A pilgrimage church (german: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which

pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

s are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims. Heilige Stiege Bonn

Pilgrimage churches are often located by the graves of

saint In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and denomination. In Catholic, Eastern Or ...

s, or hold portraits to which miraculous properties are ascribed or saintly

relic In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

s that are safeguarded by the church for their veneration. Such relics may include the bones, books or pieces of clothing of the saints, occasionally also fragments of the

cross A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a s ...

of Jesus, pieces of the crown of thorns, the nails with which he was fixed to the cross and other similar objects. Pilgrimage churches were also built at places where miracles took place.

List of Roman Catholic pilgrimage churches

Churches are listed in alphabetical order of the sites in or near where they are located.

Austria

Ardning - Wallfahrtskirche Frauenberg (c)

Ardning Ardning is a municipality in the district of Liezen in the Austrian state of Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styr ...

Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Frauenberg * Bad Leonfelden, Upper Austria:

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Schutz am Bründl A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person goes in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. It can lead to a personal transformation, aft ...

* Berg bei Rohrbach, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost * Bergheim near

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Plain * Christkindl, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Christkindl *

Fernitz Fernitz was a municipality in Austria which merged in January 2015 into Fernitz-Mellach in the Graz-Umgebung District of Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the ...

, Styria: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost (

) * Gaflenz, Upper Austria: St. Sebald am saintnstein * Graz, Styria: Maria Grün,

Mariatrost Basilica The Baroque Mariatrost Basilica on top of the Purberg hill in Mariatrost, a district of Graz, is one of the most famous pilgrimage sites of Styria in Austria. The pilgrimage church stands prominently on top of the Purberg hill (469 m) in the nort ...

* Gurk, Carinthia, Gurk Cathedral (grave of Saint Hemma of Gurk) * Gutenstein, Lower Austria: Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Heiligengrab, Bleiburg, Carinthia * Horn, Lower Austria: Maria Dreieichen * Kaltenberg, Upper Austria * Kaltenbrunn, Tyrol * Linz, Upper Austria: Pöstlingberg * Maria Dornach (Mitteldorf), Großkirchheim, Carinthia * Maria Gail, Villach * Maria Hilf ob Guttaring, Carinthia * Maria Laach am Jauerling, Lower Austria * Maria Loreto, Saint Andrew i. L., Carinthia * Maria Rain, Carinthia * St Mary's Church, Maria Saal, Carinthia * Maria Schmolln, Upper Austria * Pilgrimage Church of Maria Schnee (Maria Luggau), Lesachtal, Carinthia * Maria Schnee (at about ten places in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

and several places in

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

and neighbouring countries) *

Mariastein Mariastein may refer to: *Mariastein Abbey at Metzerlen-Mariastein, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland *Mariastern Abbey, Banja Luka Mariastern Abbey ( sh, Opatija Marija Zvijezda) is a Trappist abbey in Bosnia and Herzegovina, situated near ...

, Tyrol * Maria Taferl (most important pilgrimage site in Lower Austria) * Maria Waitschach, Guttaring, Carinthia * Mariazell, Styria – which in 2003–2005 was the venue for the Central European Catholics Day * Molln, Upper Austria: Pilgrimage Church of Frauenstein * Pottenstein: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Trost im Elend * Poysdorf, Lower Austria: Maria Bründl * Saalfelden, Salzburg: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Kirchenthal * Sankt Jakob im Rosental, Carinthia: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Elend *

St. Wolfgang Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg ( la, Wolfgangus; 934 – October 31, 994 AD) was bishop of Regensburg in Bavaria from Christmas 972 until his death. He is a saint of the Catholic (canonized in 1052) and Eastern Orthodox churches. He is regarded ...

, Upper Austria * Pilgrimage Church of St. Wolfgang ob Grades, Metnitz, Carinthia * Schollach, Lower Austria: Maria Steinparz * Seggauberg, Styria: Pilgrimage Church on the Frauenberg near Leibnitz * Sonntagberg, Lower Austria * Our Dear Lady, Hochfeistritz, Eberstein, Carinthia * Zistersdorf, Lower Austria: Maria Moos (oldest spring shrine in Lower Austria) *

Brazil

* Aparecida: great Marian sanctuary

Croatia

* Trsat, Dalmatia, Croatia: Pilgrimage Shrine of Our Lady of Trsat, Cathedral of St Vitus

Czech Republic

* Chlum Svaté Maří * Družec: pilgrimage church of St Mary of the Assumption * Brno-Tuřany: pilgrimage church of Church of the Annunciation * Příbram: Svatá Hora Abbey

France

Eschau Eschau is a market community in the Miltenberg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 3,800. Geography Location Eschau lies in the Bavarian Lower Ma ...

