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Basilica
Basilica sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
64 basilica sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Basilica sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
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| Coverage | 64 basilica sacred sites across the current atlas. |
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| UNESCO heritage | 2 UNESCO-tagged basilica sites appear in this browse view. |
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Basilica of Virgin of Itatí, Corientes, Argentina
Municipio de Itatí, Corrientes, Argentina
In 1888, two shepherdesses on the slopes of Monte Patalecchia reported seeing the Madonna Addolorata — the Mother of Sorrows — holding the body of Christ....
Basilica Parrocchiale di Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Santa Maria del Popolo rises where legend says Pope Paschal II exorcised the demons haunting Nero's grave....
Basilica santuario di Maria Santissima Addolorata
Castelpetroso, Molise, Italy
In 1888, two shepherdesses on the slopes of Monte Patalecchia reported seeing the Madonna Addolorata — the Mother of Sorrows — holding the body of Christ....
Basilica Santuario Nostra Signora di Bonaria
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
On a hill overlooking Cagliari and the Mediterranean, a statue of the Virgin arrived by sea during a storm in 1370—the candle in her hand still burning when the crate was...
Basilica Shrine of Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain
Caravaca de la Cruz, Region of Murcia, Spain
One of only five Catholic Holy Cities in the world, Caravaca de la Cruz holds a relic believed to contain a fragment of the True Cross....
Church of the Holy Trinity Saccargia (Basilica della Santissima Trinita de Saccargia)
Codronzanu/Codrongianos, Sardinia, Italy
The Basilica della Santissima Trinità di Saccargia rises from the pastoral Sardinian countryside in dramatic stripes of black basalt and white limestone....
Đền Đức Mẹ La Vang
Hải Lăng, Hải Lăng, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam
Đền Đức Mẹ La Vang is the spiritual heart of Vietnamese Catholicism. Oral tradition holds that in 1798, during the Tây Sơn dynasty's persecution of Catholics, Mary...
Kaunas Cathedral Basilica, Lithuania
Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania
Founded by Grand Duke Vytautas the Great in the early fifteenth century, Kaunas Cathedral Basilica is the largest Gothic church in Lithuania and the seat of the Archbishop...
Mariapocs, Basilica of our Lady of Mariapocs
Máriapócs, North Great Plain, Hungary
In a small town on the Great Plain stands the Greek Catholic basilica of Máriapócs, dedicated to St Michael the Archangel and famed for an icon of the Mother of God that...
Our Lady of Deliverance
Douvres-la-Délivrande, Normandy, France
Notre-Dame de la Délivrande—the Black Madonna of Délivrande—specializes in liberation....
Peñafrancia Basilica
Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Rising in Naga City at the heart of the Bicol region, Peñafrancia Basilica enshrines the miraculous image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, lovingly called Ina (Mother) by...
Royal Basilica of San Francisco el Grande
Madrid, Madrid, Community of 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, Catalonia, Spain
The Sagrada Família began in 1882 as an expiatory temple, funded entirely by donation, dedicated to the Holy Family....
Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal
Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Saint Joseph's Oratory rises in three vast tiers above Mount Royal, but its heart is the small votive chapel where thousands of crutches, canes, and braces line the walls....
Sanctuaire Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada
The Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré stands on the Côte-de-Beaupré, about thirty-five kilometres north-east of Quebec City....
Sanctuary in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Lesser Poland, Poland
Rising above the Beskid foothills southwest of Krakow, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska recreates Jerusalem's sacred geography across 380 hectares of forested hills....
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Basilica sacred-site questions
- What basilica sacred sites are included?
- Basilica sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 64 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these basilica sites located?
- Major country clusters include Italy, Spain, France, Mexico, Austria, Canada.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Christianity, Celtic and Prehistoric.
- Can I view basilica sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.