Buddhist30 places
Temples (5)
Lotus Pond Temple
A temple courtyard with a pagoda and lotus pond
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Japanese-style Temple
A gate, a wide hall, a five-storey pagoda and raked gravel
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Korean-style Mountain Temple
A hall with painted eaves under green mountains
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Thai-style Wat
An ordination hall with tiered roofs and a golden chedi
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Pagoda on a Single Pillar
A small wooden pagoda on one pillar above a pond
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Meditation gardens (1)
Raked Gravel Garden
A raked-gravel garden for silent sitting
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You can: Bow Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell
Stupas and pagodas (4)
Great White Stupa
Walk around a great white stupa, as pilgrims do
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell
Golden Pagoda
A great golden pagoda on a marble terrace
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Watching-Eyes Stupa
A great white stupa with watching eyes and a ring of prayer wheels
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Sri Lankan Dagoba
A white bell-shaped dagoba beside a Bodhi tree
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Monasteries (3)
Forest Monastery
A quiet forest hall, huts and a walking-meditation path
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Cliffside Monastery
White halls on a ledge high on a cliff
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Steppe Monastery
A temple among felt tents on the steppe
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Meditation halls (1)
Meditation Hall
A silent hall with rows of cushions
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You can: Bow Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell
Chanting halls (1)
Chanting Hall
A red-and-gold hall for chanting and reciting the Buddha’s name
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Dharma halls (1)
Dharma Hall
A hall for a Dharma talk, with a teacher’s seat
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Memorial halls (1)
Memorial Hall
A quiet hall to remember the departed
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Kneel
Holy sites and ruins (8)
Tree of Awakening
The place of awakening, beneath a great Bodhi tree
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Garden of the Birth
A white shrine, a lotus pond and a tall stone pillar
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Khmer Temple Mountain
Sandstone towers behind a moat and a causeway
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Stepped Stupa Mound
A great stepped mound crowned with stupas
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Cave Temple Cliff
A cliff face carved with niches and many Buddhas
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
First Teaching Park
A great brick-red stupa in a park of deer
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Shrine of the Parinirvana
A white shrine with a golden reclining Buddha
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Ancient Monastic University Ruins
Brick ruins of a great monastic university
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Pilgrimage mountains (1)
Mountain Pilgrimage Gate
The gate at the foot of a pilgrimage mountain
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Himalayan monasteries (1)
Prayer Wheel Monastery
A whitewashed gompa with prayer wheels and flags
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell
At home (1)
Home Buddha Altar
A small altar at home for a few minutes of quiet
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel Ring the bell Strike the wooden fish
Great statues (1)
Great Buddha Hillside
A huge seated Buddha above a stepped plaza
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You can: Bow Prostrate Offer incense Offer a lotus Light a lamp Sit in meditation Kneel
Festivals and special nights (1)
Vesak Lantern Night
A night of lanterns on a lake before a lit Buddha
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You can: Bow Light a lamp Offer a lotus Offer incense Sit in meditation
Muslim30 places
Mosques (18)
Tiled Courtyard Mosque
A mosque with a courtyard, domes and minarets
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Ottoman-style Mosque
A great central dome, half domes and slim minarets
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Mughal-style Mosque
Red sandstone, three white domes and a vast courtyard
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Maghrebi-style Mosque
A square minaret, green-tiled roofs and orange trees
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
South-East Asian Mosque
A tiered roof on timber columns, open to the air, with a drum tower
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Persian-style Mosque
A tall blue-tiled portal, a turquoise dome and a long pool
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Sahel Mud-brick Mosque
A mud-brick mosque with projecting wooden beams
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Chinese-style Mosque
Pagoda roofs, a courtyard and a pagoda-style tower
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Ibadi-style Mosque
A plain white hall, a stubby minaret and date palms
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Andalusian Hall of Columns
A forest of columns and striped arches
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Cairo-style Courtyard Mosque
A vast courtyard under arcades with a spiral minaret
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Balkan-style Mosque
A stone hall under a grey hipped roof with a timber porch
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Swahili Coast Mosque
Whitewashed coral stone beside the sea
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Mosque on the Water
A white mosque on a platform over a lake
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Modern Desert Mosque
Clean lines, a screen wall, a long pool and a slim minaret
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Timber Mosque in the Snow
A wooden mosque with a green roof and a wooden minaret
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Mountain Village Mosque
Carved timber pillars and a flat earth roof under snow peaks
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Community Islamic Centre
A brick centre with a small dome in a Western city
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Grand mosque (1)
Grand Mosque around the Kaaba
A grand mosque with the Kaaba at the centre
