Site type guide
Hermitage
Hermitage sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
3 hermitage sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Hermitage sacred sites overview
Hermitage 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 | 3 hermitage sacred sites across the current atlas. |
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Drak Yerpa
Lhasa, Tibet, China
Drak Yerpa is a limestone cliff amphitheater northeast of Lhasa containing 108 meditation caves sanctified by twelve centuries of contemplative practice....
Ermita de Betlem
Artà, Artà, Mallorca, Spain
Ermita de Betlem sits some nine kilometers into the hills above Artà, on a hermitage founded in 1805 by monks who built over an old watchtower and named the place for the...

Sanctuary of Sant Honorat
Algaida, Algaida, Mallorca, Spain
Sant Honorat is the lower and least-visited of the three historic sanctuaries on Mallorca's Puig de Randa, founded by hermits in the 1390s and still home today to a small...
Key questions
Hermitage sacred-site questions
- What hermitage sacred sites are included?
- Hermitage sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 3 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these hermitage sites located?
- Major country clusters include Spain, China.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Christianity, Buddhism.
- Can I view hermitage 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.