Sacred Places
51 places found
ChristianitySalzburg Cathedral
Salzburg · Austria · church
The Baroque seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg in Austria, its twin-towered marble facade rising over the Domplatz above the font in which the infant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was baptised.
ChristianitySanctuary of Fatima
Fatima · Portugal · shrine
The great Marian shrine of Portugal, built around the Cova da Iria where Our Lady appeared six times in 1917 to three shepherd children, closing with the Miracle of the Sun before tens of thousands.
ChristianitySanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes
Lourdes · France · shrine
The great Marian shrine of France, built around the grotto where Our Lady appeared to Bernadette Soubirous eighteen times in 1858 and where the spring she uncovered still feeds the taps and the baths.
ChristianitySt. Gallen Cathedral
St. Gallen · Switzerland · church
The Baroque cathedral of Saints Gall and Othmar in St. Gallen, built over the grave of the Irish hermit whose cell grew into one of medieval Europe's great Benedictine abbeys, part of a UNESCO World Heritage precinct that also holds the celebrated Abbey Library.
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St. Joseph's Cathedral, Fort-Liberté
· Haiti · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of Fort-Liberté in northeastern Haiti, dedicated to Saint Joseph and serving as the seat of the diocese established in this Caribbean port city.
ChristianitySt. Louis Cathedral
New Orleans · United States · church
The oldest cathedral in continuous use in the United States, its three steeples watching over Jackson Square and the French Quarter since the Spanish colonial era.
ChristianitySt. Mark's Basilica
Venice · Italy · cathedral
The golden church of Venice, where more than 8,000 square metres of Byzantine mosaic rise over the tomb of St. Mark the Evangelist, brought from Alexandria in 828.
ChristianitySt. Martin's Cathedral
Bratislava · Slovakia · church
The Gothic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Bratislava, whose tower once crowned the coronations of the Kingdom of Hungary.
ChristianitySt. Michael's Cathedral
Alba Iulia · Romania · church
The Romanesque-Gothic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Alba Iulia, the oldest and longest medieval cathedral standing in Romania, within the walls of the Alba Carolina citadel in Transylvania.
ChristianitySt Patrick's Cathedral
Auckland · New Zealand · church
The Gothic Revival cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Auckland, gathering the city's Catholic faithful beneath the patronage of Ireland's apostle.
ChristianitySt. Peter's Basilica
Vatican City · Vatican City · church
The largest church in the world, raised by Bramante, Michelangelo, Maderno and Bernini directly over the tomb of Saint Peter the Apostle, and the heart of Catholic pilgrimage.
ChristianitySt. Pölten Cathedral
St. Pölten · Austria · church
The Roman Catholic cathedral at the heart of St. Pölten, Lower Austria, its Romanesque bones reclothed in Baroque splendour, and the mother church of the Diocese of St. Pölten since 1785.