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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Church of the Intercession on the Nerl

Bogolyubovo, Suzdal District, Vladimir Oblast, Russia Christianity

One of the most celebrated monuments of medieval Russian church architecture, standing beside the Nerl River near Bogolyubovo.

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

Saint Petersburg, Russia Christianity

A landmark memorial church built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was mortally wounded in 1881.

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye

Moscow, Russia Christianity

A UNESCO-listed 1532 church built at Kolomenskoye to celebrate the birth of the future Tsar Ivan IV.