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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.

Ba Trieu Temple

Hậu Lộc, Thanh Hóa, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

A nationally recognised shrine commemorating the historic resistance heroine Lady Triệu.

Bà Triệu (Lady Triệu)

Co Le Pagoda

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

A prominent Buddhist monument of the former Nam Định region.

Tran Temple, Nam Dinh

Nam Định, Ninh Bình, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

A royal ancestral temple complex and important spring festival destination.

Trần dynasty kings

King Le Dai Hanh Temple

Hoa Lư, Ninh Bình, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

A historic royal shrine commemorating the Early Lê ruler at the ancient capital of Hoa Lư.

Lê Đại Hành

Tam Chuc Pagoda

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

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

Phu Day Temple Complex

Vụ Bản (former Nam Định), Ninh Bình, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

One of Vietnam’s foremost centres of Mother Goddess worship, especially devotion to Liễu Hạnh.

Thánh Mẫu Liễu Hạnh

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.

Cua Ong Temple

Cẩm Phả, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

A widely visited northern coastal shrine and traditional festival destination.

Trần Quốc Tảng

Hung Kings Temple Complex

Nghĩa Lĩnh Mountain, Việt Trì, Phú Thọ, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

Vietnam’s national ancestral pilgrimage centre honouring the legendary Hùng kings.

Hùng kings