On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Mateusz Konieczny <matkoni...@gmail.com> wrote: > For me it is something that I would describe as shrine and it is certainly > the same in function. > > I guess that to solve that somebody should check how "shrine" tends to be > defined (I am not a native speaker of English).
For what it's worth, the definition of 'shrine' being tossed about here reflects popular language in *some* parts of the English-speaking world. It is assuredly not the definition in canon law: > 1230 By the term shrine is understood a church or other sacred place > to which numerous members of the faithful make pilgrimage for a special > reason of piety, with the approval of the local Ordinary. (http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_P4J.HTM) The 'or other holy place' covers a lot of ground. A shrine may be anything from a simple churchyard 'bathtub Madonna' to a pilgrims' church seating thousands, like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Shrine_of_the_North_American_Martyrs to a great cathedral such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_the_National_Shrine_of_the_Assumption_of_the_Blessed_Virgin_Mary_%28Baltimore%29 or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_the_National_Shrine_of_the_Immaculate_Conception The key aspect is that it is a pilgrimage site. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
