Sacred Sites and Memorials

Images of religious and historical sites, including cemeteries, totem poles, and sacred springs, highlighting their cultural significance.

Wooden headstone in an old Russian cemetary near Cordova, Alaska

Mountain of the crosses, cath. Place of pilgrimage in Lithuania Berg der Kreuze, Kath. Pilgrimage site in Lithuania

Wooden headstone in an old Russian cemetary near Cordova, Alaska

Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, Queen Charlotte Islands. SGANG GWAAY World Heritage Site. (Anthony Island, Ninstints). Ancient totems and village site. British Columbia Canada -

Old cemetery Old cemetery, -Stary cmentarz-, Zakopane, Carpathians range, Poland, eastern europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartolomexBalaguerxRotgerx 22188230

Wooden sculptures in a forest, aboriginal people, natives, Itelmens, Itelmen, Kamtschatka, Russia

Kriziu kalnas, The Hill of Crosses, a site of pilgrimage, 12 km north of the city of Siauliai, Lithuania, Northern Europe, Europe

Sacred spring in honor of Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Odushevo village, Soligalichsky district, Kostroma region, Russia.

Totem pole located at the Cowichan Tribes Administration building. Duncan, British Columbia.

Rock sculpture Shinto Shrine Granite Falls Washington State USA

wooden Orthodox Church in the forest in summer. wooden Orthodox Church in the forest in summer, Russia

Crosses in the cemetery of the wooden church Biserica Din Deal, Leude Suzani, Iza Valley, Maramures, Romania, Europe

The spectacular cave tomb of Lombok Parinding which has housed the dead of Tana Toraja since 700 years. The tomb is famous for its ancient, ornate coffins, called Erong, and exposed skulls and bones

Way of the Cross Weiler, 14 stations, depictions of the suffering and death of Jesus, copies of the station pictures in Nazarene style by the artist Monika Geiselhart, path to the viewpoint Kreuzberg am Kaepfle, Hayingen-Weiler, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Lithuania, Lietuva, near Siauliai, Hill of Crosses, site for Catholic and Christian pilgrimage

Bronzestatuen von Mönchen im Mitaki-Dera-Tempel in Hiroshima, Japan Tall bronze statues of monks stand solemnly in the forested grounds of Mitaki-Dera temple in Hiroshima, radiating peace and reverence LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/LaurentxDavoustx 23417239

Religious shrine, north of Bolzano, Italy

Europe, Poland, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Bieszczady Mountains, former village Solinka

Shimogamo Shrine is a Shinto sanctuary in Kyoto. Its formal name is Kamo-mioya-jinja. It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Japan, Kyoto, Myoshin-ji Temple, Buddha statue

Japan, Honshu, Tochigi Prefecture, Nikko, Unesco Site, Kitano shrine Jizo statues

Japan, Kyoto, Myoshin-ji Temple, Buddha statue,

Guardian deity of children,Buddhism

Crucifixion group in front of the Capuchin Monastery, Kapuzinerberg, Salzburg, Salzburg State, Austria, Europe

forest chapel forest chapel, wooden church, Ulucz, uniata temple built in 1510-1659, river valley Saint, voivodeship of Lesser Poland, Carpathians, Poland, europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/TOLOxBALAGUERx 22188018

Wallfahrtskirche Our Lady of the Oak Park Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Oak park, Artziniega, Alava, Basque Country, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22846533

Bori Kalimbuang, megalithic burial site with 102 menhirs near Rantepao, Bori, Rantepao, Toraja, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Europe, Poland, Lesser Poland, Zakopane - cemetery Peksowe Brzyzko

Japan, Honshu, Yamagata Prefecture, Risshaku-ji Yamadera temple memorial

The Holy Spring of St. Nikita the Stylite near the village of Nikitskaya Sloboda, Pereslavsky District, Yaroslavl Region, Russia.

Armenia, Yeghegis. Old Jewish cemetery, 13th century, gravestones with inscriptions in Aramaic language.

pilgrims' cross at the exit of Roncesvalles, 14th century, Santiago's road, Navarra, Spain.

