Divine Marvels: Unbelievable Religious Sites That Defy Reality

By CryptoGemGR | Smiley Traveller | 17 Oct 2024

Greek Sumela Monastery, now in Turkey (386 AD)

Abuna Yemata Guh, Ethiopia

Rising 8,460 feet above the ground, Abuna Yemata Guh (first picture) is arguably the most inaccessible place of worship on earth.

It features stunning wall paintings dating back to the 5th century.

Madonna de Idris, Italy

This extraordinary church, carved into solid rock and nestled among the ancient "Sassi di Matera", is over 800 years old.

Church of St. George

This church is one of eleven in Ethiopia carved from solid rock, dating to the late 12th or early 13th century AD.

Fanjingshan Temples, China

These old Buddhist temples, covered with iron tiles to withstand fierce winds, cling to a rocky cliff in the Wuling Mountains, creating a scene that seems almost magical.

Reaching them involves a four-hour ascent of over 8,000 steps.

The Ancient Greek temple of Apollo in Naxos looks like a "star gate"

The Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora, Greece

Situated atop a 1,300 feet-high rocky precipice, this medieval monastery is accessible only via 146 steep steps hewn into the cliffside. It is one of the oldest remaining of the 24 Meteora monasteries.

Marble Mountains grotto-temples, Vietnam

Tiger's Nest, Bhutan

First built in 1692 on an 8th-century site, it hangs on a precarious cliff at about 10,240 feet above sea level in Bhutan's Paro Valley.

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá, Colombia

Yamadera temple, Japan

According to tradition, the temple was founded in 860 AD and it has been a place for pilgrimage for centuries.

Temple Theater of Monte San Nicola, Italy
Rediscovered by chance in 2000 by a paraglider, this 2,100-year-old site features a theater and a temple on the same hill, located 520 meters above sea level.

Temple of Valadier, Italy

Located at the entrance of the Frasassi Caves, this ancient sanctuary, first mentioned in documents from 1029, is a simple stone structure built by Benedictine monks to house a revered image of the Madonna.

Las Lajas Sanctuary, Colombia

This popular pilgrimage site for Christians from both Colombia and neighboring Ecuador was built in a neo-gothic architectural style between 1916 and 1949.

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Assumption of Maria Church, Lake Bled, Slovenia

The island's first brick church, consecrated in 1142 by Patriarch Pellegrino of Aquileia, was rebuilt in Gothic style in the 15th century.

The Expiatory Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Barcelona
Located on the summit of Mount Tibidabo in Barcelona, Catalonia, it was built to stop the construction of a Protestant church and a hotel-casino.