: St Trophimus' Church with the relics of Sophia the Martyr and her daughters Faith, Hope and Charity * Haguenau: Basilica of Our Lady of Marienthal * Le Puy-en-Velay: pilgrimage church of Notre-Dame du Puy *

Lisieux Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland. Name The name of the town derives from the ...

: sanctuary of saint Teresa of the Child Jesus * Lourdes: site of

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with the

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spring * Neuwiller-lès-Saverne: Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, with the relics of local saint

Adelphus According to a historical catalogue inserted in the Drogo Sacramentary (folio 126), Adelphe (also known as Adelfus, Adelphus, Adelfius) is the 10th bishop of Metz. Most agree he lived in the fifth century. Louis the Pious moved his remains in th ...

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...

: pilgrimage church of

Notre-Dame de la Garde Notre-Dame de la Garde (literally: Our Lady of the Guard), known to local citizens as ''la Bonne Mère'' (French for 'the Good Mother'), is a Catholic basilica in Marseille, France, and the city's best-known symbol. The site of a popular Assum ...

* Mont St. Michel: St. Michel *

Paray-le-Monial Paray-le-Monial is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Since 2004 is Paray-le-Monial part of the Charolais-Brionnais Country. It is nicknamed the "city of the Sacred Heart" a ...

: sanctuary of saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and the Sacred Heart *

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...

: Sainte-Chapelle with the Crown of Thorns *

Ronchamp Ronchamp () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is located between the Vosges and the Jura mountains. Mining Museum Mining began in Ronchamp in the mid-18th century and ...

: pilgrimage chapel of Notre Dame du Haut

Germany

* Abensberg (

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total l ...

): Pilgrimage Church of St Mary of the Assumption in the village of Allersdorf *

Abtsgmünd Abtsgmünd is a municipality in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, in Ostalbkreis district. Abtsgmünd is located at the confluence of two streams, the Lein and the Kocher. Famous locals include Patrick Benedict Zimmer who was born in the ...

: pilgrimage church of the Sacrifice of Mary (''Mariä Opferung'') in the village of Hohenstadt * Aldenhoven: chapel of grace, parish church, Marian pilgrimage *

Altötting Altötting (, Bavarian: ; ''Oidäding'') is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Altötting of Germany. For 500 years it has been the scene of religious pilgrimages by Catholics in honor of Mary, including a visit by Pope John Paul II ...

: Shrine of Our Lady, Marian pilgrimage *

Andechs Andechs is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria in Germany. It is renowned in Germany and beyond for Andechs Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that has brewed beer since 1455. The monastery brewery offers tours to visitors. The ...

: Pilgrimage Church of St. Nicholas and St. Elizabeth, Maria pilgrimage,

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ic pilgrimage * Amberg: Pilgrimage Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Armsheim ( Rheinhessen): former Pilgrimage church of the Precious Blood of Christ * Beratzhausen: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Bergen bei Neuburg: pilgrimage church of the Holy Cross * Berlin-Mariendorf: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Frieden *

Beselich Beselich is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Beselich lies on the northeast edge of the Limburg Basin on the edge of the Lahn valley, on the southeast slope of the Westerwald 220 m abo ...

: Pilgrimage Chapel of Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Bettbrunn: pilgrimage church of St Salvator * Biberbach: St. James the Great, St Lawrence and the Holy Cross - ''s Herrgöttle von Biberbach'' *

Birenbach Birenbach is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History As a result of the Protestant Reformation in Germany, the properties of the abbeys of and Oberhof were seized by the Duchy of Württemberg. In 18 ...

: Pilgrimage Church of the Dolorous Mother of God *

Birkenstein Hoppegarten is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. History The current municipality was created in 2003 when the former municipalities of Hönow and Münchehofe were united with Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten. The ...

: pilgrimage chapel of St Mary of the Assumption * Blieskastel: Holy Cross Chapel, Madonna with the Pfeilen * Bogen: Bogenberg, St Mary of the Assumption *

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ru ...

: Kreuzbergkirche * Bruchhausen (Landkreis Neuwied): Marian pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist (Zuflucht der Sünder) * Bussen ( Upper Swabia): pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist *

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral (german: Kölner Dom, officially ', English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese ...

- SS. Peter and Mary (Epiphany) *

St. Maria in der Kupfergasse St. Maria in der Kupfergasse is a Baroque church in Cologne, western Germany, in the district of Innenstadt. The pilgrimage church is dedicated to St. Mary, the Black Madonna The term ''Black Madonna'' or ''Black Virgin'' tends to ref ...

(Black Madonna of Cologne) * Dahenfeld: St Remigius' Church * Deggendorf: Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Sepulchre *

Deggingen Deggingen is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History The House of Helfenstein ruled Deggingen until it went extinct in 1627. Deggingen and the town of Reichenbach im Täle were annexed by the Kingdo ...

