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.

Oura Cathedral

Minamiyamate, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan Christianity

Historic Nagasaki Catholic church associated with the 1865 “Discovery of Hidden Christians” and UNESCO Christian heritage.

Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan|Hidden Christians

Urakami Cathedral

Motoomachi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan Christianity

Nagasaki cathedral rebuilt after the atomic bombing, a powerful Catholic site of memory, faith and peace.

Virgin Mary|Urakami Catholic community