Shrine

Koyasu Shrine

Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Koyasu Shrine (子安神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Kumano Hayatama Taisha

Shingū, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

Kumano Hayatama Taisha stands at the mouth of the Kumano River where it meets the sea, one of three grand shrines that have drawn pilgrims for over a millennium....

Kumano Hongū Taisha

Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

For over a thousand years, every path of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage has led here....

Kumano-Nachi Grand Shrine

Nachikatsuura, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan

One of the three great Kumano shrines, Kumano Nachi Taisha rises on Mt. Nachi above Japan's tallest waterfall....

Madonna di Loreto

Inside Santa Casa di Loreto

Loreto, Ancona, Italy

Within the Holy House of Loreto stands a statue of the Madonna carved from Lebanese cedar, her face and hands dark....

Madonna di Montevergine (Mamma Schiavona)

Inside Sanctuary of Montevergine

Mercogliano, Avellino, Italy

Rising 1,270 meters above the Campanian plains, the Sanctuary of Montevergine has drawn pilgrims for nine centuries to venerate Mamma Schiavona, the Black Madonna....

Mahan

Mahan, Kerman, Iran

In Mahan, near Kerman, the shrine of Shah Nematollah Vali enfolds the tomb of the 14th-century poet and mystic who founded the Nimatullahi Sufi order....

Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics

Maria Stein, Ohio, United States

In rural western Ohio, surrounded by farmland and the steeples of over thirty cross-tipped churches, the Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics holds one of the largest...

Marianka Pilgrimage Shrine

Marianka, Marianka, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Marianka Pilgrimage Shrine is a documented shrine in Marianka, Slovakia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Martyrs' Shrine

Tay, Ontario, Canada

Martyrs' Shrine stands on a hill near Midland, Ontario, honoring eight Jesuit missionaries and companions killed between 1642 and 1649 during the encounter between French...

Masjid Dastgeer Sahib, Kashmir

Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Rising from the heart of Srinagar's Khanyar quarter, Dastgeer Sahib houses a hair relic of Abdul Qadir Gilani, founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order....

Matsunoo-taisha Shrine

Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Mountain water and the kami honored by generations of brewers. Matsunoo-taisha Shrine remains an active Shinto shrine....

Meher Kapısı

Van, Turkey

Meher Kapısı is a monumental niche hewn into the vertical face of Zımzım Mountain, near Van in eastern Turkey....

Meiji Shrine

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Rising from the heart of Tokyo, Meiji Shrine offers one of the world's most dramatic sacred thresholds....

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 Xavier del Bac

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Mission San Xavier del Bac in Tucson, Arizona, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Mitsumine Jingu (Mitsumine Grand Shrine)

Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

High in the Chichibu mountains, Mitsumine Shrine guards nearly two thousand years of worship at a place where wolves once guided a lost prince to safety....

Munakata Taisha

Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Munakata Taisha, stands in Munakata. At Munakata Taisha, Shinto guides custody. Prayer at Munakata Taisha addresses Tagorihime, Tagitsuhime, and Ichikishimahime....

Munmyo Shrine at Sungkyunkwan

Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

Munmyo at Sungkyunkwan unites a Confucian shrine with the Joseon state academy. Its sacred center honors Confucius together with disciples and distinguished Chinese and...

Musashi Mitake Shrine

Ome, Tokyo, Japan

Musashi Mitake Shrine (武蔵御嶽神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...

Museong Seowon

Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

Museong Seowon is not isolated in a dramatic mountain retreat. It sits close to Wonchon village, where houses, lanes, ginkgo trees, fields, and an academy share daily...

Namgye Seowon

Hamyang, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

Namgye Seowon matters not because it is the largest academy, but because its 1552 arrangement clarified a pattern others adapted....

Namiyoke Shrine

Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan

Namiyoke Shrine (波除神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

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 Saint Joseph, Karlovac

Karlovac, Karlovac, Karlovac County, Croatia

National Shrine of Saint Joseph, Karlovac is a documented shrine in Karlovac, Croatia, held 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....

