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Bandō Sanjūsankasho PilgrimageKantō · Japan
Shikoku 88 Temple PilgrimageShikoku · Japan
Saigoku Kannon PilgrimageKansai · Japan
New Saigoku Kannon PilgrimageKansai · Japan
Chichibu 34 Kannon PilgrimageKantō · Japan
Chūgoku 33 Kannon PilgrimageChūgoku · Japan
Camino de Santiago — Via PodiensisAuvergne to the Pyrenees · France
Serbian Orthodox Monasteries of KosovoKosovo and Metohija · Kosovo
St Paul TrailAntalya & Isparta Provinces (ancient Pamphylia and Pisidia) · Turkey
Kumano Kodo — Nakahechi and Kumano SanzanWakayama Prefecture, Kii Peninsula · Japan
Seven Churches of RevelationAegean and western Anatolia (ancient Roman Asia) · Turkey
Via Sancti MartiniWestern Hungary to the Loire Valley · Hungary, France
Caminho Português (Central Route)Northern Portugal to Galicia · Portugal, Spain
Four Sacred Buddhist Mountains of ChinaShanxi, Sichuan, Anhui, Zhejiang · China
Holy Family Trail in EgyptNile Delta, Wadi El Natrun, and Assiut · Egypt
Char Dham Yatra (Uttarakhand)Uttarakhand (Garhwal Himalaya) · India
Sacred Way of DidymaAegean (Ege Bölgesi), near modern Didim · Turkey (Türkiye)
Three Jewel Temples of KoreaGyeongsangnam-do and Jeollanam-do · South Korea
Twelve JyotirlingasGujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu · India
Panch KedarUttarakhand (Garhwal Himalayas) · India
St Kevin's WayCounty Wicklow · Ireland
Ruta de los Conventos de YucatánYucatán · Mexico
Chemin de Marie-MadeleineProvence · France
Cammino di San BenedettoUmbria/Lazio · Italy
SolosmasthanaIsland-wide · Sri Lanka
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and LombardyPiedmont and Lombardy · Italy
Inca Trail to Machu PicchuCusco · Peru
Pilgrims' Way (Winchester to Canterbury)Hampshire/Surrey/Kent · United Kingdom
Caminho Português (Coastal Route)spans into Spain (Galicia) · Portugal
Ashtavinayak YatraMaharashtra · India
Monastic Community of Mount AthosMount Athos, Chalkidiki · Greece
El Paso Mission TrailEl Paso County, Texas · United States
California Mission TrailCalifornia · United States
Via Francigena — Italian SectionAosta Valley to Lazio · Italy
Camino de Santiago — Selected Sacred SitesIberian Camino network · Spain, Portugal
Camino FrancésNavarre, La Rioja, Castile and León, Galicia · Spain
Camino del NorteBasque Country, Cantabria, Asturias, Galicia · Spain
St Cuthbert's WayScottish Borders and Northumberland · United Kingdom
Cyril and Methodius Route — Great Moravian SitesGreat Moravian heritage network · Slovakia
Dewa Sanzan PilgrimageYamagata Prefecture · Japan
Baishatun Mazu PilgrimageMiaoli to Yunlin and return · Taiwan
Meteora MonasteriesThessaly · Greece
Five Great Mountains of ChinaShandong, Shaanxi, Hunan, Shanxi, and Henan · China
Arbaeen Pilgrimage — Najaf to KarbalaNajaf to Karbala · Iraq
Sri Pada PilgrimageSabaragamuwa Province · Sri Lanka
Five Takhts of SikhismPunjab, Bihar, and Maharashtra · India
Qoyllur Rit'i PilgrimageCusco · Peru
Lalibela New JerusalemAmhara · Ethiopia
Círio de NazaréBelém, Pará · Brazil
St Olav Waterway — Turku to KorpoSouthwest Finland archipelago · Finland
Mount Fuji Sacred Ascent — Yoshida Worship RouteFujiyoshida and Mount Fuji, Yamanashi Prefecture · Japan
Koyasan Choishi-michiKudoyama and Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture · Japan
Gudbrandsdalsleden — Oslo to NidarosOslo, Innlandet, Dovrefjell, Trondelag, and Trondheim · Norway

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Japan545 sacred places
United Kingdom411 sacred places
United States238 sacred places
Turkey195 sacred places
india192 sacred places
Spain184 sacred places
France182 sacred places
Italy160 sacred places
Armenia109 sacred places
Thailand93 sacred places
Portugal86 sacred places
Georgia82 sacred places

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Sacred springs and holy wellsTheme · 96 places
100 sacred mountainsWorldwide · 100 mountains and landscapes
Japan sacred sitesCountry · Japan
Buddhist pilgrimage routes in JapanRoute · Japan
Angkor Wat and sacred temples of CambodiaRegional · Cambodia
Sacred sites in SedonaRegional · Arizona
Megalithic sacred sites of Britain and IrelandRegional · Britain & Ireland
Respectful visitation guideUniversal guidance
Buddhist temple etiquetteEtiquette · Buddhism
Hindu temple etiquetteEtiquette · Hinduism
Christian pilgrimage etiquetteEtiquette · Christianity
Shinto shrine etiquetteEtiquette · Shinto
Islamic sacred-site etiquetteEtiquette · Islam
Indigenous sacred-sites etiquetteEtiquette · Indigenous sites
Sacred origin sitesTheme · Creation & origin
Solstice and equinox sites10 places · Solstice & equinox
Healing pilgrimage sitesTheme · Healing pilgrimage

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Virgin Mary84 sacred places
Śākyamuni Buddha44 sacred places
Shiva43 sacred places
Eleven-Headed Kannon36 sacred places
Thousand-Armed Kannon36 sacred places
Shō Kannon (Holy Kannon)27 sacred places
Medicine Buddha (Yakushi Nyorai)24 sacred places
Avalokiteśvara14 sacred places
Amitābha Buddha (Amida Nyorai)13 sacred places
Ganesha13 sacred places
Jesus Christ10 sacred places
Saint Peter the Apostle9 sacred places

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Built sacred place672 sacred places
Christian worship place518 sacred places
Church495 sacred places
Archaeological place168 sacred places
Megalithic structure132 sacred places
Monastery79 sacred places
Stone circle47 sacred places
Cairn29 sacred places
Dolmen27 sacred places
Chapel23 sacred places
Mosque20 sacred places
Chambered cairn18 sacred places

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