Quan Am Phat Dai
Bạc Liêu, Cà Mau, Vietnam Buddhism
A major coastal Avalokiteshvara pilgrimage site of the former Bạc Liêu province.
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Ba Chua Xu Temple, Sam Mountain
Châu Đốc, An Giang, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion
One of southern Vietnam’s busiest pilgrimage shrines at the base of Sam Mountain.
Tomb and Temple of Le Van Duyet
Bình Thạnh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion
A prominent civic and devotional memorial to the historical official Lê Văn Duyệt.
Hue Nam Temple (Hon Chen)
Hương Thọ, Huế, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion
A major Hue shrine associated with devotion to the Mother Goddess Thiên Y A Na.
Phu Day Temple Complex
Vụ Bản (former Nam Định), Ninh Bình, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion
One of Vietnam’s foremost centres of Mother Goddess worship, especially devotion to Liễu Hạnh.
Ohel of Rabbi Elimelech of Leżajsk
Leżajsk, Podkarpackie, Poland Judaism
Major international Hasidic Jewish pilgrimage site at the tomb of Rabbi Elimelech.
Stoczek Klasztorny Marian Sanctuary
Stoczek Klasztorny, Lidzbark County (powiat lidzbarski), Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Poland Christianity
Baroque Marian sanctuary also remembered as a place of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński’s internment.
Sanctuary of Saint Andrew Bobola in Warsaw
Mokotów, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland Christianity
Jesuit shrine commemorating Saint Andrew Bobola, patron saint of Poland.
Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Płock
Płock, Mazowieckie, Poland Christianity
Pilgrimage site associated with the earliest reported Divine Mercy revelation to Faustina Kowalska.
Studzieniczna Marian Sanctuary
Studzieniczna, Podlaskie, Poland Christianity
Marian pilgrimage chapel and church on an island setting near Augustów.
Calvary of Wejherowo
Wejherowo, Pomorskie, Poland Christianity
Historic complex of chapels forming an important Kashubian Catholic Calvary.
Kalwaria Pacławska Sanctuary
Kalwaria Pacławska, Podkarpackie, Poland Christianity
Franciscan Calvary and Marian pilgrimage complex near Poland’s south-eastern border.