The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

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Lorca Synagogue

Lorca Castle, Lorca, Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain Judaism

A rare late-medieval synagogue excavated in Lorca Castle’s Jewish quarter, preserving the layout and fittings of Jewish worship immediately before 1492.

Basilica-Sanctuary of the True Cross of Caravaca

Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, Region of Murcia, Spain Christianity

The principal sanctuary of Caravaca de la Cruz, centred on the veneration of the Vera Cruz relic and a perpetual Catholic Jubilee…

Vera Cruz de Caravaca