Physical form
Church
495 sacred places classified as church in Pilgrim Map. This form sits within christian worship place.
Church of Sant Francesc Xavier
Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain
The parish church of Sant Francesc Xavier is the plain, thick-walled heart of Formentera's capital, raised between 1726 and the late 1730s to serve a resettled island...
Church of Sant Miquel de Balansat
Sant Miquel de Balansat, Sant Miquel de Balansat, Ibiza, Spain
No description available yet.
Church of Santa María del Naranco
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Commissioned around 842 by King Ramiro I of Asturias as the ceremonial hall of his hillside palace, this two-story loggia building later became a Catholic church dedicated...
Church of the Pilgrim Virgin, Pontevedra
Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
Built between 1778 and 1794, the Church of the Pilgrim Virgin takes the shape of a scallop shell — the emblem carried by every walker of the Camino de Santiago....
Convent of Saint Teresa, Ávila
Ávila, Ávila, Spain
A 17th-century Baroque church and convent raised over the room where Teresa of Ávila was born in 1515, now an active Discalced Carmelite site holding her relics in a crypt...
Ex-Collegiate Church of Santa María del Manzano
Castrojeriz, Burgos, Spain
Beneath Castrojeriz's hilltop castle, this ex-collegiate church holds a 13th-century Gothic Virgin whose name recalls a founding legend of discovery in an apple tree....
Iglesia de San Pedro (Gijón)
Gijón, Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Iglesia de San Pedro (Gijón) is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Gijón, Gijón, Asturias, Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of interest....
Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa, Estella
Estella, Estella, Navarra, Spain
Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa, Estella is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Estella, Estella, Navarra, Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of...
Iglesia de San Tirso, Sahagún
Sahagún, Sahagún, Castilla y León (León), Spain
Iglesia de San Tirso, Sahagún is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Sahagún, Sahagún, Castilla y León (León), Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of...
Iglesia de Santa María del Camino, Carrión de los Condes
Carrión de los Condes, Carrión de los Condes, Castilla y León (Palencia), Spain
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Iglesia de Santa María del Juncal
Irún, Irún, Basque Country (Gipuzkoa), Spain
Iglesia de Santa María del Juncal is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Irún, Irún, Basque Country (Gipuzkoa), Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of...
Iglesia de Santiago el Real, Logroño
Logroño, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
Its inclusion on Camino Francés (French Way) is supported by the reviewed route, religious, built legacy, and structured-exact entity documented references....
Iglesia del Crucifijo, Puente la Reina
Puente la Reina, Puente la Reina, Navarra, Spain
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Igrexa de San Xoán ou San Nicolao, Portomarín
Portomarín, Portomarín, Galicia (Lugo), Spain
Its inclusion on Camino Francés (French Way) is supported by the reviewed route, religious, heritage record, and structured-resolved subject sources....
Igrexa de Santa Mariña, Sarria
Sarria, Sarria, Galicia (Lugo), Spain
Igrexa de Santa Mariña, Sarria is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Sarria, Sarria, Galicia (Lugo), Spain, not as a route label or nearby point of interest....
Jaca Cathedral
Jaca, Huesca, Spain
Begun around 1076 under King Sancho Ramírez, Jaca Cathedral is among the oldest Romanesque cathedrals in Spain and the principal waypoint for pilgrims descending the...
Mondoñedo Cathedral
Mondoñedo, Lugo, Spain
Mondoñedo Cathedral is known locally as 'La Catedral Arrodillada'—the Kneeling Cathedral—for the unusually low, austere proportions of its Romanesque-to-Gothic nave....
Orihuela Cathedral
Orihuela, Alicante, Spain
Orihuela Cathedral is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante, built in Valencian Gothic style on the site of the city's principal mosque after the 1281...
Oviedo Cathedral and Holy Chamber
Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Built by King Alfonso II in the early 9th century to house relics carried north ahead of the Moorish conquest, the Cámara Santa remains one of Christendom's most...
Palma Cathedral
Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain
Palma Cathedral, known locally as La Seu, stands directly on Palma's old sea wall, its immense Gothic nave and rose window visible from the water long before a visitor...
Pamplona Cathedral (Santa María la Real)
Pamplona, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
The record concerns a living church and pilgrimage site within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Roncesvalles Collegiate Church
Roncesvalles/Orreaga, Navarre, Spain
Roncesvalles sits just past the Pyrenees crossing from France, at the point where the Camino Francés begins in earnest....
Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
The Royal Basilica provides the church, liturgy, and historical setting for the small image of Our Lady of Atocha....
Royal Basilica of San Francisco el Grande
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Inaugurated in 1784 by Charles III, the Royal Basilica of San Francisco el Grande pairs an active Franciscan parish with a dome built explicitly to rival the Pantheon and...
Sagrada Família
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
The Sagrada Família began in 1882 as an expiatory temple, funded entirely by donation, dedicated to the Holy Family....
San Sebastián Cathedral (Catedral del Buen Pastor)
San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
San Sebastian's Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is the active seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Sebastian and a clear ecclesial landmark near the Camino del Norte....
Santa María la Real do Cebreiro
Pedrafita do Cebreiro, Lugo, Spain
Perched at 1,293 meters where the Camino Francés crosses from Castile-León into Galicia, this small pre-Romanesque church has sheltered pilgrims since the 9th century....
Santander Cathedral (Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción)
Santander, Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Santo Domingo de la Calzada Cathedral
Santo Domingo de la Calzada, La Rioja, Spain
Santo Domingo de la Calzada Cathedral holds the tomb of an eleventh-century hermit who made this stretch of the Camino Francés safe by building a causeway, a bridge, and a...
