Home›Christian Sites›All Christian SitesBrowse ByAll Christian SitesSites sacred to Christianity: the places of the Gospels in the Holy Land, the great cathedrals and pilgrimage shrines of Europe, Marian apparition sites, and the monastic islands and mountains of the faith.FactsLearn MoreAll Christian SitesSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedPlaces of the Gospel narrative in the Holy Land, the tombs of apostles and saints, and the cathedrals, monasteries and shrines that grew from them. The group spans Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Protestant Christianity, whose accounts of what makes a place holy differ sharply: the Reformation broke with relics and pilgrimage, so some members are holy to some Christians only. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreThe holy places of Christianity This group gathers the sacred sites of Christianity, the most numerous in the atlas, reflecting two thousand years of church-building, pilgrimage and the veneration of holy places across the globe. Christian sacred geography centres above all on the scenes of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus in the Holy Land, and radiates outward to the tombs of apostles and saints, great cathedrals and pilgrimage shrines. The browser will find sites bound to the Gospel narrative in Jerusalem and the Holy Land, the apostolic centres of Rome and beyond, and the pilgrimage destinations that drew the medieval and modern faithful. The entries describe each place's religious associations and history across the different Christian traditions.All Christian SitesFilter Results76 entriesCountryAllArmenia (1)Austria (1)Baden-Wurttemberg (2)Belgium (2)Czechia (1)Egypt (1)France (9)Germany (7)Ghana (1)Greece (3)Ireland (1)Israel (6)Italy (6)Mexico (1)Palestine (1)Poland (1)Portugal (2)Russia (2)Spain (4)Switzerland (1)Turkey (2)Ukraine (1)United Kingdom (9)United States (8)Vatican City (1)Site TypeAllApparition or vision site (4)Cave sanctuary (natural) (1)Church, cathedral or chapel (39)Freestanding bell tower or campanile (1)Monastery or monastic community (32)Mosque (1)Necropolis, cemetery or burial ground (2)Religious settlement or planned community (1)Rock-cut or underground sanctuary (2)Sacred grove or forest (1)Sacred mountain, hill or peak (4)Sacred river, lake, spring or sea (1)Sacred rock formation or outcrop (1)Shrine (1)Synagogue (1)Tomb or grave of a holy figure (3)Pilgrimage StatusAllMajor pilgrimage destination today (30)One of a named, enumerated set of pilgrimage places (2)Pilgrimage attested historically; not continuing (2)Pilgrimage gathered on a dated festival (3)Originated InAllBritish Isles (7)British Isles and Gaul (8)Central Europe (1)Eastern Europe (4)Egypt (1)England (2)France (1)Germany (5)Greece (3)Iberia (5)Iberia and Southern France (5)Italy (8)Mesoamerica (1)North America (8)The Levant (7)Turkey (2)United States (8)West Africa (1)Western Europe (8)Origin Period Start YearAll0 (1)150 (1)325 (1)327 (1)400 (1)530 (1)537 (1)548 (1)563 (1)597 (1)600 (1)635 (1)708 (1)712 (1)800 (1)934 (1)942 (1)995 (1)1001 (1)1051 (1)1061 (1)1088 (1)1089 (1)1101 (1)1118 (1)1119 (1)1120 (1)1127 (1)1130 (1)1132 (2)1147 (1)1148 (1)1151 (1)1153 (1)1163 (1)1173 (1)1194 (1)1199 (1)1201 (1)1228 (1)1262 (1)1337 (1)1382 (1)1400 (1)1491 (1)1517 (1)1531 (1)1555 (1)1722 (1)1816 (1)1858 (1)1877 (2)1894 (1)1906 (1)1911 (1)1917 (1)1923 (1)1959 (1)Part OfAllDissolution of the Monasteries (1)TraditionAllBahá’í Faith (1)Celtic Paganism (1)Christianity (48)Islam (1)Judaism (1)Practice StatusAllAccess restricted by its custodians or by law (1)Control of or access to the site is contested (4)Historical; not practised continuously (1)In active religious use (54)Revived or reconstructed in the modern era (1)Ruin or archaeological site; the cult has ceased (7)Standing, but maintained as a museum or heritage monument (10)UNESCO World Heritage StatusAllInscribed on the World Heritage List (32)Inscribed on the World Heritage List and on the List in Danger (2)Not Inscribed (25)On a National Tentative List (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Alcobaca MonasteryChristian SitesAngelus TempleChristian SitesAzusa StreetChristian SitesBasilica di Santa Croce in GerusalemmeChristian SitesBasilica of Saint-Denys, ArgenteuilChristian SitesBebenhausen AbbeyChristian SitesCanterbury CathedralChristian SitesCapernaumChristian SitesCathedral of AniChristian SitesCathedral of San Salvador, OviedoChristian SitesChartres CathedralChristian SitesDexter Avenue Baptist ChurchChristian SitesDurham CathedralChristian SitesEbenezer Baptist ChurchChristian SitesEbrach AbbeyChristian SitesEinsiedeln AbbeyChristian SitesEldena AbbeyChristian SitesEmanuel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchChristian SitesFátimaChristian SitesFontenay AbbeyChristian SitesFountains AbbeyChristian SitesGethsemaneChristian SitesGlastonbury AbbeyChristian SitesGlastonbury TorChristian SitesHagia SophiaChristian SitesHerrnhutChristian SitesHoly Trinity-St Sergius LavraChristian SitesIonaChristian SitesJasna GóraChristian SitesKyiv Pechersk LavraChristian SitesLakewood ChurchChristian SitesLe Thoronet AbbeyChristian SitesLindisfarneChristian SitesLoccum AbbeyChristian SitesLourdesChristian SitesMaulbronn MonasteryChristian SitesMelk AbbeyChristian SitesMeteoraChristian SitesMont Saint-MichelChristian SitesMonte CassinoChristian SitesMount AthosChristian SitesMount CarmelChristian SitesMount TaborChristian SitesNational Cathedral of GhanaChristian SitesNeuburg AbbeyChristian SitesNotre-Dame de ParisChristian SitesOur Lady of GuadalupeChristian SitesPatmosChristian SitesPoblet MonasteryChristian SitesReims CathedralChristian Sites12Next →Sources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Category: Sacred Sites2. Pilgrimage in Medieval Englandtier 1Diana Webb, Hambledon and London, 2000What Defines This Grouping: Places of the Gospel narrative in the Holy Land, the tombs of apostles and saints, and the cathedrals, monasteries and shrines that grew from them. The group spans Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Protestant Christianity, whose accounts of what makes a place holy differ sharply: the Reformation broke with relics and pilgrimage, so some members are holy to some Christians only.Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.