Dag Shang Kagyu Buddhist Centre
Panillo, Graus, Huesca, Aragón, Spain Buddhism
A major Tibetan Buddhist practice, study and retreat centre in the Aragonese Pre-Pyrenees, founded under the guidance of Kalu Rinpoche.
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Sakya Tashi Ling Garraf Monastery
Plana Novella, Olivella, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Buddhism
A Tibetan Buddhist monastery established in the historic Palau Novella in Garraf Natural Park, with stupas, meditation spaces and public cultural visits.
Royal Collegiate Church of Roncesvalles
Orreaga-Roncesvalles, Navarre, Spain Christianity
A major Camino de Santiago pilgrimage church founded to serve pilgrims crossing the Pyrenees into Navarre.
Convent of Santa Teresa of Ávila
Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain Christianity
A major Teresian pilgrimage convent and church built on the site traditionally identified as the birthplace of St. Teresa of Ávila.
Santa María la Blanca Synagogue
Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Judaism
A landmark medieval synagogue in Toledo whose white horseshoe-arched interior is a major example of Mudéjar religious architecture.
Lorca Synagogue
Lorca Castle, Lorca, Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain Judaism
A rare late-medieval synagogue excavated in Lorca Castle’s Jewish quarter, preserving the layout and fittings of Jewish worship immediately before 1492.
Enlightenment Stupa of Benalmádena
Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain Buddhism
A monumental Tibetan Buddhist stupa in Benalmádena dedicated to the Buddha’s enlightenment and used for meditation, teaching and devotional circumambulation.
El Tránsito Synagogue
Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Judaism
A major 14th-century Toledo synagogue founded by Samuel ha-Leví and today home to Spain’s Sephardic Museum.
Córdoba Synagogue
Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain Judaism
A rare surviving medieval synagogue in Córdoba’s historic Jewish quarter, notable for Mudéjar plasterwork and Hebrew inscriptions.
Granada Mosque
Albaicín, Granada, Andalusia, Spain Islam
Granada’s principal contemporary mosque, inaugurated in 2003 in the Albaicín opposite the Alhambra.
Islamic Cultural Centre of Madrid
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain Islam
A major contemporary mosque and Islamic cultural centre in Madrid, widely known as the M-30 or Omar Mosque.
Almonaster la Real Mosque
Almonaster la Real, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain Islam
A rare rural mosque preserved in the Sierra de Aracena, later adapted to Christian use while retaining its Islamic prayer-hall character.