Islamic pilgrimage sites

Connected Sites: 10

Top pilgrimage sites for Shia or Sunni muslims. Mecca and Medina are generally considered no. 1 and no. 2, several others are vying for spots no. 3 - 5.

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Connected Sites

Ancient Ksour
Ancient Ksour
Mauritania
Inscribed: 1996
3.05
30
3
Chinguetti: Major Site For African Pilgrims, Principal Gathering Place For Pilgrims Of The Maghreb To Gather On The Way To Mecca
Kairouan
Kairouan
Tunisia
Inscribed: 1988
3.05
181
4
Centre Of Islamic Faith In The Maghreb; "Third-Holiest Site" In Islam
Damascus
Inscribed: 1979
3.87
104
5
Umayyad Mosque, After Mecca And Medina Possibly The World's Third Most Important Mosque
Old City of Jerusalem
Inscribed: 1981
4.37
369
12
In Terms Of The Virtue Of A Religious Site, And The Value Of Prayers Performed Within It, Muslims Believe That The Al-Aqsa Mosque In Jerusalem Is The Third Most Virtuous Mosque
Harar Jugol
Harar Jugol
Ethiopia
Inscribed: 2006
2.77
50
2
"The Fourth Holiest City Of Islam"
Central Highlands
Inscribed: 2010
3.11
170
7
Adam's Peak
Bolgar
Bolgar
Russia
Inscribed: 2014
2.26
42
5
Muslim Pilgrimage Centre (Ab Ev)
Sulaiman-Too
Sulaiman-Too
Kyrgyzstan
Inscribed: 2009
2.28
71
3
Sulaiman-Too Is The Main Holy And Pilgrimage Site For Muslims Of Southern Kyrgyzstan And The Ferghana Valley
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Inscribed: 2017
3.13
75
5
Robben Island
Robben Island
South Africa
Inscribed: 1999
2.63
149
9
Just To The North Of The Maximum Security Prison Is The Kramat, A Monument Built In 1967 On The Site Where Hadjie Mattarm, A Muslim Holy Man Exiled By The Voc From The East Indies To Robben Island In 1744, Was Buried. He Died In 1755 And His Tomb Became A Place Of Pilgrimage For The Muslim Community Of The Cape. (Ab Ev)