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.
Major Provençal pilgrimage basilica whose crypt preserves relics venerated in Catholic tradition as those of St. Mary Magdalene.
Brittany’s principal Catholic pilgrimage sanctuary, associated with reported appearances of St. Anne to Yvon Nicolazic between 1623 and 1625.
Major French pilgrimage basilica dedicated to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, one of the best-known modern Catholic saints.
Marian pilgrimage basilica at Pontmain, associated with a reported apparition on 17 January 1871 recognized by the local bishop in 1872.
