Sacred Sites and Landscapes

A collection of diverse religious and cultural sites including ancient churches, cross monuments, monasteries, and traditional crafts, set against stunning natural backdrops.

Church and graveyard, San Juan, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, South America

Turkey, Cappadocia, Goreme, Red Valley, Hacli Kilise is the Turkish title for the church. It means the church with the cross, Frescoes on ceiling, superstitous gouging has taken place to eradicate the evil eye.

Christian cross in ancient monastery Khor Virap near Turkish-Armenian border in front of Ararat mountain

CHIU MONASTERY, its 3 CHORTENS and MOUNT KAILASH (6638M) are visited by devout BUDDHIST PILGRIMS - TIBET

traditional bedouin carpets on stone wall traditional bedouin carpets on stone wall in Jordan mountain Copyright: xZoonar.com/VVxVoennyyx 5034600

CHIU MONASTERY, its 3 CHORTENS and MOUNT KAILASH (6638M) are visited by devout BUDDHIST PILGRIMS - TIBET

Tuvkhun Monastery, Mongolia

A Buddha statue on a hill above the Ongi River near the Ongiin Khiid monastery in central Mongolia.

Small Hindu temple in Sarchu on Manali-Leh road. Boundary between Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh, India. Small Hindu temple in Sarchu on Manali-Leh road to Ladakh, India

mali, dogon, banani

Church and graveyard, San Juan, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, South America

Orthodox chapel, hiker, Naxos, Cyclades, Greece, Europe

Small shrines on a hillside at the Manjusri Monastery, a former Buddhist monastery established in 1733 and destroyed by Mongolian communists in 1937, near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Prayer flags over sky burial site, Lake Manasarovar Manasarowar, sacred lake just south of Kailas Kailash, Tibet, China, Asia

Valley of chortens Valley of white buddhist chortens near Leh, Ladakh, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/NatalliaxYaumenenkax 5087901

Pilgrim throwing a stone at the foot of the Iron Cross, a milestone of the Santiago de Compostella trail

Muslim cemetery in Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Asia

Cemetery in Kyrgyzstan Cemetery on colourful field in Kyrgyzstan Copyright: xZoonar.com/EvgenyxDubinchukx 5354612

White crosses on graves in the cemetery in Georgetown on Ascension Island, mid Atlantic

Buddhist mani stones line trail on popular trekking route in Ladakh, northern India

Prayer flags at pass, trekking from monastery of Likir to Yangtang, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

A swami (Sanskrit: स्वामी Svāmi [sʋáːmi) is an ascetic or yogi who has been initiated into the religious monastic order founded by Adi Shankara, or to a religious teacher. Mount Abu is a popular hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of Rajasthan state in western India near the border with Gujarat. The mountain forms a distinct rocky plateau 22 km long by 9 km wide. The highest peak on the mountain is Guru Shikhar at 1,722 m (5,650 ft) above sea level. It is referred to as 'an oasis in the desert' as its heights are home to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and evergreen forests.

Church and graveyard, San Juan, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, South America

Angel statue in a cemetery overlooking a ghost town in the distance, Bodie Ghost Town, California, USA

Ain Tabgha. Mosaic floor of ancient church. 1920, Israel, Tabigha

Beatty, Nevada, Art is the attraction in Rhyolite, a town that boomed briefly after gold was discovered in 1904. Albert Szukalski's The Last Supper is one of the main works on display.

Israel. Jerusalem. Mound where some theories say they be the real Golgotha or Calvary where Jesus was crucified. Currently, central bus station. Bab Al Zahra.

Israel the Altar at the shrine in the Israelite fortress in Tel Arad

NM, New Mexico, Taos Pueblo, inhabited for 1000 years, Cemetry and ruins of old San Geronimo chapel

Prayer flags along the road from Ali and Gerze, Western Tibet, Asia

Denmark, Greenland, Traditional cemetery; Upernarvik

Mongolia, Selenge Province, Amarbayasgalant Monastery

A Buddha statue on a hill above the Ongi River near the Ongiin Khiid monastery in central Mongolia.

