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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.

Co Le Pagoda

Trực Ninh (former Nam Định), Ninh Bình, Vietnam Buddhism

A prominent Buddhist monument of the former Nam Định region.

Tam Chuc Pagoda

Kim Bảng (former Hà Nam), Ninh Bình, Vietnam Buddhism

A large contemporary Buddhist pilgrimage destination in the northern limestone landscape.

Keo Pagoda

Vũ Thư (former Thái Bình), Hưng Yên, Vietnam Buddhism

A nationally prominent Buddhist pagoda known for its surviving historical wooden architecture.

Zen master Dương Không Lộ

Bich Dong Pagoda

Tam Cốc, Ninh Bình, Vietnam Buddhism

A mountainside Buddhist temple integrated with limestone caves near Tam Cốc.

Ngoa Van Pagoda

Đông Triều, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A mountain Buddhist site associated with the life of the monk-king Trần Nhân Tông.

Trần Nhân Tông

Con Son Pagoda

Côn Sơn, Chí Linh, Hải Phòng, Vietnam Buddhism

An historic monastery and pilgrimage landscape linked to Trúc Lâm Buddhist masters.

Trúc Lâm Buddhist masters

Hoa Yen Pagoda

Yên Tử Mountain, Uông Bí, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A key monastery on the Yên Tử Buddhist pilgrimage route.

Trần Nhân Tông

Dong Pagoda on Yen Tu

Yên Tử summit, Uông Bí, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A summit pilgrimage pagoda reached via the sacred ascent of Yên Tử Mountain.

Phat Tich Pagoda

Tiên Du, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A major Buddhist pilgrimage and heritage destination associated with the Lý era.

But Thap Pagoda

Thuận Thành, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A renowned Buddhist heritage pagoda noted in Vietnam’s national heritage itineraries.

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