The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

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Vienna Peace Pagoda

Handelskai, Vienna, Leopoldstadt, Austria Buddhism

A Buddhist peace pagoda on the Danube, inaugurated in 1983 and maintained within the Nipponzan Myōhōji tradition.