Tradition guide
Christianity
Christian sacred sites connect churches, cathedrals, monasteries, relic traditions, pilgrimage shrines, biblical landscapes, and local saint devotion across continents.
1,865 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country links to narrow in.
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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 | 1,865 Christianity sacred places in the current atlas. |
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| UNESCO heritage | 104 UNESCO-tagged Christianity sites appear in this browse view. |
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Panagia tou Araka Church
Lagoudera, Lagoudera, Nicosia District, Cyprus
Panagia tou Araka Church is a documented church in Lagoudera, Nicosia District, Cyprus, connected with Orthodox Christianity....
Panagia tou Moutoulla Church
Moutoullas, Moutoullas, Nicosia District, Cyprus
Panagia tou Moutoulla Church is a documented church in Moutoullas, Nicosia District, Cyprus, connected with Orthodox Christianity....
Panga Cliff Ritual Site
Panga, Panga, Saare County, Estonia
Panga Cliff Ritual Site is a documented sacred natural site in Panga, Saare County, Estonia, connected with Indigenous and pre-Christian regional traditions....
Pannonhalma Archabbey
Pannonhalma, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary
On St Martin's Hill in western Hungary, the Benedictine Archabbey of Pannonhalma has been home to an unbroken monastic community since 996....
Pantokratoros Monastery
Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Its inclusion on Monastic Community of Mount Athos is supported by the reviewed route, religious, conservation context, and structured-site identity evidence records....
Papraća Monastery
Papraća, Papraća, Šekovići Municipality, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Papraća Monastery is a documented monastery in Papraća, Bosnia and Herzegovina, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Pargas Church
Pargas, Southwest Finland, Finland
Pargas Church (Pargas kyrka / Paraisten kirkko) is a medieval active parish church in the Finnish archipelago and the first island-town church stop after Turku on the St...
Parish and Pilgrimage Church of Sachseln
Sachseln, Sachseln, Obwalden, Switzerland
Parish and Pilgrimage Church of Sachseln is a documented church in Sachseln, Obwalden, Switzerland, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Parish Church of Saint James, Kaltenleutgeben
Kaltenleutgeben, Lower Austria, Austria
Saint James is both Kaltenleutgeben's parish church and the housing place of its Black Madonna....
Park Abbey
Heverlee (Leuven), Heverlee (Leuven), Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Park Abbey is a documented monastery in Heverlee (Leuven), Flemish Brabant, Belgium, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
Aquileia, Aquileia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia is a documented church in Aquileia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Patriarchal Monastery of the Holy Trinity
Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria
Patriarchal Monastery of the Holy Trinity is a documented monastery in Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....
Patriarchate of Peć Monastery
Peja, Peja, Kosovo
At the mouth of the Rugova Gorge near Peja stands a walled complex of four conjoined medieval churches, the historic seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church....
Pazaislis Monastery and Church, Kaunas
Kaunas, Kaunas, Lithuania
Lithuania's largest and most artistically magnificent monastery complex rises on a wooded hill above the Kaunas Reservoir....
Pécs Cathedral
Pécs, Pécs, Baranya County, Hungary
Pécs Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Pécs, Hungary, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Peerke Donders Shrine
Tilburg, Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Peerke Donders Shrine is a documented church in Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Pelplin Cathedral and Former Cistercian Abbey
Pelplin, Pelplin, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Pelplin Cathedral and Former Cistercian Abbey is a documented cathedral in Pelplin, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Peñafrancia Basilica
Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines
Rising in Naga City at the heart of the Bicol region, Peñafrancia Basilica enshrines the miraculous image of Our Lady of Peñafrancia, lovingly called Ina (Mother) by...
Petäjävesi Old Church
Petäjävesi, Petäjävesi, Central Finland, Finland
Petäjävesi Old Church is a documented church in Petäjävesi, Central Finland, Finland, connected with Lutheran Christianity....
Peterborough Cathedral
Peterborough, England, United Kingdom
Peterborough Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Peterborough Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred...
Petra
Petra Sub-District, Ma'an, Jordan
Petra was the holy and trading capital of the Nabataeans, a vast sacred landscape of rock-cut tombs, high places, and processional ways set in rose-gold sandstone....
Philadelphia (Asia Minor)
Alaşehir, Manisa, Turkey
Ancient Philadelphia survives only in fragments — three worn pillars of a Byzantine basilica, a stretch of city wall, an unexcavated theater — scattered through the...
Piacenza Cathedral
Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy
Piacenza Cathedral is the active Catholic church of Santa Maria Assunta and Santa Giustina in a historic Via Francigena city....