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Prayer grounds (1)
Eid Prayer Ground
An open field with a qibla wall and rows of mats
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah Greet with salaam
Sanctuaries (1)
Raised Platform Sanctuary
A raised platform with a golden-domed octagon and a domed hall
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Sufi lodges (1)
Sufi Lodge
A courtyard, a green-domed hall and a circle of remembrance
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You can: Sit Dua Takbir
Places of learning (4)
Madrasa Courtyard
Two storeys of arcades, a pool and students at Qur’an stands
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You can: Sit Dua
Study Hall
Shelves of books and tables with Qur’an stands
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You can: Sit Dua
Central Asian Tiled Square
A square framed by three blue-tiled portals and turquoise domes
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You can: Sit Dua
Qur’an Memorisation Hall
A teacher and a circle of students at Qur’an stands
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You can: Sit Dua
Festivals and special nights (2)
Iftar Night
Long tables, glowing lanterns and a lit mosque
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You can: Sit Dua Greet with salaam
Taraweeh Night
A great mosque lit at night for the Ramadan prayers
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Prayer rooms (1)
Prayer Room
A small prayer room, as in an airport, a campus or an office
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
At home (1)
Home Prayer Corner
A prayer mat, a Qur’an stand and the qibla
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You can: Takbir Rukuʿ Sujud Sit Dua Salah, 1 rakʿah
Christian30 places
Churches (11)
Parish Church
A parish church with a long nave
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers Share a sign of peace Place a crib figure Light the Advent candle
Orthodox Church
An Eastern Orthodox church with icons and a golden iconostasis
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You can: Sign of the Cross Bow Pray Light a candle
Protestant Chapel
A simple Protestant chapel centred on the Word
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You can: Pray Kneel Sit Share a sign of peace
Coptic Church
A whitewashed church with a row of small domes and crosses
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You can: Sign of the Cross Bow Pray Light a candle
Armenian Church
A stone church with a conical dome and carved cross-stones
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You can: Sign of the Cross Bow Pray Light a candle
Onion-dome Church
White walls under five domes, a bell tower and snow
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You can: Sign of the Cross Bow Pray Light a candle
Baroque Mission Church
An ornate facade between two bell towers, a plaza and palms
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers Share a sign of peace
Stone Baroque Church
Thick walls, buttresses and a separate belfry
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers Share a sign of peace
Village Church
A plain brick church under a tin roof, with a big tree and benches
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers Share a sign of peace
Stave Church
A dark timber church with tiered roofs and dragon heads
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Share a sign of peace
Anglican Village Church
A stone tower, a grey roof and a lych-gate
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Share a sign of peace
Cathedrals (1)
Cathedral Square
A stone cathedral and a quiet square
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers Share a sign of peace
Grottoes (1)
Our Lady’s Grotto
An outdoor grotto of Our Lady, with candles at dusk
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers
Chapels (4)
Adoration Chapel
A small dark chapel for silent prayer
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Sit
Island Chapel
A whitewashed chapel with a blue dome above the sea
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You can: Sign of the Cross Bow Pray Light a candle
Alpine Chapel
A small chapel with an onion spire in a meadow
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers Share a sign of peace
Ecumenical Prayer Hall
A bare hall with low seats, icons and many candles
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You can: Pray Kneel Sit Bow Light a candle
At home (1)
Home Prayer Room
A family prayer corner, to pray together from far away
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers Share a sign of peace
Stations (1)
Way of the Cross
The fourteen Stations of the Cross, along a path
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow
Cloisters (1)
Cloister Garden
A quiet monastery cloister and garden for a walking retreat
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers
Pilgrimage (8)
Great Pilgrimage Square
A grand square with colonnades, an obelisk and a domed basilica
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers
Marian Sanctuary
A white esplanade, a tall-towered basilica and a small open chapel
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers
Our Lady’s Pavilion Shrine
A tiled pavilion over a statue of Our Lady, among tropical trees
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers
Eastern-style Stone Cathedral
A stone cathedral in the style of an Eastern temple
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers
Empty Tomb Rotunda
A round hall around the tomb of Christ
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit
Rock-hewn Church
A church cut down into the rock, seen from the rim of its pit
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You can: Sign of the Cross Bow Pray Light a candle
Monasteries on the Rocks
Monasteries on top of tall pillars of rock
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You can: Sign of the Cross Bow Pray Light a candle
Pilgrim Road
A road through fields, waymarks, a stone cross and a hostel
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You can: Kneel Sign of the Cross Pray Bow Light a candle Sit Pray the Rosary Offer flowers
Classrooms (1)
Catechism Room
A classroom for faith lessons and Bible study groups
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You can: Pray Sign of the Cross Sit Share a sign of peace
Memorial walls (1)
Wall of Candles
A wall where everyone’s candles keep burning
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You can: Light a candle Pray Kneel Sign of the Cross Bow
These places are sample scenes: simplified, original, and not replicas of real places. Each needs review by people of that tradition before it is shown as the real thing.
