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Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region
A Munakata World Heritage landscape centered on Okinoshima, associated reefs, and shrine sites that ordinary visitors approach from outside the island.
Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas
Three Karnataka temple complexes that make Hoysala sacred architecture legible through platforms, shrine plans, and intensely carved stone.
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
A ceremony-heavy Kandy precinct where queues, flowers, drums, and palace setting shape Buddhist devotion around the Dalada.
Great Living Chola Temples
Three Tamil Shaiva temple centers linked by worship, stone scale, and Chola memory.
National Basilica of the Sacred Heart
Brussels' Koekelberg basilica joins Catholic prayer, parish life, national celebrations, Art Deco scale, and a panorama over the city.
Anuradhapura
A city-scale Buddhist pilgrimage landscape where stupas, Bodhi devotion, monastic ruins, and active worship ask for a full-day rhythm.
Mount Fuji
A sacred mountain landscape where Sengen shrines, springs, ascent routes, and long views matter as much as the summit cone.
Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
A multi-town Aragon route where churches, cathedrals, brick towers, and tilework reveal one regional sacred architectural tradition.
Aachen Cathedral
A cathedral rooted in Charlemagne's palace chapel, where imperial memory and continuous worship still meet in one sacred interior.
Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad
A living Orthodox lavra in Sergiev Posad where cathedrals, walls, and pilgrimage movement gather around Saint Sergius.
Chennakesava Temple, Belur
A living Hoysala Vishnu temple where star-shaped planning, dense carving, circumambulation, and worship still animate the precinct.
Mission of San Javier
A living Chiquitos mission town where carved timber church craft, plaza space, and parish use still shape the center of San Javier.
Shimogamo Shrine
A Kyoto Kamo shrine where trees, thresholds, purification, and prayer shape a slow movement into sacred space.
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
A World Heritage group of white-stone Orthodox monuments across Vladimir, Suzdal, and nearby sacred sites.
Baroque Churches of the Philippines
Four Philippine Catholic churches showing how one colonial building tradition adapted to different regions.
Bodhi Tree, Bodh Gaya
The tree focus behind the Mahabodhi Temple where pilgrims pause at Bodh Gaya's enlightenment precinct.
City of Quito
A high-altitude old city where Catholic churches, convents, plazas, and streets form a dense walking fabric.
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
The devotional heart of Anuradhapura, where a protected tree precinct focuses offerings, memory, and Buddhist pilgrimage.
Shinkyō
A red sacred bridge at Nikko, marking the river threshold before the shrines and temples of the World Heritage precinct.
Yakushi Nyorai, Golden Hall, Horyu-ji
A Medicine Buddha focus under the eastern canopy, where prayer for healing remains tied to Horyu-ji's sacred interior.