19 Sacred Places Around the World: Meteora, Angkor Wat, Lalibela and More
From a gold-plated pagoda in Yangon to a cathedral carved 200 metres underground in Colombia, the world's sacred places show how far peo...
Explore the World
Explore six sacred places through their history and architecture, from Delhi’s Lotus Temple to Abu Simbel, Meteora, Ravenna, Tokyo and Borobudur. Compare five monastery settings, from Meteora and Montserrat to Sümela, with practical distinctions between living communities and heritage visits.
Start with 6 Sacred Places: Architecture, History and a Thoughtful Visit and 5 Monastery Visits Where the Setting Is Part of the Story.
From a gold-plated pagoda in Yangon to a cathedral carved 200 metres underground in Colombia, the world's sacred places show how far peo...
Monks have always been drawn to high, hard places: sandstone pillars in Thessaly, a cliff above a Pontic valley, a granite rock in Sri Lanka...
A golden shrine floating on a sacred pool, a Hindu gateway tower rising in tiers of sculpture, a stupa covered in real gold plates: the wor...