Shrine

A shrine, from the Latin scrinium (?box?, also used as a desk, like the french bureau hence also an adlministrative office) is originally a container, usually in precious materials, especially for a relic, and/or holy or sacred place containing the same, hence dedicated towards a certain god, goddess, saint, or similar religious figure. Later also extended meanings.

Notable shrines

• Shrine of Remembrance is a war memorial in Melbourne, Australia

Roman Catholic

• The shrine of the Apostle Saint James the Great at Santiago de Compostela in Spain, historically the third Catholic pilgrimage destination after Jeruzalem and Rome
• The shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Loreto in Italy
• The shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Walsingham in England
• The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC in the United States
• Shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary at Czestochowa, Poland
• Shrine of the Three Kings at Cologne Cathedral
• The shrine of Our Lady at Scherpenheuvel in Flanders
• See also :
• Shrines to the Virgin Mary
• basilica

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Buddhism

Hinduism