Site type guide
Cathedral
Cathedrals concentrate sacred architecture, civic memory, liturgy, pilgrimage, relic traditions, and regional identity into monumental worship spaces.
180 cathedral sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
Atlas summary
Cathedral sacred sites overview
Cathedral sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this guide to compare major country clusters, represented traditions, UNESCO-tagged places, and the map distribution before opening individual site pages.
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Showing 97-144 of 180 sites in this site-type guide
Mokvi Cathedral
Mokvi, Abkhazia, Georgia
Mokvi Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Mokvi, Abkhazia, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
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....
Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba
Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
Begun in 785-786 CE as the great congregational mosque of Umayyad Córdoba and consecrated as a Catholic cathedral after the 1236 Christian conquest, the building known as...
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, belongs within Episcopal Christianity....
Moulins Cathedral
Moulins, Allier, France
Moulins Cathedral is the episcopal and architectural setting for the Black Madonna of Moulins....
Myeongdong Cathedral
Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
Myeongdong Cathedral is not only a Gothic landmark above a shopping district. Its official history locates Korea’s first faith community here in 1784, before the current...
Newcastle Cathedral
Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Newcastle Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Newcastle Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred...
Nidaros Cathedral
Trondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
At the northern reach of medieval Christendom, a Gothic cathedral rises over the burial site of St....
Norwich Cathedral
Norwich, England, United Kingdom
Norwich Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon
Sài Gòn, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica of Saigon is the cathedral church of the city's Roman Catholic community....
Nottingham Cathedral
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
Nottingham Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England. Nottingham Cathedral is interpreted here through Roman Catholic Christianity....
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...
Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos
Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The largest Serbian Orthodox cathedral in Sarajevo rises five-domed above a city defined by the coexistence of minarets, bell towers, and synagogues....
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...
Paisley Abbey
Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
Paisley Abbey stands in Scotland as a major living Christian site. At Paisley Abbey, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
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....
Pécs Cathedral
Pécs, Pécs, Baranya County, Hungary
Pécs Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Pécs, Hungary, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Peterborough Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Peterborough Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred...
Piacenza Cathedral
Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
Piacenza Cathedral is the active Catholic church of Santa Maria Assunta and Santa Giustina in a historic Via Francigena city....
Porto Cathedral
Porto, Porto, Portugal
The Sé do Porto has held the seat of the Bishop of Porto for nine centuries, its thick Romanesque walls and twin towers built as much for defense as for devotion....
Portsmouth Cathedral
Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Portsmouth Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Quarr Abbey
Ryde, England, United Kingdom
Quarr Abbey stands in England as a major living Christian site. At Quarr Abbey, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
Resurrection Cathedral Bishkek
Bishkek, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan
Resurrection Cathedral Bishkek is a documented cathedral in Bishkek, Bishkek City, Kyrgyzstan, connected with Regional religious heritage....
Ripon Cathedral
Ripon, England, United Kingdom
Ripon Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Ripon Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
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....
Romsey Abbey
Romsey, England, United Kingdom
Romsey Abbey belongs among the significant living Christian places of England. The sacred frame at Romsey Abbey comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition....
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Sacred Heart Cathedral stands at the center of Sarajevo, a Neo-Gothic witness to the restoration of Catholicism in Bosnia after nearly seven hundred years without a...
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan
Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral, Yerevan is a documented cathedral in Yerevan, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Yerevan
Yerevan, Yerevan, Armenia
Saint Sarkis Cathedral, Yerevan is a documented cathedral in Yerevan, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Salford Cathedral
Salford, England, United Kingdom
Salford Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Salford Cathedral, Roman Catholic Christianity provides the public sacred context....
Samtavisi Cathedral
Samtavisi, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Samtavisi Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Samtavisi, Shida Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
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....
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...
Selby Abbey
Selby, England, United Kingdom
Selby Abbey stands in England as a major living Christian site. At Selby Abbey, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....
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...
Sheffield Cathedral
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Sheffield Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Sheffield Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Siena Cathedral
Siena, Siena, Italy
Siena Cathedral is the active Catholic cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and a principal sacred stop on the city's Via Francigena route....
Skhalta Cathedral
Khulo, Adjara, Georgia
Skhalta Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Khulo, Adjara, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
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...
Southwell Minster
Southwell, England, United Kingdom
Southwell Minster is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Andrew's Cathedral, Glasgow belongs among the significant cathedral places of Scotland....
St Andrews Cathedral
St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Andrews Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in Scotland....
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast belongs among the significant cathedral places of Northern Ireland....
St Asaph Cathedral
Saint Asaph, Wales, United Kingdom
St Asaph Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of Wales. The sacred frame at St Asaph Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
St Bartholomew-the-Great
London, England, United Kingdom
St Bartholomew-the-Great is a nationally or regionally important living Christian place in England....
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Key questions
Cathedral sacred-site questions
- What cathedral sacred sites are included?
- Cathedral sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 180 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these cathedral sites located?
- Major country clusters include United Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Georgia.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Christianity, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition, Roman Catholic Christianity, Georgian Orthodox Christianity, Armenian Apostolic Christianity, Regional religious heritage.
- Can I view cathedral 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.