This VR site includes a wide menu of places worldwide, including:-

Holy Sepulchre Church, Jerusalem

Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, the most visited Hindu Temple in Kerala

Kundara Valiyapally, St. Thomas Orthodox Church of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi

The Western Wall or Wailing Wall, Jerusalem

Sedlec Ossuary (an underground chapel), Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

Sacred City of Anuradhapura (UNESCO World Heritage Site & the centre of Theravada Buddhism for many centuries) Sri Lanka

The Grand Mosque of Kuwait

The Lotus Temple is a Baháʼí House of Worship in Kalkaji, New Delhi, Delhi, India. It was completed in December 1986.

virtual tour; https://exhibitatour.com/WellsCathedral/index.htm

Information of in-person tours of Wells Cathedral can be found at; https://www.wellscathedral.org.uk/visit/tours

Conway Hall is one of only two surviving buildings in the UK built by and for the non-religious. A humanist building, this was a place where non-religious people could gather, to come together and find community. A community specifically of people who wanted to share ideas, to work for a better world, and to enjoy music, the arts, and each other’s company

One of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments

Benedictine monks founded Westminster Abbey in 960AD. Today, Westminster Abbey retains a tradition of Christian worship and welcome.

Contents:-

1. Somerset & the south west/ Wessex

2. National locations

3. Global virtual tours

4. Virtual classrooms including 3-D museum exhibits

5. Places of Remembrance & Memorial Sites

Bradford Grand Mosque began as a community prayer area and a modest place for basic Islamic study. With the increase in support from the local Muslim population it has now become a central hub for the local community of Bradford. The facilities, expertise and experience of the staff have helped Bradford Grand Mosque become a focal and instrumental organisation in the UK.

Triveni Mandir has existed for many years guided by core principles, by scriptural teachings, morals and values passed on to us by those who came before.

The Jewish Museum's award-winning workshops can now be connected virtually straight to classrooms ! On these pages you will find all the information you need to select a workshop topic that best suits your learners

The experienced Learning team can join you online in your classroom to bring the Abbey to life for those who cannot visit. f

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Why is this a space of contemplation?

What surprises you about this place?

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for the UK, these include a High Victorian synagogue in Liverpool, the oldest still-functioning "cathedral synagogue" of England located in Birmingham, one showing Victorian “Orientalist” opulence in London...

At over 300 years old, this is the United Kingdom's oldest synagogue

Fairfield House, former residence of Home of H.I.M (His Imperial Majesty) Haile Selassie I, is open for guided tours every Sunday. Home to Emperor Haile Selassie I and the Ethiopian Royal family, during those difficult years of exile from Ethiopia from 1936 - 1941, when the Emperor was working tirelessly to liberate his country from fascism.

Between April and July 1994, an estimated one million people were killed across Rwanda by armed militias called Interahamwe that targeted Tutsi, but also executed moderate Hutu and Twa people. The victims of the genocide are commemorated in this serial property composed of four memorial sites.

Available are maps, documents and gallery of memorial buildings

Discover the UK's sites of Holocaust memory — those places relating to the victims, survivors and refugees of Nazism as well as rescuers, liberators and aid givers.

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This interactive map shows are trails as well as sites and locations, each with easy-access information

Every year Every year, British Legion display thousands of Tributes in their Field of Remembrance the National Memorial Arboretum.

In Wales at Cardiff Castle Field of Remembrance

In Northern Ireland at Belfast Field of Remembrance

It is not known how many First World War memorials there are, so widespread was the nation's grief, but there are certainly tens of thousands in Britain. Historic England listed more than 2,500 war-memorials over the centenary period 2014-2018.

The website includes:-

a gallery of war memorials

16 unusual memorials

"Thankful Villages"

7 places with little-known or unusual WW1 connections to the Commonwealth

A museum and a memorial of the Holocaust, commemorating the destroyed Jewish communities, the ghetto and resistance fighters; and honouring the Righteous Among the Nations who risked their lives.

The National Holocaust Centre & Museum communicates the memory of the Holocaust for a contemporary purpose: to grow a community of 'critical thinkers' across society, able to question the misinformation, stereotypes and conspiracy theories which are driving today's racist hate. 

It believes critical thinking, based on hard evidence about the Holocaust and the 2,000 year continuum of anti-Jewish ‘othering’ at its root, and which persists today, is a transferrable citizenship skill.

Weblinks to a worldwide list

The Kigali Genocide Memorial is a place of remembrance and learning dedicated to the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. It offers a powerful experience for visitors, promoting reconciliation and building peace through education.

The Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial Center for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide was established in 2000 by the decision of the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. A place of remembrance for the victims of the genocide in Srebrenica, the Memorial Center is dedicated to preserving history and combatting the forces of ignorance and hatred which make genocide possible.

The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is the memorial site of the S-21 interrogation and detention center of the Khmer Rouge regime. Located in the heart of Phnom Penh, it preserves a tragic period in history with the aim to encourage visitors to be messengers of peace. 17 April 1975, to 7 January 1979

Jointly implemented by UNESCO, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, and the Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre with financial support from KOICA, these upgrades aim to enhance the site’s educational infrastructure.

The first national monument of its kind in the United Kingdom, for Holocaust remembrance, human rights advocacy, and truth-telling. For decades, the persecution and extermination of Roma people during the Holocaust have been neglected or forgotten in public memory. This monument stands as a permanent commitment to remembering those who can no longer speak and to ensuring that such crimes are never repeated.

These war memorials might be found in a doorway, a book, a window, on a wall, on the ground,on top of a hill.

Sikh Museum Initiative brings objects like swords, jewelry and other material objects to life through 3d technologies.

Discover the architectural evolution of the mosque in Britain, from the conversion of houses to contemporary expressions of mosque architecture.

Discover & explore some of the 190 Buddhist buildings in England, ranging from adapted historic buildings to purpose-built temples and pagodas.

A gurdwara is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs, meaning 'the residence of the Guru'.

A new exhibition at the Diocesan Museum in Padua reunites two portions of the Paduan Bible Picture Book, one of the most richly illustrated Old Testament cycles and the only known example of an illuminated Bible in the Italian vernacular.