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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.

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

Kiep Bac Temple

Kiếp Bạc, Chí Linh, Hải Phòng, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

A major memorial and pilgrimage temple honouring the national hero Trần Hưng Đạo.

Trần Hưng Đạo

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.

Do Temple

Đình Bảng, Từ Sơn, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

An important royal ancestral shrine dedicated to rulers of the Lý dynasty.

Lý dynasty kings

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

But Thap Pagoda

Thuận Thành, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

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

Avalokiteshvara

Phat Tich Pagoda

Tiên Du, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

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

Dau Pagoda

Thuận Thành, Bắc Ninh, Vietnam Buddhism

A significant early Buddhist pilgrimage monument in the historic Kinh Bac region.

Pháp Vân (Cloud Goddess of the Tứ Pháp tradition)

Soc Temple

Sóc Sơn, Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

A major northern Vietnamese shrine associated with the cult of Saint Gióng.

Thánh Gióng