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Explore sacred places by physical form
Move from broad sacred landscapes to precise forms such as churches, monasteries, caves, sanctuaries, and archaeological places. Each category comes from controlled metadata rather than keyword matching.
- Registered places
- 4987
- Physical forms
- 39
- Approved places
- 837
- Proposed places
- 2500
Broad forms
Start with the landscape or structure
Specific forms
Narrow by the most useful form
Built sacred place
Temple
1097 places · 10 approved
Built sacred place
Christian worship place
806 places · 518 approved
Christian worship place
Church
785 places · 495 approved
Built sacred place
Shrine
390 places · 2 approved
Built sacred place
Monastery
384 places · 79 approved
Natural sacred place
Mountain
244 places · 4 approved
Archaeological place
Megalithic structure
211 places · 132 approved
Archaeological place
Ruin
155 places · 0 approved
Archaeological place
Ancient city
85 places · 0 approved
Natural sacred place
Cave
84 places · 4 approved
Built sacred place
Mosque
73 places · 20 approved
Built sacred place
Sanctuary
65 places · 0 approved
Megalithic structure
Stone circle
55 places · 47 approved
Natural sacred place
Island
53 places · 0 approved
Megalithic structure
Dolmen
35 places · 27 approved
Natural sacred place
Spring or well
32 places · 1 approved
Megalithic structure
Cairn
30 places · 29 approved
Christian worship place
Chapel
26 places · 23 approved
Natural sacred place
Lake
23 places · 1 approved
Natural sacred place
River or source
22 places · 0 approved
Cairn
Chambered cairn
20 places · 18 approved
Megalithic structure
Standing stone
18 places · 18 approved
Natural sacred place
Grove
16 places · 0 approved
Archaeological place
Burial mound
14 places · 0 approved
Built sacred place
Synagogue
14 places · 1 approved
Natural sacred place
Rock formation
9 places · 0 approved
Built sacred place
Stupa
9 places · 0 approved
Megalithic structure
Henge
8 places · 2 approved
Megalithic structure
Stone row or alignment
6 places · 3 approved
Burial mound
Tumulus
6 places · 0 approved
Megalithic structure
Passage grave
5 places · 4 approved
Standing stone
Statue-menhir
4 places · 4 approved
Standing stone
Menhir
3 places · 2 approved
Cairn
Burial cairn
2 places · 2 approved
Megalithic structure
Monolith
2 places · 2 approved
Cairn
Long cairn
1 place · 1 approved
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