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This is a list of the more notable religious shrines around the world. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima – is one of the largest Marian shrines in the world. Our Lady of Fátima is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary according to her apparitions to three shepherd children at Cova da Iria , in Fátima, on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917.
This is a list of the more notable Christian shrines around the world. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
This is a list of ziyarat locations from all around the world. Ziyarat locations are often shrines dedicated to various Muslim saints and Awliya but can also be places that are associated with them, like zawiyas .
The capital of Turkey's predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, was Constantinople. Antananarivo Madagascar: Africa: Apia Samoa: Oceania: Ashgabat Turkmenistan: Asia: Asmara Eritrea: Africa: Astana Kazakhstan: Asia: Astana was named Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 1997 and its predecessor the Kazakh SSR ...
The primary holy places are connected to the main events in the life of Jesus. Other holy sites are associated with events from the Old Testament, the lives of Mary, John the Baptist, and the Apostles, with endless more associated with later Christian saints, holy men and women, and local traditions.
Shrines are normally religious places, but the term is sometimes used for secular places of great interest. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
There are 16 World Heritage Sites in South Korea and a further 14 on the tentative list. [3] The first three sites of South Korea, the Haeinsa Temple, Jongmyo Shrine, and Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple, were inscribed on the list at the 19th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Berlin, Germany, in 1995. [4]