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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Kadoorie – Mekor Haim Synagogue

Porto, Porto District, Portugal Judaism

The monumental synagogue of Porto’s Jewish community, inaugurated in 1938 and today an active centre of Jewish religious life in northern Portugal.

Monastery of Serra do Pilar

Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Portugal Christianity

A 16th-century Augustinian monastery above the Douro, notable for its circular church and cloister and included in Porto’s UNESCO World Heritage property.

Porto Cathedral

Porto, Porto District, Portugal Christianity

Porto’s historic Catholic cathedral, preserving Romanesque fabric from the 12th–13th centuries with later Gothic and Baroque additions.