Home›Christian Sites›Practice Status›Standing, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentBrowse ByStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentThis page groups sacred sites by whether their sacred status is still actively maintained. Wikipedia notes that Mircea Eliade "argues that while the concept of a sacred space is often associated with religious traditions, it is not exclusive to them," since secular societies can keep treating a place as significant too. Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a site with living religious observance apart from one preserved mainly for its history.FactsLearn MoreStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentSourcesComments (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.Standing, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentFilter Results9 entriesPilgrimage StatusAllMajor pilgrimage destination today (3)UNESCO World Heritage StatusAllInscribed on the World Heritage List (4)Not Inscribed (4)Originated InAllBritish Isles (1)British Isles and Gaul (2)Central Europe (1)Eastern Europe (1)Germany (1)Italy (3)Western Europe (1)Part OfAllDissolution of the Monasteries (1)Origin Period Start YearAll150 (1)400 (1)712 (1)1173 (1)1400 (1)1555 (1)Site TypeAllChurch, cathedral or chapel (4)Freestanding bell tower or campanile (1)Monastery or monastic community (3)Necropolis, cemetery or burial ground (1)Rock-cut or underground sanctuary (1)Sacred mountain, hill or peak (1)TraditionAllCeltic Paganism (1)Christianity (8)CountryAllCzech Republic (1)France (1)Germany (1)Italy (3)Russia (1)United Kingdom (2)BrowseCompareSelect all 9Glastonbury AbbeyStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentGlastonbury TorStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentMont Saint-MichelStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentSaint Basil's CathedralStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentSedlec OssuaryStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentSponheim AbbeyStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentThe Catacombs of RomeStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentThe Early Christian Monuments of RavennaStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentThe Leaning Tower of PisaStanding, but maintained as a museum or heritage monumentSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Pilgrimage in Medieval Englandtier 1Diana Webb, Hambledon and London, 2000Divinity 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.