Your answers to the psychometric questions at the RANKING TEST tab reveal your personal favorites among the 15 Beautiful Facets. You can then prioritize your visits to beautiful places in CitiesBeautiful.org’s 25 cities, by focusing on your favorite Beautiful Facet. Clicking on any Beautiful Facet below will take you to a table that has all 25 cities’ Principle Features and Honorable Mentions that have been classified by that specific Beautiful Facet. Each table is sorted by the highest scoring city for that Beautiful Facet down to the lowest scoring city.
This webpage is the personalized tour of all the beautiful places that have the Beautiful Facet classification of EPIPHANY.
| CITY | SCORE | PRINCIPLE FEATURES | HONORABLE MENTIONS |
| PRAGUE | 100.0 | St. Vitus Cathedral (Václava a Vojtěcha), Church of Our Lady Victorious (Kostel Panny Marie Vítězné), Church of Our Lady before Týn (Týnský chrám) | Church of St. Nicholas (Kostel svatého Mikuláše), Old-New Synagogue (Staronová synagoga), St. George's Basilica (Bazilika Sv. Jiří), Spanish Synagogue (Španělská synagog) |
| KYOTO | 92.3 | Myoshin-ji Temple, Shimogamo-jinja Shrine, Chion-in Temple | ... Kyoto contains 2,000 temples and shrines, 17 of which are listed by UNESCO as world heritage sites ... |
| JERUSALEM | 92.3 | Western Wall aka Wailing Wall, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Temple Mount | Via Dolorosa, Church of St. Anne and the Pool of Bethesda, Dormition Abbey |
| FEZ | 92.3 | Religious Festivals (Internationally Known) -- Moussem of Moulay Idriss, World Festival of Sacred Music, Fez Festival of Sufi Cultur; Kairaouine Mosque; Zaouia of Moulay Idriss II | Jewish Cemetery, Habarim Synagogue, Ibn Danan Synagogue, Moulay Ismail Mausoleum - One of four sacred sites in Morocco open to non-Muslims |
| ISTANBUL | 84.6 | St. Savior in Chora (Kariye Müzesi; formerly the Kariye Camii), Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Rum Ortodoks Patrikhanesi), Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Eyüp Sultan Camii) | St. Stephen of the Bulgars (Sveti Stefan Kilisesi), Church of the Saints Sergius and Bacchus (Küçük Ayasofya Camii), Kalenderhane Mosque (Kalenderhane Camii), Ahrida Synagogue |
| SEOUL | 76.9 | Jongmyo Royal Shrine, Bongeunsa Temple, Jogye-sa Temple | Myeongdong Cathedral, Inwangsan Guksadang, Seoul Central Masjid |
| ROME | 76.9 | St. Peters Basilica, San Giovanni in Laterano, Santa Maria Maggiore | Santissimo Nome di Gesù, San Paolo fuori le Mura |
| MELBOURNE | 76.9 | St. Paul's Cathedral, See Yup Temple, East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation | St. Patrick's Cathedral, Sunshine Mosque, Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple, Scots Church, St Michael's Church |
| LONDON | 76.9 | St. Paul's Cathedral, St Bartholomew-the-Great, Southwark Cathedral | Westminister Cathedral, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Baitul Futuh Mosque, Bevis Marks Synagogue |
| AMSTERDAM | 76.9 | Oude Kerk (Old Church); St. Nicholas (Sint-Nicolaaskerk); Our Lord in the Attic (Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder) | Portugese Synagoge, Nieuwe Kerk, Westerkerk, Bible Museum (Bijbels Museum) |
| WASHINGTON DC | 69.2 | Washington National Cathedral, St. John's Church, Islamic Center of Washington | Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Monastery of Mount St. Sepulchre, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue |
| SYDNEY | 69.2 | St. Mary’s Cathedral, Great Synagogue, Sze Yup Temple | St. Andrew’s Cathedral, St. James’ Church, St. Patrick’s Church, Holy Trinity Garrison Church |
| PARIS | 69.2 | Cathédrale de Notre-Dame, Basilique du Sacré-Coeur, La Grande Mosquée de Paris | St-Etienne-du-Mont |
| JAIPUR | 69.2 | Birla Mandir Temple; Govind Devji Temple ; Moti Doongri Ganesh Temple | Jagat Shiromani Ji Temple; Galtaj; Jain Mandir Sanganer [Jain Temple]; Jama Masjid [Mosque] |
| HONG KONG | 69.2 | Wong Tai Sin Temple, Man Mo Temple, Chi Lin Nunnery | St. John's Cathedral, Kowloon Mosque and Islamic Centre, Ohel Leah Synagogue |
| BUENOS AIRES | 69.2 | Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Templo de la Congregación Israelita & Museo Kibrick, Catedral Metropolitana | Basílica y Convento de San Francisco, Centro Cultural Islámico Rey Fahd, Soka Gakkai Internacional (SGI), Iglesia San Nicolás de Bari, Basílica de Santo Domingo, Iglesia Santa Catalina |
| BUDAPEST | 69.2 | Great Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagóga), St. Stephen's Basilica( Szent István Bazilika), Matthias Church (Mátyás templom) | Inner City Parish Church (Belvárosi plébánia templom); Church of St Anne (Szent Anna templom) |
| CHICAGO | 61.5 | Baha'I Temple House of Worship, Holy Name Cathedral, Loyola University Museum of [Spiritual] Art | Churches of Ukrainian Village, Pilsen Churches, Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral |
| VANCOUVER | 53.8 | Totem Poles in Stanley Park, Christ Church Cathedral, Guan Yin Temple a.k.a. International Buddhist Temple | Holy Rosary Cathedral, Sikh Temple |
| ST.PETERSBURG | 53.8 | St. Isaac's Cathedral (Isaakevsky Sobor), St. Nicholas Cathedral (Nikolsky Sobor)[one of the few to stay open under the Soviets], Grand Choral Synagogue (Sinagoga) | St. Petersburg Mosque (Mechet), Datsan Gunzechoyney Buddhist Temple (Budisky Khram) |
| BARCELONA | 53.8 | Catedral de Barcelona (Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia), Sant Pau del Camp, Monestir de Pedralbes | La Mercè, Ancient Synagogue (Sinagoga Major) |
| ATHENS | 53.8 | Byzantine and Christian Museum, Little Mitropolis Church aka St. Eleftherios, Kapnikarea Church | Beth Shalom, Monastery of Daphni, Kaisariani Monastery |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 46.2 | Mission Dolores, Grace Cathedral, Temple Emanu-El, | Old St. Mary's Cathedral, Tin How Temple |
| RIO DE JANEIRO | 46.2 | Nossa Senhora de Candelária, Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco da Penitencia and Convento do Santo Antônio, Nossa Senhorade Glória do Outeiro | Mosteiro São Bento |
| CAPE TOWN | 46.2 | St. George's Cathedral, Gardens Shul aka The Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, Groote Kerk (Great Church) | Evangelical Lutheran Church, Auwal Mosque |
