Christianity

Porto Cathedral

Porto, Porto, Portugal

The Sé do Porto has held the seat of the Bishop of Porto for nine centuries, its thick Romanesque walls and twin towers built as much for defense as for devotion....

Portsmouth Cathedral

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

Portsmouth Cathedral is a nationally or regionally important cathedral place in England....

Pöstlingberg Pilgrimage Basilica

Linz, Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Pöstlingberg Pilgrimage Basilica is a documented church in Linz, Upper Austria, Austria, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Pozzo Sacro di Santa Vittoria

Part of Santuario Nuragico di Santa Vittoria

Ìsili/Isili, South Sardinia, Italy

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta has anchored Christian worship in Rieti since at least the sixth century....

Praskvica Monastery

Pržno, Pržno / Miločer, Budva Municipality, Montenegro

Praskvica Monastery is a documented monastery in Pržno, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Prejmer Fortified Church and Village Ensemble

Prejmer, Brașov County, Romania

Prejmer’s fortified Church of the Holy Cross and village form one component of UNESCO’s Transylvanian serial property. The Evangelical Church A.B....

Preseli Hills

Clynderwen, Wales, United Kingdom

Preseli Hills is a nationally or regionally important sacred landscape place in Wales....

Prislop Monastery, Romania

Hațeg, Hunedoara, Romania

Prislop Monastery, nestled in a forested valley near the Retezat Mountains, carries seven centuries of monastic prayer and the living devotion of tens of thousands who...

Prizren, Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš

Prizren, Prizren, Kosovo

Above the old town of Prizren rises the distinctive five-domed silhouette of Bogorodica Ljeviška, a royal church built by King Stefan Milutin in 1307 over an older...

Prohor Pčinjski Monastery

Klenike, Klenike / Bujanovac, Pčinja District, Serbia

Prohor Pčinjski Monastery is a documented monastery in Klenike, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Ptghnavank

Ptghni, Kotayk, Armenia

Ptghnavank is a documented sacred site in Ptghni, Kotayk, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....

Pühtitsa Dormition Convent

Kuremäe, Kuremäe, Ida-Viru County, Estonia

Pühtitsa Dormition Convent is a documented monastery in Kuremäe, Ida-Viru County, Estonia, connected with Orthodox Christianity....

Putna Monastery, Romania

Putna, Suceava, Romania

Putna Monastery, founded by Stephen the Great in 1466 and called the Jerusalem of Romanian Orthodoxy by the national poet Mihai Eminescu, holds the tomb of the...

Qoyllorit’i

Ocongate, Cusco, Peru

The sanctuary in the Sinakara hollow is the gathering place of the pilgrimage of the Lord of Qoyllurit'i, inscribed by UNESCO in 2011....

Quarr Abbey

Ryde, England, United Kingdom

Quarr Abbey stands in England as a major living Christian site. At Quarr Abbey, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....

Quiapo Church (Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno)

Quiapo, Manila, Manila, Philippines

Quiapo Church is Manila's Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Jesus Nazareno, home to one of the Philippines' most sustained public Catholic devotions....

Quillacollo, Iglesia de San Ildefonso, Virgen of Urkupina

Quillacollo, Cochabamba, Bolivia

The Temple of San Ildefonso in Quillacollo houses the Virgen de Urkupiña, one of Bolivia's most powerful Marian devotions....

Quirinus Chapel

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Canton, Luxembourg

Quirinus Chapel is a documented chapel in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Canton, Luxembourg, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Radu Voda Monastery, Romania

Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Radu Voda Monastery rises on a hilltop in central Bucharest, carrying over 450 years of worship since its founding in 1568....

Rajhrad Benedictine Monastery

Rajhrad, Rajhrad, South Moravian Region, Czechia

Rajhrad Benedictine Monastery is a documented monastery in Rajhrad, South Moravian Region, Czechia, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Rakovica Monastery

Rakovica, Rakovica, City of Belgrade, Serbia

Rakovica Monastery is a documented monastery in Rakovica, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Rambynas Hill

Bitėnai, Bitėnai, Pagėgiai Municipality, Lithuania

Rambynas Hill is a documented sacred natural site in Bitėnai, Pagėgiai Municipality, Lithuania, connected with Indigenous and pre-Christian regional traditions....

Ramet Monastery, Romania

Valea Mănăstirii, Alba, Romania

Nestled at the entrance to the dramatic Ramet Gorge in Transylvania's Trascau Mountains, Ramet Monastery has endured repeated destruction and rebuilding since at least the...

