Sacred Places: What Gave London, Paris, and Florence Their Allure?

Some places are famously known as sacred. Rome had deep religious significance even before Christianity, and Constantinople was founded as a new Rome. Canterbury and Santiago de Compostela are notable pilgrimage sites. But even cities and towns that we may not think of so readily as sacred—Prague, Bruges, Nuremberg, London, Paris, Florence, and many others—were also at some point in their development wrapped in a mantle of holiness.

Instructor: Prof. emer. Richard Kieckhefer, Departments of Religious Studies & History, Northwestern University

This is a two-part, no-cost, non-credit mini-course presented by the Northwestern Emeriti Organization (NEO) in partnership with Evanston Public Library. This partnership, now in its fourth year, was the 2021 recipient of an AROHE Innovation Award for significant contributions in community relations.