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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.
Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)
Church interiors, monastic rooms, and sanctuary landscapes preserve the Christian culture of Longobard rule across Italy.
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
A World Heritage group of white-stone Orthodox monuments across Vladimir, Suzdal, and nearby sacred sites.
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.
Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic
A ceremony-heavy Kandy precinct where queues, flowers, drums, and palace setting shape Buddhist devotion around the Dalada.
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.
Hampi
A landscape-scale sacred city where temple clusters, river edges, granite hills, and royal ruins still explain one another.
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki
A citywide Orthodox and Byzantine route through Thessaloniki, linking basilicas, domed churches, mosaics, monastery ground, and Upper Town memory.
Divrigi Great Mosque and Hospital
A Divriği mosque-hospital foundation where carved stone portals, prayer space, and healing rooms turn a single complex into sacred public architecture.
Anuradhapura
A city-scale Buddhist pilgrimage landscape where stupas, Bodhi devotion, monastic ruins, and active worship ask for a full-day rhythm.
Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
A Pyrenean valley where Romanesque church towers, village settlement, and continuing parish memory form one Christian mountain landscape.
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi
The devotional heart of Anuradhapura, where a protected tree precinct focuses offerings, memory, and Buddhist pilgrimage.
San Antonio Missions
A UNESCO-listed Texas mission chain of churches, compounds, irrigation canals, parish life, and river-corridor heritage.
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.
Atsuta Jingu
Nagoya's great Shinto shrine, centered on sacred-sword tradition, broad precinct movement, and recurring ceremonies.
Basilica of Bom Jesus
Old Goa's Jesuit basilica, where Xavier's shrine keeps heritage viewing tied to prayer and pilgrimage.