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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

Reclining Buddha of Wat Lokaya Sutharam or Wat Lokayasutha, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ayutthaya Historical Park, Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya province, Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia

Symbolic grave of the victims of the Augustow raid, Polish Oblawa augustowska, Podlaskie, Poland, Europe

China, Fujian Province, Mt Wuyi National Park, Unesco World Heritage Site. A Dao temple stone statue

fountain Moritzbrunnen with Easter egg decoration Leutenbach Oberfranken, Upper Franconia Bayern, Bavaria Germany

Glass monk near Langenstein Halberstadt resin

Collection of Buddhist stone carved urns on display at woodland park in South Korea

hill of crosses outside siauliai, lithuania

Osterbrunnen Osterbrunnen Copyright: xZoonar.com/GünterxGegenheimerx 21471340

Lithuania, Curonian Spit, Juordkrante. Fairytale Lithuanian wood carvings on Witches Hill (Raganu Kalnas).

Hill of Crosses, Siauliai, Lithuania, Europe

Cross with sunset

Wayside crucifix above Meran, Texel Group, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Cemetary

Cemetery Cross

Hill of Crosses, Siauliai, Lithuania

Father Serra Statue Bird of Paradise Flower at Mission San Juan Capistrano Church Ruins California. Statue is of Father Junipero Serra, who founded the Mission in 1775. Church was destroyed in 1812 by earthquake.

Names of deceased on a burial tree in Seelwald, Seelhorst City Cemetery, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

The Hill of Crosses , a famous site of pilgrimage in northern Lithuania.

Path to the Daisho-in Temple, adorned with 500 Rakan Statues in knitted hats, Miyajima Island, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Lithuania, Central Lithuania, Siauliai, Hill of Crosses, religious pilgrimage site

Mountain of crosses, Lithuania, Europe

Statues in a graveyard, Cantigny Park, Wheaton, Illinois, USA

Set of Jizo, statuettes from Okunoi cemetery, Mount Koya, Osaka, Japan. These statuettes are the protectors of deceased children, dressed in bibs by local inhabitants, who also place offerings at their feet.

Totem pole lit up at night in Sitka National Historic Park, Southeast Alaska, USA, Summer

Kitwanga Totem Poles. Gitwangak or Gitwangax. Gitanyow. Gitksan people. Northwest Coast First Nations. Nass Range of mountains , Kitwanga, British Col...

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

Crosses in memory to the resistance against the russian occupation Siauliai, Lithuania, Baltic States, Europe

Sculpture made of reeds and intended to be burned during the celebrations of the autumn equinox, Amber bay near Juodkrante, Curonian Spit, Lithuania, Baltic States, North Europe Copyright: GOUPIxCHRISTIAN 1382-158

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

Nepal Asia Annapurna trekking circuit Tal village prayer wheels -

The Hill of Crosses - a site of religious pilgrimage near Siauliai in northern Lithuania. Over the generations, many thousands of crosses, crucifixes, statues of the Virgin Mary, tiny effigies and rosaries have been placed here by Roman Catholic pilgrims from all over the world.

Synagogue memorial in Fürth, Bavaria The synagog monument has been in the Eleitgasse since 1986. The inauguration took place on June 26, 1986. It is reminiscent of the school yard, the old center of the traditional and important Jewish community of Fürth. It was created by the Japanese artist Kunihiko Kato living in Fürth. The synagog monument reminds of the eternal light in a synagogue with the small flames, with the big ones of the Menora. As a symbol of life, the seven seeds in the Schoten fruit should express the hope of new life of the Jewish people to the Holocaust. At the foot of the monument there are sets from Psalm 79: Etern. Peoples penetrated into your possession, contaminated your sanctuary.

Unesco site Senegambian stone circles, Wassu, Gambia, Africa

Kantabrische Siedlung Argüeso Cantabrian settlement of Argüeso, recreation of an Iron Age village, Cantabria, Spain Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 22539291

The Hill of Crosses is a Catholic and tourist pilgrimage site and one of the sights, Siauliai, Lithuania, Europe

Austria, UNESCO's Biosphere Reserve Salzburg's Lungau, Lower Tauern, little chapel

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.

