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Notre-Dame des Malades
Vichy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
In the heart of old Vichy, two churches share one roof. The 18th-century chapel holds what remains of a medieval Black Virgin—her head saved by an eleven-year-old during...
The Parish Church of the Assumption (Maria am Berg), Hallstatt
Hallstatt, Oberösterreich, Austria
Perched on a steep mountainside above Lake Hallstatt, the Parish Church of the Assumption rises like a declaration of permanence against the transient Alpine weather....
La Madeleine (Church of Saint Mary Magdalene)
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Fifty-two Corinthian columns surround a church that looks nothing like a church. No cross. No bell tower....
Church of St. Catherine with Black virgin of Brussel
Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
In the heart of Brussels' former harbor district, the Church of St. Catherine shelters one of Belgium's most revered Black Madonnas....
Kirkkokari Island (St. Henry’s Island)
Säkylä, Satakunta, Finland
A small island in southwestern Finland marks the site where Bishop Henry was martyred in 1156, an event that tradition holds as the beginning of Finnish Christianity....
Church of St. George, Georgenberg
Stans, Tirol, Austria
Perched on a rocky outcrop rising one hundred meters above the Stallental valley in the Austrian Alps, St. Georgenberg is the oldest extant monastery in Tyrol....
Le Puy
Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Two million years ago, underwater volcanoes created a needle of stone rising 82 meters from the valley floor. Prehistoric peoples built a dolmen on its summit....
Beverley Minster
Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Rising from the market town of Beverley in East Yorkshire, this Gothic minster has witnessed over 1,300 years of continuous worship since St John of Beverley founded a...
St. Mary’s Church, Haddington, Scotland
Haddington, Alba / Scotland, United Kingdom
Known as the Lamp of Lothian, St Mary's has held worship since the twelfth century....
St. Katharina, Langenzersdorf
Langenzersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria
Rising in the village of Langenzersdorf just north of Vienna, St. Katharina has anchored the spiritual life of this community since 1326....
Church of Saint Anthony of Padua, Istanbul
Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Rising in red brick along Istanbul's busiest avenue, the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua has served the city's Catholic community since 1725....
Church of Guadalupe, San Cristobal
San Cristóbal, Chiapas, Mexico
Rising above San Cristobal de las Casas on Cerro de Guadalupe, this 19th-century church draws devotees who climb its 79 stone steps to honor Mexico's most beloved sacred...
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
Congonhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
On a hillside in Minas Gerais, twelve prophets in soapstone look down from their staircase, scrolls unfurled, announcing what the chapels below depict: Christ's Passion,...
Church of Our Lady of the Recollects
Verviers, Liège, Belgium
The Church of Our Lady of the Recollects in Verviers guards one of Belgium's most venerated Black Virgins....
Church of St. Nicholas of Outremeuse (Black Virgin)
Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
In the heart of Outremeuse, an island neighborhood of Liege, a life-size Black Virgin has been venerated for nearly five centuries....
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
ላሊበላ / Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
In the Ethiopian highlands, eleven churches descend into volcanic rock rather than rise above it....
St John's Church
Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom
On Glastonbury's High Street stands a church where prayers have risen for eight centuries. St....
Budapest, Our Lady of Remete
Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Budapest, Our Lady of Remete is a church of sacred significance.
Iglesia de Chaguaya, Bolivia
Municipio Padcaya, Tarija, Bolivia
Iglesia de Chaguaya, Bolivia is a church of sacred significance.
San Nicola in Carcere, Rome, Italy
Rome, Lazio, Italy
San Nicola in Carcere preserves Rome's sacred stratigraphy in visible form. A medieval church literally incorporates the columns and foundations of three Roman Republican...
Church of Our Miraculous Lady, Sarkani
Lendžu pagasts, Latvia
The Chapel of Graces of the Miraculous Virgin (French: La Chapelle du Grâce de Sainte Vierge Miraculeuse) or informally the Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, is.....
Church of St. Stanislaus, Berzoras
Beržoras, Telšiai County, Lithuania
Between two lakes in Žemaitija National Park stands one of Lithuania's oldest wooden churches, built where a miraculous painting of the Virgin Mary repeatedly returned to...
Lamego
Lamego, Viseu, Portugal
Lamego (European Portuguese: [lɐˈmeɣu] ; Proto-Celtic: *Lamecum) is a city and municipality in the Viseu District, in the Norte Region of the Douro in northern Portugal....