Lotus Pond Temple A timber main hall with a curved tiled roof, a lotus altar with an empty throne and halo, a pagoda, an incense burner, lanterns and a lotus pond.
Etiquette Bow, do not touch the altar. Offerings here are symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Japanese-style Temple A temple in the Japanese style: a two-storey gate, a wide timber hall with a dark tiled roof, a five-storey pagoda, raked gravel, stone lanterns and maples.
Etiquette Bow, do not touch the altar. Offerings here are symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Korean-style Mountain Temple A mountain temple in the Korean style: a hall with painted eaves in green, red, blue and yellow, a three-tier stone pagoda and a gate, with forested mountains behind.
Etiquette Bow, do not touch the altar. Offerings here are symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Thai-style Wat A wat in the Thai style: a white hall with stacked red-and-gold roofs, a tall golden chedi, a standing figure on a lotus base, and an incense burner.
Etiquette Bow, do not touch the altar. Offerings here are symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Pagoda on a Single Pillar A simplified model of a pagoda scene: a small timber shrine raised on a single pillar in a pond, with a path, a bell tower, a gate and a Bodhi tree.
Etiquette Bow, do not touch the altar. Offerings here are symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. A simplified model, not the real place. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Raked Gravel Garden A quiet garden of raked gravel, moss and rocks, with a bamboo grove, maples and an open timber pavilion with cushions.
Etiquette Stay silent while others sit. Come and go quietly. You can Bow · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell Great White Stupa A large white stupa with a gold spire stands on a round stone plaza. A ring path circles it for walking clockwise (circumambulation), with prayer wheels, four gates, lamps and an incense burner.
Etiquette Walk around the stupa clockwise, keeping it on your right. Do not climb on it or touch it. Offerings here are symbolic. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell Golden Pagoda A simplified model of a great golden pagoda in the Burmese style: a tall gold stupa on a round terrace, ringed by small gold stupas, four shrines and lamps.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Watching-Eyes Stupa A simplified model of a mountain stupa: a white dome with a gold tower and painted eyes on four sides, prayer flags streaming down, and a ring of prayer wheels for the clockwise walk.
Etiquette Walk clockwise around the stupa. Do not climb on it. Offerings here are symbolic. A simplified model, not the real place. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Sri Lankan Dagoba A simplified model of a Sri Lankan dagoba: a white bell-shaped stupa on round terraces with a gold finial, a Bodhi tree behind a low railing, lamps and moonstone-style steps.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Forest Monastery An open timber hall with a golden Buddha, small huts among tall trees, and a long straight path with a rope handrail for walking meditation.
Etiquette Walk slowly and in silence on the meditation path. Come and go quietly. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Cliffside Monastery A simplified model of a monastery on a high cliff ledge: white halls with red bands and gold roofs, a stone path, prayer flags and a terrace looking over the valley.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Steppe Monastery A monastery on a high grassland: a white temple with a red band and a golden curved roof, a ring of felt tents (gers), a stone cairn with blue silk and prayer flags, and snow mountains behind.