Flags Fluttering In The Wind Over A Muslim Cemetery At The Unai Pass (3,300 M), Vardak Province, Afghanistan

Cemetery By The Church Of Sepulturas, Oruro Department, Bolivia

Ovo, sacred place

Around Youfa Hakeit in the Hoggars tassilis some archeologicals signs and designs of animals algerian desert

Stone tortoise, Erdene Zuu Monastery, Mongolia

A large Mahafaly tomb. When respected and wealthy men of the Mahafaly community die, they will have the highlights of their lives perpetuated in colourful paintings adorning their tombs.

Plaque to the 50th Anniversary of the ascent of Mt. Everest on a gompa near Tengboche Monastery

Shrine on trail to Cho Oyu, Tibet.

Decorated cross at roadside in front of copper mine, Northern Chile

Bedouins praying at the edge of the desert in Egypt, North Africa

A man rests in the shade of a natural shelter close to the rock-hewn church of Abune Yemata in the Gheralta Mountains near Guh.Carved into a cliff face with a sheer drop of 800 to 1,000 feet, the church is reached only by a hazardous ascent with tiny footholds and irregular hand grips. It is renowned for its truly remarkable murals.

Traditional Gers at night in the Gobi desert, Mongolia

Cemetery on colourful field in Kyrgyzstan

Indian hogan from Gathering of Grandmas, near Hot Springs, South Dakota

Marabout, holy grave in a palm grove, Skoura, Dades Valley, Morocco, Africa

Osh, Kyrgyzstan, October 05, 2014: A traditional muslim cemetery at the foot of Sulaiman Too Mountain, Asia

Italy, Sardinia, Dorgali, the Tombe dei Giganti

Screen slabs from the Church of St. Nediljica in Zadar, 11th century (copy). Croatia. Detail. Mary, seated on a folding chair, having Jesus on her knees, welcomes the Magi (wearing Phrygian caps). Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments. Split. Croatia.

Toson Khulstai National Park, Mongolia

Berber cemetery in the Anti-Atlas, Morocco, Africa

Western Mongolia. Stupa, religious marker found at the top of mountains and in high places. They serve in worship of the mountains and the sky as well as in Buddhist ceremonies.

Independence, California, The cemetery at the Manzanar Internment Camp, one of 10 camps where Japanese-Americans were held during World War II. The site has been preserved as the Manzanar National Historic Site by the National Park Service. Strings of paper cranes hang from a rope surrounding an obelisk on which the inscription reads: ""soul consoling tower."".

White wooden crosses on graves at the old cemetery of Longyearbyen in summer, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway, Europe

Debre Damo Monastery, Tigray, Ethiopia

Jordan, Mount Nebo, Mount Nebo, The Brazen Serpent Monument is a sculpture representing the brass serpent lifted up by Moses and the cross upon which Christ was crucified. It was created by Italian artist Giovanni Fantoni and placed in front of the Memorial Church of Moses overlooking the Promised Land to the west. From Mount Nebo, Moses was permitted to look down on the Promised Land.

Pentecostalism in Latin America -- Bolivia

Tibetan Buddhism symbol trident forest of old juniper Juniperus trees and snow covered mountains at Reting monastery Tibet China

Buddhist temple, Elsen, Mongolia

Mission in New Mexico

Carved Buddhist mani stones in Zangla, capital of ancient kingdom, Kingdom of Zanskar, Himalaya, India

MONGOLIA, NEAR ULAANBAATAR AND ZUUNMOD, MANZUSHIR MONASTERY, STONE STATUE WITH PRAYER FLAG

Kyrgyzstan, Muslim cemetery with Tian Shan Mountains in background

A graveyard at Icamole. Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Morocco: Beth Mo'ed Le'kol Chai or Jewish Cemetery of Marrakech (Miaara Cemetery), Medina of Marrakesh, Marrakesh. The Miaara Cemetery is the largest Jewish cemetery in Morocco and dates back to 1537 CE (5297 in the Jewish calendar), although it is thought that the area was used for Jewish burials as far back as the 12th century.

Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis church

Asia, Russia, Siberia, region of Krasnojarsk, Taimyr peninsula, cemetery, graves,

Orthodox priest standing on steep rocks at the entrance of Daniel Korkor church, Gheralta Mountains, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, Africa

Kazakh nomads set up ger camps, in preparation for the Eagle Hunt Festival, Altai Mountains, Bajan-Ulgii, Western Mongolia

Kyrgyzstan, Chaek, Jumgal. Jumgal Village and Cemetery.

Chile, Atacama. Cemetery in Tocanao

John Baptist Greek Orthodox Church. Actual baptism site of Jesus. Jordan River Moved and Ruins are of Byzantine Churches marking spot of baptism. Rediscovered late 1990's and early 2000. Church opened 2011.

Shrine of Gauchito Gil, Argentina

Old cemetery of Gevas, gravesites, gravestones, Seljuks, Seljuk architecture, East Anatolia, Van Province, Lake Van, Ahtamar, Turkey, Asia

Malagasy worshippers praying at Ambohimanga Royal Palace, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Lakota Sioux tour guide at the Mandan On-A-Slant Indian Village located in South Dakota near Mandan ND

Lalibela, eastern group of rock-hewn churches, Pray Abba Lebanon, Abba Lebanon Church, House of Father Lebanon, Ethiopia, Africa

A stone statue with a prayer flag at the Manjusri Monastery, a former Buddhist monastery established in 1733 and destroyed by Mongolian communists in 1937, near Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

NM, New Mexico, Chimayo, El Santurario de Chimayo, known as Little Lourdes due to its reputation of miraculous healing and cures, Crucifix

Traditional teenage Hopi girl, Povi Lomayauma 16 years old, dressed in traditionally woven cotton dress stands next to a ladder leading to a Tewa kiva entrance on First Mesa.

inupiat graveyard on Herschel island off the Mackenzie River delta Yukon Territory Canada

MONGOLIA, NEAR ULAANBAATAR, OVOO, STONE MOUND WITH PRAYER FLAGS

Shankarachaya symbol, Kedarnath, Uttaranchal, India Copyright: xPxMistry/DinodiaxPhotox

A blue grave with crosses in a barren desert landscape under a clear sky, grave in the Quebrada de Cafayate near Salta in Argentina

Chapel Milky Way

A memorial to Mexican priests who were martyred during the Cristero rebellion in Mexico in the late 1920s, San Luis, Colorado, USA, North America

Carved gravestones in cemetery, Noravank Monastery, Vayots Dzor, Armenia (Hayastan), Caucasus, Central Asia, Asia

USA, California, Eastern Sierra Nevada Area, Independence, Manzanar National Historic Site, site of World War Two-era internment camp for Japanese-Americans, camp cemetery

Goldwell Open Museum: in the middle of Nevada desert, abandoned ghost sculptures

Osoyoos Indian Band Sculpture At Nk'mip Desert Cultural Centre, South Okanagan, British Columbia

Photo of Dalai Lama and tibetan praying flags on the summit of Mount Everest 8848m, looking north, Himalaya, Nepal, Asia

Pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago offering votive stones and offerings in Cruz de Ferro (Iron Cross), Foncebadón hill, Bierzo region,, Castile and Leon, Spain.

Vesuv, Kampanien, Italien Religiöse Motive am Rande des Kraters Copyright: xZoonar.com/IgnacyxxPilchx 22743990

PROCESION:LA VIRGEN Y LAS CARRETAS POR EL CAMINO - FOTO AÑOS 90. Location: EXTERIOR. ALMONTE-EL ROCIO. Huelva. SPAIN.

Tibet, Lhasa, Drigung Tli, Sky Burial Site With Vultures Gathered On The Ground In Front Of People And Religious Buildings

VISTA DEL MONTE TABOR-SEGUN LA BIBLIA JESUS SE TRANSFIGURO EN ESTE MONTE ANTE 3 DISCIPULOS. Location: EXTERIOR.

Russian Othodox monks on a pilgrimage to the Moses' Mountain, Mount Sinai, Sinai, Egypt, Africa

Figure at work below the Armenian Church of the Holy Cross, on Akdamar Island, beside Lake Van, Anatolia, Turkey, Asia Minor, Eurasia

Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico, United States. Local Pueblo residents help repair the church with new mud adobe.

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