(Upper Filst valley): Ave Maria (pilgrimage church) * Dettelbach: pilgrimage church of Maria im Sand * Dießen am Ammersee: Marienmünster church in the district of Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria * Düren: St Anne's Church - veneration of the "head of Anna" - a head

of the mother of Mary *

Durmersheim Durmersheim is a small town in the district of Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Southwest Germany and has a population of 12,112 (2020). Durmersheim is situated between Karlsruhe and Rastatt, in the valley of the river Rhine near the border to Fr ...

: pilgrimage church of Maria Bickesheim * Eckartshausen (Werneck): pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary * Eggerode: pilgrimage church of Birth of the Virgin Mary *

Eibingen Eibingen, now a part of Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hesse, Germany is the location of Eibingen Abbey, the Benedictine monastery founded by Hildegard of Bingen in 1165 (replacing an Augustine foundation of 1148). Eibingen preserves the treasure of relics ...

: pilgrimage church of St. Hildegard and St. John the Baptisth - burial church of Saint Hildegard and sanctuary for the Eibingen relic treasure. * Ellwangen: pilgrimage church of St. Mary of Loreto * Elmstein: pilgrimage church of the Mother of God * Engelberg: St. Michael over the Main * Ettal, (

Upper Bavaria Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern, ; ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany. Geography Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered on the city of Munich, both state capital and seat ...

): Pilgrimage Church of St Mary of the Assumption * Ettenberg (Marktschellenberg): Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of Mary * Etzelsbach, ( Thüringen): Pilgrimage chapel of Etzelsbach * Fahrenberg: pilgrimage to the Holy Hill of the Visitation of Mary * Freystadt: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Friedberg: pilgrimage church of Herrgottsruh *

Fuchsmühl Fuchsmühl is a municipality in the district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the la ...

: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Fürstenfeldbruck:

Fürstenfeld Abbey Fürstenfeld Abbey (german: Kloster Fürstenfeld, ) is a former Cistercian monastery in Fürstenfeldbruck (formerly known simply as Bruck), Bavaria, Germany. It is situated about 25 km north-west of Munich. The abbey was one of the household ...

dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) in Bavaria * Gößweinstein:

Basilica In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its nam ...

, pilgrimage church and basilica of the Holy Trinity (Heilige Dreifaltigkeit) * Gottsbüren (

North Hesse North Hesse (german: Nordhessen) describes the northern part and historical heart of the German federated state of Hesse. The region is – unlike the name Lower Hesse – not a historical territory and also has no established, standard and offi ...

) * Haltern-Bergbossendorf: pilgrimage chapel of Saint Anne * Hennef- Bödingen: Pilgrimage Church of the Dolorous Mother of God * Herzfeld (Lippetal): pilgrimage church of St. Ida * Hirschberg an der Bergstraße: pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist * Hohenpeißenberg: pilgrimage chapel and church on the Hoher Peißenberg * Kälberau: pilgrimage church of Maria zum rauhen Wind *

Kevelaer Kevelaer (Low Rhenish: ''Käwela'') is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is the largest Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe. More than 1 million pilgrims, mostly from Germany a ...

: chapel of grace, candle chapel and St Mary's Basilica *

Kippenheim Kippenheim ( gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Kibbennä) is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Kippenheim has restored its pre-war synagogue. Notable residents *Stef Wertheimer Stef Wertheimer ( he, זאב סטף ...

: pilgrimage chapel of Maria Frieden * Klausen (Eifel): pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary * Kleinenberg near Lichtenau in East Westphalia: pilgrimage chapel * Koblenz-Arenberg: pilgrimage church of St. Nicholas with the Reverend Kraus' Assets (Landscape illustrated Bible) * Koblenz-Lützel: pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Kößlarn: Marian pilgrimage (

) * Küblingen (

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

): Pilgrimage Church of St. Mary * Lautenbach: Late Gothic pilgrimage church of Coronation of the Virgin * Leipferdingen: pilgrimage church of St. Michael * Leverkusen- Alkenrath: Gezelin Chapel *

Löffingen Löffingen is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km southwest of Donaueschingen, and 40 km southeast of Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. ...

(

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

): Witterschneekreuz * Ludwigshafen am Rhein- Oggersheim: castle and Pilgrimage Church of St Mary of the Assumption (Ludwigshafen) - pilgrimage to the holy house of Loreto, Marche, pilgrimage site for the

Electorate of the Palatinate The Electoral Palatinate (german: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine o ...

