Sacred Spaces

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

This palatial building has lived many lives as a convent, prison, cultural center, state archives, and government offices.

This volcano in the Philippines is believed to have miraculous healing powers.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

The cathedral stands in New Jufa, Isfahan's Armenian quarter that was established in 1606.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

The unique collection of gifts includes braids of human hair, a spoon, and a Virgin made of bread.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.

This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

Housed inside a replica church, its collection honors the Black community displaced by the Halifax government.

The 20th-century church looks like a rustic version of the Sagrada Familia.

The first modernist church in Europe.

This unique medieval artwork featuring the story of the Antichrist remained lost for decades.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.