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.

Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham

Walsingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Christianity

International Anglican Marian shrine reviving one of medieval England’s most famous pilgrimage traditions.

Virgin Mary

Catholic National Shrine and Basilica of Our Lady, Walsingham

Houghton St Giles, Walsingham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Christianity

National Catholic Marian shrine at Walsingham centred on the medieval Slipper Chapel.

Virgin Mary