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Pilgrimage Site
Pilgrimage Site sites reveal how different traditions shape sacred space through architecture, landscape, ritual, and memory.
5 pilgrimage site sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Pilgrimage Site sacred sites overview
Pilgrimage Site 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 | 5 pilgrimage site sacred sites across the current atlas. |
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| UNESCO heritage | 1 UNESCO-tagged pilgrimage site site appear in this browse view. |
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Apparition Hill, Medjugorje
Medjugorje, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Since 1981, pilgrims have climbed a steep, sun-bleached hill outside Medjugorje where six young people reported seeing the Virgin Mary. Over thirty million have followed....
Bhalka Tirth, Veraval, Gujarat
Veraval, Gujarat, India
At Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Gujarat, Bhalka Tirth marks the spot where, by tradition, a hunter's arrow struck Krishna as he sat in yogic repose beneath a peepal tree....
Cross Hill
Medjugorje, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rising above the village of Medjugorje, Cross Hill bears a 16-tonne concrete cross built in 1934 by parishioners who carried every grain of cement and drop of water up 520...
Lourdes Sanctuary
Lourdes, Occitania, France
Since 1858, when fourteen-year-old Bernadette Soubirous saw a lady in white at the Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes has drawn the sick and the seeking to its waters....
Lumbini
Parsa, Lumbini Province, Nepal
Lumbini is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha. For over two millennia, pilgrims have traveled to this garden in southern Nepal where, according to...
Key questions
Pilgrimage Site sacred-site questions
- What pilgrimage site sacred sites are included?
- Pilgrimage Site sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 5 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these pilgrimage site sites located?
- Major country clusters include Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, France, Nepal.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism.
- Can I view pilgrimage site 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.