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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Mission of Santa María del Agua de Landa

Landa de Matamoros, Querétaro, Mexico Christianity

A richly ornamented Sierra Gorda mission dedicated to the Immaculate Conception and completed in the eighteenth century.

Immaculate Conception

Mission of San Francisco del Valle de Tilaco

Tilaco, Landa de Matamoros, Querétaro, Mexico Christianity

A well-preserved eighteenth-century Sierra Gorda mission dedicated to Saint Francis of Assisi.

Saint Francis of Assisi