* Lünen: St Mary's Church * Marienberg (Burghausen) * Maria Gern (Berchtesgaden): Pilgrimage Church of Maria Gern * Mainz-Gonsenheim: Nothelfer Chapel * Maria Steinbach: Pilgrimage Church of Maria Steinbach * Marienheide: pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary * Marienthal (Westerwald) * Marienweiher ( Marktleugast): pilgrimage basilica the Visitation of Mary * Moosbronn: pilgrimage church Our Lady of Perpetual Help * Mussenhausen: Our Dear Lady of Mount Carmel * Neunburg vorm Wald: Mater Dolorosa (Ortsteil Katzdorf, Oberpfalz) * Neuss: Quirinusmünster (1209-1230) * Nußdorf am Inn (Bavaria): the Visitation of Mary (Kirchwald) *

Nothgottes Nothgottes (, "Need of God") is a Cistercian monastery and a pilgrimage destination above Eibingen, in Rüdesheim am Rhein, Hesse, Germany. Pilgrimages to the location date back to the 14th century, and have continued to the present day, especi ...

: Abbey near Eibingen in Rheingau, pilgrimage to the Gnadenbild Nothgottes *

Oberfell Oberfell is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and ha ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Bleidenberg and Pilgerstein, hilltop pilgrimage to Holy Trinity Church *

Ottersweier Ottersweier is a municipality in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is part of the district of Rastatt, and lies between the larger towns Bühl and Achern. Twin cities * - Westerlo, Flanders, Belgium, since 1962 * - Krauschwitz (Saxony ...

: pilgrimage church of Maria Linden * Ottobeuren: SS. Alexander and Theodore * Pfaffen-Schwabenheim: Stiftskirche (Pfaffen-Schwabenheim), pilgrimage to the Maria, Königin des Friedens, um 1750 aus dem Cologneer Karmel St. Maria vom Frieden (Cologne) geschenkt * Planegg: Maria Eich Chapel *

Raitenbuch Raitenbuch is a municipality in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district, in Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria i ...

: St. Blasius *

Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden Ramsau is a German municipality in the Bavarian Alps with a population of around 1,800. It is a district located in the Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria, close to the border with Austria, 35 km south of Salzburg and 150 km south-east o ...

: Maria Kunterweg Apollinariskirche abends

* Rechberg near Schwäbisch Gmünd: St. Maria on the Hohenrechberg * Regensburg: Alten Kapelle or Basilica of the Nativity of Our Lady Regensburg (Kollegiatstift unserer Lieben Frau zur alten Kapelle) in Regensburg in Bavaria * Remagen: Apollinaris Church * Rengersbrunn: Statue of the Mother of God * Reuth bei Erbendorf: Pilgrimage Church of St Mary of the Assumption in the village of Premenreuth *

Rieste Rieste is a municipality in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, a ...

(

): pilgrimage church of St. John the Baptist on the Lage, pilgrimage to the Lage Cross * Rohr: Braunau in Rohr Abbey dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Mariä Himmelfahrt) in Niederbayern in Bavaria * Rütschenhausen: Pilgrimage Church of Maria von der Tann * Rückers, county of Fulda: Roman Catholic Church of St Mary of the Assumption * Saint Salvator ( Rauenzell,

) formerly the oldest pilgrimage of the Diocese of Eichstätt * Saint Bartholomew's: by the Königssee lake in Berchtesgaden Land * Sandizell: St. Peter Church or Asamkirche Sandizell in Schrobenhausen in Bavaria * Schmidmuehlen: Pilgrimage church of the Heiligen Dreifaltigkeit auf dem Kreuzberg *

Schönstatt (Vallendar) The Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt (german: Schönstatt-Bewegung) is a Catholic Marian movement founded in Germany in 1914 by Fr Joseph Kentenich, who saw the movement as a means of spiritual renewal for the Catholic Church. The movement ...

: the Schoenstatt Shrine is an ancient shrine of the

Schoenstatt Movement The Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt (german: Schönstatt-Bewegung) is a Catholic Marian movement founded in Germany in 1914 by Fr Joseph Kentenich, who saw the movement as a means of spiritual renewal for the Catholic Church. The movement ...

* Schongau: pilgrimage church of St Mary of the Assumption * Schwäbisch Gmünd: pilgrimage church of St. Salvator * Schwandorf: Pilgrimage Church of Our Dear Lady of Kreuzberg *

Scheßlitz Scheßlitz (or ''Schesslitz'') is a German town in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg and lies on the rise to the Franconian Switzerland on the A 70 between Bamberg and Bayreuth, lying 14 km northeast of the former. Geography The to ...

: pilgrimage church of Gügel * Spaichingen: pilgrimage church on the ''Dreifaltigkeitsberg'' *

Spabrücken Spabrücken is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and ...

: pilgrimage church of the Black Madonna of Soon *

Bad Staffelstein Bad Staffelstein is a small town in the Bavarian Administrative Region of Upper Franconia in Germany. It has around 10,000 inhabitants. Bad Staffelstein is known for several landmarks, such as the Basilica of the Vierzehnheiligen designed by B ...

