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| TOWN in the Inland Niger Delta region. Famous for its distinctive mud-brick architecture. Its Great Mosque is the largest mud brick building in the world. | |
| ANCIENT CAPITAL of the Khmer kingdom, whose temple complex, built for the king Suryavarman II, is believed to be the largest religious structure in the world. | |
| CITY on the left bank of the Rhône river. Often referred to as the 'City of Popes' because of the presence of popes and antipopes during the Catholic schism. | |
| CITY in southwestern Shandong province. Hometown of Confucius, who is traditionally believed to have been born at the nearby Mount Ni. | |
| CAPITAL CITY where is situated the 'Basilique de Notre Dame de la Paix', the largest church in the world, having surpassed, upon completion, St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. | |
| CITY in the West Bank. Described in the Hebrew Bible as the 'City of Palm Trees'. Along the road to this city was the location of the Good Samaritan's charity. | |
| ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE of more than 2,200 temples and pagodas, built by the ancient kings to earn religious merit. | |
| TOWN on the river Elbe. Historically important for the dawn of the Protestant Reformation. On the door of its Schlosskirche in 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses. | |
| IMPORTANT PILGRIMAGE SITE near Beirut. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, known as 'Notre Dame du Liban' whose last appearance was on May 29, 2011. | |
| CITY in the southern West Bank. 2nd-holiest city in Judaism for containing the traditional burial site of the biblical Patriarchs and Matriarchs. | |
| HISTORIC CITY. In antiquity, capital of the Roman region of Cilicia. Known as the birthplace of Paul the Apostle. | |
| TOWN in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Famous for the Marian apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous. | |
| FORMER CAPITAL CITY, known as 'the city of a thousand temples', for its unparalleled collection of temples and shrines, built for emperors, shoguns, geishas and monks. | |
| TOWN known for the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, built to commemorate the events of 1917 when 3 peasant children claimed to have seen the 'Virgin of the Rosary'. | |
| CAPITAL CITY where there is the Pashupatinath Temple, one of the most significant Hindu temples of Lord Shiva in the world. | |
| HISTORIC CITY in the Sacred Valley of the Andes. Gateway to the imperial city of Machu Picchu. Known as the archaeological capital of the Americas. | |
| SPECIAL TERRITORY whose name is connected to the central feast in the Christian liturgical year. Famous for its monumental statues (moai), erected by the Rapa Nui people. | |
| CITY on the banks of the River Ganges. Holy city by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. | |
| CITY on the western flank of Monte Subasio. Major Catholic pilgrimage destination for centuries as the birthplace of St. Francis, founder of the Franciscan religious order. | |
| MOUNTAIN named for the Buddhist fire goddess Fuchi and sacred to the Shinto goddess Sengen-Sama, whose shrine is found at the summit. | |
| CITY. One of the 5 sacred 'dhams' (pilgrimage sites for devout Hindus). Often called 'Tirth Raj' (the king of pilgrimage sites). | |
| SOVEREIGN TERRITORY of the Holy See and location of the Pope's residence. | |
| TOWN famous for being home to the Holy Trinity Lavra, the most important monastery in Russia and the spiritual center of Russian Orthodox Christianity. | |
| LARGEST OF THE RUINED MAYAN CITIES on the Yucatán Peninsula. A center of Mayan pilgrimage for over 1,000 years, to sacrify objects and human beings to the rain god Chaac. | |
| HISTORIC CATHEDRAL CITY considered the spiritual capital of England. Pilgrimage site since the death of Thomas Becket in 1170. Its Archibishop is the symbolic head of Anglicanism | |
| MOUNTAIN on the south bank of the Yellow River. One of the 5 sacred Taoist mountains of China. Home to the Shaolin Temple, traditionally considered the birthplace of Zen Buddhism. | |
| CITY known as 'The Holy City', due to the prominence of churches and steeples and for being one of the few cities in the original 13 colonies to provide religious tolerance | |
| HOLY CITY in southern Iraq for Shi'a Muslims, who consider its Imam Ali Mosque as the third holiest shrine in the world. | |
| HIGHEST FRESHWATER LAKE in the world at the foot of Mount Kailash in Tibet. Holiest lake in Asia. Important pilgrimage destination for Hindus and Buddhists alike. | |
| CITY on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert. Important intellectual and spiritual center for the Islamic world from the 13th to the 17th century. Famous for its Manuscripts. | |
| ANCIENT CITY known for the 7 Sleepers, saints for Catholics and Orthodox Christians. Nearby a Christian and Muslim shrine is believed to be the last residence of Virgin Mary. | |
| BUDDHIST PILGRIMAGE SITE near the Indian border. Traditional birthplace of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. | |
| CITY considered as the future location of the New Jerusalem by the Latter Day Saint movement. | |
| TOWN in Burgundy. Famed for its Abbey, center of a major monastic movement in the Middle Ages and largest Christian building in the world before the rebuilt of St. Peter in Rome. | |
| COASTAL TOWN in Gujarat. Renowned for its Zoroastrian Atash Behram, the most sacred of the Fire Temples in India and the oldest continuously burning fire-temple fire in the world. | |
| TOWN situated on the ancient Silk Road. Known for the colossal statues on the cliff face of a mountain nearby, where there is the world's tallest standing statue of Buddha. | |
| MEDIEVAL CITY. Important fFor pilgrims, because of its association with the great mystic and reformer St. Teresa de Jesus, the first woman to be named a Doctor of the Church. | |
| ISLAND. Important pilgrimage center in the ancient Greek world, due to its famous Sanctuary of Aphrodite. A rock off the shores of Paphos is regarded as her legendary birthplace. | |
| DIAMOND-SHAPED PEAK in the Himalayas. Source of some of the longest rivers in Asia. Sacred to four faiths: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bön. | |
| ANCIENT SACRED CITY. Its name means 'place where gods were born', reflecting the Aztec belief about the creation of the universe.Among its remarkable ruins, the Pyramid of the Sun | |
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