Commemorative inscription topped with a cross, Cuacos bridge, 18th century, La Olla Gorge, Tiétar valley, La Vera, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain

Romania. Wood Cemetery crosses, near Magura and Moeciu de Jos road.

Wayside shrine with crucifixion scene in Findlos, view of the Rhön landscape

Romania, Bucharest, Grave Stone Marking 1989 Revolution

Wat Phou in Champasak Devember 2 2016, Champasak,Laos. Wat Phou khmer site Copyright: xZoonar.com/MassimoxLamax 14920910

Birdbath with statue of monk Wooden bird table or bath on tree trunk with statue of monk Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevexHeapx 4201534

USA, District of Columbia, Washington DC. Stations of the Cross at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America in Washington DC.

Mountain of the crosses, cath. Place of pilgrimage in Lithuania Berg der Kreuze, Kath. Pilgrimage site in Lithuania

Sculpture of the devil and St Anthony of Padua at grotto in the village Crupet, Assesse, province of Namur, Belgian Ardennes, Wallonia, Belgium.

Gravesite for six Soviet victims of the Second World War

Russia, Lake Onega, Kizhi Island. Historic 22-domed Transfiguration Church built in 1714 without a single nail. UNESCO site.

Europe, Poland, Lesser Poland, Zakopane - cemetery Peksowe Brzyzko

Wayside cross with figure of Christ, crucified, near Bodman-Ludwigshafen, Constance County, Lake Constance, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Vacceos funeral stele, necropolis of

Lithuania, Lietuva, near Siauliai, Hill of Crosses, site for Catholic and Christian pilgrimage

Tomb boards at the pilgrimage church of St. Hermann, also known as Brunnenkapelle chapel, St. Hermann, Bischofsmais, Bavarian Forest, Bavaria, Lower Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Landscape around Hill of Crosses (Kryziu Kalnas) in Siauliai, Lithuania

Shimenawa sacred rope at Omiwa shrine in Sakurai, Nara, Japan

The trunk of Abrahams Oak at the Russian Orthodox Church in Hebron

Cross in the forest

Romania, Maramures Region, Sapanta, The Merry Cemetery with hand carved gravestones with amusing stories about the departed

Urn meadow cemetry St. Marienkirchen an der Polsenz Hausruckviertel Oberösterreich, Upper Austria Austria

Sacred spring in honor of Saint Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, Odushevo village, Soligalichsky district, Kostroma region, Russia.

View of a carved wooden Ainu poles in Ainu Kotan, which is a small Ainu village in Akankohan in Akan National Park, Hokkaido, Japan.

Crucifix on a tree, outdoors, jesus christ

Romania, Maramures, carved wooden cross,

WA, Forks, Loggers Memorial

Herrnhut is a town in the Saxon district of Görlitz in Upper Lusatia. Centrally located between the towns of Löbau and Zittau, it is known as the founding town of the Moravian Church, for the production of the Herrnhut Stars and for its international missionary work. It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2024, Herrnhut, Herrnhut, Saxony, Germany, Europe

The Hill of Crosses - a site of pilgrimage in northern Lithuania. Over the generations, crosses, crucifixes, statues of the Virgin Mary and thousands of tiny effigies and rosaries have been placed here by Catholic pilgrims.

Hawaii, Lanai, Kalokahi O Ka Malamalama Ho´omana Na´auao O Hawaii Church, golden view

Cross with Jesus in village Turenne in French Correze Old metal cross with Jesus in village Turenne in French Limousin Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 12928416

Landscape around Hill of Crosses (Kryziu Kalnas) in Siauliai, Lithuania

Statue von Jesus Christus an der Straße zwischen Vasse und Ootmarsum Statue of jesus Christ along the road between Vasse and Ootmarsum, Netherlands LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/MarcxVenemax 23403802

Funeral rock, Kalimbuang Bori', near Rantepao, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Kriziu kalnas, The Hill of Crosses, a site of pilgrimage, 12 km north of the city of Siauliai, Lithuania, Northern Europe, Europe

