Pilgrimage Collection

Camino Marker, Colegiata de Nuestra Senora del Manzo, Castrojeriz, Jakobsweg, Camino de Santiago, Castilla & Leon, Spain

El Camino de Santiago de Compostela, Castile, Spain Pilgrimage road

Chaucers Pilgrims by Pauline Baynes
The numerous pilgrims from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, pictured riding in procession

Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain

El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, scallop shells and walking sticks, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)
Photograph of Sir Richard Francis Burton, the English explorer, linguist and diplomat

India, Punjab, Amritsar, - Golden Temple, The Harmandir Sahib, Amrit Sagar - lake of Nectar

Sikhs in front of the Sikhs Golden Temple, Amritsar, Pubjab state, India, Asia

Lake Bled with church, Slovenia
View of Lake Bled with the Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of Mary, near the town of Bled in north west Slovenia

Rocamadour, pilgrimage town along El Camino de Santiago at dusk, Lot Department, Midi-Pyrenees, France

Twilight at the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal
Turn up the light in new year in Boudhanath Stupa Boudhanath is a UNESCO world heritage site in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal

Lourdes, France - The Virgin Crowned statue
Lourdes, France - The Statue of the Crowned Virgin, often known as the " Crowned Statue" (La Vierge Couronnee), standing across Rosary Square from the Rosary Basilica, facing the entrance

Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
Obradoiro faAzade view of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, whose old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Pilgrimage church of Madonna del Sasso at Lago Maggiore, Lake Maggiore, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland

A Sikh pilgrim pauses for reflection by Amrit Sarovar, the Pool of Immortality-Giving Nectar, and the Golden Temple. India, Punjab, Amritsar

Upper church of Ostrog Monastery, Montenegro
The Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated against an almost vertical background, in Montenegro

Ostrog Monastery, Montenegro
The Monastery of Ostrog is a monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church situated against an almost vertical background, in Montenegro

Prayer flags with the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal
Boudhanath Stupa in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Boudhanath is a UNESCO world heritage site

Iraq - Tomb of Husayn Ibn Ali at Karbala
Karbala (Karbala al-Muqaddasah) in Iraq - the Tomb/Shrine of Husayn ibn Ali - a holy site of Shiah Islam

CHAUCER: CANTERBURY TALES. The Wife of Bath. A page from a facsimile of the Ellesmere manuscript of Geoffrey Chaucers Canterbury Tales, c1410

Longest Day at Stonehenge, Wiltshire
People gathering at Stonehenge, Wiltshire on the longest day of the year, on or near 21 June 1912

Chaucer, Wife of Bath
The Wife of Bath on her pilgrimage

ROME: CHURCHES, 1575. Pilgrims visiting churches in Rome. Line engraving, 1575

Statue of St James at the Cathedral of Santiago in Santiago de Compostela

Chimayo, New Mexico, United States. Holy Santuario. Lourdes of America"
El Santuario de Chimayo, Chimayo, New Mexico, USA

EU, France, Marseille, Notre Dame de la Garde

Sculpture of pilgrims hailing their goal at the end of the Camino, Monte del Gozo, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Pilgrims Depart / Chaucer
The Canterbury Pilgrims depart the Tabard Inn, Southwark and head away from London into Kent

Santiago trail landmark, Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France, Europe

Panoramic aerial drone image of Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, Ireland Panoramic aerial drone image of Croagh Patrick, County Mayo, Ireland. High quality photo

Estella Jakobsweg, Camino de Santiago, Navarra, Spain

India, Punjab, Amritsar, The Harmandir Sahib, known as The Golden Temple

United Kingdom, England, Somerset, Glastonbury, St. Michaels Church Tower on Glastonbury Tor

Over London by Rail From Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold London: A Pilgrimage London 1872

JUANES, Juan de (1523-1579). Saint James the Pilgrim. mid. 16th c. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Santiago de Compostela. Pilgrimage Museum

Cliff top town of Rocamadour in the Lot region of Southern France
The historic and medieval town of Rocamadour in the Lot Region of South West France Europe

The jagged mountains in Catalonia with Cable Car (Aeri de Montserrat), Spain, showing the Benedictine Abbey at Montserrat, Santa Maria de Montserrat, near Barcelona

Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - Sacred Carpet
Medina, Saudi Arabia - Hajj Pilgrimage - The Guard of Honour and Custodians of the Sacred Carpet Date: circa 1905

Shrine of Husayn ibn Ali - Karbala
Karbala (Karbala al-Muqaddasah) in Iraq - the Tomb/Shrine of Husayn ibn Ali - a holy site of Shiah Islam

Doukhobors Stripping
Men of the Second Pilgrimage are stopped at Yorkton, where they undress : the Canadian Police arrest them and order them to get dressed, then take them back to the settlement

Pilgrims seated in front of the 39 ft high standing Buddha, Aukana, Sri Lanka, Asia

Pilgrimage of Grace / 1537
The Pilgrimage of Grace, a rising of Roman Catholics in N.England. It protest against government abolition of papal supremacy and confiscation of smaller monastic properties

Spain, Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, cathedral. UNESCO World Heritage site

Lourdes - Praying at the Grotto and the Basilica
Three porters at the Piscines (Baths) - Lourdes, France

Hadgi (Mecca pilgrims) encamped near Antioch, on the banks of the Orontes, Turkey, 1841. From Syria, the Holy land and Asia Minor, volume I, by John Carne, published by Fisher, Son & Co