Etiquette Bow, do not touch the altar. Offerings here are symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Meditation Hall A plain timber hall with tatami lines, glowing paper screens, a small altar and two rows of cushions facing the middle.
Etiquette Silence. There is no chat here. Enter and leave quietly. You can Bow · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell Chanting Hall A hall with a raised altar of the Buddha of Infinite Light and two attendants, lotus lamps, hanging lanterns, rows of kneeling mats, a wooden fish and a bell.
Etiquette Bow, do not touch the altar. Offerings here are symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Dharma Hall A bright hall with a raised teacher’s seat before a Buddha figure, red banners and rows of cushions for listeners.
Etiquette Listen quietly while the teacher speaks. The teacher shown is a sample figure. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Memorial Hall A hall with niches along both walls, small candles and a central altar to Kṣitigarbha, the bodhisattva remembered at memorials.
Etiquette Silence. This is a place to remember those who have passed. No photos of other people. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Kneel Tree of Awakening A simplified model of the place of awakening: a great Bodhi tree with a flat stone seat beneath it, a tall stepped temple tower, a plaza and prayer flags.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Garden of the Birth A simplified model of the garden where the Buddha was born: a white shrine, a sacred pond with lotus, a tall stone pillar and shady trees.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Khmer Temple Mountain A simplified model of a Khmer temple: a stepped sandstone platform with a central tower and four smaller ones, and a causeway over a moat lined with low posts.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Stepped Stupa Mound A simplified model of a stepped mandala monument: five square terraces, three round terraces with rings of small stupas, and a central stupa.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Cave Temple Cliff A simplified model of a cave-temple cliff: a long rock face carved with many niches, each holding a small Buddha, a large central Buddha, a walkway and a river.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel First Teaching Park A simplified model of the park where the first teaching was given: a great cylindrical stupa, low brick ruins, deer and shady trees.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Shrine of the Parinirvana A simplified model of the place of the Buddha’s passing: a white shrine with a golden reclining figure, a stupa behind it, and sal trees.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Ancient Monastic University Ruins A simplified model of the brick ruins of an ancient monastic university: rows of monk cells around a courtyard, and a stepped stupa foundation in the middle.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Mountain Pilgrimage Gate A three-door gate stands at the foot of a forested mountain, with a long stone stairway climbing toward pagodas on the slope. The stairway is a view; you stay in the courtyard.
Etiquette Bow at the gate. A virtual visit. It does not replace the climb. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Prayer Wheel Monastery A whitewashed monastery with a deep red band and golden ornaments, a row of turning prayer wheels, a small white chorten, prayer flags across the courtyard and snow mountains behind.
Etiquette Walk clockwise around the prayer wheels. Offerings here are symbolic. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell Home Buddha Altar A small room with a Buddha altar, a lotus lamp, incense, offerings of fruit and a mat.
Etiquette Offerings here are symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel · Ring the bell · Strike the wooden fish Great Buddha Hillside A very large seated Buddha rests on a stone base above a broad stairway and a paved plaza, with stone lanterns, incense and green hills.
Etiquette Bow, do not touch the altar. Offerings here are symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. You can Bow · Prostrate · Offer incense · Offer a lotus · Light a lamp · Sit in meditation · Kneel Vesak Lantern Night An evening festival scene: hundreds of glowing lanterns float on a lake before a large lit Buddha, with strings of lanterns along the shore and a place to sit.
