
IslamFakr ad-Din Mosque
· Somalia · mosque
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.
ChristianityFlorence Cathedral
· Italy · church
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.
ChristianityFreiburg Minster
· Germany · church
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.
ChristianityFreising Cathedral
· Germany · church
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.