Ravanica Monastery

Senje, Senje / Ćuprija, Pomoravlje District, Serbia

Ravanica Monastery is a documented monastery in Senje, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Ravattula Ristimäki Church Site

Kaarina, Kaarina, Southwest Finland, Finland

Ravattula Ristimäki Church Site is a documented archaeological site in Kaarina, Southwest Finland, Finland, connected with Historical Latin Christianity....

Red Monastery, Sohag, Egypt

Jouhayna City, Sohag, Egypt

The Red Monastery near Sohag preserves the most complete program of late antique Christian wall paintings in the Mediterranean world....

Reigate

Reigate, England, United Kingdom

In the thirteenth century, Reigate's High Street held a chapel dedicated to Thomas Becket and an adjoining hospice for travelers making their way toward his shrine at...

Reims Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims)

Reims, Marne, France

For eight hundred years, Reims Cathedral has stood as the sacred heart of French national identity....

Reineval Chambered Cairn

Lochboisdale, Scotland, United Kingdom

On the northern slope of Beinn Reineabhal, overlooking the valley that descends to Mingarry and the Atlantic beyond, a massive stone mound rises from the moorland....

Relic of Mary Magdalene at La Madeleine

Inside La Madeleine (Church of Saint Mary Magdalene)

Paris, Paris, France

The small bone reliquary is a distinct devotional object inside the Church of La Madeleine....

Relics of Mary Magdalene at Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume

Inside Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, Basilica of Mary Magdalene

Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, Var, France

A reliquary in the basilica’s crypt holds a skull venerated as Mary Magdalene’s. Its devotional identity is not a scientifically established identification.

Reliquary of Saint Mary Magdalene at Vézelay

Inside Basilique de Vézelay

Vézelay, Yonne, France

Beneath Vézelay's great Romanesque basilica, in a crypt that has survived Revolution and restoration, a gold-and-glass reliquary holds a small, age-darkened bone....

Remete Marian Shrine

Zagreb, Zagreb, City of Zagreb, Croatia

Remete Marian Shrine is a documented shrine in Zagreb, Croatia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Renaca, Iglesia de San Expedito

Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile

The Parroquia San Expedito in Reñaca is an architecturally modest neighborhood church that has become Chile's principal center of devotion to the saint of urgent causes....

Rennes le Chateau

Rennes-le-Château, Aude, France

A country priest discovers something in his church and becomes inexplicably wealthy. Treasure? Sacred secrets?...

Reomäe Monastery

Reo, Reo, Saare County, Estonia

Reomäe Monastery is a documented monastery in Reo, Saare County, Estonia, connected with Orthodox Christianity....

Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Cathedral

Tirana, Tirana, Tirana County, Albania

Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Tirana, Tirana County, Albania, connected with Orthodox Christianity....

Revsund Church

Revsund, Revsund, Jämtland County, Sweden

Revsund Church is a documented church in Revsund, Jämtland County, Sweden, connected with Lutheran Christianity....

Rēzekne Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral

Rēzekne, Rēzekne, Rēzekne Municipality, Latvia

Rēzekne Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Rēzekne, Rēzekne Municipality, Latvia, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Reževići Monastery

Katun Reževići, Katun Reževići, Budva Municipality, Montenegro

Reževići Monastery is a documented monastery in Katun Reževići, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Ribe Cathedral

Ribe, Ribe, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Ribe Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Ribe, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark, connected with Christianity....

Rievaulx Abbey

Rievaulx, England, United Kingdom

Rievaulx Abbey stands in England as a major monastic site. At Rievaulx Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....

Riga Cathedral

Riga, Riga, Riga, Latvia

Riga Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Riga, Riga, Latvia, connected with Lutheran Christianity....

Riga Grebenshchikov Old Believers' House of Prayer

Riga, Riga, Riga, Latvia

Riga Grebenshchikov Old Believers' House of Prayer is a documented church in Riga, Riga, Latvia, connected with Orthodox Christianity....

Rila

Kyustendil, Bulgaria

Rila Monastery has been the spiritual center of Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity for over a thousand years. Founded in the 10th century by the hermit St....

Ringebu Stave Church

Ringebu, Innlandet, Norway

Ringebu Stave Church (Ringebu stavkirke) is the medieval stave church above the Gudbrandsdal valley on the route north.

Ripon Cathedral

Ripon, England, United Kingdom

Ripon Cathedral stands in England as a major cathedral site. At Ripon Cathedral, Anglican or historic Western Christian tradition provides the public sacred context....

Rkoni Monastery

Kaspi, Shida Kartli, Georgia

Rkoni Monastery is a documented monastery in Kaspi, Shida Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....