What city sacred sites are included?

City sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 104 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.

Where are these city sites located?

Major country clusters include Turkey, North Macedonia, France, Nepal, Mexico, Georgia.

Which traditions are represented?

Traditions represented here include Ancient, Multi-tradition, Hellenistic Greek, Christianity, Ancient Greek and Roman, Lycian.

Can I view city 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.

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City sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.

104 city sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.

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City sacred sites overview

City 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.

City sacred sites overview
Coverage	104 city sacred sites across the current atlas.
Major countries	Turkey79 North Macedonia5 France3 Nepal3 Mexico2
Traditions	Ancient46 Multi-tradition18 Hellenistic Greek13 Christianity6 Ancient Greek and Roman4
UNESCO heritage	15 UNESCO-tagged city sites appear in this browse view.

By country

Turkey79 North Macedonia5 France3 Nepal3 Mexico2 Georgia1

By tradition

Ancient46 Multi-tradition18 Hellenistic Greek13 Christianity6 Ancient Greek and Roman4 Lycian4

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City in Turkey79 City in North Macedonia5 City in France3 Ancient city46 Multi-tradition city18 Hellenistic Greek city13 UNESCO city15

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Showing 97-104 of 104 sites in this site-type guide

Lycian

Tlos

Muğla, Seydikemer, Turkey

Tlos has been continuously occupied since the Bronze Age and carries the fullest record of Lycian history of any city on the coast — from Hittite texts and the myth of...

Multi-tradition

Tripolis on the Maeander

Denizli, Buldan, Turkey

Tripolis on the Maeander stood at the precise meeting point of three ancient regions — Lydia, Phrygia, and Caria — a location that ancient geography understood as...

Ancient

Troy

Çanakkale, Tevfikiye; 39°57′23.184″N, 26°14′20.4″E, Turkey

Troy (Troia / Truva) is a multi-period Bronze Age to Roman city mound near Çanakkale, where nine distinct occupation layers span from around 3000 BC to AD 400....

Ancient

Uzuncaburç

Silifke, Mersin, Mediterranean Region, Turkey

Uzuncaburç was once the divine capital of the Olba kingdom, where a priestly dynasty ruled in the name of Zeus Olbios....

UNESCOBuddhism

Wat Xieng Thong, Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang, Laos

At the tip of Luang Prabang's peninsula, where the Mekong meets the Nam Khan, Wat Xieng Thong has stood since 1560....

Lycian

Xanthos

Antalya, Kınık, Turkey

Xanthos was the greatest city of Lycia, an ancient Anatolian civilization whose most distinctive expression was the pillar tomb: the dead raised on stone columns above the...

Ancient

Zeugma

Nizip / Belkıs, Gaziantep, Southeast Anatolia Region, Turkey

Zeugma stood for two millennia where the Euphrates divided the Greek and Persian worlds....

Ancient

Zincirli

Gaziantep, Nurdağı / Zincirli, Turkey

Zincirli Höyük is the site of ancient Sam'al, a Neo-Hittite and Aramaean city-state in southeastern Turkey....

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Key questions

City sacred-site questions

What city sacred sites are included?: City sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 104 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
Where are these city sites located?: Major country clusters include Turkey, North Macedonia, France, Nepal, Mexico, Georgia.
Which traditions are represented?: Traditions represented here include Ancient, Multi-tradition, Hellenistic Greek, Christianity, Ancient Greek and Roman, Lycian.
Can I view city 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.