Holiest place

The most holy place of a religion

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Holiest place':

  • Bahá’i Holy Places Shrine of the Bahá’u’lláh in Acre
  • Gusuku Sites Seifa-utaki is a Shinto Shrine and the holiest place of Okinawan local religions
  • Lake Baikal Shaman Rock at Olkhon is the holiest place for the Buryats, Yakuts and Altais.
  • Lumbini One of four holiest Buddhist places: Lumbini (Birthplace), Bodhgaya - Mahabodhi Temple (enlightenment), Sarnath (first sermon) and Kushinagar (nirvana)
  • Mahabodhi Temple Complex Buddhism
  • Old City of Acre Baha'i
  • Old City of Jerusalem Christianity, Judaism
  • Orkhon Valley Ötüken to the ancient Turks
  • Takht-e Soleyman Zoroastrianism
  • Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius Confucianism