Maracay
Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela
Maracay (Spanish pronunciation: [maɾaˈkaj]) is a city in north-central Venezuela, near the Caribbean coast, and is the capital and most important city of the state of...
Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary, Křtiny, Czech Republic
Křtiny, Southeast, Czechia
Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also Tomb of the Virgin Mary (Hebrew: קבר מרים; Arabic: قبر السيدة العذراء مريم; Greek: Τάφος της Παναγίας; Armenian: Սուրբ Մարիամ...
Lima, Iglesia Las Nazarenas
Lima, Lima, Peru
Lima, Iglesia Las Nazarenas is a church of sacred significance.
St. Andrew’s Church, Bishopstone, England
Seaford, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the Sussex Downs where Christians have worshipped since the seventh or eighth century, St Andrew's Church preserves some of England's most remarkable...
Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora del Valle
El Valle del Espíritu Santo, Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela
Basílica Menor Nuestra Señora del Valle is a church of sacred significance.
Church of the Virgin of the Poor, Banneux
Sprimont, Liège, Belgium
Banneux is a small woodland Marian shrine in the Ardennes of Wallonia where the Virgin appeared eight times to eleven-year-old Mariette Beco between 15 January and 2 March...
Church of Saint George, Cairo
Mit Damsis wa Kafr Abu Girg, Ad Dakahliya, Egypt
The Church of Saint George in Old Cairo rises from the foundations of a Roman tower, its circular form rare in the Christian world....
Church of Deir Sayda, Saydnaya, Syria
Sidnaya, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
Church of Deir Sayda, Saydnaya, Syria is a church of sacred significance.
Church of the Transfiguration Mount Tabor
Shibli - Umm el Ghanam, North District, Israel
At the summit of Mount Tabor, the Franciscan Basilica of the Transfiguration stands over nearly two millennia of Christian worship....
Church of Pasiene
Pasienes pagasts, Latvia
Church of Pasiene is a church of sacred significance.
Chiesa di Nostra Signora di Tergu
Zelgu/Tergu, Sardinia, Italy
In the Sardinian countryside south of Castelsardo, a church of wine-red trachyte and white limestone has stood for nearly a thousand years....
Bornholm Island
Rønne, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Bornholm Island is a church of sacred significance.
Church of St. Aignan, Chartres
Chartres, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Hidden among the houses near Chartres' famous cathedral, the Church of St. Aignan represents something the cathedral cannot offer: intimacy....
Krastova Gora Church, Borovo, Bulgaria
Mostovo, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Krastova Gora Church, Borovo, Bulgaria is a church of sacred significance.
Church of Our Lady with the Golden Heart, Beauraing
Beauraing, Namur, Belgium
Beauraing is one of two Church-approved Marian apparition sites in Belgium. Between November 1932 and January 1933, five children of the Voisin and Degeimbre families...
Church of St Frideswide, Oxford, England
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
In the Latin Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral, fragments of stone reassembled after 400 years form the reconstructed shrine of St Frideswide, the woman who founded...
Bom Jesus da Lapa, Santuário do Bom Jesus da Lapa
Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, Brazil
Inside a limestone hill on the banks of the São Francisco River, natural caves have held Catholic worship for over three centuries....
Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul, Turkey
Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
Church of St. Anthony of Padua, Istanbul, Turkey is a church of sacred significance.
Krasno
Krasno, Ličko-senjska županija, Croatia
Krasno may refer to: Krasno, Croatia, a village near Senj Krasno, Russia, a village (selo) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia Krasno, Slovenia, a village in the...
Ikšķile Church, St Meinhard’s Island, Ikskile, Latvia
Ikšķile, Latvia
Ikšķile (Latvian pronunciation: [ˈikʃcile], ; German: Uexküll, or Üxküll; Swedish: Yxkull; Livonian: Ikškilā) is a town in Ogre Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of...
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Alksnenai
Stirnėnai, Marijampolė County, Lithuania
In the Suvalkija countryside, the wooden Church of the Assumption in Alksnėnai shelters a miraculous crowned statue of the Virgin Mary and a collection of 18th-century...
Church of Žemaičių Kalvarija, Lithuania
Žemaičių Kalvarija, Telšiai County, Lithuania
Church of Žemaičių Kalvarija, Lithuania is a church of sacred significance.
Ikšķile Church, St Meinhard’s Island, Ikskile
Ikšķile, Latvia
Ikšķile (Latvian pronunciation: [ˈikʃcile], ; German: Uexküll, or Üxküll; Swedish: Yxkull; Livonian: Ikškilā) is a town in Ogre Municipality, in the Vidzeme region of...
