Crypt, Cathedral, Trani, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, Altamura, Bari, Apulia, Italy

Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Barletta, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

Cathedral, Trani, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

Lecce Cathedral, Cathedral of Maria Santissima Assunta and Sant'Oronzo, Lecce, Salento, Apulia, Italy

Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Barletta, Barletta-Andria-Trani, Apulia, Italy

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps. Bodgaya, india. Monks offer butter lamps in front of mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps. Kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddhas enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Monks offer butter lamps prayer, kalachakra initiation, bodhgaya. India. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Budhist lamas in prayer, bodhgaya, india. Monks attending kalachakra initiation at mahaboudhi temple in bodhgaya, india. mahabodhi temple marks site of buddha’s enlightment twenty-five hundred years. centuries have made pilgrimages across himalayas to sites connected with life of historical buddha. From a tantric perspective, pilgrimage is more than paying homage at sacred sites. Rather, it is that activities performed at these places become a memory of place itself. By attuning oneself through ritual meditation to this timeless presence, similar experiences be evoked

Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona, in Catalonia. It is the site of a Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary. Montserrat is a multi-peaked mountain range near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. The main peaks are Sant Jeroni (1,236 m), Montgrós (1,120 m) and Miranda de les Agulles (903 m). It is well known as the site of the Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary. Montserrat literally means "saw (serrated, like the common handsaw) mountain" in Catalan. It describes its peculiar aspect with multitude of rock formations which are visible from a great distance. The mountain is composed of strikingly pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock. Montserrat was designated as a National Park in 1987. On this mountain we will have access to the Monastery of Montserrat which houses the virgin that gives its name to the monastery, although it is also known as La Moreneta

Fresco on outside wall, Sucevita Monastery, Sucevita, Southern Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania

Part of Last Judgement fresco on wall, Voronet Monastery, near Gura Humorului, Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania

Exterior fresco, Church Of The Annunciation, Moldovita Monastery, Moldovita, Southern Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania

Notre Dame Cathedral and statue of Virgin Mary, Ho Chi Minh City, (Saigon), Vietnam

Buildings at Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, (Rangoon), Myanmar, (Burma)

Statue of Saint Paul outside Syracuse Cathedral, Piazza Duomo, Ortygia, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

Assisi, Basilica of San Francesco, Lower church, upper church, Colonnades

Mariazell Basilica, Styria, Austria

Assisi, Basilica of San Francesco, Upper church, Bronze monument of the return of the knight Franz

View over Mariazell, Styria, Austria

Umayyad Mosque at Damascus, Syria

Umayyad Mosque at Aleppo, Syria

Basilique du Sacre-Coeur, Montmartre, Paris, France

Weg der Hoffnung, work of art, memorial, food for thought, an art project of the Point Alpha Foundation, The Weg der Hoffnung with its 14 stations ties in with the Christian Way of the Cross, Point Alpha, memorial, commemorative and meeting place on the road between Geisa (Thuringia) and Rasdorf (Hesse), Germany, Europe

The aerial view captures the cathedral and the red roofs of a historic city, surrounded by stone buildings, Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, autonomous community of Galicia, place of pilgrimage, destination of the Way of St James, Spain, Europe

Umayyad Mosque at Damascus, Syria

Archaeological site and an important Buddhist pilgrimage destination, ruins of the ancient university of Nalanda, Global Buddhist Congregation 2011, Ragir, Bihar, India, Asia

High altar and ceiling fresoces at the Baroque pilgrimage church in Hafnerberg, Triesingtal (Triesing Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Historic cathedral with high bell tower on a lively square, cathedral, Fonte dos Cabalos, Fountain of the Horses, Praza das Praterías square, Santiago de Compostela, autonomous community of Galicia, place of pilgrimage, destination of the Way of St James, Spain, Europe

Umayyad Mosque at Damascus, Syria

Umayyad Mosque at Damascus, Syria

Greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Wallfahrtskirche Maria Langegg pilgrimage church and Celtic megalith replicas, Geyersberg, Bergen municipality in the Dunkelsteinerwald area, Wachau, Mostviertel region, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Fountain on the Kapellplatz, Chapel Square with Gnadenkapelle Chapel in Altoetting, Lower Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Umayyad Mosque at Aleppo, Syria

Old stone tablet with Japanese writing on the pilgrimage path Kumano Kodo, Hirou-jinja Shinto Shrine, Nachisan, Wakayama, Japan, Asia

Ceiling fresco, Wessobrunner School, baroque Wallfahrtskirche Steinhausen (pilgrimage church), Steinhausen, Bad Schussenried, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Umayyad Mosque at Damascus, Syria

Cathedral St. Salvator zu Fulda, High Cathedral of Fulda, Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Fulda, Church of the Holy Sepulchre of St. Boniface, destination of the Boniface pilgrimage, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Umayyad Mosque at Aleppo, Syria

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Ceiling fresco, Wessobrunner School, baroque Wallfahrtskirche Steinhausen (pilgrimage church), Steinhausen, Bad Schussenried, Upper Swabia, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Umayyad Mosque at Damascus, Syria

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Umayyad Mosque at Damascus, Syria

Wilparting chapel church, Irschenberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Aachen cathedral, main entrance, view from ther courtyard, Aachen, NRW, Germany

Umayyad Mosque at Aleppo, Syria

Umayyad Mosque at Aleppo, Syria

Greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Bled Castle, St. Mary's Church, Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, on the island in Lake Bled, Lake Velda or Lake Felder, Slovenian Blejsko jezero, against a snow-covered Alpine backdrop, Bled, Upper Carniola (Gorenjska), Slovenia, Europe

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Painting of Pope Pius VI., museum of local history, Altoetting, Bavaria, Germany

Kapellplatz, Chapel Square with the Gnadenkapelle Chapel in Altoetting, Lower Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Fresco of the Stations of the Cross, portico of the pilgrimage church ofSacro Monte della Santissima Trinita di Ghiffa in Ghiffa on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Pilgrimage Church of Wies with pastures and a blue sky, Wies 12, Steingaden, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wilparting chapel church, Irschenberg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wies Church, pilgrimage church of the scourged Savior, County Steingaden, Pfaffenwinkel, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Wies Church, pilgrimage church of the scourged Savior, County Steingaden, Pfaffenwinkel, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Wies Church, pilgrimage church of the scourged Savior, County Steingaden, Pfaffenwinkel, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Marian Pilgrimage Church Basilica Maria Hilf, Marije Pomagaj, National Shrine, Brezje, Slovenia, Europe

Jokhang Temple, Lhasa, Tibet, Asia

Dome frescoes, Baroque pilgrimage church in Hafnerberg, Triesingtal (Triesing Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Loeffingen - the pilgrimage church schneekreuz/witterschnee - Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe.

Elevated view of city of Paris from Saint Jacques tower, France

View from behind of a carved wooden statue depicting monks bearing the coffin of St. Cuthbert on their shoulders in the Lindisfarne Priory: Holy Island, Northumberland, England

A view of the exterior and bell tower of the Lindisfarne Priory on Holy Island: Northumberland, England

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Nataraja, dancing posture of Hindu God Shiva, and a gopuram, Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Evening procession carrying Shiva to bedroom of Meenakshi, Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Evening procession carrying Shiva to bedroom of Meenakshi, Meenakshi Temple, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Ireland, County Tipperary, Holycross Abbey, view through an arch of the cloister.