Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina
San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Apulia, Italy Christianity
One of Italy's largest contemporary pilgrimage centers, associated with the life, ministry and tomb of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.
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Sanctuary of Saint Romedius
San Romedio, Predaia, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy Christianity
A striking alpine pilgrimage sanctuary dedicated to Saint Romedius, built as a sequence of chapels on a steep rock outcrop.
Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Lussari
Monte Lussari, Tarvisio, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Christianity
A high-alpine Marian shrine near the Austrian and Slovenian borders, long associated with cross-border pilgrimage.
Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
Aquileia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Christianity
A foundational center of early Christianity in the northern Adriatic, famous for its vast late-antique mosaic floor.
Great Synagogue of Trieste
Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Judaism
One of Europe's largest synagogues and a major monument to the historic Jewish community of Trieste.
Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute
Venice, Veneto, Italy Christianity
A monumental Venetian Marian basilica built in fulfillment of a civic vow during the 1630 plague.
Sanctuary of Madonna della Corona
Spiazzi, Caprino Veronese, Verona, Veneto, Italy Christianity
A dramatic cliffside Marian sanctuary on Monte Baldo and a major pilgrimage destination in northern Italy.
Saint Mark’s Basilica
Venice, Veneto, Italy Christianity
Venice's cathedral and a major Christian shrine associated with the relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist.
Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua
Padua, Veneto, Italy Christianity
An international Catholic shrine built around the tomb of Saint Anthony of Padua.
Sanctuary of Santa Maria del Fonte at Caravaggio
Caravaggio, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy Christianity
A major Lombard Marian pilgrimage sanctuary associated with a reported 1432 apparition and a spring of devotional significance.
Turin Cathedral
Turin, Piedmont, Italy Christianity
Turin's cathedral and the custodial church of the Shroud of Turin, one of Christianity's most studied and venerated relics.
Sanctuary of Oropa
Oropa, Biella, Piedmont, Italy Christianity
One of the Alps' most important Marian sanctuaries, centered on the revered Black Madonna of Oropa.