Segovia Cathedral
Segovia, Segovia, Spain
Segovia Cathedral crowns the city's Plaza Mayor as the final major expression of Gothic architecture built in Spain, raised after the destruction of its predecessor during...
Seville Cathedral
Seville, Seville, Spain
Seville Cathedral rose from 1401 over the footprint of the city's great Almohad mosque, keeping the mosque's minaret and ablutions courtyard as it grew into the largest...
Tarragona Cathedral
Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain
Tarragona Cathedral sits above the vanished Temple of Augustus, at the heart of what was once the Roman Empire's provincial forum....
Toledo Cathedral
Toledo, Toledo, Spain
Toledo Cathedral has stood at the spiritual centre of Iberian Christianity since the Reconquista of 1085, though the ground it occupies has been sacred for far longer —...
Tui Cathedral
Tui, Pontevedra, Spain
Tui Cathedral rises on a hill above the Miño River, its crenellated towers built as much for defense against Portugal as for worship....
Kirkkokari Island (St. Henry’s Island)
Säkylä, Satakunta, Finland
A small island in southwestern Finland marks the site where Bishop Henry was martyred in 1156, an event that tradition holds as the beginning of Finnish Christianity....
Luce Memorial Chapel
Xitun, Taichung City, Taichung, Taiwan
On Tunghai University's campus, four curved concrete shells lean toward each other without quite touching, leaving a narrow seam of open sky at the roof's spine....
Wanjin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
Wanjin, Pingtung County, Pingtung County, Taiwan
In a rural stretch of southern Taiwan more commonly associated with Taoist temples and Buddhist shrines, twin Spanish-Gothic bell towers rise above rice paddies....
Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Istanbul
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Rising in red brick along Istanbul's busiest avenue, the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua has served the city's Catholic community since 1725....
Church of St. Mary of Blachernae (Ayın Biri Kilisesi), Istanbul, Turkey
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
At the edge of Istanbul's Byzantine walls, a small church marks one of Christianity's most storied Marian shrines....
Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul, Turkey
Beyoğlu, Marmara Bölgesi, Türkiye
No description available yet.
Church of St. Pierre, Antakya
Antakya, Akdeniz Bölgesi, Türkiye
No description available yet.
All Saints, Blackheath
London, England, United Kingdom
All Saints' Blackheath stands at the threshold between London and the open road south....
All Saints' Church, Boughton Aluph
Boughton Aluph, England, United Kingdom
All Saints' Church stands directly on the Pilgrim's Way in the Kent village of Boughton Aluph, where it has sheltered travellers bound for Canterbury since the 12th...
Beverley Minster
Beverley, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the market town of Beverley in East Yorkshire, this Gothic minster has witnessed over 1,300 years of continuous worship since St John of Beverley founded a...
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
Canterbury Cathedral stands at the end of the Pilgrim's Way as the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the site of Thomas Becket's martyrdom in 1170....
Christ Church, Shooters Hill
London, England, United Kingdom
Perched near the summit of the highest point in the London Borough of Greenwich, Christ Church stands on the ancient Watling Street — the Roman road that carried medieval...
Church of St Frideswide, Oxford, England
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
In the Latin Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral, fragments of stone reassembled after 400 years form the reconstructed shrine of St Frideswide, the woman who founded...
Church of St Martha-on-the-Hill
Chilworth, England, United Kingdom
St Martha-on-the-Hill is an active Anglican church at the summit of a 574-foot Surrey hilltop, standing where pilgrims have paused since the Norman era. Foot access only....
Church of St. Mary and St. Edwin, Evesham, England
Wychavon, England, United Kingdom
In the center of Evesham, a Gothic Revival church carries forward a devotion that Henry VIII tried to end....
Church of the Holy Rood, Holybourne
Holybourne, England, United Kingdom
The Church of the Holy Rood stands beside the spring that gave Holybourne its name — haligburna, Old English for sacred stream....
Durham Cathedral
Durham, England, United Kingdom
For 120 years, monks fleeing Vikings carried the body of St. Cuthbert across northern England....
Ely Cathedral
Ely, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the flat fenlands of East Anglia like a ship on a calm sea, Ely Cathedral has anchored worship on this site since the 7th century....
Exeter Cathedral
Exeter, England, United Kingdom
Rising from foundations that have witnessed Roman soldiers, Saxon monks, and Norman bishops, Exeter Cathedral holds the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in...
Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
When King Edward II was murdered at Berkeley Castle in 1327, other abbeys refused his body....
Holywell
Cymru / Wales, United Kingdom
No description available yet.
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln, England, United Kingdom
No description available yet.
Rochester Cathedral
Rochester, England, United Kingdom
Rochester Cathedral has stood at the Medway crossing since AD 604, making it one of the oldest sites of continuous Christian worship in England....
Southwark Cathedral
London, England, United Kingdom
Southwark Cathedral stands at London's oldest river crossing as the official starting point of the Becket Way — the 90-mile pilgrimage to Canterbury Thomas Becket himself...
St Barnabas Church, Ranmore
Ranmore Common, England, United Kingdom
St Barnabas Church stands at 700 feet on Ranmore Common, its Victorian spire rising above Surrey woodland on the North Downs ridge followed by medieval pilgrims to...
St Bartholomew's Church, Otford
Otford, England, United Kingdom
St Bartholomew's stands at the heart of Otford village, where the Winchester and London arms of the Pilgrim's Way converge....