Dadi Maryam church, Ethiopia

Customs, Osterbrunnen, Kultplatz, Steinerner Bogen with a picture stick in honor of the St. Nothburga, at the Church of St. Georg in Pfaffendorf, Altenkunstadt, Lichtenfels district, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Totem Poles in Vancouver Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Abrahams Oak at the Russian Orthodox Church in Hebron

Wallfahrtskirche Our Lady of the Oak Park Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Oak park, Artziniega, Alava, Basque Country, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22846460

Lithuania, Lietuva, near Siauliai, Hill of Crosses, site for Catholic and Christian pilgrimage

Hill of Crosses, near Siauliai, Lithuania, Europe Copyright: GOUPIxCHRISTIAN 1382-165 RECORD DATE NOT STATED

Shrine on a landscape, Inner Mongolia, China

Small shrine in a forest in Japan. A very small shrine in a forest in Japan

USA, New Mexico, El Santuario de Chimayo Church, near Taos

Das Geheimnis des Schmerzes Mystery of pain, Pujol dels misteris, Sanctuary of LLuc, Escorca, Sierra de Tramuntana, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Tolox 22897023

Holy spring of St. Irinarch the Recluse, Borisoglebsky District, Yaroslavl Region, Russia.

Wayside cross with a figure of Jesus Christ, in the autumn mist between Horse-Chestnut Trees (Aesculus hippocastanum), Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Coast Salish totem pole Kyuquot Sound west coast of Vancouver Island British Columbia BC Canada North America, Salish Sea

Headhunter Village, Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Portrait of remaining carved totems outside main lodge in ruined headhunter village.

Large wooden cross on the Sekirnaya mountain on Solovki, summer 2017, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia.

Kriziu kalnas, The Hill of Crosses, a site of pilgrimage, 12 km north of the city of Siauliai, Lithuania, Northern Europe, Europe

Mountain of the crosses, cath. Place of pilgrimage in Lithuania Berg der Kreuze, Kath. Pilgrimage site in Lithuania

A little girl stands in front of a religious display.

Buddhist prayer flags, Bhutan Buddhist prayer flags, Bhutan / Buddhist Prayer Flags, Bhutan

The Holy Well of St. Macarius Pisemsky in the village of Makariy on the Letter, Buysky District, Kostroma Region, Russia.

Votive aedicula on a tree Votive aedicula devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary on a tree near the medieval countryside church of Campanile, located in the village of Santa Maria in Fabriago in Emilia Romagna region in northern Italy Copyright: xZoonar.com/GoneWithTheWindx 6223184

Old graveyard Old graveyard in France Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 7977472

Totem Poles in Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A picture stick with the representation of the disease of Christ behind a glass pane on the path of a pilgrim path before the leaves of the undergrowth in a photo a picture stick with the display of the affair of Christ behind a glass pane on the path of a pilgrimage path before the leaves of the undergrowth in a photo copyright: xzoonar.com/frankxwagnerx 22100255

The Crucifixion, statues on Kalvarienberg, Calvary Mountain, Bad Toelz, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Field cross, wayside cross, wayside shrine between two birch trees (Betula), near Kemptener Wald, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

SPAIN - Galicia - LUGO. Triacastela, peasant and church; Sant James Pilgrimage way to Santiago

Daishoin Bhuddist Temple, on the trail of the seven lucky gods, Sakrua, Japan

Shrine with statue of Mary, Mondsee, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

Prettau, Ahrntal, Province of Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy. The Holy Spirit Chapel near Casern

cruz votiva en el bosque, subida a la iglesia de madera, Ulucz, valle del rio San, voivodato de la Pequeña Polonia, Cárpatos, Polonia, europe.

ORENSANZ, ANGEL. ESCULTOR ESPAÑOL. LARUES (HUESCA) 1945-. ESCULTURAS EN METAL CON CILINDROS AGUJEREADOS Y AGRUPADOS. HOLLAND. PARK DE LONDRES, AÑO 1973.

The Three Crosses near Freiberg, Saxony. According to legend, three Freiberg councillors were executed on this spot. However, there is no evidence of this, so today it is assumed that the crosses served as a place of worship for the miners., Landmark, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany, Europe

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