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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Oviedo Cathedral

Oviedo, Asturias, Spain Christianity

A major northern Spanish cathedral whose Holy Chamber preserves celebrated medieval relics and which anchors the Camino Primitivo pilgrimage tradition.

Holy Saviour

Covadonga Sanctuary

Covadonga, Cangas de Onís, Asturias, Spain Christianity

Asturias’s principal pilgrimage sanctuary, centred on the Holy Cave and the venerated image of Our Lady of Covadonga.

Our Lady of Covadonga (La Santina)