Preferred label
Shrines
Alternative label
Holy places
Broader term
Religious facilities
Narrower term
Spontaneous shrines
Related terms
Historic sites
Pilgrimages
Religious articles
Saints
Scope note
For structures or sites serving as places of religious veneration or pilgrimage, often consecrated or devoted to a person or deity. Search under TOMBS & SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS for tombs of those considered holy or of hallowed memory. Search also under the subdivision --SHRINES used with names of persons (Appendix B).
Change note
Formerly TGMI term.