Sacred Landscapes and Structures

Dramatic landscapes featuring prayer walls, ancient churches, and monuments, blending spirituality with the natural beauty of their environments.

Europe, Spain, A religious shrine sits on top of steep sea cliffs between Las Puntas and Frontera
Europe, Spain, A religious shrine sits on top of steep sea cliffs between Las Puntas and Frontera
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Pilgrim, amarnath yatra, jammu Kashmir, india, asia Copyright: xDinodiaxPhotox
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Bhumispara-mudra, Augenblick der Erleuchtung, Goldene Buddhastatue, Phra Buddha Trilokachet, umgeben von exquisiten Wandmalereien, Innenansicht des Phra Ubosot oder Ordinationshalle, Wat Suthat Thepwararam, Königlicher Tempel, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand, Asien *** Bhumispara mudra, Moment the Enlightenment, Golden Buddha statue, Phra Buddha Trilokachet, surrounded from exquisite Wall paintings, Interior view of Phra Ubosot Or Surgery hall, Wat Suthat Thepwararam, royal Temple, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia 1031609968
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The way of Saint James Alto del Perdon top with steel sculpture of pilgrims at Navarra
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Buddhist prayer wheels, Temple, Erdene Zuu MonasteryKharkhorin, Mongolia
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Dogon natives watch approaching sandstorm, Mali, west Africa
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Monk monument in Cahirciveen on the Wild Atlantic Way, Ring of Kerry; Ireland
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Sculpture "Praying Nun" on Rheinburgenweg with a view of the Rhine Valley near Kestert, Upper Middle Rhine Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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USA, Arizona, Tombstone: America's Gunfight Capital! Historic Boothill Graveyard Interesting Cowboy Gravestone
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procesion marinera de la virgen del Carmen, Portinatx, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.
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Nogales, Sonora Mexico, Tourists view a mural below the border fence separating the United States and Mexico. The painting, by Ruben Daniels, is called Inocencia en la frontera (Innocence at the border). It shows a boy, apparently trying to cross into the United States, riding a donkey towards death.
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Cross of rainforest in cable Ecuador
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Field cross with Christ figure, Lorettowiesen near Oberstdorf, Allgaeu Alps, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
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A small traditional homestead of a Samburu family. The Samburu are semi-nomadic pastoralists who live in northern Kenya.
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Indian women drying Saris after bathing. Palani, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Prayer flags on the hillside, Bamei, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan, China
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Assilah medina, Morocco, north of Africa, African continent.
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Epiphany ceremony Jordan River. 1898
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Illuminated shrine in summer evening
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Unesco site Bir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and Inscriptions, Najran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Pilgrims in traditional clothing descending the holy mountain and celebrating Quyllurit'i festival; Cusco, Peru
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Kazakh men putting up a yurt, Sati village, Tien Shan Mountains, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Asia
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Virgin Mary of clay on the summit of Cucuia de Fartaritx, Pollenca, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe
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USA, New Mexico, El Santuario de Chimayo Church, near Taos
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Long man of Wilmington
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Muslim cemetery in mountains of Central Asia Muslim cemetery in mountains of Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia Copyright: xZoonar.com/EvgenyxDubinchukx 5354622
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A Kazakh herder family is erecting a ger in a remote valley in the Altai Mountains (Altay Mountains) near Altai Sum about 200 kilometers from Ulgii (Ölgii) in the Bayan-Ulgii Province in western Mongolia.
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Aerial view of Balinese ceremony at the beach
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India, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, monks on the road to Lamayuru Monastery
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Yurts in a Ger camp near Hangay in Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia
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Europe, Norway, Svalbard, Longyearbyen. Cemetery crosses on hillside above town.
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Tucson, Arizona, Members of the Tucson Samaritans place crosses in the desert at the places where the remains of migrants were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America have perished in recent years as they tried to evade U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints. More than 500 crosses planted in Arizona by the Samaritans and other groups now mark the spots where they died.
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People on Rock of Invitation, Aradhana Gala, Sila Rock, Mihintale, North Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia
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Parish church St.Vinzenz, illuminated and Heiligenblut am Großglockner, at night, starry sky, long exposure, startrails
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The procession to celebrate the Herz-Jesu Festival enters a large meadow overlooked by the Karwendel mountain range.; Austria.
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View of a vibrant rainbow brick road leading to a pristine white church nestled beneath misty mountains, a serene Icelandic landscape unfolds, Seydisfjordur, Múlaþing, Iceland.
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procesion marinera de la virgen del Carmen, Portinatx, Ibiza, balearic islands, Spain.
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Africa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Orthodox priests lead a procession of faithful to celebrate Timkat (Epiphany), the church's most important Holy Day.
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Bisbee, Arizona, Sister Judy Bourg, along with other members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and their supporters, plants a cross in Mule Mountains near the spot where the remains of an unidentified migrant were found. Hundreds of migrants from Mexico and Central America have perished in recent years as they tried to evade U.S. Border Patrol checkpoints. More than 400 crosses in the Arizona desert, planted by SSND and other groups, now mark the spots where they died. The cross is decorated with bottle caps found in the desert from water bottles carried by migrants.
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Eisskulptur Volle Kraft voraus auf dem Weihnachtsfest. Jekaterinburg. Russland Yekaterinburg, Russia January 07, 2021: Ice sculpture Full speed ahead at the Christmas Festival Star of Bethlehem near the Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints, work of Ivan and Elena Smirnov Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxPistyazhnyukxSergxZastavkinx 22658573
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Palestine, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Qasr el Yahud, Christian pilgrims being baptized in the River Jordan at Qasr el Yahud on the Palestine side of the river in the Occupied Territory of the West Bank. Across the river is the Greek Orthodox Church of John the Baptist in Al-Maghtas in Jordan.
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Falfurrias, Texas, Graves in Sacred Heart Cemetery where the remains of unidentified migrants are buried. Dozens of migrants without legal papers die each year in the long, hot walk around a Border Patrol checkpoint 70 miles north of the Mexican border.
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Aerial view of Global Peace Prayer Festival where monks from all over the world came to pray for peace, Thimphu, Thimphu, Bhutan.