The European continent features some of the first places where humans erected monuments devoted to the sacred. This guide to European holy sites examines the most significant locations that shaped the religious consciousness of Western civilization. SACRED PLACES EUROPE takes the reader far and wide, from Avebury to Wittenberg, to all corners of the continent. This travel guide examines the megaliths, mountains, sanctuaries, shrines, and pilgrimage routes long venerated by our ancestors. Readers of all ages will marvel the discovery of 108 meaningful European destinations.