The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

Discover a curated guide to significant sacred places, pilgrimage traditions, architecture, documented history and practical visitor information across cultures and faith traditions.

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Vinh Nghiem Pagoda, Bac Ninh

Yên Dũng, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A historic Trúc Lâm Buddhist monastery significant for teaching and transmission of the tradition.

Do Temple

Đình Bảng, Từ Sơn, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

An important royal ancestral shrine dedicated to rulers of the Lý dynasty.

Lý dynasty kings

But Thap Pagoda

Thuận Thành, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A renowned Buddhist heritage pagoda noted in Vietnam’s national heritage itineraries.

Avalokiteshvara

Phat Tich Pagoda

Tiên Du, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A major Buddhist pilgrimage and heritage destination associated with the Lý era.

Dau Pagoda

Thuận Thành, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A significant early Buddhist pilgrimage monument in the historic Kinh Bac region.

Pháp Vân (Cloud Goddess of the Tứ Pháp tradition)