List of Christian pilgrimage sites

This is a list of sites notable as destinations of Christian pilgrimage, sorted by region and by (modern) country.

This page has a wider view of the topic, while the "pilgrimage church" page offers, as of March 2016, only a list of Catholic sites.

Old World

Holy Land

Sites associated with the gospel narrative in Israel, Palestine and Jordan.

Israel

The Holy Land, location of many events in the Old Testament and New Testament. After Jerusalem, the list is alphabetical.

Palestine: the West Bank

Alphabetically by noun, ignoring the Arabic article (al-, el-)

Jordan

Al-Maghtas ruins on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River are the location for the Baptism of Jesus and the ministry of John the Baptist.

Alphabetically by noun, ignoring the Arabic article (al-, el-)

Western Christianity

Sites associated with Western Christianity (Roman Catholicism, including sites now in Protestant parts of Europe).

Austria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Finland

France

Germany

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Lithuania

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Divine Mercy Sanctuary in Kraków-Łagiewniki, the global center of Divine Mercy
An ancient pilgrimage road to Santiago de Compostela.

Portugal

Spain

Romania

Slovakia

Switzerland

UK

Eastern Christianity

Sites associated with Eastern Christianity in Eastern Europe and the Near East (excluding the Holy Land proper).

Armenia

Croagh Patrick chappel, Ireland

Bulgaria

Egypt

Georgia

Greece

India

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Syria

Turkey

Pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket, Canterbury Cathedral.

Ukraine

New World

Pilgrimage sites in parts of the world reached by Christianity in the early modern or modern era, including the Americas and Southeast and East Asia.

East and Southeast Asia

Japan

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Latin America

Brazil

Costa Rica

Mexico

North America

Canada

USA

References

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