St. Peter’s Square
Vatican City Christianity
The monumental Baroque forecourt of St. Peter’s Basilica, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and used for major papal gatherings and public prayer.
The World’s Sacred Places
Sacred Places
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Sacred Places
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Sistine Chapel
Vatican City Christianity
The papal chapel of the Apostolic Palace, consecrated to Our Lady of the Assumption and renowned for its Renaissance frescoes and role…
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City Christianity
A papal basilica and major Catholic pilgrimage church built over the site venerated by the Catholic Church as the tomb of Saint…
Devenish Ecclesiastical Site
Devenish Island, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Island monastic complex on Lough Erne founded in the early Christian period and now part of the Lough Erne pilgrimage landscape.
Slemish Mountain
Broughshane, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Mountain traditionally associated with St Patrick’s years of enslavement and now climbed in his memory as part of Northern Ireland’s Patrician heritage.
Down Cathedral
Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Historic cathedral beside the traditional burial place of St Patrick and a major destination on the Saint Patrick pilgrimage landscape.
Saul Church
Saul, Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Pilgrimage church traditionally regarded as the place where St Patrick began his Irish mission.
Struell Wells and Bath Houses
Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Historic holy-well complex associated with St Patrick and a long pilgrimage and healing tradition.
St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Armagh
Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Roman Catholic primatial cathedral of Armagh, forming with the Church of Ireland cathedral a nationally important Patrician sacred landscape.
Rosslyn Chapel
Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Internationally famous late medieval chapel renowned for exceptionally rich stone carving and continuing Christian worship.
St Ninian’s Cave
Physgill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom Christianity
Coastal cave with early medieval Christian carvings and a continuing pilgrimage tradition associated with St Ninian.
St Patrick’s Church of Ireland Cathedral, Armagh
Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Christianity
Primatial Church of Ireland cathedral on the hill traditionally associated with St Patrick’s principal church at Armagh.