Sanctuary facts for kids

Santuario de Las Lajas, Ipiales, Colombia

Marguerite d'Youville Sanctuary, Province of Quebec, Canada.

A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine or temple. By the use of such places as a safe haven, the term has come to be used for any place of safety. This secondary use can be a human sanctuary, such as a political sanctuary; and non-human sanctuary, such as an animal or plant sanctuary.

Images for kids

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  Sanctuary marker (S) at Holyrood Abbey, Royal Mile, Edinburgh

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  The sanctuary at St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney

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  The back of the church sanctuary at Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew.

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  The Church as a Place of Refuge

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  Remains of one of four medieval stone boundary markers for the sanctuary of Saint John of Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire

See also

In Spanish: Santuario (edificio) para niños