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Sacred site types

356 types, 2,013 sacred places. Built form, landscape, and ritual function as entry points.

Temple

275

Church

162

Buddhist Temple

134

Monastery

84

Ancient City

71

Archaeological Site

71

Shrine

69

Cathedral

65

Basilica

61

Sanctuary

55

Stone Circle

38

Rock Art Site

32

Sacred Mountain

32

Dolmen

27

Hindu Temple

27

Talayotic Settlement

21

Broch

20

Mausoleum

18

Chambered Cairn

16

Geoglyph

16

Chapel

15

Shinto Shrine

15

archaeological_site

13

Mosque

13

Religious

13

Neolithic Settlement

11

Abbey

10

Ancient City Ruins

10

Cave

10

Ceremonial Complex

10

Mound

10

Natural

10

Necropolis

10

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 monument

7

Megalithic site

7

Devotional Chapel Complex

6

Hillfort

6

Hittite Rock Relief

6

Lake

6

Megalithic Tomb

6

Marae

5

Pyramid

5

Pyramid/Tomb

5

Sacred Cave

5

Ancient Sanctuary

4

Ancient Temple

4

Bronze Age Casteddu

4

Burial Mound

4

Cave / Rock Art

4

Marian Shrine

4

Nuragic Complex

4

Pilgrimage Site

4

Rock Art

4

Sacred Gorge

4

Sacred Natural Site

4

Sacred Rock

4

Statue

4

Stupa

4

Abbey / Ruins

3

Aboriginal sacred site

3

Burial Site

3

Giants' Grave

3

Heiau

3

Hill

3

Holy Well

3

Megalithic

3

Megalithic Temple Complex

3

Monument

3

Neolithic Cult Centre

3

Petroglyph Site

3

Rock-cut Sanctuary

3

Rock-cut Tomb

3

Rock-cut Tombs

3

Royal Tumulus

3

Sacred Hill

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

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

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

Sacred Stone

2

Sacred Well

2

Stalled Cairn

2

Stone Monument

2

Stone Row

2

Talayot

2

Abbey/Ruins

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 Earthworks

1

Ceremonial Hill

1

Chalcolithic Mound

1

Chambered Tomb

1

Chapel / Cemetery

1

Chapel / Sacred Hill

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

Churchyard / Historic Site

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 Gate / Monument

1

Historic Hospital / Chapel

1

Historic Monument

1

Historic Mosque

1

Historic pilgrim departure square (Via Podiensis / GR65 trailhead)

1

Historic Ruins

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

Memorial Cross

1

Mesoamerican archaeological site

1

Minaret

1

Monastery and Church

1

Monastery Complex

1

Monastic Settlement

1

Monolith

1

Monoliths

1

Monument / Public Art

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

Priory / Shrine

1

Pueblo/Village

1

Rock Altar

1

Rock Art Sanctuary

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

Roman Villa / Archaeological Site

1

Royal Tumulus Cemetery

1

Sacred Altar

1

Sacred Beach

1

Sacred Chamber

1

Sacred Grove

1

Sacred Lake

1

Sacred Mound

1

Sacred mountain (natural sacred site with Christian chapels)

1

Sacred Object

1

Sacred Sculpture

1

Sacred Spring

1

Sacred Spring Monument

1

Sacred Tomb

1

Sacred Well / Spring

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 Church

1

Underground Sanctuary

1

Urartian Citadel

1

Urartian Rock-cut Shrine

1

Urartian Temple Complex

1

Urartian Temple Fortress

1