Holy Sites 351–400

Where Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses, launching the Protestant Reformation.

A UNESCO medieval monastery that was Georgia's premier center of learning and culture.

The tallest pagoda in Myanmar, enshrining two sacred hair relics and a tooth of the Buddha.

The most important of Marrakech's Seven Saints shrines, patron saint of the blind.

A reconstructed 13th-century mosque on the Caspian shore, one of the spiritual symbols of Baku.

A major Sufi pilgrimage site honoring a 13th-century Islamic saint in the Bale region.

A hilltop temple to the wish-fulfilling goddess, accessible by cable car over a dramatic gorge.

An ancient church containing rock niches where St Marinus and St Leo are said to have slept.

A UNESCO-listed desert oasis town known as the 'Pearl of the Sahara.'

The marble steps believed to have been climbed by Jesus at Pontius Pilate's palace, ascended on the knees by pilgrims.

The sacred mountain where pilgrims gather for the most important day of Hajj.

Tunis's great mosque and one of Islam's oldest universities, founded in 737 CE.

America's most famous Catholic cathedral, a Gothic masterpiece on Fifth Avenue.

One of the holiest Muslim shrines, built at the tomb of Prophet Muhammad's foster mother near Larnaca.

The oldest mosque in the Maldives, built of coral stone in 1658 with exquisite lacquer work.

Philip II's vast royal monastery and mausoleum, the spiritual heart of the Spanish Empire.

A major Shia shrine near Damascus, believed to house the tomb of Zaynab bint Ali.

Three sacred volcanic peaks gifted to the nation by a Māori chief to protect their spiritual significance.

A 400-year-old pagoda on the Perfume River, the tallest religious building in Vietnam.

Amsterdam's oldest building and parish church, a Gothic landmark in the heart of the Red Light District.

Nineteen stunning terraced gardens cascading down Mount Carmel, shrine of the Báb.

A 16th-century cathedral in the heart of Cartagena's UNESCO-listed walled city.

One of the most visited pilgrimage sites in the world, housing the relics of St. Anthony of Padua.

Costa Rica's most important pilgrimage site, housing a tiny miraculous statue called La Negrita.

A Byzantine ghost city in the Peloponnese with stunning churches and frescoes.

The most important pre-Columbian ruins in El Salvador, featuring a stepped pyramid used for ceremonial purposes.

A major Shia shrine in Samarra housing the tombs of the tenth and eleventh Imams.

The headquarters of one of the largest Buddhist organizations in the world, with a 36-meter seated Buddha.

Oscar Niemeyer's hyperboloid masterpiece — a modernist cathedral of light and space.

Salvador's most important church, where Catholic and Candomblé traditions merge.

The most opulent church in Brazil, with every surface covered in gold leaf.

Paraguay's most important pilgrimage site, dedicated to the Virgin of the Miracles of Caacupé.

A Jesuit church in Quito covered in seven tons of gold leaf, considered the most ornate church in the Americas.

A dazzling white marble mosque in Abu Dhabi, one of the world's largest and most opulent.

A Baroque cathedral in Dubrovnik's old town housing a treasury of sacred relics from the Republic of Ragusa.

A sacred site for both Hindus and Buddhists at 3,800 meters in the Himalayas.

The world's largest curtain of falling water, known as 'The Smoke That Thunders.'

A massive mountaintop fortress symbolizing Haitian freedom, where spiritual ceremonies honor the nation's ancestors.

A 14th-century church perched at 2,170 meters with Mount Kazbek towering behind it.

The 'Sistine Chapel of Mexico,' adorned with stunning folk baroque murals.

Lisbon's oldest church, built on the site of a mosque after the reconquest, housing the relics of St. Vincent.

An 18th-century Baroque cathedral in Old Havana, once believed to house Columbus's remains.

The wealthiest and most famous monastery in Cyprus, housing an icon attributed to St Luke.

The most splendid temple in Luang Prabang, a masterpiece of Lao Buddhist architecture.

The finest and best-preserved temple in Bagan, known as the 'Westminster Abbey of Burma.'

Burkina Faso's only UNESCO World Heritage Site, mysterious stone ruins linked to gold trade.

The site where 45 Christian converts were martyred in 1886, now Africa's largest Christian pilgrimage site.

A historic Portuguese colonial church overlooking the Atlantic in Luanda.

The coronation cathedral of the Kingdom of Hungary, where 11 kings and queens were crowned.

The ruins of the first European settlement on the Pacific coast of the Americas, founded in 1519.