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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Maria Luggau Basilica

Maria Luggau, Lesachtal, Hermagor, Carinthia, Austria Christianity

A major Carinthian Marian pilgrimage basilica whose origin tradition is associated with Helena and a dream reported in 1513.

Virgin Mary

Gurk Cathedral

Gurk, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia, Austria Christianity

A major Romanesque church in Carinthia whose hundred-column crypt contains the tomb venerated as that of Saint Hemma of Gurk.

Saint Hemma of Gurk