Christianity

Biete Ghiorgis

Inside Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Biete Ghiorgis, known as the House of Saint George, is one of the eleven medieval rock-hewn churches of Lalibela recognized by UNESCO....

Biete Golgotha Mikael

Inside Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Biete Golgotha Mikael, known as the House of Golgotha Mikael, is one of the eleven medieval rock-hewn churches of Lalibela recognized by UNESCO....

Biete Lehem

Inside Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Biete Lehem, known as the House of Holy Bread, is one of the eleven medieval rock-hewn churches of Lalibela recognized by UNESCO. It belongs to the southern group....

Biete Mariam

Inside Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Biete Mariam, known as the House of Mary, is one of the eleven medieval rock-hewn churches of Lalibela recognized by UNESCO. It belongs to the northern group....

Biete Medhane Alem

Inside Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Biete Medhane Alem, known as the House of the Saviour of the World, is one of the eleven medieval rock-hewn churches of Lalibela recognized by UNESCO....

Biete Meskel

Inside Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Biete Meskel, known as the House of the Cross, is one of the eleven medieval rock-hewn churches of Lalibela recognized by UNESCO. It belongs to the northern group....

Biete Qeddus Mercoreus

Inside Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Biete Qeddus Mercoreus, known as the House of Saint Mercoreos, is one of the eleven medieval rock-hewn churches of Lalibela recognized by UNESCO....

Bigorski Monastery of Saint John the Baptist

Rostuše, Rostuše, Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality, Polog Region, North Macedonia

Bigorski Monastery of Saint John the Baptist is a documented monastery in Rostuše, North Macedonia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Bilbao Cathedral (Catedral de Santiago)

Bilbao, Bilbao, Basque Country (Bizkaia), Spain

The record concerns a living church and pilgrimage site within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Bildchen Chapel

Vianden, Vianden, Vianden Canton, Luxembourg

Bildchen Chapel is a documented chapel in Vianden, Vianden Canton, Luxembourg, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Birnau Pilgrimage Basilica

Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Birnau Pilgrimage Basilica is a documented church in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Birutė Hill

Palanga, Palanga, Klaipėda County, Lithuania

Birutė Hill is a documented sacred natural site in Palanga, Klaipėda County, Lithuania, connected with Indigenous and pre-Christian regional traditions....

Black Madonna of Breznice

Capital City of Prague, Prague, Czechia

Created in 1396 for King Wenceslas IV, the Madonna of Breznice is among Europe's most explicitly intentional Black Madonnas....

Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Eureka, MO)

Eureka, Missouri, United States

Hidden on a wooded hillside in the Missouri Ozarks, the Black Madonna Shrine is the life's work of Brother Bronislaus Luszcz, a Polish Franciscan who spent 23 years...

Black Madonna of Daurade

Inside Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Daurade

Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France

Notre-Dame la Noire—Our Lady the Black One—has protected mothers in childbirth since at least the tenth century....

Black Madonna of Dublin

Inside Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

In Dublin's Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church, a life-sized oak Madonna stands near the high altar, her original gold and blue paint stripped away by centuries....

Black Madonna of Guingamp

Inside Basilica of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Guingamp

Guingamp, Côtes-d'Armor, France

In the basilica at Guingamp sits a Black Madonna whose origins are wrapped in Crusader legend and whose original title—Notre-Dame du Halgouët, Our Lady from under the...

Black Madonna of Kaltenleutgeben

Inside Parish Church of Saint James, Kaltenleutgeben

Kaltenleutgeben, Lower Austria, Austria

In this baroque church south of Vienna, a copy of the famous Altotting Black Madonna has drawn pilgrims since 1712....

Black Madonna of Langenzersdorf

Inside St. Katharina, Langenzersdorf

Langenzersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria

Since 1708, this copy of the famous Einsiedeln Black Madonna has kept vigil in St....

Black Madonna of Lavanttal

Inside Basilica Maria Loreto, St. Andra

Sankt Andrä, Carinthia, Austria

In the Carinthian town of St. Andra, within a baroque basilica modeled after Italy's Holy House of Loreto, a Black Madonna has drawn pilgrims for nearly four centuries....

Black Madonna of Loretto Burgenland

Inside Basilica of Maria Loretto in Burgenland

Loretto, Burgenland, Austria

In the Austrian village that took its name from Loreto, a 1644 replica of the famous Black Madonna has outlasted the Italian original....

Black Madonna of Maria Loretto Peninsula

Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria

On a peninsula reaching into Lake Woerthersee, this 17th-century chapel replicates the Holy House of Loreto in Italy....

