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.
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Showing 289-336 of 396 sites in this site-type guide
Sanctuary of Saint Mary of Jerusalem at Trški Vrh
Trški Vrh, Trški Vrh, Krapina, Krapina-Zagorje County, Croatia
Sanctuary of Saint Mary of Jerusalem at Trški Vrh is a documented church in Trški Vrh, Croatia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Santa Maria Assunta, Assergi
Assergi, L'Aquila, Italy
At the base of Gran Sasso, Assergi's parish church conceals a secret beneath its modest Romanesque facade....
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....
Sarajevo Old Orthodox Church
Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Sarajevo Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo Old Orthodox Church is a documented church in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Saul Church
Saul, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Saul Church is a nationally or regionally important pilgrimage place in Northern Ireland. Saul Church is interpreted here through Christian pilgrimage tradition....
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....
Seven Wounds Church
Gyumri, Shirak, Armenia
Seven Wounds Church is a documented church in Gyumri, Shirak, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
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...
Shoghakat Church
Vagharshapat, Armavir, Armenia
Shoghakat Church is a documented church in Vagharshapat, Armavir, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Shrine of Our Lady of Candelaria
Puno, Puno, Peru
Each February, the shores of Lake Titicaca transform. The Fiesta de la Virgen de la Candelaria draws 50,000 dancers and 15,000 musicians to Puno in a celebration UNESCO...
Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow
York, England, United Kingdom
Shrine of St Margaret Clitherow belongs among the significant pilgrimage places of England....
Sisavan Church
Sisian, Syunik, Armenia
Sisavan Church is a documented church in Sisian, Syunik, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Southwell Minster
Southwell, England, United Kingdom
Southwell Minster is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....
Spitakavor Church of Ashtarak
Ashtarak, Aragatsotn, Armenia
Spitakavor Church of Ashtarak is a documented church in Ashtarak, Aragatsotn, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
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 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-the-Great
London, England, United Kingdom
St Bartholomew-the-Great is a nationally or regionally important living Christian place in England....
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....
St Bartholomew's Church, Winchester
Winchester, England, United Kingdom
St Bartholomew's is the sole surviving structure of Hyde Abbey, the Benedictine monastery where King Alfred the Great was buried in 1110....
St Botolph's Church, Chevening
Chevening, England, United Kingdom
St Botolph's stands on the North Downs ridge where the Pilgrim's Way has wound since before Christianity....
St Chad's Cathedral
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
St Chad's Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England. St Chad's Cathedral is interpreted here through Roman Catholic Christianity....
St Columb's Cathedral
Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
St Columb's Cathedral stands in Northern Ireland as a major cathedral site. At St Columb's Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public...
St Dunstan's Church, Canterbury
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
St Dunstan's stands just outside Canterbury's medieval West Gate — the last church a pilgrim passed before entering the city....
St George the Martyr Church, Borough
London, England, United Kingdom
Standing at the exact junction where medieval London gave way to the road to Canterbury, St George the Martyr has served as a gateway church for nine centuries....
St George's Cathedral, Southwark
London, England, United Kingdom
St George's Cathedral, Southwark belongs among the significant cathedral places of England....
St Giles' Cathedral
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Giles' Cathedral stands in Scotland as a major cathedral site. At St Giles' Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred...
St James's Church, Shere
Shere, England, United Kingdom
St James's Church in Shere is a Norman and Early English parish church on the ancient Pilgrim's Way through the Surrey Hills....
St John the Baptist Church, Harrietsham
Harrietsham, England, United Kingdom
St John the Baptist Church has stood at the edge of the Pilgrim's Way corridor in the Kent North Downs since at least the Norman Conquest....
St John the Baptist Church, Puttenham
Puttenham, England, United Kingdom
St John the Baptist Church in Puttenham has stood beside the medieval Pilgrim's Way since the twelfth century....
St John's Church
Itchen Abbas, England, United Kingdom
St John the Baptist in Itchen Abbas has stood beside the River Itchen since the Norman period, its twelfth-century chancel arch still intact within a Victorian shell....
St John's Church
Glastonbury, England, United Kingdom
On Glastonbury's High Street stands a church where prayers have risen for eight centuries. St....
St Katharine's Church, Merstham
Merstham, England, United Kingdom
St Katharine's stands on one of Surrey's oldest continuously worshipped sites — over 1,350 years of Christian presence on a chalk ridgeway that became the Pilgrim's Way....
St Kevin's Church, Hollywood
Hollywood, Wicklow, Ireland
St Kevin's Church in Hollywood, County Wicklow — a disused 17th-century church standing on a medieval ecclesiastical site — marks the traditional starting point of the...
St Laurence Church, Seale
Seale, England, United Kingdom
St Laurence Church stands on the southern slopes of Surrey's Hog's Back, where the ancient trackway to Canterbury has passed for nearly a thousand years....
St Lawrence the Martyr Church, Godmersham
Godmersham, England, United Kingdom
St Lawrence the Martyr Church stands in the Stour Valley on the ancient Pilgrim's Way between Winchester and Canterbury....
St Machar's Cathedral
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Machar's Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of Scotland....
St Magnus Cathedral
Kirkwall, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Magnus Cathedral stands in Scotland as a major cathedral site. At St Magnus Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred...
St Margaret's Churchyard, Darenth
Darenth, England, United Kingdom
One of Kent's oldest standing churches, St Margaret's rises quietly above the River Darent on a hillside stitched together from Saxon handiwork and Roman tiles....
St Martha-on-the-Hill
Guildford, England, United Kingdom
St Martha-on-the-Hill is an active Church of England parish church perched 573 feet above the Surrey countryside, reachable only on foot....
St Martin's Church, Canterbury
Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
St Martin's Church in Canterbury is widely regarded as the oldest Christian site in continuous use in the English-speaking world, its walls woven from Roman brick laid...
St Martin's Church, Detling
Detling, England, United Kingdom
St Martin's Church stands at the heart of Detling village on the North Downs of Kent, directly on the ancient trackway that medieval pilgrims walked toward Canterbury....
St Mary the Virgin Church, Thurnham
Thurnham, England, United Kingdom
Set in a quiet Kentish lane, St Mary the Virgin is a Norman flint church whose churchyard the Pilgrim's Way literally passes through....
St Mary's and All Saints Church, Boxley
Boxley, England, United Kingdom
St Mary's and All Saints stands at the foot of the North Downs in Boxley village, a few hundred metres from the ancient Pilgrim's Way....
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) stands in Scotland as a major cathedral site....
St Mary's Church
Easton, England, United Kingdom
St Mary's Church in Easton is a Grade I listed Norman parish church built around 1200, set in the chalk-stream valley of the Itchen two and three-quarter miles from...
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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.