: Pilgrimage Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers * Steingaden:

Steingaden Abbey Steingaden Abbey (German: ''Kloster Steingaden'') was a Premonstratensian monastery in Steingaden in Bavaria, Germany. History Dedicated to John the Baptist, the abbey was founded in 1147 as a Premonstratensian house by Welf VI, third son of ...

in Bavaria, Germany * Steinhausen: * Sulzbach-Rosenberg (

Upper Palatinate The Upper Palatinate (german: Oberpfalz, , ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany, and is located in the east of Bavaria. Geography The Upper Palatinate is a landscape with low mountains and numerous ponds and lak ...

): Pilgrimage Church of Annaberg * Swisttal-

Buschhoven Buschhoven is a farming village west of Bonn, Germany. It is part of the municipality Swisttal Swisttal is a municipality in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Swisttal received its names from a brook named Swist, ...

: Marian pilgrimage site with the "Rosa Mystica" *

Todtmoos Todtmoos is a village and municipality in the district of Waldshut in the southern part of Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which ...

(

Black Forest The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is ...

): pilgrimage church of Our Dear Lady of Todtmoos Birnau 2004-02

* Tuntenhausen: Papal Basilica St Mary of the Assumption *

Uhldingen-Mühlhofen Uhldingen-Mühlhofen is a town at the northern shore of Lake Constance, Germany between Überlingen and Meersburg. The town is a popular holiday destination and home to the Pfahlbauten open-air museum in Unteruhldingen and the Birnau basilic ...

: Pilgrimage Church of Birnau * Unterkochen: Marian pilgrimage church of Unterkochen Gottfried böhm, pilgrimage church, neviges 1963-1972

Velbert Velbert (Low Rhenish: ''Vèlbed'') is a town in the district of Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is renowned worldwide for the production of locks and fittings. Geography Velbert is located on the hills of 'Niede ...

Neviges Velbert (Low Rhenish: ''Vèlbed'') is a town in the district of Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is renowned worldwide for the production of locks and fittings. Geography Velbert is located on the hills of 'Nieder ...

: Maria, Königin des Friedens (Mary, Queen of Peace) * Vierzehnheiligen: Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers * Vilgertshofen: pilgrimage church of the Dolorous Mother of God * Volkach: pilgrimage church of Kirchberg, Maria im Weingarten *

Waghäusel Waghäusel (, ; South Franconian: ''Woghaisl'') is a town located in the Rhine valley in the south-western state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Waghäusel consists of 3 townships which are the core town (1236 residents), Kirrlach (9347 residen ...

: Marian pilgrimage church * Waldsassen: Holy Trinity Church * Walldürn: Pilgrimage Church of the Holy Blood ( Blood miracle of Walldürn) * Weihenlinden: pilgrimage church of the Holy Trinity * Weiler in den Bergen (near Schwäbisch Gmünd): St. Bernhard's on the Bernhardusberg hill * Weingarten: Weingarten Abbey or St. Martin’s Abbey is a Benedictine monastery on the Martinsberg near Ravensburg at Baden-Württemberg * Weltenburg: Weltenburg Abbey near Kelheim in Bavaria * Wemding: pilgrimage church of Maria Brünnlein *

Werl Werl (; Westphalian: ''Wiärl'') is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Werl is easily accessible because it is located between the Sauerland, Münsterland, and the Ruhr Area. The Hellweg r ...

: Pilgrimage Basilica, dedicated to the Visitation ** Old Pilgrimage Church, dedicated to Mary *

Wieskirche The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (german: Wieskirche) is an oval Rococo church, designed in the late 1740s by brothers J. B. and Dominikus Zimmermann, the latter of whom lived nearby for the last eleven years of his life. It is located in the foothi ...

: Pilgrimage Church of the Scourged Saviour on the Wies in Steingaden in Bavaria designed by the brothers Johann Baptist and Domenikus Zimmermann *

Willich Willich () is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is 20 km west of Düsseldorf, 14 km north of Mönchengladbach, 10 km south of Krefeld, about 30 kilometres east of the border with the Netherlands and 45 k ...

-Neersen: Little Jerusalem Church *

Bad Wilsnack Bad Wilsnack (until 1929 Wilsnack) is a small town in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany. The former pilgrimage site of the Holy Blood of Wilsnack has been officially recognised as a spa town (''Bad'') since 1929. It is the administra ...

: St. Nicholas' and the

Holy Blood of Wilsnack The Holy Blood of Wilsnack was the name given to three hosts, which survived a fire in 1383 that burned the church and village to the ground. The hosts were thus seen as miraculous. The relics became the destination of medieval religious pilgrim ...

* Würzburg: pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary Käppele *

Xanten Xanten (, Low Rhenish: ''Santen'') is a town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the district of Wesel. Xanten is known for the Archaeological Park, one of the largest archaeological open air museums in the wo ...

