All places on FaithonMaps
Biblical sites, saints, church history and the Reformation: every place on the map, with its story and sources.
Biblical
- Mount AraratWhere Noah's ark came to rest · Turkey · Primeval history
- UrWhere Abraham's journey began · Iraq · c. 2000 BC
- HarranAbraham's stopover · Turkey · c. 2000 BC
- Cave of the PatriarchsTomb of Abraham and Sarah · Hebron · c. 1850 BC
- Rachel's TombWhere Jacob buried his beloved · Bethlehem · c. 1750 BC
- Crossing of the Red SeaThe sea parts for Israel · Egypt · c. 1250 BC
- Mount SinaiThe Ten Commandments · Egypt · c. 1250 BC
- Mount NeboMoses sees the Promised Land · Jordan · c. 1210 BC
- JerichoThe walls come tumbling down · West Bank · c. 1200 BC
- Valley of ElahDavid and Goliath · Israel · c. 1020 BC
- Mount CarmelElijah and the fire from heaven · Israel · c. 860 BC
- NinevehJonah's unwilling mission · Mosul, Iraq · c. 760 BC
- BabylonExile, the fiery furnace and the lions' den · Iraq · 586 BC
- SusaQueen Esther saves her people · Iran · c. 480 BC
- QumranThe Dead Sea Scrolls · West Bank · c. 100 BC, found 1947
- NazarethThe angel visits Mary · Israel · c. 5 BC
- BethlehemThe birth of Jesus · West Bank · c. 4 BC
- Abu Serga, CairoThe Holy Family's refuge in Egypt · Egypt · c. 3 BC
- Baptism Site on the JordanJesus is baptised by John · Jordan · c. 28 AD
- KanaWater into wine · Israel · c. 28 AD
- Jacob's WellJesus and the Samaritan woman · Nablus · c. 29 AD
- CapernaumThe town of Jesus · Israel · c. 30 AD
- Mount of BeatitudesThe Sermon on the Mount · Israel · c. 30 AD
- TabghaFive loaves and two fish · Israel · c. 30 AD
- MagdalaHome town of Mary Magdalene · Israel · c. 30 AD
- Mount TaborThe Transfiguration · Israel · c. 30 AD
- BethanyLazarus raised from the dead · West Bank · c. 30 AD
- The Upper RoomThe Last Supper and Pentecost · Jerusalem · c. 30 AD
- Garden of GethsemaneThe night before the cross · Jerusalem · c. 30 AD
- Church of the Holy SepulchreCrucifixion and resurrection · Jerusalem · c. 30 AD
- EmmausHearts burning on the road · Israel · c. 30 AD
- Straight Street, DamascusSaul becomes Paul · Syria · c. 34 AD
- Caesarea MaritimaThe first non-Jewish believer · Israel · c. 40 AD
- AntiochWhere they were first called Christians · Antakya, Turkey · c. 40 AD
- PhilippiLydia and the singing prisoners · Greece · c. 49 AD
- Areopagus, AthensPaul and the unknown god · Greece · c. 50 AD
- CorinthThe chapter on love · Greece · c. 51 AD
- EphesusPaul and the riot of the silversmiths · Turkey · c. 54 AD
- St Paul's BayShipwrecked on Malta · Malta · c. 60 AD
- PatmosJohn's vision of the end · Greece · c. 95 AD
Early Church
- San Thome, ChennaiThomas, apostle to India · India · c. 72 AD
- Catacombs of St CallixtusUnderground city of the dead · Rome, Italy · 2nd – 4th century
- Cave of the Seven SleepersAsleep for two centuries · Ephesus, Turkey · c. 250 AD
- Monastery of St AnthonyThe father of monks · Egypt · c. 270 – 356
- EtchmiadzinThe first Christian nation · Armenia · 301
- NicaeaThe Nicene Creed · İznik, Turkey · 325
- MyraSaint Nicholas · Demre, Turkey · 4th century
- ToursMartin shares his cloak · France · 371 – 397
- HippoAugustine, the restless heart · Annaba, Algeria · 396 – 430
- Croagh PatrickThe mountain of Saint Patrick · Ireland · 5th century
- KildareBrigid and her eternal flame · Ireland · c. 480
- Monte CassinoBenedict: pray and work · Italy · 529
- IonaColumba's island · Scotland · 563
