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Directory 44 of 8,540 places
Places — Holy cities and precincts
Cities, towns and precincts with sacred places of their own on record.
Holy cities and precincts
Each is the recorded location of sacred places held here.
44 places
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Christianity Vatican City 8 sacred places in it Holy See's independent state, an enclave within Rome, Italy -
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Judaism · Islam · Christianity Jerusalem 40 sacred places in it City in the Middle East, holy to the three Abrahamic religions -
Islam Mecca 6 sacred places in it Saudi Arabian city and capital of the Makkah province -
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Christianity Bethlehem 4 sacred places in it City in the West Bank, Palestine -
Islam Medina 9 sacred places in it City in Medina Province, Saudi Arabia -
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Christianity Santiago de Compostela 1 sacred place in it Municipality of Galicia, Spain -
Buddhist traditions Lhasa 4 sacred places in it Prefecture-level city and capital of Tibet -
Christianity Nazareth 3 sacred places in it City in Israel; predominantly inhabited by Muslim-Arab citizens of Israel; a center of Christian pilgrimage as the childhood home of Jesus -
South Asian traditions · Islam Varanasi 4 sacred places in it City on the banks of the Ganges in the Uttar Pradesh state of India -
Islam Mashhad 3 sacred places in it Capital city of Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran -
Islam Konya 4 sacred places in it Metropolitan municipality in Central Anatolia, Turkey -
South Asian traditions Amritsar 4 sacred places in it City in the north-western part of Punjab, India -
Islam Qom 2 sacred places in it City in Qom Province, Iran -
Islam · Judaism Hebron 3 sacred places in it Palestian city in the occupied West Bank -
Christianity Assisi 8 sacred places in it Italian commune in Umbria -
Buddhist traditions · East Asian traditions Nara 19 sacred places in it City in Nara prefecture, Japan -
Christianity Częstochowa 2 sacred places in it City in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland -
Islam Karbala 2 sacred places in it City in Karbala Governorate, Iraq -
Islam Najaf 2 sacred places in it City in central-south Iraq -
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Greek and Roman Olympia 6 sacred places in it Town on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, site of the ancient Olympic Games -
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Christianity Lourdes 1 sacred place in it Commune in Hautes-Pyrénées, France -
Islam Kairouan 4 sacred places in it Tunisian town -
Buddhist traditions Anuradhapura 7 sacred places in it City in North Central Province, Sri Lanka -
Buddhist traditions Bagan 9 sacred places in it Ancient city in Myanmar -
South Asian traditions Mathura 3 sacred places in it City in Uttar Pradesh, India -
South Asian traditions Ayodhya 3 sacred places in it City in Uttar Pradesh, India -
South Asian traditions Puri 1 sacred place in it City in Odisha, India -
Christianity Fátima 1 sacred place in it Freguesia of Portugal -
Buddhist traditions Bodh Gaya 1 sacred place in it Town -
Judaism Safed 2 sacred places in it City in northern Israel -
East Asian traditions · Buddhist traditions Nikkō-shi 6 sacred places in it City in Tochigi prefecture, Japan -
South Asian traditions Vrindavan 7 sacred places in it City in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh, India -
Buddhist traditions Kushinagar 1 sacred place in it Town in Uttar Pradesh, India, the place where Gautama Buddha died -
Buddhist traditions Sarnath 2 sacred places in it Village in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, India -
East Asian traditions Ise 5 sacred places in it City in Mie prefecture, Japan -
Ancient Egypt Abydos 2 sacred places in it City in ancient Egypt -
South Asian traditions Badrinath 1 sacred place in it Holy town and a nagar panchayat in Chamoli district in the state of Uttarakhand, India -
East Asian traditions Tenri 3 sacred places in it City in Nara prefecture, Japan -
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Christianity Basilica of San Lorenzo 2 sacred places in it Church in Florence, Italy -
Christianity monastic community of Mount Athos 10 sacred places in it Community of monks on the Mount Athos peninsula - autonomous part of the Greek state -
Buddhist traditions Kōya-chō 4 sacred places in it Town in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan -
Ancient Egypt Precinct of Amun-Re 3 sacred places in it Building in Egypt -
Greek and Roman Sanctuary of Asclepius, Epidaurus 2 sacred places in it Healing shrine on the territory of ancient Epidauros, Argolid, Greece -
South Asian traditions Hajo 1 sacred place in it Town in Assam