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

Catholic domestic chapel with the Virgin Mary Catholic domestic chapel with the Virgin Mary, Eyeries, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Ireland, United Kingdom Copyright: xZoonar.com/BartomeuxBalaguerxRotgerx 21231653

Wayside cross near Kisslegg, Upper Swabia, Allgaeu, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, cross, crucifix, Europe

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

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Monk in the court of Gethsemaneh. 1950. Israel, Jerusalem, Jordan

Hill of Crosses, Siauliai, Lithuania, Baltic States, Europe

Canada, Quebec, Gaspe. Micmac First Nation Indian Village, birch bark teepee. Property release. IMAGE RESTRICTED: Not available to US land tour operators.

Shrine

Marien Grotto pilgrimage site in the forest, replica of the Lourdes grotto with statue of the Virgin Mary, Bad Salzschlirf, Vogelsberg and Roehn, Fulda, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Datsan of goddess Yanzhima Datsan - Palace of goddess Yanzhima, Barguzin valley,Buryatia, Russia, Copyright: xZoonar.com/MYCHKOx 9540038

Okunoin Necropolis, Japan's largest cemetery, Mount Koya, Osaka, Japan. The Koyasan Okunoin is the largest and most prestigious necropolis in the Japanese archipelago, with 200,000 tombs from all eras.

Cemetery, cross, grave, resting place, Taos, New Mexico, USA, North America

Old stone crucifix adorned with flowers in historical cemetery attached to one of the famous churches of the city of Ouro Preto in Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Path of Hope at the Point Alpha memorial site between Geisa in Thuringia and Rasdorf in Hesse, the former inner-German border. The art project of the Point Alpha Foundation ties in with the Christian Way of the Cross and with its 14 stations recalls the suffering of the people in the communist dictatorships of Central and Eastern Europe. Here Station 8 Consolation, Jesus meets the weeping woman, Geisa, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

ancient Viking graveyard of Lindholm Hoje

Carved, carving, carved, graves, cross, painted grave crosses, wood carver Ion Patras, happy cemetery, Sapanta, Maramures, Romania, Europe

VENTIMIGLIA, ITALY - CIRCA AUGUST 2020: old Japanese bell located in Hambury Gardens and finely crafted in bronze. It seems to come from a Buddhist shrine destroyed by a fire in central Japan

Woman's grave, Himba cemetery in the Kaokoveld, Namibia, grave, burial site, Africa

Austria, Tyrol, wayside shrine, Reith bei Kitzbuehel.

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.

Old Crow, Canada. Native american indian totem pole made out of moose and caribou antlers. Trees and blue sky in the bakground.

Shadow games in the back light picture with deer monument in the backlight of

Russian-orthodox Eklutna Cemetery with its colorful graves and spirit houses, Alaska

Lithuania, Hill of Crosses (Kryziu Kalnas). Thousands of memorial crosses are layed over the hill in a tradition of planting crosses since the 14th Century.

Man Praying The Cross. France. France.

Senior woman sitting by large group of crosses at Festival of Crosses, Grabarka, Poland.

St. Sebastian, wayside shrine near Arnsberg, near Kipfenberg, Altmühltal, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Us-Khatyn festival site, ceremonial posts (serge), sculptor William Yakovlev, Yakutsk, Russia. Brumfield photograph collection. Ceremonial objects,Russia Federation,2000-2010. , Russia Federation,Republic of Sakha-Yakutiia,Yakutsk.

Mountain of the Crosses, Lithuania, Baltic States, Europe, Sanctuary, near Siauliai, Kryziu kalnas, Europe

Binding and crucifixion stele by Igael Tumarkin in Darmstadt Binding and crucifixion stele by Igael Tumarkin in Darmstadt

An unusual man like statue made of tree branches in the Fairy garden at the "Route des Gerbes d'Angelica" garden in Mirabel, Laurentians, Quebec, Canada - This image is property released for book, calendar, magazine, newspaper and editorial use only.

