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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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Sacred Places

Browse Sacred Places selected for Templestan’s public collection.

Sonntagberg Basilica

Sonntagberg, Amstetten, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity

A hilltop pilgrimage basilica dedicated to the Holy Trinity, with pilgrimage roots in the 15th century and a major Baroque church built…

Holy Trinity

Klosterneuburg Monastery

Klosterneuburg, Tulln, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity

An Augustinian canons’ monastery founded in 1114, centred on the memory and tomb of Saint Leopold III and major medieval works of…

Saint Leopold III

Göttweig Abbey

Göttweig, Furth bei Göttweig, Krems-Land, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity

A Benedictine hilltop abbey founded in 1083 and rebuilt in Baroque form after 1718, forming part of the UNESCO-listed Wachau Cultural Landscape.

Maria Taferl Basilica

Maria Taferl, Melk, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity

A major Baroque Marian pilgrimage basilica above the Danube, whose 17th-century devotional history includes reported healings and apparition traditions.

Virgin Mary

Heiligenkreuz Abbey

Heiligenkreuz, Heiligenkreuz im Wienerwald, Baden, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity

A Cistercian abbey founded by Leopold III in 1133, with a medieval church, active monastic community and a longstanding True Cross relic…

Relic of the True Cross

Melk Abbey

Melk, Lower Austria, Austria Christianity

A Benedictine abbey established in 1089, internationally known for its Baroque complex and its place within the UNESCO-listed Wachau Cultural Landscape.

Saint Coloman