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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Browse Sacred Places selected for Templestan’s public collection.

Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel

Le Mont-Saint-Michel, Manche, Normandy, France Christianity

One of Europe’s most celebrated medieval pilgrimage and monastic sites, dedicated to St. Michael and dramatically set on a tidal island.

St. Michael the Archangel

Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux

Lisieux, Calvados, Normandy, France Christianity

Major French pilgrimage basilica dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, one of the best-known modern Catholic saints.

St. Thérèse of Lisieux