Tradition guide
Christianity
Christian sacred sites connect churches, cathedrals, monasteries, relic traditions, pilgrimage shrines, biblical landscapes, and local saint devotion across continents.
748 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country and site-type filters to narrow in.
Atlas summary
Christianity sacred sites overview
Christianity sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this page to compare country clusters, common place types, UNESCO-tagged landmarks, and the map distribution before exploring individual site pages.
| Coverage | 748 Christianity sacred places in the current atlas. |
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| UNESCO heritage | 28 UNESCO-tagged Christianity sites appear in this browse view. |
Dates connected to Christianity
Upcoming festivals, feast days, and pilgrimages tied to Christianity. Add any to your calendar, or see the full observance calendar.
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Fiesta de la Virgen de Copacabana
Aug 5 – Thu, Aug 6, 2026Festival
Basilica of the Virgin of Copacabana, Copacabana - Add
Knock National Novena
Aug 14 – Sat, Aug 22, 2026Pilgrimage
Basilica of Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland - Add
Feast of the Assumption
Sat, Aug 15, 2026Feast day
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Anniversary of the Knock Apparition
Fri, Aug 21, 2026Feast day
Basilica of Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland
Showing 721-748 of 748 sites in this tradition guide
Tomb of Mary, Valley of Cedron, Jerusalem, Israel
Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
Beneath the Kidron Valley floor, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, a rock-cut tomb from the 1st century is venerated as the burial place and site of the Assumption of...
Tomb of the Virgin
Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel
Descending forty-seven ancient steps into the rock beneath Jerusalem, pilgrims enter one of Christianity's most venerated spaces: the tomb where tradition holds the Virgin...
Trinidade, Basilica of Trindade, Divino Pai Eterno
Trindade, Goiás, Brazil
In the red-earth heartland of Goias, eighteen kilometers west of the state capital, stands the only basilica on earth dedicated to the Divino Pai Eterno, the Divine...
Tui Cathedral
Tui, Tui, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Tui Cathedral rises on a hill above the Miño River, its crenellated towers built as much for defense against Portugal as for worship....
Tytuveṅai Church and Monastery, Lithuania
Tytuvėnai, Šiauliai County, Lithuania
The Tytuvenai Monastery is one of Lithuania's most significant Baroque religious complexes, designed as an earthly image of the New Jerusalem....
Ujué Sanctuary-Fortress
Ujué/Uxue, Ujué/Uxue, Navarre, Spain
Ujué rises at 815 meters above the Navarrese plain, its Romanesque-Gothic church wrapped in medieval battlements and walkways — a building that has always been fortress...
Underhoull Longhouse
Baltasound, United Kingdom
On a windswept slope above Lunda Wick on the island of Unst, the ruins of an Iron Age broch and three Norse longhouses occupy the same ground....
Vadstena Abbey
Vadstena, Östergötlands län, Sweden
On the shores of Lake Vattern in central Sweden, Vadstena Abbey holds the relics and legacy of Saint Birgitta, one of Europe's most influential mystics and a patron saint...
Valencia, Valencia Cathedral, Chalice of the Holy Grail
Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
Valencia Cathedral houses the Santo Caliz, a dark agate cup dated to 100-50 BCE that the Catholic Church considers the most credible candidate for the cup of the Last...
Vallbona de les Monges Monastery
Vallbona de les Monges, Vallbona de les Monges, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Of the three great Cistercian houses of medieval Catalonia — Poblet, Santes Creus, and Vallbona — only Vallbona has maintained an unbroken religious community since the...
Vardzia
Vardzia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Vardzia is a vast cave monastery cut into the volcanic face of Erusheti Mountain above the Mtkvari River....
Vilnius Cathedral and Chapel of St Casimir, Lithuania
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Vilnius Cathedral stands on a site sacred for at least eight centuries, possibly longer if the tradition of a pagan temple to Perkunas is accurate....
Virgen of Chaguaya
Chaguaya, Tarija Department, Bolivia
In the high valleys of southern Bolivia, tens of thousands of pilgrims walk through the cold night each August to reach a small village where the Virgin Mary appeared in...
Virgin Mary’s Coptic Church in Zeiton (Zeitoun) - Apparition Church
Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt
Between 1968 and 1971, the Virgin Mary appeared repeatedly above this Coptic church in Cairo....
Viseu Cathedral
Viseu, Viseu, Viseu / Centro, Portugal
Viseu Cathedral rises on the site of an Early Christian basilica destroyed under Moorish rule and rebuilt after the 1058 reconquest....
Visoki Decani Monastery
Deçan, Kosovo
Below the Prokletije mountains in western Kosovo stands Visoki Dečani, the largest medieval church in the Balkans and the tomb of the sainted King Stefan Dečanski, whose...
Voronet Monastery, Romania
Gura Humorului, Suceava, Romania
Built by Stephen the Great in 1488 on the counsel of a hermit who prayed for twenty years in a stone cell nearby, Voronet Monastery carries on its western wall a Last...
Wanjin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
Wanjin, Pingtung County, Wanjin, Pingtung County, Taiwan
In a rural stretch of southern Taiwan more commonly associated with Taoist temples and Buddhist shrines, twin Spanish-Gothic bell towers rise above rice paddies....
Wearyall Hill & Holy Thorn
Glastonbury, Somerset, United Kingdom
An open hilltop rises above Glastonbury, marking where—according to legend—Joseph of Arimathea first set foot in Britain....
Wells Cathedral
Wells, England, United Kingdom
Wells Cathedral lifts its scissor arches above springs that were sacred before Christianity reached Britain....
White Monastery, Sohag, Egypt
Suhaj, Suhaj, Egypt
The White Monastery stands as the spiritual heart of Coptic Christianity, founded by Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite whose 66-year leadership created one of history's...
Wicklow Gap
County Wicklow, Ireland
Wicklow Gap is the highest point on St Kevin's Way, a natural mountain pass between Tonelagee and Turlough Hill where pilgrims walking from Hollywood to Glendalough cross...
Winchester Buttercross
Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom
The Buttercross is a 15th-century devotional cross at the heart of Winchester High Street, bearing carved figures of saints including St Swithun....
Winchester Cathedral
Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Winchester Cathedral has stood at the spiritual heart of England for over 1,300 years....
Winchester Cathedral
Winchester, England, United Kingdom
At 558 feet, Winchester Cathedral stretches further than any medieval church in the world....
Worcester Cathedral
Worcester, England, United Kingdom
Rising above the River Severn, Worcester Cathedral has held continuous Christian worship since 680 AD. Two canonized saints once drew pilgrims here to rival Canterbury....
Wrotham
Wrotham, Kent, United Kingdom
St George's Church stands on a downland slope in Wrotham, its Norman core and soaring 15th-century tower marking a waypoint on the Pilgrims' Way....
Žemaičių Kalvarija Basilica (Samogitian Calvary)
Žemaičių Kalvarija, Telšiai County, Lithuania
Zemaiciu Kalvarija is one of the most important Catholic pilgrimage destinations in the Baltic states, where over 70,000 pilgrims gather annually for the Great Calvary...
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Previous pageKey questions
Christianity sacred-site questions
- What are Christianity sacred sites?
- Christianity sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
- Where can I find Christianity sacred sites?
- The strongest country clusters in this guide include United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Lithuania.
- What kinds of places are included?
- Common place types include church, monastery, cathedral, basilica, sanctuary, shrine.
- Can I map Christianity sacred sites?
- Yes. Compare country clusters and site types first, then open individual pages for coordinates, historical context, and visitor guidance.