sacred city
Religiously revered place
A sacred city is a place of profound religious significance, often a pilgrimage destination or the site of holy events, temples, or shrines.
Jerusalem, Mecca, and Varanasi are sacred cities to their respective faiths.
The term may also describe fictional or mythical places of spiritual power: They journeyed to the sacred city seeking enlightenment.
- LourdesFrench pilgrimage town
- templeSacred worship structure
- pagodaTiered Asian temple tower
- JerusalemTriply sacred ancient capital
- holy groundPlace of spiritual significance
prayer · offering · eternal flame · Mecca · Lhasa · spiritual journey · old town · Angkor Wat · temple complex · ancient ruins · Fatima · Varanasi · pilgrimage site · Canterbury · religious festival · hallowed · worship · devotion
- Ancient MemphisMemphis, necropolis, Imhotep, ancient capital, royal tombs
- Sri Lankan antiquitiesstupas, ancient capital, moonstones, bodhi tree, stupa
- sacred sitesBuddhist temples, Jerusalem, consecrated ground, Hindu temples, Mecca
sacred citycommercial hub
Economic activity nucleus
industrial city · trading post · business district · market town · Las Vegas
sacred citySodom
Destroyed city of vice
Gomorrah · Babylon · den of iniquity · Las Vegas · Vanity Fair