: pilgrimage church of St. St Mary of the Assumption * Zell am Harmersbach: Pilgrimage Church of Maria zu den Ketten in the village of Unterharmersbach *

Zwiefalten Zwiefalten is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany located halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. The former Zwiefalten Abbey dominates the town. The former monastery is considered one of the finest exa ...

: Pilgrimage Church of the Minster of Our Dear Lady

Gibraltar

Shrine of Our Lady of Europe The Shrine of Our Lady of Europe is a Roman Catholic parish church and national shrine of Gibraltar located at Europa Point. The church is dedicated to Our Lady of Europe, the Catholic patroness of Gibraltar. It belongs to the European Maria ...

Great Britain

* Walsingham: Anglican and Roman Catholic shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham Palestinian Christian Scouts Nativity Church in Bethlehem Christmas Eve 2006

Palestinian Christian Scouts Nativity Church in Bethlehem Christmas Eve 2006

Holy Land

Bethlehem Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital ...

Church of the Nativity The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity,; ar, كَنِيسَةُ ٱلْمَهْد; el, Βασιλική της Γεννήσεως; hy, Սուրբ Ծննդեան տաճար; la, Basilica Nativitatis is a basilica located in B ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

: Church of the Holy Sepulchre * Jericho: Mount of Temptation * Nazareth:

Basilica of the Annunciation : ''This article refers to the basilica in Nazareth. For information on the church associated with the Blagoveschenskaya Tower in Russia, see Kremlin towers or Cathedral of the Annunciation.'' The Church of the Annunciation ( la, Basilica Annunti ...

* Sea of Galilee: Church of the Primacy of Saint Peter (also known as the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes) * Mount Carmel: Stella Maris Monastery (also known as the Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel)

Ireland

* Knock: Marian pilgrimage chapel of ''Our Lady Queen of Ireland'' * Station Island, Lough Derg: St. Patrick’s Basilica Piazza Esquilino, Santa Maria Maggiore

Italy

Amalfi Amalfi (, , ) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 metres, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramati ...

relics In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past. It usually consists of the physical remains of a saint or the personal effects of the saint or venerated person preserved for purposes of veneration as a tangi ...

of saint Andrew * Assisi: papal basilica of saint Francis * Badia, South Tyrol: Holy Cross Church * Benevento:

of saint Bartholomew the Apostle * Loreto, Marche:

Basilica della Santa Casa The Basilica della Santa Casa ( en, Basilica of the Holy House) is a Marian shrine in Loreto, in the Marches, Italy. The basilica is known for enshrining the house in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is believed by some Catholics to have lived. Pi ...

with Black Madonna * Manoppello: ''Volto Santo'' (''Holy Face''), i.e. shroud of Jesus or

Veil of Veronica The Veil of Veronica, or ( Latin for sweat-cloth), also known as the Vernicle and often called simply the Veronica, is a Christian relic consisting of a piece of cloth said to bear an image of the Holy Face of Jesus produced by other than hum ...

Monte Cassino Monte Cassino (today usually spelled Montecassino) is a rocky hill about southeast of Rome, in the Latin Valley, Italy, west of Cassino and at an elevation of . Site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is widely known for its abbey, the first ho ...

: the first monastery of

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

monks * Ortona: the

of saint Thomas the Apostle * Padova: sanctuary of saint Anthony * Pompei: Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei * Re, Piedmont: Madonna del Sangue in the Valle Vigezzo (Vigezzotal) * Vatican: Saint Peter's tomb,

Holy Lance The Holy Lance, also known as the Lance of Longinus (named after Saint Longinus), the Spear of Destiny, or the Holy Spear, is the lance that pierced the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross during his crucifixion. Biblical references The l ...

, grave of

John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

and many others * papal basilica Santa Maria Maggiore in

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus ( legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

icon An icon () is a religious work of art, most commonly a painting, in the cultures of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Catholic churches. They are not simply artworks; "an icon is a sacred image used in religious devotion". The mos ...

of Salus Populi Romani * papal basilica

Santa Croce in Gerusalemme The Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem or Basilica di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, ( la, Basilica Sanctae Crucis in Hierusalem) is a Catholic Minor basilica and titular church in rione Esquilino, Rome, Italy. It is one of the Seven Pil ...

: part of

True Cross The True Cross is the cross upon which Jesus was said to have been crucified, particularly as an object of religious veneration. There are no early accounts that the apostles or early Christians preserved the physical cross themselves, althoug ...

with '' Titulus Crucis'' and Holy Nails * papal basilica

San Giovanni in Laterano The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...

: '' Scala Santa'' (stairs from the palace of Pilate) *

basilica minor In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...

