The World’s Sacred Places
Discover a curated guide to significant sacred places, pilgrimage traditions, architecture, documented history and practical visitor information across cultures and faith traditions.
Curated Discovery
Browse Sacred Places selected for Templestan’s public collection.
The Sanctuary of Apollo on the uninhabited island of Despotiko, near Antiparos, is one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the…
The Asklepieion of Kos is the principal sanctuary of Asklepios on the island of Kos and one of the most important sacred…
The Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion stands on the southern tip of Attica, where the headland commands the sea routes into…
The Sanctuary of the Great Gods at Palaiopoli on Samothrace was one of the ancient Aegean’s most renowned mystery sanctuaries.
The Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae stands in the mountains of the western Peloponnese, in a remote sanctuary associated with the…
The Heraion of Samos is the great sanctuary of Hera near the ancient city of Samos in the eastern Aegean.
The Sanctuary of Eleusis at modern Elefsina in Attica was the principal centre of worship for Demeter and Kore (Persephone) and the…
The Sanctuary of Dodona in Epirus was one of the oldest and most famous oracular centres of ancient Greece.
The Archaeological Site of Delphi lies on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in Phocis, Central Greece, where the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Apollo…
The Archaeological Site of Olympia in Elis, Western Greece, preserves the great Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Zeus and the setting of the ancient…
The Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus in Argolis is one of the most important surviving centres of ancient Greek healing religion.
Delos is a small Cycladic island in the central Aegean whose religious importance far exceeded its size.