Black Madonna of Moulins

Inside Moulins Cathedral

Moulins, Allier, France

In Moulins Cathedral, a Black Madonna holds the Christ child who blesses the world with one hand while clutching the closed book of gospels to his chest....

Black Madonna of Naples

Inside Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Naples, Naples, Italy

In a basilica at the edge of Naples' ancient market square, an icon with a dark face gazes down from above the high altar....

Black Madonna of Oropa

Inside Santuario di N.S. di Oropa, Italy

Oropa, Biella, Italy

The dark wooden figure of Mary and the child Jesus stands in the Sacello inside Oropa's Ancient Basilica....

Black Madonna of Pontoise

Inside Eglise Notre-Dame de Pontoise

Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France

The Miraculous Virgin of Pontoise stands over two meters tall, fine and slender, carved in the thirteenth century....

Black Madonna of Vichy

Inside Notre-Dame des Malades

Vichy, Allier, France

In November 1793, Revolutionary authorities in Vichy condemned a medieval Black Virgin—tried her like a traitor, sentenced her, beheaded her, and set her burning....

Black Virgin of the Recollects

Inside Church of Our Lady of the Recollects

Verviers, Liege, Belgium

In the Belgian city of Verviers, a 17th-century statue of the Virgin Mary holds a singular place in Black Madonna veneration....

Blackburn Cathedral

Blackburn, England, United Kingdom

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

Blagoveštenje Monastery

Ovčar Banja, Ovčar Banja / Čačak, Moravica District, Serbia

Blagoveštenje Monastery is a documented monastery in Ovčar Banja, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Bodajk Shrine

Bodajk, Bodajk, Fejér County, Hungary

Bodajk Shrine is a documented shrine in Bodajk, Hungary, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Bodbe Monastery

Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia

The record covers Bodbe Monastery, its convent precinct, and publicly managed pilgrimage areas associated with Saint Nino, not the whole village.

Bogenberg Pilgrimage Church

Bogen, Bogen, Bavaria, Germany

Bogenberg Pilgrimage Church is a documented church in Bogen, Bavaria, Germany, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral

Bolnisi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia

Bolnisi Sioni Cathedral is a documented cathedral in Bolnisi, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....

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....

Bonamargy Friary

Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Bonamargy Friary belongs among the significant monastic places of Northern Ireland. The sacred frame at Bonamargy Friary comes from Christian monastic tradition....

Boniface Chapel and Spring, Dokkum

Dokkum, Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands

Boniface Chapel and Spring, Dokkum is a documented chapel in Dokkum, Friesland, Netherlands, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Bonneval Abbey

Aveyron, France

Founded in 1147 as a Cistercian house in a secluded Aveyron valley, Bonneval was ruined by plague, war, and revolution, then raised again in 1875 by Trappistine nuns who...

Bønsnes Church

Bønsnes / Hole, Bønsnes / Hole, Buskerud, Norway

Bønsnes Church is a documented church in Bønsnes / Hole, Buskerud, Norway, connected with Lutheran Christianity....

Børglum Abbey

Vrå, Vrå, North Denmark Region, Denmark

Børglum Abbey is a documented monastery in Vrå, North Denmark Region, Denmark, connected with Christianity....

Borgsjö Church

Borgsjö, Borgsjö, Västernorrland County, Sweden

Borgsjö Church is a documented church in Borgsjö, Västernorrland County, Sweden, connected with Lutheran Christianity....

Borgund Stave Church

Borgund / Lærdal, Borgund / Lærdal, Vestland, Norway

Borgund Stave Church is a documented church in Borgund / Lærdal, Vestland, Norway, connected with Lutheran Christianity....

Botkyrka Church

Norsborg / Botkyrka, Norsborg / Botkyrka, Stockholm County, Sweden

Botkyrka Church is a documented church in Norsborg / Botkyrka, Stockholm County, Sweden, connected with Lutheran Christianity....

Bourges Cathedral

Bourges, Cher, France

Bourges Cathedral rises from one of the earliest Christian communities in Gaul, its five naves flowing without interruption toward the altar....

Boxley Abbey

Boxley, England, United Kingdom

Boxley Abbey was a Cistercian house on the Pilgrim's Way that housed the Rood of Grace, a life-size articulated crucifix believed by medieval pilgrims to move its eyes and...

Boyana Church

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

Boyana Church is a three-part medieval church ensemble on Sofia’s outskirts and a UNESCO World Heritage property....

Boyle Abbey

Boyle, Roscommon, Ireland

Boyle Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Republic of Ireland. Boyle Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....

Bradford Cathedral

Bradford, England, United Kingdom

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