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Sacred Places by Region

Africa

Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Great Mosque of Djenné Great Mosque of Kairouan Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove Timbuktu

Asia

Adam's Peak Angkor Wat Arunachala Bagan Borobudur Temple Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Dwarkadhish Temple (Dwarka)Haeinsa Temple Hiraizumi Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto Ise Grand Shrine Kushinagar Leshan Giant Buddha Lumbini Mahabodhi Temple Complex Meenakshi Amman Temple Mount Emei Mount Fuji Mount Kailash Mount Kōya Mount Tai Mount Wutai Palitana Temples (Shatrunjaya)Pashupatinath Temple Potala Palace Prambanan Temple Compounds Rameswaram (Ramanathaswamy Temple)River Ganges (Ganga)Sacred City of Anuradhapura Sacred City of Kandy Sarnath Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple Shwedagon Pagoda Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple)Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain Tirumala Venkateswara Temple Varanasi (Kashi)

Australia

Europe

Basilica of San Francesco Canterbury Cathedral Chartres Cathedral Cologne Cathedral Hagia Sophia Monasteries of Meteora Mount Athos Notre-Dame Cathedral Sanctuary of Fátima Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Santiago de Compostela Cathedral Sistine Chapel St. Peter's Basilica & Vatican City Westminster Abbey

Latin America

Cathedral of Brasília Christ the Redeemer

Middle East

Bahá'í World Centre Cave of the Patriarchs Church of the Holy Sepulchre Church of the Nativity Great Mosque of Mecca Imam Ali Shrine Imam Husayn Shrine Mount of Olives Mount Sinai Prophet's Mosque Shrine of Imam Reza St. Catherine's Monastery Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif Umayyad Mosque Western Wall

North America

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe San Antonio Missions Santuario de Chimayó Temple Square The Sacred Grove

Sacred Places by Religion

Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í World Centre

Buddhism

Adam's Peak Bagan Borobudur Temple Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi Haeinsa Temple Hiraizumi Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto Kushinagar Leshan Giant Buddha Lumbini Mahabodhi Temple Complex Mount Emei Mount Kōya Mount Wutai Potala Palace Sacred City of Anuradhapura Sacred City of Kandy Sarnath Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple Shwedagon Pagoda

Christianity

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Basilica of San Francesco Canterbury Cathedral Cathedral of Brasília Chartres Cathedral Christ the Redeemer Church of the Holy Sepulchre Church of the Nativity Cologne Cathedral Hagia Sophia Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches Monasteries of Meteora Mount Athos Notre-Dame Cathedral San Antonio Missions Sanctuary of Fátima Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes Santiago de Compostela Cathedral Santuario de Chimayó Sistine Chapel St. Catherine's Monastery St. Peter's Basilica & Vatican City Temple Square The Sacred Grove Westminster Abbey

Daoism

Hinduism

Angkor Wat Arunachala Dwarkadhish Temple (Dwarka)Meenakshi Amman Temple Mount Kailash Pashupatinath Temple Prambanan Temple Compounds Rameswaram (Ramanathaswamy Temple)River Ganges (Ganga)Tirumala Venkateswara Temple Varanasi (Kashi)

Indigenous

Islam

Great Mosque of Djenné Great Mosque of Kairouan Great Mosque of Mecca Imam Ali Shrine Imam Husayn Shrine Prophet's Mosque Shrine of Imam Reza Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain Timbuktu Umayyad Mosque

Jainism

Palitana Temples (Shatrunjaya)

Judaism

Cave of the Patriarchs Mount of Olives Mount Sinai Temple Mount / Haram al-Sharif Western Wall

Shinto

Ise Grand Shrine Mount Fuji

Sikhism

Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple)

Yoruba Religion

Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove

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