Sacred Places
584 places found
Christianity
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.
ChristianitySt. Stephen's Cathedral, Passau
Passau · Germany · church
The Baroque cathedral of the Diocese of Passau in southeastern Germany, dedicated to Saint Stephen the protomartyr and crowned by the largest cathedral organ in the world.
BuddhismSujata Garh
Bakraur (Senanigrama) · India · stupa
A weathered stupa of ancient brick in the village of Bakraur, across the Phalgu River from Bodh Gaya, marking the place where the milkmaid Sujata offered rice-milk to the fasting Bodhisattva and opened the way to the Middle Path.
HinduismSuka Temple
· India · temple
Suka Temple stands quiet and unworshipped in Bhubaneswar's Old Town, Odisha, its carved walls once dedicated to Lord Śiva and adorned with the eight dikpalas alongside their female counterparts in the upper wall niches.
IslamSuleymaniye Mosque
Istanbul · Türkiye · mosque
The imperial mosque Mimar Sinan raised for Suleiman the Magnificent between 1550 and 1557, crowning Istanbul's Third Hill above the Golden Horn, still an active mosque at the heart of its charitable kulliye.