Friedhof und Erinnerungswand für rückkehrende Nachfahren Überlebender in der Last Bath Slavery Site in Assin Manso in der Central Region im Süden von Ghana in Westafrika *** Cemetery and Wall of remembrance for Returning Descendants Survivor in the Load Bath Slavery Site in Assin Manso in the Central Region at South from Ghana in West Africa

Path of Hope at the Point Alpha memorial site between Geisa in Thuringia and Rasdorf in Hesse, the former inner-German border. The art project of the Point Alpha Foundation ties in with the Christian Way of the Cross and with its 14 stations recalls the suffering of the people in the communist dictatorships of Central and Eastern Europe. Here Station 8 Consolation, Jesus meets the weeping woman, Geisa, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Mountain of the Crosses, Lithuania, Baltic States, Europe, Sanctuary, near Siauliai, Kryziu kalnas, Europe

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, beekeeping, beekeeper father Norbert

North America, Canada, Quebec, Saguenay, Riviere-Eternite. Creche and sign announcing the International Exposition of Creches in a church a few miles away in Riviere-Eternite.

Spain, Galicia, Camino Frances, The symbol of the shell with the Santiago inscription on a slabstone

Man of Sorrows, sandstone figure, monument, church castle, Goßmannsdorf, Hofheim, Hassberge, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe,

Lynx sculpture, forest and trail at the Pilgrimage church of St. Bartholomew, Lake Koenigssee, Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Votive tablets, Maria helped, Grotto of Mary in the forest, Maria Vesperbild pilgrimage site, Ziemetshausen, Guenzburg, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mountain of the Crosses, Lithuania, Schaulen, Lithuania, Europe

Narabi Jizo Buddha statues with red hat covered with Moss in Nikko, Tochigi, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Lithuania, Siauliai, Hill of Crosses, Close-up on wooden crosses

Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Jinja Shrine Shimenawa Rope on Fuji-Taro-Sugi tree Fuji-Yoshida city Yamanashi Japan Asia

Chemamules the wooden men, work of Bernardo Oyarzún, San Carlos de Bariloche . province of Río Negro, republica Argentina, Patagonia.

Wooden bath in the Holy Stream source in the Makariev district, Kostroma region, Russia.

Jizo (Bodhisattva) statues in Kanmangafuchi Abyss in Nikko, Japan

Garden Gethsemane at the Catholic Church of the Nations in Jerusalem Garden Gethsemane at the Catholic Church of the Nations in Jerusalem

Hill of Crosses, Siauliai, Lithuania, Europe

U.K,Cornwall,Wishing well Baptistry,near Penzance

A striking statue of a cross adorned with a regal crown on top, evoking a sense of spiritual majesty and reverence.

Thai temple in the Westpark Munich, Germany Thai temple in the Westpark Munich, Germany

Austria, Salzburg, St Peter Cemetery, Petersfriedhof Austria, Salzburg, St Peter Cemetery

Lithuania, Central Lithuania, Siauliai, Hill of Crosses, religious pilgrimage site

Africa, Togo, Kpalime. Artisan handicraft center & training school. Handcarved tree with face.

Giant artistically painted easter eggs in front of the Evangelical Church, Bistrita, Bistrita, Beszterce, Transylvania, Romania, Europe

Romania, Maramures Region, Sighetu Marmatei, Cemetery of the poor people, resting place of political prisoners who died in Sighetu Marmatei prison

a corpse is looking out of the tomb,

Chromlech Vale Maria do Meio Cromlech Vale Maria do Meio, Our Lady of Grace of Divor, Évora, Alentejo, Portugal

Path of Hope at the Point Alpha memorial site between Geisa in Thuringia and Rasdorf in Hesse, the former inner-German border. The art project of the Point Alpha Foundation ties in with the Christian Way of the Cross and with its 14 stations recalls the suffering of the people in the communist dictatorships of Central and Eastern Europe. Left Station 4 Horror, Jesus meets his mother, Geisa, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Amelie, the beautiful nun of Lindow, sculpture after a legendary figure, Lindow Mark, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

Station of the Passion of Christ, Way of the Cross on the Kulm, Eastern Styria, Styria, Austria, Europe

Skanderbeg Monument, Vajkal near Bulqize, Albania, Europe

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