| Religion | Country | Description | Click to View |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christianity Catholic |
Vatican City | Interior of St Peter's, the world's largest church, dating from 1506. |  |
| Mexico | Village church near Creel. The interior is painted by the Tamahumara people of the Copper Canyon. |  | |
| Colombia | The earthquake-proof Santa Barbara Church in Momphos, a pretty colonial town on the banks of the Magdalena River. |  | |
| Chile | Thatched church at the 4000m high village of Parinacota. |  | |
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Christianity Orthodox |
Russia | A Russian Orthodox church, complete with onion domes; part of Novadavichii Monastery in Moscow. |  |
| India | Syrian Orthodox church in the city of Trivandrum (Kerala State). Christianity has existed here since 1st Century AD. |  | |
| Egypt | The Greek Orthodox St Katherine Monastery (4th Century) in the Sinai Desert. |  | |
| Christianity Protestant |
Norway | Wooden stave church near Oslo dating from the 1200s. |  |
| Islam | Syria | The 6th Century Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, covered with mosaics. It is a converted Byzantine church. |  |
| Pakistan | The Badshahi Mosque in Lahore is one of the largest in the world, holding 60,000 people. It was built by the Moghul Emperor, Aurangzeb in 1676. |  | |
| Egypt | The Al Azhar Mosque dates from 972 AD and is the site of the world's oldest university (988 AD). |  | |
| Indonesia | Cirebon Mosque in Java. |  | |
| Turkey | Agia Sofia, built in 548 as a Byzantine church and converted into a mosque in 1453. (Istanbul) |  | |
| Hinduism | Nepal | Nyatapola Temple (1702) in the Kathmandu Valley. |  |
| India | The massive Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneshwar. The walled complex dates from 1104. |  | |
| Bali | Tanah Lot is set on a coastal lava outcrop. It is dedicated to the spirits of the sea. |  | |
| Judaism | Israel | The Western (Wailing) Wall is all that remains of Solomon's temple in Jerusalem. It is the holiest site of the Jews. |  |
| India | The Jewish Synagogue in Cochin (Kerala State). A Jewish community has lived in India from 6th Century BC. |  | |
| Sikhism | India | The Golden Temple at Amritsar, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs. It was built in 1764. |  |
| Buddhism | Thailand | Young Buddhist monks at the Temple of Dawn in Bangkok. |  |
| Tibet | Monks at Sakya Monastery built in the 13th century. The walled complex covers an area of 18,000m2. |  | |
| Indonesia | Pilgrims walking around Borobudur, 200m square and built in 850AD. |  | |
| Burma | Reclining Buddha at the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Rangoon, dating from 1769. |  | |
| Shinto | Japan | The Heian-Jingu shrine in Kyoto, dating from 1895. |  |
| Bahai | Israel | Shrine in Haifa dedicated to the founder of the Bahai faith who was executed in 1850. |  |
| Taoism | Vietnam | A statue of Lao Tse, founder of Taoism, in the Khanh Van Nam Pagoda (1942) in Ho Chi Minh City. |  |
| Jainism | India | Interior of the Dilwara Temple at Mount Abu in the state of Rajastan. The exquisitely carved marble temple dates from 1081. |  |
| Confucian | China | Dacheng Hall (1724), part of the main temple in Qufu, the birthplace of the founder, Kong Fu Dz. |  |
| Cao Dai | Vietnam | The colourful Cao Dai temple at Tay Ninh. |  |
| Mayan | Guatemala | Quiche shaman tending a shrine at an unrestored Izapan temple dating from 5th century AD. |  |
| Guatemala | Shrine to Maximon at Santiago de Atitlan. Maximone is a cross between a Mayan god and Judas Iscariot. He is the smoking and drinking god. |  | |
| Parsee | Pakistan | A Parsee temple in Karachi. The Parsees are the fire worshipping descendants of Persian Zoroastrinism. |  |