Piekary Śląskie Marian Sanctuary
Piekary Śląskie, Piekary Śląskie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Piekary Śląskie Marian Sanctuary is a documented sanctuary in Piekary Śląskie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church
Inari, Inari, Lapland, Finland
Pielpajärvi Wilderness Church is a documented church in Inari, Lapland, Finland, connected with Lutheran Christianity....
Pilgrimage church of Maria Geburt, Mariastein
Mariastein, Tyrol, Austria
Rising from a 14-meter cliff in the Tyrolean countryside, the 42-meter tower of Mariastein once guarded a Roman road....
Pilgrimage church of Mary, Maria Taferl
Maria Taferl, Lower Austria, Austria
Perched 233 meters above the Danube valley in Lower Austria, the Basilica of Maria Taferl is the region's foremost Marian pilgrimage destination and the second most...
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora
Žďár nad Sázavou, Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina Region, Czechia
Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora is a documented church in Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina Region, Czechia, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Pilgrimage Church of St Wolfgang
St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria
Pilgrimage Church of St Wolfgang is a documented church in St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
Steingaden, Steingaden, Bavaria, Germany
Pilgrimage Church of Wies is a documented church in Steingaden, Bavaria, Germany, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Pirita Bridgettine Convent Ruins
Tallinn, Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Pirita Bridgettine Convent Ruins is a documented archaeological site in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia, connected with Historical Latin Christianity....
Pitareti Monastery
Tetritskaro, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
Pitareti Monastery is a documented monastery in Tetritskaro, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Piva Monastery
Goransko, Goransko / near Plužine, Plužine Municipality, Montenegro
Piva Monastery is a documented monastery in Goransko, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Place du Plot
Haute-Loire, France
Place du Plot is not a temple but a threshold. This busy square in the old town of Le Puy-en-Velay holds the city's oldest fountain and sits at the junction of two great...
Place of the Apparition of St. Mary at Lake Ilgis
Sviriškės, Zarasai, Lithuania
On a summer evening in 1967, two teenagers saw a luminous figure standing over the waters of Lake Ilgis in northeastern Lithuania....
Plakovo Monastery
Plakovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria
Plakovo Monastery of St Elijah the Prophet lies in the wooded hills south of Veliko Tarnovo, about two kilometres from Kapinovo Monastery....
Plasy Monastery
Plasy, Plasy, Plzeň Region, Czechia
Plasy Monastery is a documented monastery in Plasy, Plzeň Region, Czechia, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Pleterje Charterhouse
Drča, Drča, Šentjernej Municipality / Southeast Slovenia, Slovenia
Pleterje Charterhouse is a documented monastery in Drča, Slovenia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Pluscarden Abbey
Pluscarden, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pluscarden Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Scotland. Pluscarden Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Poblet Monastery
Vimbodí i Poblet, Tarragona, Spain
Poblet is one of the largest inhabited monasteries in Europe: a single walled complex fusing abbey, fortress, and royal residence, founded in 1151 as a Cistercian daughter...
Pobull Fhinn
Lochmaddy, Scotland, United Kingdom
On the southern slope of Ben Langass, overlooking Loch Langass and the mountain Eaval, an oval of standing stones occupies a platform that Bronze Age hands carved from the...
Poganovo Monastery
Poganovo, Poganovo / Dimitrovgrad, Pirot District, Serbia
Poganovo Monastery is a documented monastery in Poganovo, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Poka St Nino Monastery
Poka, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Poka St Nino Monastery is a documented monastery in Poka, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Pokaiņi Forest
Naudīte Parish, Naudīte Parish, Dobele Municipality, Latvia
Pokaiņi Forest is a documented sacred natural site in Naudīte Parish, Dobele Municipality, Latvia, connected with Indigenous and pre-Christian regional traditions....
Pokajnica Church
Staro Selo, Staro Selo / Velika Plana, Podunavlje District, Serbia
Pokajnica Church is a documented church in Staro Selo, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Pomorie Monastery of Saint George
Pomorie, Burgas Province, Bulgaria
Pomorie Monastery of Saint George is an active Bulgarian Orthodox monastery in Pomorie....
Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii
Pompei, Pompei, Campania, Italy
Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii is a documented sanctuary in Pompei, Campania, Italy, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....
Pontigny Abbey
Pontigny, Yonne, France
Three Archbishops of Canterbury fled England for this Burgundian abbey—Thomas Becket the most famous among them....
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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, Italy, Armenia, Georgia.
What kinds of places are included?
The guide includes sacred landscapes, pilgrimage places, and ritual or historical sites where available.
Can I map Christianity sacred sites?
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