View Sacred Sites at Sacred-Destinations.com
December 18, 2008 – 10:50 amA travel guide to 1000+ sacred destinations around the world, Sacred-Destinations.com is a helpful resource to understanding the historical and cultural significance of the world’s top religious sites. From the home page:
Nearly every culture in human history has sought to honor the divine, the mysterious, the supernatural or the extraordinary in some way. Most often this happens at sacred sites: special places where the physical world seems to meet the spiritual world. These might be awe-inspiring natural places, sites connected to a god, saint or hero, places where miracles occurred, or buildings consecrated for worship or ritual.
Sacred sites are spiritually meaningful to millions today and the ancient practice of pilgrimage is as popular as it ever was. But you don’t have to be a believer to recognize that holy places, religious buildings, and sacred art are some of the most beautiful and interesting sights you’ll encounter in your travels. After all, because of the great importance of the sacred, they have been lavished with the very best in artistic skill, funding, time, materials and labor.
Sacred Destinations is an ecumenical guide to more than 1,200 sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, religious architecture and sacred art in 59 countries around the world. In addition to richly illustrated articles, Sacred Destinations has photo galleries with over 20,000 high-quality images (most taken by the author) plus detailed maps and lots of practical travel information. Happy exploring!
Examples of sites:
Biblical sites Cathedrals Footsteps of C.S. Lewis Footsteps of Jesus Footsteps of Luther Footsteps of Paul Greek Temples Largest Mosques Oldest Protestant Sites Revelation Churches Roman Sites
A map section offers maps from dozens of countries (using Google Earth). Several specialty maps are also included; they indicate the location of significant sites (e.g. Footsteps of Jesus, C.S. Lewis, Luther)
You can search the sites by Destination or by Category. You can also add images to your blog or website via Google Gadget.
The author has recently created a Sacred Destinations Photography site where you can purchase stock images.
This site could be helpful for researching a particular country’s religion, teaching your children about the religions of the world, providing illustrations of biblical sites, or learning what spiritual opposition your missionaries face in their given country.