Suffrage Pilgrimage 1913
An advert for the Burberry coat, The Ideal Coat for the Pilgrimage. Date: 1913 July

Egypt, Mount Sinai, Saint Catherines Monastery, high angle view

Burgos. Cathedral covered in snow
Burgos Gothic-style Cathedral covered in snow. It was constructed between 1221 1567 in Burgos, Spain. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on October 31, 1984

Sacred Lake Gosaikunda at sunset, Langtang, Nepal
Gosaikunda is lake in Nepal in Rasuwa district that is site of regular Hindu pilgrimage

The Chapel of Mercy, Kevelaer, Germany
Kevelaer, a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany

Pilgrims doing the Kora around the holy mountain Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, China, Asia

Pilgrims returning to Algeria from Mecca, having undertaking the Hajj, the pilgrimage every able-bodied Muslim is required to undertake at least once in their lifetime

Poster advertising Budh Gaya, India
Poster advertising India and the Budh Gaya, or Bodh Gaya, a famous place of Buddhist pilgrimage

Souvenirs of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Statue of Hindu deity with pilgrims walking 272 steps up to Batu Caves during Hindu Thaipusam Festival, Sri Subramaniyar Swami Temple, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pilgrims throwing offerings into holy fire during the Hindu Thaipusam Festival at Sri Subramaniyar Swami Temple, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Pilgrims wearing traditonal gabi (white shawl) at festival at rock-hewn monolithic church of Bet Giyorgis (St)

Basilica and River Gave, Lourdes, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Basilica and River Gave, Lourdes, 1930s. The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in the town of Lourdes, France, is a destination for pilgrimage

The Return, 1837. Creator: Thomas Cole
The Return, 1837

Pilgrims on the way to Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1904. Artist: Maxim Dmitriev
Pilgrims on the way to Sarov Monastery, Russia, 1904. The monastery is asociated with St Seraphim

Route of Santiago de Compostela
France, Burgundy, Yonne, Asquins, Saint-Jacques d Asquins Church, Route of Santiago de Compostela, UNESCO World Heritage

Megalithic Pillar, Gencolumbkille, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Paro is Bhutans second largest town

The Priestly Blessing Ceremony by the Western Wall at Succot, Old City, Jerusalem, Israel, Middle East

The Canterbury Pilgrimage, late 15th century, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
The Canterbury Pilgrimage, late 15th century, (1843). A 19th-century version of Chaucers pilgrims from a manuscript of Lydgates Storie of Thebes

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska - Bernardine Monastery night
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska is a town in southern Poland

Svata Hora, Pribram, Czech Republic
The key religious objects and buildings at the pilgrimage site of Svata Hora, located just above the city of Pribram in the Czech Republic (Central Bohemian Region)

Poster advertising Garhmukhtesar, India
Poster for the East Indian Railway, advertising trips to Garhmukhtesar

Painting of a Turkish man - Constantinople. Once a man had taken pilgrimage to Mecca, he always wore a beard and was forthwith known as Haji (followed by his name) to denote this fact

Pilgrims at the annual Hindu pilgrimage to holy Pushkar Lake, Pushkar, Rajasthan State, India, Asia

High angle view of medieval Pont Valentre bridge over the Lot River and town of Cahors, Lot Department, Midi-Pyrenees, France

Hill of Crosses, near Siauliai, Samogitian, Lithuania
DGA925980 Hill of Crosses, near Siauliai, Samogitian, Lithuania; © NPL - DeA Picture Library / W. Buss. Please note: This photograph requires additional permission prior to use

Hill of Crosses, near Siauliai, Samogitian, Lithuania
DGA925978 Hill of Crosses, near Siauliai, Samogitian, Lithuania; (add.info.: National pilgrimage centre; hundreds of thousands of crosses have been placed on the hill since medieval times)

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Embarking on a spiritual journey, pilgrims from all walks of life traverse the ancient path known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Castile, Spain. This pilgrimage road, steeped in history and tradition, has been a source of inspiration for countless individuals seeking solace and enlightenment. In Chaucer's timeless work "The Canterbury Tales, " Pauline Baynes beautifully captures the essence of these pilgrims' tales. Just like them, modern-day travelers embark on their own odyssey along the El Camino Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, each with their unique stories to share. Arriving at the majestic Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain is an awe-inspiring moment for every pilgrim. The grandeur and spirituality that permeate this sacred space leave visitors humbled and filled with reverence. Across continents lies another revered pilgrimage site - the Golden Temple or Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Nestled by Amrit Sagar lake (the pool of nectar), it serves as a symbol of unity and equality among Sikhs worldwide. Devotees gather here to seek inner peace amidst its serene surroundings. Sir Richard Francis Burton once said that "pilgrimage leads us beyond ourselves. " Indeed, this sentiment resonates deeply when witnessing devotees congregating before the Sikhs Golden Temple or exploring Ostrog Monastery in Montenegro. These places exude an aura of tranquility that transcends worldly concerns. As twilight descends upon Rocamadour along El Camino de Santiago route in Lot Department, France; one can't help but be captivated by its mystical charm. This picturesque pilgrimage town offers solace to weary souls seeking respite from their arduous journey. Farther east lies Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu Valley - a beacon of serenity amid Nepal's bustling capital city.