Nezu Shrine

Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Nezu Shrine (根津神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Nikkō Tōshō-gū

Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Nikko Toshogu is the mausoleum and shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the warlord who unified Japan and founded a dynasty that ruled for 300 years of peace....

Nogi Shrine

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan

Nogi Shrine (乃木神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Notre-Dame de Bon-Espoir

Inside Church of Notre-Dame, Dijon

Dijon, Côte-d’Or, France

In a Gothic church praised by Viollet-le-Duc as a masterpiece of reason, one of France's oldest Marian statues holds court....

Notre-Dame de Confession (Our Lady of Confession)

Inside Abbey of Saint-Victor

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

In the crypt of Marseille's oldest sanctuary, a Black Madonna waits in the half-darkness....

Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Lyon, Rhône, France

Crowning the hill that was the cradle of Roman Lyon, Notre-Dame de Fourvière is the Marian heart of the city — built by public subscription in thanksgiving for deliverance...

Notre-Dame de Sous-Terre (Our Lady Under the Earth)

Inside Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France

Beneath the soaring Gothic nave of Chartres Cathedral lies its oldest and most mysterious space: the crypt where Notre-Dame de Sous-Terre—Our Lady Under the Earth—has been...

Ōji Inari Shrine

Kita City, Tokyo, Japan

Ōji Inari Shrine (王子稲荷神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Oji Shrine

Kita City, Tokyo, Japan

Oji Shrine (王子神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference evidence,...

Ōkunitama Shrine

Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Ōkunitama Shrine (大國魂神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Omiya Hachiman-gu

Suginami City, Tokyo, Japan

Omiya Hachiman-gu (大宮八幡宮) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Ono Shrine

Ichinomiya, Tokyo, Japan

Ono Shrine (武蔵國一之宮小野神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Ono-Terusaki Shrine

Taito City, Tokyo, Japan

Ono-Terusaki Shrine (小野照崎神社) is an active Shinto sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...

Our Lady (Virgin) of Montserrat (La Moreneta)

Inside Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey

Marganell, Barcelona, Spain

High on a serrated mountain above Catalonia, the Black Madonna of Montserrat has drawn pilgrims for over a thousand years....

Our Lady of Altötting

Inside Chapel of Grace (Gnadenkapelle), Altötting

Altötting, Bavaria, Germany

Altötting's tiny octagonal Chapel of Grace houses one of Europe's most venerated Black Madonnas — a small dark lindenwood statue carved in the early fourteenth century....

Our Lady of Atocha

Inside Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha

Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Steps from one of Europe's busiest train stations, the Real Basilica de Nuestra Senora de Atocha shelters Madrid's oldest Marian image, a 13th-century wooden figure to...

Our Lady of Chipiona

Inside Sanctuary of Our Lady of Regla, Chipiona

Chipiona, Cádiz, Spain

Where the Guadalquivir River meets the Atlantic, a dark-skinned Virgin has watched over sailors, prisoners, and pilgrims for seven centuries....

Our Lady of Częstochowa

Inside Jasna Góra Monastery

Częstochowa, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

The Black Madonna of Czestochowa rests in the fortress-monastery of Jasna Gora, her dark face bearing two sword slashes that have resisted all repair....

Our Lady of Einsiedeln

Inside Einsiedeln Abbey

Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Switzerland

In the Swiss Alps, a dark-faced Madonna has drawn seekers since the ninth century....

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Inside Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe

Guadalupe, Cáceres, Spain

The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe in the Sierra de las Villuercas is a UNESCO World Heritage site (1993, ref 665) and one of Spain's most consequential...

Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico

Inside Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico

At the foot of Tepeyac Hill, where an Aztec goddess once dwelt and a brown-skinned Virgin appeared to an indigenous man, the world's most visited Catholic pilgrimage site...