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Sacred site types

338 types, 1,831 sacred places. Built form, landscape, and ritual function as entry points.

Temple

230

Buddhist Temple

126

Church

126

Monastery

81

Ancient City

71

Shrine

69

Archaeological Site

65

Cathedral

60

Basilica

58

Sanctuary

53

Stone Circle

38

Sacred Mountain

30

Dolmen

27

Hindu Temple

26

Talayotic Settlement

21

Broch

20

Rock Art Site

20

Mausoleum

18

Chambered Cairn

16

Geoglyph

16

Chapel

14

Shinto Shrine

14

archaeological_site

13

Religious

13

Mosque

12

Neolithic Settlement

11

Abbey

10

Ancient City Ruins

10

Mound

10

Natural

10

Necropolis

10

Cave

9

Cairn

8

Cave Art Site

8

City

8

Giants' Tomb

8

Natural Sacred Site

8

Roman Archaeological Site

8

Standing Stone

8

Unknown

8

Megalithic site

7

Devotional Chapel Complex

6

Hillfort

6

Hittite Rock Relief

6

Lake

6

Megalithic Tomb

6

Pyramid

5

Pyramid/Tomb

5

Ancient Sanctuary

4

Ancient Temple

4

Bronze Age Casteddu

4

Burial Mound

4

Marian Shrine

4

Megalithic monument

4

Nuragic Complex

4

Pilgrimage Site

4

Rock Art

4

Statue

4

Stupa

4

Burial Site

3

Giants' Grave

3

Hill

3

Holy Well

3

Megalithic

3

Megalithic Temple Complex

3

Neolithic Cult Centre

3

Petroglyph Site

3

Rock-cut Sanctuary

3

Rock-cut Tomb

3

Rock-cut Tombs

3

Sacred Cave

3

Sacred Island

3

Sacred Tree

3

Spring or Well

3

Standing Stones

3

Statue-Menhir

3

Tekke

3

Temple Complex

3

Tumulus

3

Vortex Site

3

Ancient Capital

2

Archaeological

2

Archaeological Mound

2

Black Madonna Statue

2

Bronze Age Settlement

2

Bronze Age Tell

2

Bronze Age Torra

2

Burial Cairn

2

Burial Ground

2

Castle

2

Cave Temple

2

Convent

2

Dargah

2

Fortress

2

Giant's Church (Stone Enclosure)

2

Grotto

2

Heiau

2

Henge

2

Hermitage

2

Hill Fort

2

Historical

2

Hittite Cult City

2

Hypogeum

2

Luwian Rock Inscription

2

Megalithic Complex

2

Megalithic Observatory

2

Menhir

2

Monastery and Round Tower

2

Monument

2

Mounds

2

National Park

2

Neo-Hittite Peak Sanctuary

2

Neo-Hittite Rock Relief

2

Neolithic Temple

2

Palace Ruins

2

Pilgrimage Route

2

Relic

2

Rock Relief

2

Roman Temple

2

Royal Tumulus

2

Sacred Hill

2

Sacred Natural Site

2

Sacred Stone

2

Sacred Well

2

Stalled Cairn

2

Stone Monument

2

Stone Row

2

Talayot

2

Abbey Ruins

1

Abbey/Ruins

1

Aboriginal sacred site

1

Acropolis

1

Ancient Burial Ground

1

Ancient Cult Complex

1

Ancient Harbour

1

Ancient Necropolis

1

Ancient Sacred Precinct

1

Ancient Sanctuary City

1

Ancient Settlement

1

Ancient Tree/Church

1

Ancient Village

1

Apparition Site

1

Archaeoastronomical Site

1

Archaeological Museum

1

Archaeology site

1

Astronomical observation device

1

Balancing Rock / Glacial Erratic

1

Basilica and Monastery

1

Basilica Shrine

1

Birth Site

1

Broch and Village

1

Broch/Fort

1

Bronze Age Burial Cairns

1

Bronze Age City

1

Bronze Age Palace City

1

burial and ceremonial site

1

Burial Mound Cemetery

1

Byzantine Episcopal City

1

Byzantine Ruins

1

Calvary

1

Canyon

1

Catacombs

1

Cathedral Basilica

1

Cave Chapel

1

cave chapel (troglodyte)

1

Cave Sanctuary

1

Ceremonial Complex

1

Ceremonial Earthworks

1

Ceremonial Hill

1

Chalcolithic Mound

1

Chambered Tomb

1

Chapel/Holy Well

1

Christian Church

1

Christian Shrine

1

Chthonic Sanctuary

1

Church & Temple

1

Church and Archaeological Site

1

Church and Mosque

1

Church Ruins

1

Church Site (Archaeological)

