Sacred Places
584 places found
TaoismXuanmiao Temple
· People's Republic of China · temple
A prominent Taoist Temple at the heart of old Suzhou, founded in the third century and still a serene presence within the city's busiest pedestrian quarter.
HinduismYameshwar Temple
· India · temple
An ancient sandstone shrine in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, jointly consecrated to Lord Shiva and Yama, lord of death, a rare dual dedication that draws devotees seeking liberation from suffering and the blessings of Mahādeva.
HinduismYamunotri Temple
Yamunotri · India · temple
The source shrine Of Maa Yamuna, wedged into a cliff at 3,293 m in the Garhwal Himalaya, westernmost of Uttarakhand's Char Dham.
ZoroastrianismYazd Fire Temple
· Iran · shrine
The Yazd Atash Behram (Ātaškade-ye Yazd) is Iran's sole surviving highest-grade Zoroastrian fire Temple, sheltering a sacred flame whose continuous burning dates to around 470 AD, a living ember of the ancient faith in the desert heartland of Yazd.
JudaismYeshua Tova Synagogue
· Romania · synagogue
Bucharest's oldest synagogue, a Hasidic Jewish house of prayer raised in 1827 in the Moorish Revival style near Piața Amzei in the heart of the Romanian capital.
ChristianityYork Minster
· United Kingdom · church
The Anglican cathedral of York, seat of the Archbishop of York and a Gothic masterpiece preserving the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world.
IslamZeyrek Mosque
· Turkey · mosque
An Istanbul mosque housed within the former Byzantine Monastery of the Pantokrator, the finest surviving example of Middle Byzantine architecture in Constantinople.
TaoismZhenwu Pavilion
· People's Republic of China · temple
A Ming-dynasty Taoist pavilion in Rong County, Guangxi, one of the Four Great Towers of Jiangnan and a celebrated example of timber architecture from southern China.