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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
Church and graveyard, San Juan, Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, South America
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Tibetians at the sacrifice hearth next to the Stone Couple with prayer flags, Nam-Tsho-Lake, Tibet
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sudan, karima
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Sculpture of Jesus Christ the fisherman, Puerto Natales, Magallanes Region, Chilean Antarctica, Patagonia, Republic of Chile, South America.
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Tradtional Mongolian ger or felt tent on the western steppe
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Traditional Kyrgyz eagle hunter with eagle in the mountains, near Kysyl-Suu, Kyrgyzstan, Asia
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Buddhist prayer flags high in the Himalayan Mountains in the Kingdom of Bhutan.
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Easter cross, New Mexico. White cloth= Christ is risen.
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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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Carved Buddha images at Longmen Caves, Dragon Gate Grottoes on the Yi He River, Henan Province, China
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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.
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The Barefoot Woman (Die Kaal Voet Vrou) statue, near Kerkenberg or Retief Klip, Free State, South Africa.
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Heap of votive stones and offerings piles of votive stones and offerings
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Ethiopia, Lalibela, Bet Giyorgis. A tourist gazes at the rock-hewn church of Bet Giyorgis. (MR)
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Ilulissat Cemetery, Greenland Ilulissat, Greenland - July 11, 2018: The local cemetery with white wooden crosses Copyright: xZoonar.com/OliverxFoerstnerx 16793655
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cross of the way of Grace, celebration of the feast of our senyora de Gracia, Llucmajor, llucmajor.Mallorca.Balearic Islands. Spain.
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cross of the way of Grace, celebration of the feast of our senyora de Gracia, Llucmajor, llucmajor.Mallorca.Balearic Islands. Spain.
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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. Mary Toethals carries a cross to mark the spot where an unidentified migrant died.
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Yurts in the traditional Kyrgyz yurt camp during a snowstorm at Song-Kul Lake, Song-Kol Lake in the Tian Shan Mountains, Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan, Asia
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Construction of a yurt, ger, Terelij National Park, Mongolia, Asia
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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 1031609969
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A memorial to Mexican priests who were martyred during the Cristero rebellion in Mexico in the late 1920s, the memorial depicts a wall used by a firing squad, with busts of the martyrs on the hillside above, San Luis, Colorado, USA, North America
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Traditional Flag of the e Greek Orthodox Church. In Old Lipsi Village. Lipsi or Lissos Island. Dodecaneso. Twelve Island. Southern Aegean Sea. Greece. Europe
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Three Affiliated tribes (Mandan, Arikara and Hidatsa) continue to play traditional hand games today like their ancestors had in the past in the earth mound Indian village located on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota
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Window Rock, Ariz., March 20, 2013 Standing inside a Native American Tipi, Mike Salabiye, Planner for the Navajo Nation Department of Behavioral Health Services, explains the intricate design structure of the Tipi to Sam Ronveaux, FEMA Region IX Infrastructure Branch Director and Bruce Knabenshue, the FEMA Public Assistance Task Force Leader for FEMA-4104-DR. The Tipi shown here was used in one of several religious or traditional ceremonies during the Navajo Nation Prayer Day celebrated March 18 - 19, 2013. Navajo Nation Severe Freeze. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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cross of the way of Grace, celebration of the feast of our senyora de Gracia, Llucmajor, llucmajor.Mallorca.Balearic Islands. Spain.