Etiquette Light is symbolic. Nothing is bought or sold. Keep your voice low. You can Bow · Light a lamp · Offer a lotus · Offer incense · Sit in meditation Tiled Courtyard Mosque A mosque with a tiled courtyard, arcades, a fountain, domes and four minarets.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Ottoman-style Mosque A mosque in the Ottoman style: a large central dome with smaller domes around it, two pencil minarets, and a courtyard with an ablution fountain and arcades.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Mughal-style Mosque A mosque in the Mughal style: a long red sandstone prayer hall with three white onion domes, a great courtyard, a gate with small domed kiosks, and an ablution pool.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Maghrebi-style Mosque A mosque in the Maghrebi style: a tall square minaret, a hall with green-tiled pyramid roofs, and a courtyard with a fountain and orange trees.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah South-East Asian Mosque A mosque in the South-East Asian style: a three-tier pyramid roof on timber columns, a raised floor open on the sides, a drum tower (bedug), a pond and palms.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Persian-style Mosque A mosque in the Persian style: a tall blue-tiled portal, a turquoise onion dome, two minarets, a long reflecting pool, arcades and cypress trees.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Sahel Mud-brick Mosque A mosque in the West African Sahel style: earthen walls, conical towers studded with projecting beams, ostrich-egg finials and an earthen plaza.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Chinese-style Mosque A mosque in the Chinese style: a prayer hall under stacked pagoda roofs, a courtyard with covered walks, and a tower shaped like a pagoda.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Ibadi-style Mosque A mosque in the plain Ibadi style of Oman: a white hall under small domes, a short round minaret, and a courtyard with an ablution pool and date palms.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Andalusian Hall of Columns An indoor prayer hall in the Andalusian style: rows of slender columns carrying double arches in red and cream, hanging lamps, and a mihrab at the far end.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Cairo-style Courtyard Mosque A mosque in the Cairo style: a vast courtyard under arcades on three sides, an ablution kiosk with a small dome in the middle, and a minaret with a spiral stair.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Balkan-style Mosque A mosque in the Balkan style: a stone hall under a grey hipped roof, a wooden portico, a slim minaret and cypress trees.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Swahili Coast Mosque A mosque on the East African coast: a whitewashed flat-roofed hall of coral stone, a short round minaret, an ablution trough, palms and the sea behind.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Mosque on the Water A mosque on a platform over still water, reached by a walkway: white domes, two slim minarets, an arcade and rows of mats.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Modern Desert Mosque A contemporary mosque in the desert: a plain hall with a vertical screen wall, a glass front, a long reflecting pool and a very slim minaret.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Timber Mosque in the Snow A timber mosque in a snowy landscape: a log hall with a green roof and a small green dome, a wooden minaret and pines.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Mountain Village Mosque A village mosque in the mountains: a raised timber floor, carved pillars, a flat earth roof with a small raised light, and snow peaks behind.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Grand Mosque around the Kaaba A simplified model of the great mosque around the Kaaba, with worshippers circling it. It does not replace Hajj or Umrah.
Etiquette This is a simplified model, not the real mosque. No music. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Eid Prayer Ground An open prayer ground for the Eid prayers: a long qibla wall with a mihrab niche, a small minbar, rows of mats and strings of lanterns.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah · Greet with salaam Raised Platform Sanctuary A simplified model of a holy sanctuary on a raised stone platform: a golden-domed octagonal shrine in the middle, a grey-domed hall at the south end, arcades and cypress trees. The place is holy to many people.
Etiquette A simplified model, not the real place. This is holy to many people. Keep it respectful. No music. Avatars can be faceless. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Sufi Lodge A Sufi lodge: an arcaded courtyard, a hall under a green dome, lanterns, and a circle of people sitting together in remembrance (dhikr).
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can
Madrasa Courtyard A madrasa courtyard with two storeys of arcades on four sides, a long pool, a small dome, and students sitting at Qur’an stands.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can
Study Hall A calm study hall with bookshelves along the walls and reading tables, each with a Qur’an stand.
Etiquette Quiet. There is no chat here. You can
Central Asian Tiled Square A great square in the Central Asian style: three tall tiled portals, with slender minarets and turquoise domes, face each other across an open plaza.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can
Qur’an Memorisation Hall A hall for memorising and reciting the Qur’an: a circle of students sit at Qur’an stands around a teacher, under hanging lamps, with a mihrab.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can
Iftar Night A Ramadan evening: long tables under strings of glowing lanterns, a lit mosque with two minarets behind, and people sitting together to break the fast.
Etiquette No music. Food and gifts are not sold here. You can Sit · Dua · Greet with salaam Taraweeh Night A great mosque courtyard at night during Ramadan: warm lamps, hanging lanterns, three rows of worshippers and two lit minarets.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. This is a place to gather and remember Allah. It does not replace praying in congregation. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Prayer Room A small prayer room in a multi-faith building: a carpet with rows marked for prayer, a mihrab niche on the qibla wall, a shelf for shoes and a screen.
