Christianity

Cathédrale Saint-Lazare d'Autun

Autun, Saône-et-Loire, France

Built between 1120 and 1146 to shelter the relics of Lazarus of Bethany, Autun Cathedral carries one of the most concentrated programmes of Romanesque sculpture in Europe....

Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta, Rieti

Rieti, Rieti, Italy

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

Cave of Saint Ignatius, Manresa

Catalonia, Spain

Within Manresa’s sanctuary complex, the small cave associated with Ignatius of Loyola remains a place of prayer....

Cave of Saint John of Rila

Rila Monastery, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria

Cave of Saint John of Rila is a documented sacred site in Rila Monastery, Kyustendil Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....

Cave of the Seven Sleepers, Jordan

Al Rajib, Amman, Jordan

In the village of ar-Rajib east of Amman, a small rock-cut cave holds a cluster of stone sarcophagi and, above its mouth, a mosque....

Ceavccageađge / Mortensnes Cultural Heritage Site

Mortensnes / Nesseby, Mortensnes / Nesseby, Finnmark, Norway

Ceavccageađge / Mortensnes Cultural Heritage Site is a documented archaeological site in Mortensnes / Nesseby, Finnmark, Norway, connected with Indigenous and...

Celldömölk Pilgrimage Church

Celldömölk, Celldömölk, Vas County, Hungary

Celldömölk Pilgrimage Church is a documented church in Celldömölk, Hungary, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Certosa di Trisulti

Collepardo, Frosinone, Italy

For seven centuries, Carthusian monks kept strict silence and solitude at this remote charterhouse in the Ernici mountains, developing a celebrated pharmacy from the...

Červený Kláštor Monastery

Červený Kláštor, Červený Kláštor, Prešov Region, Slovakia

Červený Kláštor Monastery is a documented monastery in Červený Kláštor, Slovakia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Cetinje Monastery

Cetinje, Cetinje, Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Montenegro

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

Chapel and wellspring of St. Adalbert

Bylany, Central Bohemian, Czechia

In open fields between two Czech villages, a small 19th-century chapel shelters a spring that has flowed since before memory. Dedicated to St....

Chapel of Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis, Lūginė

Lūginė, Lūginė, Marijampolė Municipality, Lithuania

Chapel of Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis, Lūginė is a documented chapel in Lūginė, Marijampolė Municipality, Lithuania, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Chapel of Grace (Gnadenkapelle), Altötting

Altötting, Bavaria, Germany

At the centre of Altötting's broad Kapellplatz stands the Gnadenkapelle, the Chapel of Grace....

Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag, Knaresborough, England

Knaresborough, England, United Kingdom

Hewn from sandstone cliffs above the River Nidd in 1408, the Chapel of Our Lady of the Crag stands as one of Britain's oldest wayside shrines....

Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

Paris, Paris, France

The Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse stands at 140 rue du Bac in Paris, inside the motherhouse of the Daughters of Charity....

Chapel of Rochegude

Haute-Loire, France

Perched at around 960 metres above the Allier gorges, the small twelfth-century chapel of Saint-Jacques de Rochegude marks a dramatic threshold on the Via Podiensis, where...

Chapel of Saint Mark

Longsdorf, Longsdorf, Vianden Canton, Luxembourg

Chapel of Saint Mark is a documented chapel in Longsdorf, Vianden Canton, Luxembourg, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Chapel of Saint Mary Magdalene

Haute-Loire, France

Above Monistrol-d'Allier, a neoclassical facade seals a basalt rock cavity to form a troglodyte chapel dedicated to Mary Magdalene, the saint of grottoes and penitence....

Chapel of Saint-Michel d’Aiguilhe

Haute-Loire, 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...

Chapel of Saint-Salvayre

Alet-les-Bains, Aude, France

At the end of a rutted road climbing from Alet-les-Bains, a small chapel sits at the edge of sky and mountain....

Chapel of Soyartze

Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Crowning a hill at about 286 metres above Uhart-Mixe, this small open chapel is a Marian sanctuary descended from a twelfth-century Premonstratensian foundation....

Chapel of the Apparition — Holy Sepulchre

Old City, Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel

Tucked into the north transept of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Chapel of the Apparition is small but theologically immense....

