Physical form
Christian worship place
518 sacred places classified as christian worship place in Pilgrim Map. This form sits within built sacred place.
Chapel of Saint-Salvayre
Alet-les-Bains, Aude, France
At the end of a rutted road climbing from Alet-les-Bains, a small chapel sits at the edge of sky and mountain....
Chapelle de Picpus in Paris
Paris, Paris, France
In a quiet corner of eastern Paris lies Picpus, where 1,306 victims of the Revolution's final weeks lie in mass graves....
Chapelle du Saint-Pilon
Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume, Var, France
At 994 meters atop the Sainte-Baume massif, a small stone chapel marks the legendary spot where angels lifted Mary Magdalene seven times daily for divine sustenance....
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bonne Délivrance
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
In a quiet Neuilly street stands the chapel of the Sisters of Saint Thomas of Villeneuve, guardians of the Black Madonna of Paris....
Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France
Chartres Cathedral rises from the wheat fields of France as medieval Christianity's most complete surviving statement....
Church of L’Hôpital-Saint-Blaise
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
The sole survivor of a twelfth-century pilgrim hospital, this church on the Béarn–Basque border fuses Romanesque solidity with Hispano-Moorish artistry — pierced stone...
Church of Nasbinals
Lozère, France
On the high plateau of the Aubrac, the Romanesque church of Nasbinals offered pilgrims shelter before the most feared crossing on the Le Puy road....
Church of Notre-Dame, Dijon
Dijon, Côte-d’Or, France
Notre-Dame de Dijon is the church that contains the venerated image of Notre-Dame de Bon-Espoir....
Church of Our Lady of Good Repos
Montfavet, Vaucluse, France
In the village of Montfavet, outside Avignon, a Gothic church carries the name its cardinal founder chose in 1341: Notre-Dame de Bon Repos, Our Lady of Good Rest....
Church of Perse
Aveyron, France
On the approach to Espalion, the Romanesque church of Perse was a priory of the great Abbey of Conques, dedicated like its mother house to Sainte-Foy....
Church of Saint Faith of Bains
Haute-Loire, France
On the early stages of the Via Podiensis stands the church of Sainte-Foy at Bains, a twelfth-century Romanesque building of volcanic stone....
Church of Saint James, Moissac
Tarn-et-Garonne, France
The Church of Saint-Jacques is Moissac's parish dedicated to Saint James the Greater, the apostle whose shrine at Compostela is the Camino's destination....
Church of Saint John the Baptist of Ostabat
Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Ostabat was one of medieval Europe's great Camino crossroads, where three of the four great French routes to Santiago converged before the final stage to...
Church of Saint Martin
Tarn-et-Garonne, France
The Church of Saint-Martin is reputedly among the oldest church sites in France, a Christian sanctuary built directly over the heated floors of a Gallo-Roman bathhouse....
Church of Saint Privat
Haute-Loire, France
In Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaison, the first village-stage of the Via Podiensis after Le Puy, stands a twelfth-century Romanesque church of reddish volcanic stone....
Church of Saint Quiteria
Landes, France
On the hill of Le Mas above Aire-sur-l'Adour, this Romanesque church guards the tomb of Saint Quitterie and a carved 4th-century marble sarcophagus older than the building...
Church of Saint-Pierre of Bessuéjouls
Aveyron, France
Between Espalion and Estaing, the modest church of Saint-Pierre de Bessuéjouls keeps an extraordinary secret: a tiny Romanesque chapel raised in its bell tower and...
Church of St. Aignan, Chartres
Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France
Hidden among the houses near Chartres' famous cathedral, the Church of St. Aignan represents something the cathedral cannot offer: intimacy....
Collégiale Saint-Martin de Candes
Candes-Saint-Martin, Indre-et-Loire, France
A Gothic collegiate church in a Loire Valley village marks the exact spot where Martin of Tours, one of Western Christianity's most venerated saints, died in 397....
Collegiate Church of Saint Peter, La Romieu
Gers, France
The Collegiate Church of Saint-Pierre rises over La Romieu, a Gascon village founded as a sheltered waystation on the road to Santiago....
Condom Cathedral
Gers, France
Condom Cathedral, the Cathédrale Saint-Pierre, rises over the Gascon town above the Baïse river....
Éauze Cathedral
Gers, France
Saint-Luperc, the former cathedral of Éauze, stands on the site of Roman Elusa, a bishop's see since late antiquity....
Eglise Notre-Dame de Pontoise
Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France
Église Notre-Dame de Pontoise has drawn pilgrims since the thirteenth century, when word spread of a Virgin who could grant stillborn babies a moment of life for baptism....
Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is a fortified Romanesque church on the Camargue coast holding the relics of Mary Jacobe and Mary Salome, and, in its dark...
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Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Martigues
Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine stands in Martigues' canal-threaded Île quarter, a 17th-century Baroque parish church dedicated to Mary Magdalene and a waypoint on the...
La Madeleine (Church of Saint Mary Magdalene)
Paris, Paris, France
Fifty-two Corinthian columns surround a church that looks nothing like a church. No cross. No bell tower....
Lectoure Cathedral
Gers, France
Lectoure Cathedral, dedicated to the martyr brothers Gervasius and Protasius, crowns a hilltop town in the Gers....
Moulins Cathedral
Moulins, Allier, France
Moulins Cathedral is the episcopal and architectural setting for the Black Madonna of Moulins....
Notre-Dame des Malades
Vichy, Allier, France
In the heart of old Vichy, two churches share one roof. The 18th-century chapel holds what remains of a medieval Black Virgin—her head saved by an eleven-year-old during...
Notre-Dame-des-Pauvres Church, Aubrac
Aveyron, France
On the high, treeless Aubrac plateau stands Notre-Dame-des-Pauvres, the late-twelfth-century church of the medieval Dômerie d'Aubrac, a monastery-hospital founded to...
Our Lady of Le Puy Catholic Church, Figeac
Lot, France
On the hill above Figeac stands the town's oldest parish church, dedicated to Our Lady of Le Puy....
Saint-Geniez-d’Olt Church
Aveyron, France
In the Lot valley below the Aubrac, Saint-Geniez-d'Olt grew rich on cloth and built itself a substantial domed parish church in the southern Baroque-classical manner....
Saint-Médard Church, Saugues
Haute-Loire, France
At the heart of Saugues stands the former collegiate church of Saint-Médard, a convergence point on the Via Podiensis where pilgrims from Le Puy meet those arriving from...
Saint-Roch Chapel
Lozère, France
Standing alone at around 1,300 metres in the bleak Margeride, the Chapelle Saint-Roch marks the highest reaches and the Haute-Loire–Lozère threshold of the Le Puy route....
St. Cosmas' Church
Aveyron, France
In one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France, the church of Saint-Côme-et-Saint-Damien lifts a strange twisted 'flamed' spire above the rooftops....
The Abbey Church of the Holy Savior in Figeac
Lot, France
At the heart of medieval Figeac stands Saint-Sauveur, the surviving abbey church of a Benedictine, later Cluniac, monastery founded in 838 whose relics drew pilgrims for...
The Church of Saint Fleuret in Estaing
Aveyron, France
In the village of Estaing, reached across a UNESCO-listed Gothic bridge, the flamboyant church of Saint-Fleuret holds the relics of the village's patron, a bishop said to...
Alaverdi Cathedral
Akhmeta, Kakheti, Georgia
No description available yet.
Anchiskhati Basilica
Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
No description available yet.
Ateni Sioni Church
Ateni, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Ateni Sioni Church is a documented church in Ateni, Shida Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Barakoni Church
Tsesi, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Georgia
No description available yet.
Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God
Batumi, Adjara, Georgia
Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God is a documented cathedral in Batumi, Adjara, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Bedia Cathedral
Bedia, Abkhazia, Georgia
Bedia Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Bedia, Abkhazia, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral
Bolnisi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Bolnisi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Church of the Savior in Chazhashi
Chazhashi, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
No description available yet.
Ejmiatsin Armenian Church, Tbilisi
Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
No description available yet.
Gergeti Trinity Church
Stepantsminda, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia
No description available yet.
Gremi Church of the Archangels
Gremi, Kakheti, Georgia
No description available yet.
Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi
Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
No description available yet.
Ienashi Church of the Prophet Jonah
Latali, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
No description available yet.
Kala Church of St Kvirike and St Ivlita
Kala, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Kala Church of St Kvirike and St Ivlita is a documented church in Kala, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Kashveti Church
Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
No description available yet.
Kumurdo Cathedral
Akhalkalaki, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Kumurdo Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Akhalkalaki, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Kvetera Church
Akhmeta, Kakheti, Georgia
No description available yet.
Laghami Church of the Transfiguration
Mestia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
No description available yet.
Lamaria Church
Ushguli, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
No description available yet.
Likhauri Church
Ozurgeti, Guria, Georgia
Likhauri Church is a documented church in Ozurgeti, Guria, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Lower Betlemi Church
Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
No description available yet.
Mama Daviti Church
Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
No description available yet.
Manglisi Sioni Cathedral
Manglisi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
Manglisi Sioni Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Manglisi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....