Etiquette Quiet. There is no chat here. Remove your shoes. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Home Prayer Corner A small room with a prayer mat facing the qibla, a Qur’an stand, a shelf and a small lamp.
Etiquette No music. Avatars can be faceless. You can Takbir · Rukuʿ · Sujud · Sit · Dua · Salah, 1 rakʿah Parish Church A parish church like the ones in towns and villages everywhere. Pews line both sides of a long centre aisle, leading to a raised sanctuary with the altar and a large crucifix. Statues of Our Lady and a saint stand among votive candles, the Stations of the Cross hang on the walls, and stained glass glows above. Visitors stay in the nave.
Etiquette Speak softly. The sanctuary around the altar is for the clergy. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers · Share a sign of peace · Place a crib figure · Light the Advent candle Orthodox Church A church in the Eastern Orthodox tradition: a domed hall with a screen of icons (the iconostasis), candles before the icons and a hanging chandelier. People stand to pray. This place keeps its own tradition and words.
Etiquette An Eastern Orthodox place. People usually stand and make the Sign of the Cross. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace the Divine Liturgy or the sacraments. You can Sign of the Cross · Bow · Pray · Light a candle Protestant Chapel A plain, bright chapel in the Protestant tradition: wooden pews, a pulpit with an open Bible, a simple cross and tall windows. The focus is on Scripture, preaching and hymns. This place keeps its own tradition and words.
Etiquette A Protestant place. Scripture and preaching are at the centre. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace the worship of your community. You can Pray · Kneel · Sit · Share a sign of peace Coptic Church A church in the Coptic style of Egypt: a whitewashed hall with a row of small domes topped with crosses, a domed bell tower, a courtyard and date palms.
Etiquette An Eastern or Oriental Christian place. People usually stand and make the Sign of the Cross. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace the Divine Liturgy or the sacraments. You can Sign of the Cross · Bow · Pray · Light a candle Armenian Church A church in the Armenian style: a stone hall under a conical dome, with a row of carved cross-stones (khachkars) in the courtyard and snow mountains behind.
Etiquette An Eastern or Oriental Christian place. People usually stand and make the Sign of the Cross. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace the Divine Liturgy or the sacraments. You can Sign of the Cross · Bow · Pray · Light a candle Onion-dome Church A church in the Russian style: white walls under a gold onion dome and four coloured ones, a tall bell tower, and fresh snow.
Etiquette An Eastern or Oriental Christian place. People usually stand and make the Sign of the Cross. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace the Divine Liturgy or the sacraments. You can Sign of the Cross · Bow · Pray · Light a candle Baroque Mission Church A church in the Latin American baroque style: an ornate facade between two bell towers, and a plaza with a fountain and palms.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace praying in a church or the sacraments. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers · Share a sign of peace Stone Baroque Church A church in the Philippine baroque style: thick stone walls with sloping buttresses, a stepped belfry standing apart, and old trees on the plaza.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace praying in a church or the sacraments. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers · Share a sign of peace Village Church A simple village church in East Africa: a brick hall under a tin roof with a cross, a great shade tree, and low benches in the open air.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace praying in a church or the sacraments. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers · Share a sign of peace Stave Church A church in the Norwegian stave style: dark timber walls, steep tiered roofs, small dragon-head finials and a tall spire, among pines.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace praying in a church or the sacraments. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Share a sign of peace Anglican Village Church An Anglican church in the English village style: a stone nave under a grey roof, a square battlemented tower, a timber lych-gate and old yew trees. This place keeps its own tradition and words.
Etiquette An Anglican place. This place keeps its own tradition and words. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace the worship of your community. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Share a sign of peace Cathedral Square A Gothic cathedral with twin bell towers and a rose window, set on a cobbled square with a fountain and benches. A place to pray together, or simply to walk side by side.
Etiquette Faces are optional; avatars can be faceless. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers · Share a sign of peace Our Lady’s Grotto A rock grotto holds a statue of Our Lady in white and blue, with flowers at her feet and a rack of votive candles beside her. Benches and kneelers sit under the trees. Come to pray the Rosary, or to light a candle in the evening.
Etiquette Speak softly; people here are praying the Rosary. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers Adoration Chapel A small, dim chapel lit by candlelight, with a monstrance on the altar, a red sanctuary lamp and a few kneelers.