Chapel of the Apparitions (Our Lady of Fátima)

Part of Fatima

Fátima, Santarém, Portugal

The Chapel of the Apparitions stands at the precise location where the Virgin Mary appeared to three Portuguese shepherd children in 1917....

Chapelle de Picpus in Paris

Paris, Paris, France

In a quiet corner of eastern Paris lies Picpus, where 1,306 victims of the Revolution's final weeks lie in mass graves....

Chapelle du Saint-Pilon

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume, Var, France

At 994 meters atop the Sainte-Baume massif, a small stone chapel marks the legendary spot where angels lifted Mary Magdalene seven times daily for divine sustenance....

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bonne Délivrance

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

In a quiet Neuilly street stands the chapel of the Sisters of Saint Thomas of Villeneuve, guardians of the Black Madonna of Paris....

Chartres Cathedral

Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France

Chartres Cathedral rises from the wheat fields of France as medieval Christianity's most complete surviving statement....

Chelmsford Cathedral

Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom

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

Chêne à Guillotin

Concoret, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

On the edge of Broceliande forest stands an oak that may be a thousand years old, its hollow trunk blackened with age yet still alive....

Cherepish Monastery

Lyutibrod, Vratsa Province, Bulgaria

Cherepish Monastery is a documented monastery in Lyutibrod, Vratsa Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....

Chester Cathedral

Chester, England, United Kingdom

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

Chevetogne Abbey

Chevetogne (Ciney), Chevetogne (Ciney), Namur, Belgium

Chevetogne Abbey is a documented monastery in Chevetogne (Ciney), Namur, Belgium, connected with Roman Catholic Christianity....

Chichester Cathedral

Chichester, England, United Kingdom

Chichester Cathedral belongs among the significant cathedral places of England. The sacred frame at Chichester Cathedral comes from Anglican or historic Western Christian...

Chiesa di Nostra Signora di Tergu

Zelgu/Tergu, Sassari, Italy

In the Sardinian countryside south of Castelsardo, a church of wine-red trachyte and white limestone has stood for nearly a thousand years....

Chiesa di San Domenico

Rieti, Rieti, Italy

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....

Chiesa di San Pietro della Ienca

San Pietro della Ienca, L'Aquila, Italy

On the slopes of the Gran Sasso, a small Romanesque church stands in a hamlet that time nearly forgot....

Chiesa di Santa Chiara

Rieti, Rieti, Italy

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....

Chilham

Chilham, England, United Kingdom

St Mary's, Chilham, is an active Church of England parish church on the Pilgrims' Way, its congregation traditionally dated to the 7th century and documented in the...

Chitakhevi Saint George Monastery (Green Monastery)

Borjomi, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

Chitakhevi Saint George Monastery (Green Monastery) is a documented monastery in Borjomi, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin

Dublin 8, County Dublin, Ireland

Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin stands in Republic of Ireland as a major pilgrimage site....

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford belongs among the significant cathedral places of England....

Christ Church Gate

Part of Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury, England, United Kingdom

Christ Church Gate is the ceremonial entrance to Canterbury Cathedral precincts and the final threshold of the Pilgrim's Way from Winchester....

Christ Church, Shooters Hill

London, England, United Kingdom

Perched near the summit of the highest point in the London Borough of Greenwich, Christ Church stands on the ancient Watling Street — the Roman road that carried medieval...

Chrysorrogiatissa Monastery

Panagia, Panagia, Paphos District, Cyprus

Chrysorrogiatissa Monastery is a documented monastery in Panagia, Paphos District, Cyprus, connected with Orthodox Christianity....

Chrysoskalitissa Monastery

Chrisoskalitissa, Crete, Greece

Chrysoskalitissa Monastery stands on a rock promontory thirty-five meters above the southwestern coast of Crete, overlooking the Libyan Sea toward Africa....

Church and Monastery of Saint Francis, Zadar

Zadar, Zadar, Zadar County, Croatia

Church and Monastery of Saint Francis, Zadar is a documented monastery in Zadar, Croatia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....

Church of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis

Kakopetria, Kakopetria, Nicosia District, Cyprus

Church of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis is a documented church in Kakopetria, Nicosia District, Cyprus, connected with Orthodox Christianity....

Church of Bom Jesus da Cruz

Barcelos, Braga, Portugal

In December 1504, a black cross reportedly appeared in the earth of Barcelos's fairground, spreading until it formed a shape that, according to local memory, no shovel...