1

City and Municipality

1

Collegiate Church

1

Conservation Reserve

1

Cross Display

1

Cup-Marked Offering Stone

1

Dolmen-Chapel

1

Dzong

1

Forest

1

Forest and Basilica

1

Fortified Church

1

fortified city

1

Fortified Village

1

Gånggrift

1

Geoglyph Site

1

Geoglyphs

1

Glacial Pothole

1

Greek Oracle Sanctuary

1

Greek Sanctuary and Stoa

1

Gurudwara

1

Healing Sanctuary

1

Hellenistic Port City

1

Heritage Center

1

Hermitage/Sanctuary

1

Hierothesion

1

High Cross

1

Hill figure

1

Hill Fort and Medieval Castle Ruins

1

Hill/Mountain

1

Hillfort / Ancient Castle Hill

1

Hindu Pilgrimage Site

1

Historic Bridge

1

Historic pilgrim departure square (Via Podiensis / GR65 trailhead)

1

Historic Town

1

Historical Park

1

Hittite Administrative Center

1

Hittite Monumental Gate

1

Hittite Rock Monument

1

Hittite Rock Sanctuary

1

Hittite Royal City

1

Hittite Sacred Pool Monument

1

Hittite Sculpture Quarry

1

Holy Cave

1

Holy Island

1

Holy Site

1

Holy Wells

1

Hot Springs

1

Inca Citadel

1

Indian Mounds

1

Ionian Ancient City

1

Iron Age City

1

Iron Age Hill Fort

1

Iron Age Site

1

Iron Age Temple Complex

1

Island

1

Long Barrow

1

Long Cairn

1

Marian apparition site

1

Marian Statue

1

Maya site

1

Maya site and Franciscan monastery

1

Medieval Castle

1

Megalith

1

Megalithic circle

1

Megalithic ruins

1

Megalithic Sanctuary

1

Megalithic Temple

1

Mesoamerican archaeological site

1

Minaret

1

Monastery and Church

1

Monastery Complex

1

Monastic Settlement

1

Monolith

1

Mosque-Cathedral

1

Mountain and Temple

1

Multi-period Settlement

1

Multi-period Tell

1

Mythological and Archaeological

1

National Monument

1

Natural Formation

1

Natural Rock Formation (Glacial Pothole)

1

Natural Rock Formation (Weathering Cave)

1

Neo-Hittite Fortress

1

Neolithic archaeological site

1

Neolithic Farmstead

1

Neolithic passage tomb

1

Nuragic Temple

1

Open-air museum

1

oracle

1

Oracle Sanctuary

1

Oracle Temple

1

Pagan and Christian

1

Pagan holy island

1

Palace and Fortress Complex

1

Passage Grave

1

Passage Tomb

1

Phoenician Settlement

1

Pre-Columbian City

1

Pre-Columbian site

1

Prehistoric Village

1

Priory

1

Pueblo/Village

1

Rock Altar

1

Rock Formation

1

Rock Paintings

1

Rock Relief Sanctuary

1

Rock-cut Fortress

1

Rock-cut Monument

1

Rock-cut Necropolis

1

Rock-cut Settlement

1

Rock-cut Shrine

1

Roman Colonial City

1

Roman Colony Ruins

1

Roman Fortress

1

Royal Tumulus Cemetery

1

Sacred Altar

1

Sacred Beach

1

Sacred Chamber

1

Sacred Gorge

1

Sacred Grove

1

Sacred Lake

1

Sacred Mound

1

Sacred mountain (natural sacred site with Christian chapels)

1

Sacred Object

1

Sacred Rock

1

Sacred Sculpture

1

Sacred Spring

1

Sacred Spring Monument

1

Sacred Tomb

1

sacred_city

1

sacred_landscape

1

sacred_natural_site

1

sacred_rock

1

sacred_stone

1

Saint Statue

1

Sanctuary/Monastery

1

Sarovar (Pond)

1

Sea Cave

1

Spiritual Community

1

Statue-Menhir Field

1

Statue/Monument

1

Statues

1

Stone Age Settlement

1

Stone Age Settlement / Heritage Museum

1

Stone Rows

1

Talayotic Sanctuary

1

Talayotic Village/Settlement

1

Temple and Tree

1

Temple/Church

1

Temple/Monument

1

Temple/Mortuary

1

Thermae

1

Thracian rock sanctuary

1

Tomb

1

Underground Sanctuary

1

Urartian Citadel

1

Urartian Rock-cut Shrine

1

Urartian Temple Complex

1

Urartian Temple Fortress

1