Etiquette Silence. There is no chat here. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Sit Island Chapel A tiny whitewashed chapel in the Greek island style: a blue dome with a cross, a small belfry, white steps and the sea below.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace praying in a church or the sacraments. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Sign of the Cross · Bow · Pray · Light a candle Alpine Chapel A little chapel in an alpine meadow: a white hall with a red roof, a tower with a blue onion spire, a wayside cross and snow peaks behind.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace praying in a church or the sacraments. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers · Share a sign of peace Ecumenical Prayer Hall A plain prayer hall for singing and silence: low seats, a wall of icons and a cross, and a field of small candles on the floor.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace praying in a church or the sacraments. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Pray · Kneel · Sit · Bow · Light a candle Home Prayer Room A warm living room with a small home altar: a crucifix, a statue of Our Lady, candles, a Bible and a rosary, and a family table.
Etiquette Best with family and friends: make a private room and share the code. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers · Share a sign of peace Way of the Cross An outdoor path climbs a hill past fourteen stations, each marked by a numbered plaque, and ends at a large cross. Walk from station to station; the name of the one you are at appears on screen.
Etiquette Walk slowly from station to station, praying quietly. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow Cloister Garden A square cloister: a covered walk of round arches around a lawn, with a fountain, flower beds, trees, benches, and a statue of Our Lady in a niche. Made for slow walking, silent prayer and reading in the garden. The light follows the time where you are.
Etiquette A quiet place: walk slowly and speak softly. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers Great Pilgrimage Square A simplified model of a great pilgrimage square: an oval of colonnades, an obelisk, two fountains and a basilica with a dome. A place to gather and pray with people from many countries. It does not replace a pilgrimage.
Etiquette This is a simplified virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers Marian Sanctuary A simplified model of a sanctuary of Our Lady: a wide white esplanade, a basilica with a tall tower and colonnades, and a small open chapel where people light candles and pray the Rosary.
Etiquette This is a simplified virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers Our Lady’s Pavilion Shrine A simplified model of a tropical Marian shrine: a pavilion with a curved tiled roof over a statue of Our Lady, a stone plaza, candle shelters and tropical trees.
Etiquette This is a simplified virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers Eastern-style Stone Cathedral A simplified model of a stone cathedral built in the style of an Eastern temple: a tiered tower with curved roofs, a stone front, a lake and lanterns.
Etiquette This is a simplified virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. This is a place for prayer. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers Empty Tomb Rotunda A simplified model of a round pilgrimage church: a stone hall under a dome, with a small shrine over the tomb of Jesus in the middle and a stone of anointing near the entrance.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit Rock-hewn Church A simplified model of a church carved from a single block of rock below ground level. You stand on the rim of the pit and look down at a cross-shaped roof with carved windows.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Sign of the Cross · Bow · Pray · Light a candle Monasteries on the Rocks A simplified model of monasteries built on the tops of tall rock pillars: white halls with red roofs and small domes, seen from a viewing terrace.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Sign of the Cross · Bow · Pray · Light a candle Pilgrim Road A pilgrim road through fields and hills, with waymark posts, a roadside stone cross, a pilgrims’ hostel and walkers on their way. A simplified scene, not a real route.
Etiquette A virtual visit. It does not replace a real pilgrimage. Speak softly. This is a place of prayer for many Christians. You can Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Pray · Bow · Light a candle · Sit · Pray the Rosary · Offer flowers Catechism Room A bright classroom with long tables, a board, a bookshelf and a crucifix. A place for a catechist, a parish group or a family to learn and study the Bible together.
Etiquette Best with a group: make a private room and share the code. This is a place for prayer and study. It does not replace the teaching of the parish. You can Pray · Sign of the Cross · Sit · Share a sign of peace Wall of Candles A tall stone wall with hundreds of small niches. Every candle lit here stays on the wall for everyone to see, and the intention written with it is anonymous. Walk along the wall and read what others are praying for.
Etiquette Intentions are anonymous and public here. Do not write names or contact details. Lighting a candle is free. It does not replace Mass or the sacraments. You can Light a candle · Pray · Kneel · Sign of the Cross · Bow
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