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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Sacred Places

Browse Sacred Places selected for Templestan’s public collection.

Quba Mosque

Madinah, Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia Islam

Historic mosque traditionally recognized as the first built in Islam.

Prophet Muhammad

Al-Rawdah al-Sharifah

Madinah, Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia Islam

Revered prayer area between the Prophet’s former chamber and pulpit.

Prophet Muhammad

Prophet Muhammad’s Chamber and Tomb

Madinah, Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia Islam

Burial chamber of Prophet Muhammad, Abu Bakr and Umar in the Prophet’s Mosque.

Muhammad; Abu Bakr; Umar

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque)

Madinah, Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia Islam

Second-holiest mosque in Islam and burial complex of Prophet Muhammad.