Encyclopedia of sacred places
By: Norbert C. Brockman.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Sacred space -- Encyclopedias
Other titles: Sacred places
Description: Describes over 200 temples, shrines, holy wells, sacred mountains, prehistoric ruins, sites of miracles or visions, and other places throughout the world that are currently or were formerly venerated. Includes maps marking the location within such regions as western Europe and the Middle East, a glossary, lists by religious tradition and country, entries on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and occasional black and white photographs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Aachen Cathedral -- Acropolis -- Ajanta -- Angkor Wat -- Anne Frank House -- Assisi -- Auschwitz-Birkenau -- Avila -- Axum -- Babi Yar -- Baha’i World Centre -- Begijnhof -- Bethlehem -- Bighorn Medicine Wheel -- Black Hills -- Bodhnath Stupa -- Bom Jesus -- Borobudur -- Buchenwald -- Cahokia Mounds -- Canterbury Cathedral -- Cao Dai Temple -- Carnac -- Catacombs -- Cathar Sites -- Caves of The Thousand Buddhas -- Chaco -- Changu Narayan Temple -- Chichen Itza -- Chimayo -- Chogyesa Temple -- El Cobre -- Conques -- Consolatrice -- Coptic Cairo -- Corrie Ten Boom House -- Croagh Patrick -- Cuzco -- Dachau -- Debra Libanos -- Delos -- Delphi -- Dilwara -- Djenne -- Dogon Cliffs -- Eighty-Eight Temples pilgrimage -- Einsiedeln -- Ellora Caves -- Emei Shan -- Emerald Buddha -- Ephesus -- Erawan Shrine -- Externsteine -- Ex-votos -- Fatima -- Gargano Massif -- Geneva -- Ggantija -- Glendalough -- Golden Temple -- Goree Island -- Guadalupe, Mexico -- Guadalupe, Spain -- Gunung Agung -- Hagia Sophia -- Hajj -- Hasadera Temple -- Hearth of Buddhism -- Hebron -- Hill of Crosses -- Hiroshima Peace Memorial -- Holocaust sites -- Holy Blood -- Infant Jesus of Prague -- Iona -- Ise -- Istanbul mosques -- Izumo Taisha Shrine -- Janakpur -- Jasna Gora -- Jerusalem, Christian sites -- Jerusalem, Islamic sites -- Jerusalem, Jewish sites -- Joxhang Temple -- Kairouan -- Kek Lok Si -- Kibeho -- Kilauea -- Konya -- Korean martyrs’ shrines -- Kumbh Mela sites -- Kyoto -- Lakmuang Shrine -- Lalibela -- Lindisfarne -- Lisieux -- Loppiano -- Loreto -- Lough Derg -- Lourdes -- Luther Circle -- Machu Picchu -- Marian Apparitions -- Martyrs’ Hill -- Masada -- Masjid Al-Badawi -- Medicine Wheels -- Medjugorje -- Meenakshi Temple -- Meteora Monasteries -- Mezquita -- Monte Cassino -- Mont-Saint-Michel -- Montserrat -- Moradas -- Morija -- Mormon Temple -- Mound-Builders -- Mountains, sacred -- Mount Athos -- Mount Brandon -- Mount Fuji -- Mount Kailas -- Mount Kenya -- Mount Shasta -- Mount Sinai -- Najaf & Karbala -- Nan Madol -- Nara -- Native American sacred places -- Nazareth -- Nazca Lines -- New Age -- Newgrange -- Nidaros -- Nikko -- Oberammergau -- Olympia -- Orissa Triangle -- Our Lord in the Attic -- Padre Cicero Shrine -- Pagan -- Paray-Le-Monial -- Pashupatinath -- Patmos -- Perchersk Lavra -- Pere Lachaise Cemetery -- Petra -- El Pilar -- Pilgrimage -- Plaine Du Nord -- Plotzensee Memorial -- Po Lin -- Potala Palace -- Pyramids of Giza -- Qom -- Rapa Nui, Easter Island -- Relics -- Rila Monastery -- Rock of Cashel -- Rome -- Sabbathday Lake --  Sainte-Anne De Beaupre -- Saint Anthony of Padua -- Saint Januarius -- Saint Joseph’s Oratory -- Saint Peter’s -- Saint Willibrord’s Shrine -- Saint Winifred’s Well -- Santiago De Compostela -- San Xavier Del Bac -- Saut D’eau -- Scete -- Sergiev Posad -- Shinto shrines -- Shroud Of Turin -- Shwe Dagon Pagoda -- Skellig Michael -- Slave depots -- Stonehenge & Avebury -- Swayambhunath Stupa -- Sweat Lodge -- T’ai Shan -- Taize -- Taj Mahal -- Teotihuacan -- Thebes & Luxor -- Tinos -- Tokyo -- Tooth Temple -- Touba -- Ugandan martyrs’ shrines -- Uluru & Kata Tjuta -- Varanasi -- Verden -- Vezeley -- Vrindavan Krishna shrines -- Walsingham -- Wat Po -- Wells & springs, sacred -- Westminster Abbey -- York Minster -- Zeibrzydowska Chapel.