Santa Prassede: pillar upon which

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and relig ...

was flogged * Salerno: relics of saint Matthew * Savona: Nostra Signora di Misericordia * Tirano: Madonna di Tirano * Torino: Shroud of Turin in the

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the ''cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations ...

* Varese: Madonna del Monte *

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

of saint Mark * Vicenza: Madonna del Monte Berico * Viterbo: Madonna della Quercia Our Lady Of Lebanon Harissa

Lebanon

* Our Lady of Lebanon ( Harissa, Keserwan District) * Monastery of Qozhaya (Wadi Qozhaya, Zgharta District) * Monastery of Saint Maron (Annaya, Byblos District) - Sanctuary of

Saint Charbel Charbel Makhlouf, O.L.M. ( ar, شربل مخلوف, May 8, 1828 – December 24, 1898), born Youssef Antoun Makhlouf and venerated as Saint Charbel, was a Maronite monk and priest from Lebanon. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for ...

* Monastery of Saint Joseph (Jrabta, Batroun District) - Sanctuary of Saint Rafqa * Monastery of Saints Cyprian and Justina (Kfifan, Batroun District) - Sanctuary of Saint Nimatullah * Qana Al Jaleel ( Qana, Tyre District), where it is believed that

Jesus Christ Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and relig ...

performed His first miracle, transforming water into wine at the Marriage at Cana.

Latvia

* Basilica of the Assumption (Aglona)

Lithuania

* Gate of Dawn ( Vilnius): Marian sanctuary * Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Vilnius): the first Divine Mercy image

Mexico

* Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe: very popular place of

Netherlands

* Warfhuizen: Our Lady of the Enclosed Garden

Philippines

National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, Philippines The National Shrine and Parish of the Divine Mercy ( fil, Pambansang Dambana at Parokya ng Banal na Awa) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Divine Mercy in Marilao, Bulacan, the Philippines. It was elevated to the status of National ...

: dedicated to

Divine Mercy The Divine Mercy is a form of God's compassion, an act of grace based on trust or forgiveness. In Catholicism, it refers specifically to a devotion which had its origin in the apparitions of Jesus Christ reported by Faustina Kowalska. Etym ...

* Divine Mercy Shrine (Misamis Oriental): statue of merciful

* Simala Shrine: Sibonga Monastery of the Holy Eucharist in Cebu

Poland

Góra Świętej Anny Góra Świętej Anny (; german: Sankt Annaberg ; sli, Anaberg; szl, Świyntŏ Anna; all names meaning "Saint Anne's Mountain") is a village in the Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. The village is located on the hill from which its name de ...

: pilgrimage to the

Saint Anna According to Christian apocryphal and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels. In writing, Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come o ...

(in Śląsk Opolski) * Bardo: pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary (in Dolny Śląsk) * Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Białystok): with the grave of blessed Michał Sopoćko * Częstochowa: the most popular (4,000,000 a year) Polish pilgrimage church at

Jasna Góra Jasna may refer to: Places * Jasna, a village in Poland * Jasná, a village and ski resort in Slovakia Other uses * Jasna (given name), a Slavic female given name * JASNA, the Jane Austen Society of North America See also * Yasna Yasna (;

with the miraculous image of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa * Gidle near Częstochowa: Marian sanctuary * Gietrzwałd ( Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship): Marian pilgrimage in the site of apparitions * Głogowiec and

Świnice Warckie Świnice Warckie is a village in Łęczyca County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Świnice Warckie. It lies approximately west of Łęczyca and northwest of the region ...

: the place of birth and baptism of saint Faustina Kowalska * Gniezno Cathedral: with the grave of St. Adalbert of Prague (''Św. Wojciech''), a ''major patron'' of Poland * Gostyń in Greater Poland: Marian sanctuary *

Góra Kalwaria Góra Kalwaria (; "Calvary Mountain", yi, גער, ''Ger'') is a town on the Vistula River in the Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is situated approximately southeast of Warsaw and has a population of around 12,109 (as of 201 ...

in Mazovia: calvary * Kalisz: sanctuary of saint Joseph * Kalwaria Pacławska near Przemyśl: calvary *

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska Kalwaria Zebrzydowska () is a town in southern Poland with 4,429 inhabitants (2007 estimate). As of 1999, it is situated in Lesser Poland or Małopolska (in Polish). Previously, the town was administered within the Voivodeship of Bielsko-Biała ( ...

near

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula, Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland un ...

