Site type guide
Church
Church sacred sites range from everyday worship spaces to pilgrimage destinations shaped by saints, relics, apparitions, architecture, and community memory.
396 church sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
Atlas summary
Church sacred sites overview
Church 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.
| Coverage | 396 church sacred sites across the current atlas. |
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396
Showing 193-240 of 396 sites in this site-type guide
Le Puy
Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France
Two million years ago, underwater volcanoes created a needle of stone rising 82 meters from the valley floor. Prehistoric peoples built a dolmen on its summit....
Lébény Saint James Church
Lébény, Lébény, Győr-Moson-Sopron County, Hungary
Lébény Saint James Church is a documented church in Lébény, Hungary, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Leicester Cathedral
Leicester, England, United Kingdom
Leicester Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Leud Hill Church, Romania
Ieud, Maramureș, Romania
Ieud Hill Church rises from a prominent hilltop in Maramures, northwestern Romania, its wooden silhouette visible across the valley....
Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield, England, United Kingdom
Lichfield Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Likhauri Church
Ozurgeti, Guria, Georgia
Likhauri Church is a documented church in Ozurgeti, Guria, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Liverpool Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, Roman Catholic Christianity provides the public sacred...
Llandaff Cathedral
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Llandaff Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of Wales. The sacred frame at Llandaff Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
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....
Mære Church Site
Steinkjer, Trøndelag, Norway
Beneath the white-plastered walls of a Romanesque parish church in central Norway, postholes still hold gold offerings to gods that Christianity displaced....
Manchester Cathedral
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Manchester Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Manchester Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...
Maria Radna Monastery and Church, Romania
Lipova, Arad, Romania
Maria Radna Basilica rises from a hilltop above the Mures River in western Romania, a monumental baroque church that serves as one of the most important Catholic...
Máriakéménd Pilgrimage Church
Máriakéménd, Máriakéménd, Baranya County, Hungary
Máriakéménd Pilgrimage Church is a documented church in Máriakéménd, Hungary, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Matriz Church of Ponte de Lima
Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Ponte de Lima's matriz church stands on the site of a 12th-13th century Romanesque predecessor that, by the town's own 1444 testimony, had grown too small for its...
Matthias Church
Budapest, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Matthias Church is a documented church in Budapest, Hungary, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Maxton Kirk (Maxton Parish Church)
Maxton, Maxton, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
Maxton Kirk (Maxton Parish Church) is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Maxton, Maxton, Scottish Borders, Scotland, not as a route label or nearby point of...
Meghri Saint Sargis Church
Meghri, Syunik, Armenia
Meghri Saint Sargis Church is a documented church in Meghri, Syunik, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Meghri Surb Astvatsatsin Church
Meghri, Syunik, Armenia
Meghri Surb Astvatsatsin Church is a documented church in Meghri, Syunik, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Misión de Guadalupe de los Mansos
Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Misión de Guadalupe de los Mansos is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, not as a route label or nearby point...
Mission La Purísima Concepción
Lompoc, Lompoc, California, United States
Mission La Purísima Concepción is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Lompoc, Lompoc, California, United States, not as a route label or nearby point of...
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
Soledad, Soledad, California, United States
The record concerns a historic mission complex and living religious site within Roman Catholic Christianity and California Indigenous histories....
Mission San Antonio de Padua
Jolon, Jolon, California, United States
Mission San Antonio de Padua is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Jolon, Jolon, California, United States, not as a route label or nearby point of interest....
Mission San Buenaventura
Ventura, Ventura, California, United States
The record concerns a historic mission complex and living religious site within Roman Catholic Christianity and California Indigenous histories....
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Carmel Mission)
Carmel-by-the-Sea, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Mission San Diego de Alcalá
San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
The record concerns a historic mission complex and living religious site within Roman Catholic Christianity and California Indigenous histories....
Mission San Fernando Rey de España
Mission Hills (Los Angeles), Mission Hills (Los Angeles), California, United States
The record concerns a historic mission complex and living religious site within Roman Catholic Christianity and California Indigenous histories....
Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores)
San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
San Gabriel, San Gabriel, California, United States
Its inclusion on California Mission Trail is supported by the reviewed route, religious, historical fabric, and structured-whole-site subject cited records....
Mission San José
Fremont, Fremont, California, United States
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Mission San Juan Bautista
San Juan Bautista, San Juan Bautista, California, United States
Mission San Juan Bautista is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in San Juan Bautista, San Juan Bautista, California, United States, not as a route label or nearby...
Mission San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, California, United States
Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, California, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, California, United States
The record concerns a historic mission complex and living religious site within Roman Catholic Christianity and California Indigenous histories....
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Oceanside, Oceanside, California, United States
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Mission San Miguel Arcángel
San Miguel, San Miguel, California, United States
Its inclusion on California Mission Trail is supported by the reviewed route, religious, preserved material, and structured-named place consulted evidence....
Mission San Rafael Arcángel
San Rafael, San Rafael, California, United States
Its inclusion on California Mission Trail is supported by the reviewed route, religious, protected fabric, and structured-recorded identity evidence set....
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Mission San Xavier del Bac in Tucson, Arizona, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Mission Santa Bárbara
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Mission Santa Clara de Asís
Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States
Its inclusion on California Mission Trail is supported by the reviewed route, religious, conservation record, and structured-identity evidence record materials....
Mission Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States
Its inclusion on California Mission Trail is supported by the reviewed route, religious, material history, and structured-documented entity references....
Mission Santa Inés
Solvang, Solvang, California, United States
Mission Santa Inés is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Solvang, Solvang, California, United States, not as a route label or nearby point of interest....
Mission Socorro (Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Socorro)
Socorro, Socorro, Texas, United States
Mission Socorro (Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Socorro) is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Socorro, Socorro, Texas, United States, not as a route...
Mission Ysleta (Nuestra Señora del Carmen)
Ysleta, El Paso, Ysleta, El Paso, Texas, United States
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Nakipari Church of St George
Ipari, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Nakipari Church of St George is a documented church in Ipari, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
National Pantheon, Church of Santa Engrácia
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Begun in 1681 to house the relics of a virgin martyr, the Church of Santa Engrácia took nearly three centuries to complete — so long that Lisbon still calls any endless...
National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Emmitsburg, Maryland, United States
National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg, Maryland, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
National Shrine of St. John Neumann
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
National Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity. At National Shrine of St....
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
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Key questions
Church sacred-site questions
- What church sacred sites are included?
- Church sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 396 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these church sites located?
- Major country clusters include United Kingdom, United States, France, Armenia, Spain, Portugal.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Christianity, Roman Catholic Christianity, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition, Armenian Apostolic Christianity, Roman Catholic Christianity and California Indigenous histories, Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
- Can I view church 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.