Icons & Sacred Places
Some places are visited by millions a year, and the live landmark webcams here look at them all day: the great mosques and the pilgrimage shrines, the cathedrals, temples and monuments a country puts on its banknotes, the seats of government, and the squares where a city gathers. They are the famous places people search for by name, and the view is as much the crowd as the monument: pilgrims circling, tourists photographing, a square filling for a festival or a vigil. Rhythm matters. Prayer times shape the mosques five times a day; Sunday morning and the feast days fill the shrines; Ramadan, Easter, Hajj in the summer months and the New Year turn these places into events. Early morning, before the tour buses, is the quiet version of the same place.
19 streams in this collection
LiveMakkah: Masjid al-Haram
Mecca 🇸🇦
LiveThe Western Wall
Old City, Jerusalem 🇮🇱
LiveKashi Vishwanath, Varanasi
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 🇮🇳
LiveThe Grotto of Massabielle
Sanctuary of Our Lady, Lourdes 🇫🇷
LiveSacré-Cœur, Montmartre
Montmartre, Paris 🇫🇷
LiveAbbey Road Crossing
St John's Wood, London 🇬🇧
LiveGyeongbokgung Palace
Jongno, Seoul 🇰🇷
LiveSouthernmost Point Buoy
Key West, Florida 🇺🇸
LiveStatue of Liberty CrownCam
Liberty Island, New York 🇺🇸
LiveLiberty Bell
Independence Mall, Philadelphia 🇺🇸
LiveWashington Monument
National Mall, Washington, D.C. 🇺🇸
LiveThe White House
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 🇺🇸
LiveSanta Claus Village, Rovaniemi
Arctic Circle, Rovaniemi 🇫🇮
LiveProphet's Mosque, Madinah
Al-Haram, Madinah 🇸🇦
LiveSwaminarayan Temple, Bhuj
Bhuj, Kutch 🇮🇳
LiveTower of Peace, Mount Abu
Madhuban, Mount Abu 🇮🇳
LiveFátima, Chapel of the Apparitions
Cova da Iria, Fátima 🇵🇹
LiveDuomo di Orvieto
Piazza del Duomo, Orvieto 🇮🇹
LiveGay Head Lighthouse, Aquinnah
Aquinnah Cliffs, Martha's Vineyard 🇺🇸