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Pivasiunai
Pivašiūnai, Alytus County, Lithuania
Perched on a hill surrounded by ancient pines and birches, the Church of the Assumption in Pivašiūnai shelters a miraculous 17th-century painting crowned with papal crowns...
Arani, Church of San Bartolomé, Nuestra Señora La Bella
Municipio Arani, Cochabamba, Bolivia
In the Valle Alto of Cochabamba, where wind sweeps across fields of wheat and the scent of baking bread fills the streets, the Church of San Bartolomé has stood since 1610....
Church of St. Mary and St. Edwin, Evesham, England
Wychavon, England, United Kingdom
In the center of Evesham, a Gothic Revival church carries forward a devotion that Henry VIII tried to end....
Marianka, Kostol narodenia Panny Marie
Bratislava, Region of Bratislava, Slovakia
Marianka, Kostol narodenia Panny Marie is a church of sacred significance.
Church of St. Pierre, Antakya
Hatay, Hatay, Turkey
Church of St. Pierre, Antakya is a church of sacred significance.
Caldas da Rainha
Caldas da Rainha, Leiria, Portugal
Caldas da Rainha (European Portuguese: [ˈkaldɐʒ ðɐ ʁɐˈiɲɐ] ) is a medium-sized Portuguese city in the Oeste region, in the historical province of Estremadura, and in the...
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mariakemend, Hungary
Máriakéménd, Southern Transdanubia, Hungary
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mariakemend, Hungary is a church of sacred significance.
Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Siluva
Šiluva, Kaunas County, Lithuania
The Basilica of the Nativity holds the crowned miraculous painting of Our Lady of Šiluva — called 'Lithuania's greatest treasure.' Brought from Rome in 1457, lost during...
Chiantla
Chiantla, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Chiantla (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃjantla]) is a town and municipality in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango....
Cervo
Cervo, Liguria, Italy
Cervo may refer to:
Gates of Dawn, Vilniaus
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Of the nine gates that once guarded Vilnius, only one survives. The Gates of Dawn stands because the miraculous icon of Our Lady of Mercy in its chapel above made...
Christ’s Resurrection Church, Kaunas
Kaunas, Kaunas County, Lithuania
Christ’s Resurrection Church, Kaunas is a church of sacred significance.
Church of the Black Christ, Otatitlan
Otatitlán, Veracruz, Mexico
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world....
Iglesia del Rincon
El Rincón, Havana, Cuba
Iglesia del Rincon is a church of sacred significance.
St. Mary Church, Temple Guitling
Cotswold District, England, United Kingdom
Founded around 1170 by the Knights Templar, St. Mary's Church stands at the edge of Temple Guiting, overlooking the Windrush Valley....
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic
Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Central Bohemia, Czechia
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic is a church of sacred significance.
Iglesia de La Tirana
Pozo Almonte, Tarapacа Region, Chile
In the Atacama Desert of northern Chile, a village of eight hundred swells to a quarter million every July as pilgrims converge on the Santuario de La Tirana....
St Nonna’s Church, Altarnun
Altarnun, England, United Kingdom
Rising from the edge of Bodmin Moor, St Nonna's Church has anchored nearly fifteen centuries of Christian worship on the site where a Welsh saint established her altar....
Immaculate Conception Church of La Purisima, Bulacan, Luzon
Santa Maria, Bulacan, Philippines
Immaculate Conception Church of La Purisima, Bulacan, Luzon is a church of sacred significance.
Church of the Apparition of St. Mary, Strunjan
Piran / Pirano, Slovenia
The 1988 Lubbock apparition of Mary was a Marian apparition that allegedly took place at St. John Neumann Church in Lubbock, Texas, between February and August, 1988.
Church of Pasiene, Latvia
Pasienes pagasts, Latvia
Church of Pasiene, Latvia is a church of sacred significance.
Church of the Virgin Mary Victorious, Kazokiskes
Kazokiškės, Vilnius County, Lithuania
In the quiet Lithuanian countryside southeast of Vilnius, a late Baroque church holds a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary Victorious that has drawn pilgrims since the...
The Church of Saint Fleuret in Estaing
Estaing, France
In the village of Estaing, reached across a UNESCO-listed Gothic bridge, the flamboyant church of Saint-Fleuret holds the relics of the village's patron, a bishop said to...
