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.

Grande Chartreuse

Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Christianity

Mother monastery of the Carthusian Order, founded by St. Bruno and six companions in 1084 in the Chartreuse mountains.

St. Bruno

Sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette

La Salette-Fallavaux, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France Christianity

High-altitude Marian pilgrimage sanctuary associated with a reported 1846 apparition to two shepherd children.

Our Lady of La Salette