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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.

Tay Phuong Pagoda

Thạch Xá, Hanoi, Vietnam Buddhism

An important hilltop Buddhist pagoda famed for traditional temple architecture and heritage.

Thay Pagoda

Sài Sơn, Hanoi, Vietnam Buddhism

An old Buddhist religious complex known for its landscape, architecture and traditional festival.

Zen master Từ Đạo Hạnh

Quan Thanh Temple

Ba Đình, Hanoi, Vietnam Taoism

A historic Taoist temple associated with the northern guardian of old Hanoi.

Trấn Vũ / Xuanwu

Temple of Literature

Đống Đa, Hanoi, Vietnam Confucianism

Vietnam’s nationally significant Confucian temple and historic centre of learning.

Confucius

Ngoc Son Temple

Hoàn Kiếm Lake, Hanoi, Vietnam Vietnamese folk religion

A nationally recognised lakeside temple reached by the red bridge at Hoan Kiem Lake.

Trần Hưng Đạo and Văn Xương

One Pillar Pagoda

Ba Đình, Hanoi, Vietnam Buddhism

An emblematic lotus-shaped Buddhist pagoda standing on a single pillar in Hanoi.

Avalokiteshvara