Sacred Spaces

An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.

A medieval church that contains murals from famed artist Albertus Pictor.

This beautiful Romanesque church preserves stunning medieval frescoes and the excavations of a Roman market town.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

A snow-white church overlooking the wonderful Tyrrhenian Sea.

This small hermitage is located along an ancient route that connected the Tiber and Rieti valleys.

This hermitage spanning an Italian river gorge draws pilgrims hoping to heal ailments like arthritis and migraines.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

This remote mountain shrine is one of the most sacred Zoroastrian temples remaining in the world.

This stone, said to have once been a young woman, is sacred to the Dakota and Lakota nations.

This small hermitage on Mount Scalambra was built near what some believe is the miraculous imprint of Saint Benedict's hand.

No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.