page_title: Holy city
section_title: West Asia
hierarchical_section_title: Holy city / List / West Asia
caption_attribution_description: נוצר על ידי he:משתמש:אסף.צ
context_page_description: A holy city is a city important to the history or faith of a specific religion. Such cities may also contain at least one headquarters complex which constitutes a major destination of human traffic, or pilgrimage to the city, especially for major ceremonies and observances. A holy city is a symbolic city, representing attributes beyond its natural characteristics. Marketing experts have suggested that holy cities may be the oldest brands, and more specifically, place brands because they have value added via the perception of religious adherents.
context_section_description: Jerusalem (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
  Mount Sinai (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
  Hebron (Judaism, Islam)
  Nazareth (Christianity, Islam)
  Bethlehem (Christianity, Islam)
  Beirut (Roman Catholicism, Islam)
  Karbala (Shi'a Islam)
  Haifa (Bahá'í)
  Akká (Bahá'í)
  Antioch (Christianity)
  Vagharshapat (Armenian Apostolic Church)
  Mashhad (Shi'a Islam)
  Mecca (Islam)
  Medina (Islam)
  Najaf (Shi'a Islam)
  Nippur (Ancient Mesopotamian religions)
  Qom (Shi'a Islam)
  Safed (Judaism)
  Tarim (Sufism)
  Tiberias (Judaism)
  Balkh (Zoroastrianism)
  Mazar-i-Sharif (Islam in Afghanistan)
  Yazd (Zoroastrianism)
  Udvada (Zoroastrianism)
caption: Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, a holy city in Judaism, Christianity and Islam
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