Chiesa di San Domenico
Rieti, Lazio, Italia
In 1229, four women wishing to live as Franciscan nuns received the house of blessed Angelo Tancredi, one of Saint Francis's earliest companions, in the city of Rieti....
Church of Saint Privat
Saint-Privat-d’Allier, France
In Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaison, the first village-stage of the Via Podiensis after Le Puy, stands a twelfth-century Romanesque church of reddish volcanic stone....
Saint-Geniez-d’Olt Church
Geniez d'Olt et d'Aubrac, France
In the Lot valley below the Aubrac, Saint-Geniez-d'Olt grew rich on cloth and built itself a substantial domed parish church in the southern Baroque-classical manner....
Church of Perse
Espalion, France
On the approach to Espalion, the Romanesque church of Perse was a priory of the great Abbey of Conques, dedicated like its mother house to Sainte-Foy....
Our Lady of Le Puy Catholic Church, Figeac
Figeac, Occitania, France
On the hill above Figeac stands the town's oldest parish church, dedicated to Our Lady of Le Puy....
The Abbey Church of the Holy Savior in Figeac
Figeac, Occitania, France
At the heart of medieval Figeac stands Saint-Sauveur, the surviving abbey church of a Benedictine, later Cluniac, monastery founded in 838 whose relics drew pilgrims for...
Church of Saint John the Baptist of Ostabat
Ostabat-Asme, France
Ostabat was one of medieval Europe's great Camino crossroads, where three of the four great French routes to Santiago converged before the final stage to...
Notre-Dame-des-Pauvres Church, Aubrac
Aumont-Aubrac, France
On the high, treeless Aubrac plateau stands Notre-Dame-des-Pauvres, the late-twelfth-century church of the medieval Dômerie d'Aubrac, a monastery-hospital founded to...
Santa Maria Assunta, Assergi
Assergi, Abruzzo, Italia
At the base of Gran Sasso, Assergi's parish church conceals a secret beneath its modest Romanesque facade....
Saint-Médard Church, Saugues
Saugues, France
At the heart of Saugues stands the former collegiate church of Saint-Médard, a convergence point on the Via Podiensis where pilgrims from Le Puy meet those arriving from...
San Giovanni Battista
Cervo, Liguria, Italia
In the summer of 1223, Saint Francis of Assisi retreated to a cave on the forested slopes of Monte Rainiero, five kilometers from Rieti, and spent forty days writing the...
St. Cosmas' Church
Saint-Côme-d'Olt, France
In one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France, the church of Saint-Côme-et-Saint-Damien lifts a strange twisted 'flamed' spire above the rooftops....
Chiesa di San Pietro della Ienca
San Pietro della Ienca, Abruzzo, Italia
On the slopes of the Gran Sasso, a small Romanesque church stands in a hamlet that time nearly forgot....
Church of Saint Faith of Bains
Saint-Privat-d’Allier, France
On the early stages of the Via Podiensis stands the church of Sainte-Foy at Bains, a twelfth-century Romanesque building of volcanic stone....
Saint-Roch Chapel
Aumont-Aubrac, France
Standing alone at around 1,300 metres in the bleak Margeride, the Chapelle Saint-Roch marks the highest reaches and the Haute-Loire–Lozère threshold of the Le Puy route....
Chapel of Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe
Le Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Set atop a sheer volcanic spire reached by 268 rock-cut steps, this small Romanesque chapel has drawn worship across millennia, from a prehistoric dolmen to a Roman cult...
Church of L’Hôpital-Saint-Blaise
L'Hôpital-Saint-Blaise, France
The sole survivor of a twelfth-century pilgrim hospital, this church on the Béarn–Basque border fuses Romanesque solidity with Hispano-Moorish artistry — pierced stone...
Church of Nasbinals
Aumont-Aubrac, France
On the high plateau of the Aubrac, the Romanesque church of Nasbinals offered pilgrims shelter before the most feared crossing on the Le Puy road....
Chiesa di Santa Chiara
Rieti, Lazio, Italia
In 1229, four women wishing to live as Franciscan nuns received the house of blessed Angelo Tancredi, one of Saint Francis's earliest companions, in the city of Rieti....
Old Moster Church
Bomlo, Vestland, Norway
On the island of Moster, a small stone church stands where an entire nation's spiritual identity was born....
Church of Saint-Pierre of Bessuéjouls
Bessuéjouls, France
Between Espalion and Estaing, the modest church of Saint-Pierre de Bessuéjouls keeps an extraordinary secret: a tiny Romanesque chapel raised in its bell tower and...
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