: calvary * Kałków-Godów near Kielce: Marian sanctuary *

Kodeń Kodeń is a village in eastern Poland on the Bug River, which forms the border between Poland and Belarus. Administratively, it belongs to Biała Podlaska County in Lublin Voivodeship. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called ...

at the Bug river: Marian sanctuary *

: Wawel Cathedral with the grave of queen Jadwiga of Poland (''Królowa Jadwiga'') * Skałka in Kraków: sanctuary of Saint Stanislaus of Szczepanów, a ''major patron'' of Poland *

Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Kraków) Divine Mercy Sanctuary may refer to: * Divine Mercy Sanctuary, Kraków, with the remains of saint Faustina Kowalska and the most popular Divine Mercy image by Adolf Hyła * Sanctuary of the Divine Mercy, Vilnius, with the first Divine Mercy image ...

also known as Łagiewniki: world center of the

with the grave of saint Faustina Kowalska and the most popular version of Divine Mercy image (near by the Center of John Paul II) * Ludźmierz: pilgrimage church with the Mother of God as Queen (''Gaździna'') of Podhale * Licheń Stary near Konin: very popular new Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń in the site of an apparition * Łobżenica- Górka Klasztorna in Krajna: the site of Marian apparitions *

Niepokalanów Niepokalanów monastery (so called ''City of the Immaculate Mother of God'') is a Roman Catholic religious community in Teresin (42 km to the west from Warsaw), Poland founded in 1927 by Friar Minor Conventual Friar Maximilian Kolbe, wh ...

in Mazovia: sanctuary of the Immaculata as well as saint Maksymilian Kolbe * Pakość near Inowrocław: calvary * Piekary Śląskie: the main Marian sanctuary of Górny Śląsk *

Divine Mercy Sanctuary (Płock) The Divine Mercy Sanctuary is a Roman Catholic chapel, in Poland, dedicated to the Divine Mercy devotion, originated by Faustina Kowalska. Description The chapel belongs to Zgromadzenie Sióstr Matki Bożej Miłosierdzia (the Congregation o ...

: the site of the first apparition of Divine Mercy image to saint Faustina Kowalska * Rokitno in

Lubusz Voivodeship Lubusz Voivodeship, or Lubuskie Province ( pl, województwo lubuskie ), is a voivodeship ( province) in western Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra Voivodeships, pursuant to the ...

: Marian sanctuary * Skrzatusz near Piła: Marian sanctuary * Studzianna near Radom: Marian sanctuary *

Święta Lipka Święta Lipka (; german: Heiligelinde; "Holy Linden") is a small village in the administrative district of Gmina Reszel, within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northeastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Reszel, s ...

( Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship): pilgrimage to Our Lady of Holy Linden in the site of apparitions * Święty Krzyż near Kielce: sanctuary of the Holy Cross, in the past the biggest in Poland * Wadowice near

: the place of birth of

Wambierzyce Wambierzyce ( cs, Vambeřice, german: Albendorf) is a village and popular Catholic pilgrimage site in south-western Poland, in Gmina Radków, Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is situated at an altitude of 370–410 m in the pic ...

near Kłodzko: Marian pilgrimage and calvary *

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

: St. Andrew Bobola sanctuary *

Temple of Divine Providence The Temple of Divine Providence ( pl, Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej) and Pantheon of Great Poles (in Polish, Panteon Wielkich Polaków, in southern Warsaw's Wilanów district, is a principal Roman Catholic church in Poland. The backstory of ...

: national sanctuary * St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Warsaw: the grave of blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko * Wejherowo in Kaszuby: calvary

Portugal

* Fátima: important Marian pilgrimage site * Nazaré: Nossa Senhora da Nazaré (Our Dear Lady of Nazareth)

Slovakia

Šaštín-Stráže Šaštín-Stráže (german: Schoßberg-Strascha, hu, Sasvár-Morvaőr, tr, Şaşvar) is a town in the Senica District, Trnava Region in western Slovakia. Originally two separate villages, now it is one of the youngest towns in Slovakia, having ...

: Basilica of the Seven Sorrows of St. Mary, Šaštín *

Marianka Marianka ( hu, Máriavölgy) is a village and municipality in western Slovakia in Malacky District in the Bratislava region, in the foothills of the Little Carpathians. The village is the oldest pilgrimage site in Slovakia and the first pilgr ...

: Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary * Turzovka

Spain

* Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

Switzerland

Einsiedeln Einsiedeln () is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey, established in the 10th century. History Early history There was no permanent settlement in the area ...

( Schwyz): Black Madonna *

Locarno , neighboring_municipalities= Ascona, Avegno, Cadenazzo, Cugnasco, Gerra (Verzasca), Gambarogno, Gordola, Lavertezzo, Losone, Minusio, Muralto, Orselina, Tegna, Tenero-Contra , twintowns =* Gagra, Georgia * Karlovy Vary, Czech ...

( Tessin): pilgrimage church of Madonna del Sasso * Ziteil ( Graubünden): pilgrimage church auf * Luthern Bad ( Lucerne): pilgrimage church of Maria-Heilbronn

Turkey

* House of the Virgin Mary, near Ephesos