- CanterburyAugustine and Thomas Becket · England · 597 / 1170
- UtrechtWillibrord, apostle of the Low Countries · Netherlands · 695
- LindisfarneThe Holy Island · England · 635 – 793
- DokkumBoniface · Netherlands · 754
Orthodox
- AksumGuardian of the Ark? · Ethiopia · 4th century
- Hagia SophiaHeaven on earth · Istanbul, Turkey · 537
- St Catherine's MonasteryThe burning bush · Sinai, Egypt · c. 550
- Göreme, CappadociaChurches in fairy chimneys · Turkey · 4th – 12th century
- Rila MonasteryJohn the hermit · Bulgaria · 10th century
- Mount AthosThe Holy Mountain · Greece · since 963
- Kyiv Cave MonasteryMonks in the caves · Kyiv, Ukraine · 1051
- LalibelaChurches cut from the rock · Ethiopia · 12th – 13th century
- Trinity Lavra of St SergiusSergius of Radonezh · Sergiev Posad, Russia · 1337
- MeteoraMonasteries in the sky · Greece · 14th century
Catholic
- House of the Virgin MaryMary's last home? · near Ephesus, Turkey · c. 50 AD, found 1891
- St Peter's BasilicaThe tomb of Peter · Vatican City · c. 64 AD
- St Paul Outside the WallsThe tomb of Paul · Rome, Italy · c. 65 AD
- Santiago de CompostelaThe end of the Camino · Spain · since 9th century
- Basilica of St Nicholas, BariWhere Nicholas lies today · Italy · 1087
- Eibingen AbbeyHildegard of Bingen · Germany · 1098 – 1179
- AssisiFrancis · Italy · 1182 – 1226
- PaduaAnthony, finder of lost things · Italy · 1195 – 1231
- SienaCatherine writes to the pope · Italy · 1347 – 1380
- RouenJoan of Arc · France · 1431
- LoyolaIgnatius and the cannonball · Spain · 1521
- GuadalupeMary appears to Juan Diego · Mexico City, Mexico · 1531
- Bom Jesus, GoaFrancis Xavier · India · 1542 – 1552
- ÁvilaTeresa and the interior castle · Spain · 1515 – 1582
- NagasakiThe 26 martyrs and the hidden Christians · Japan · 1597
- Jasna Góra, CzęstochowaThe Black Madonna · Poland · since 1382
- LourdesBernadette and the spring · France · 1858
- KnockA silent vision in the rain · Ireland · 1879
- NamugongoThe Uganda Martyrs · Uganda · 1886
- FátimaThree shepherd children · Portugal · 1917
- Christ the RedeemerArms wide over the city · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 1931
- TaizéSongs of the young · France · 1940
- AuschwitzMaximilian Kolbe gives his life · Poland · 1941
- Mother House, KolkataMother Teresa · India · 1950
- San SalvadorÓscar Romero · El Salvador · 1980
Protestant
- Bethlehem Chapel, PragueJan Hus · Czech Republic · 1402 – 1415
- WittenbergLuther and the 95 theses · Germany · 1517
- Grossmünster, ZurichZwingli and the sausages · Switzerland · 1519
- Worms'Here I stand' · Germany · 1521
- WartburgThe Bible in German · Germany · 1521 – 1522
- VilvoordeWilliam Tyndale · Belgium · 1536
- GenevaCalvin · Switzerland · 1536 – 1564
- LeidenThe Pilgrim Fathers · Netherlands · 1609 – 1620
- DordrechtThe Synod of Dort · Netherlands · 1618 – 1619
- Plymouth, MassachusettsThe Mayflower lands · United States · 1620
- HerrnhutA prayer that lasted 100 years · Germany · 1727
- Aldersgate, LondonJohn Wesley's 'warmed heart' · England · 1738
- Azusa Street, Los AngelesBirth of Pentecostalism · United States · 1906
- LambarénéAlbert Schweitzer's hospital · Gabon · 1913
- Corrie ten Boom HouseThe Hiding Place · Haarlem, Netherlands · 1940 – 1944
- FlossenbürgDietrich Bonhoeffer · Germany · 1945
- Dexter Avenue Church, MontgomeryMartin Luther King Jr. · Alabama, United States · 1954 – 1960