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BATTLEFIELDS

Welcome to The Complete Battlefield Pilgrim, a guide to the 100 Greatest Battlefields around the world. These places, chosen for their historic and military importance, encompass millenia of warfare. Come explore the places where the history of the world was decided, and discover what military sites may be found in your own neighborhood.

Battles of the Early Ancient World

  • Battle of Kadesh || Tel an Nabi Mindu
  • Battle of Elah || Khirbet Qeiyafa, Palestine
  • Battles of Marathon & Thermopylae || Marathon & Thermopylae, Greece
  • Battles of Syracuse || Syracuse, Italy
  • Battle of Issus || Issues, Turkey
  • Battle of the Hydaspes || Mong, Pakistan
  • Battle of Heraclea || Policoro, Italy
  • Battle of Kalinga || Kalinga, India
  • Battle of Cannae || Cannae, Italy
  • Battle of Zama || Zama, Tunisia
  • Battle of Aquae Sextiae || Aix-En-Provence, France
  • Battle of Siler River || Quaglietta, Italy
  • Battle of Pharsalus || Farsala, Greece
  • Battle of Philippi || Filippoi, Greece

Battles of the Late Ancient World

  • Battle of Teutoburg Forest || Osnabruck, Germany
  • Battle of Masada || Masada, Israel
  • Battle of Milvian Bridge || Rome, Italy
  • Battle of Adrianople || Edirne, Turkey

Battles of the Early Middle Ages

  • Battle of Salsu || Congchon, North Korea
  • Battles of Badr, Uhud & The Trench || Badr & Medina, Saudi Arabia
  • Battle of Nujair || Nujair, Saudi Arabia
  • Battle of Yarmouk || Kafir-Ul-Ma, Syria
  • Battle of Al Qadisiyyah || Al-Qadisiyyah, Iraq
  • Battle of Karbala || Karbala, Iraq
  • Battle of Achelous || Pomorie, Bulgaria
  • Battles of Bach Dang || Hai Phong, Vietnam

Battles of the Late Middle Ages

  • Battle of Hastings || Battle, England
  • Battle of Manzikert || Malazgirt, Turkey
  • Battle of Hattin || Hittin, Israel
  • Battles of Tarain || Taraori, India
  • Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa || Las Navas & Tolosa, Spain
  • Battles of The Neva & The Ice || Ust-Izhora & Narva, Russia
  • Battle of Ain Jalut || Ain Jalut, Israel
  • Battles of Bun’ei & Koan || Fukuoka, Japan
  • Battles of Stirling & Bannockburn || Stirling, Scotland
  • Battles of Crecy & Agincourt || Hesdin, France
  • Battle of Kulikovo || Kulikovo Field, Russia
  • Battle of Grunwald || Olsztyn, Poland
  • Battle of Towton || Towton, England

Battles of the Early Colonial Era

  • Battle of Chaldiran || Chala Ashaqi, Iran
  • Battle of Mactan || Cebu City, Philippines
  • Battles of Panipat || Panipat, India
  • Battles of Vienna || Vienna, Austria
  • Battle of Cajamarca || Cajamarca, Peru
  • Battle of Malta || Valetta, Malta
  • Battle of Alcacer Quibir || Ksar El-Kibir, Morocco
  • Battle of Sekigahara || Sekigahara, Japan

Battles of the Late Colonial Era

  • Battle of White Mountain || Bila Hora, Czech Republic
  • Battles of Breitenfeld & Lutzen || Leipzig, Germany
  • Battles of Nordlingen || Nordlingen, Germany
  • Battle of Naseby || Naseby, England
  • Battle of Mbwila || Mbwila, Angola
  • Battle of Blenheim || Blindheim, Germany
  • Battle of Plassey || Palashi, India
  • Battle of the Plains of Abraham || Quebec City, Canada
  • Battle of Lexington and Concord || Concord, Massachusetts
  • Battle of Yorktown || Yorktown, Virginia

Battles of the 19th Century

  • Battle of Hingakaka || Ohaupo, New Zealand
  • Battle of Vertieres || Vertieres, Haiti
  • Battle of Derna || Derna, Libya
  • Battle of Monte De Las Cruces || Ocoyoacac, Mexico
  • Battle of Borodino || Borodino, Russia
  • Battle of Leipzig || Leipzig, Germany
  • Battle of Waterloo || Waterloo, Belgium
  • Battles of Vargas Swamp & Boyacá || Boyacá, Colombia
  • Battle of San Jacinto || La Porte, Texas
  • Battles of Canton || Guangzhou, China
  • Battle of Chapultepec || Mexico City, Mexico
  • Battles of Chilianwala & Gujrat || Punjab, Pakistan
  • Battle of Balaklava || Balaklava, Ukraine
  • Battle of Antietam || Sharpsburg, Maryland
  • Battle of Gettysburg || Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Battle of Sedan || Sedan, France
  • Battle of Little Bighorn || Little Bighorn, Montana
  • Battle of Isandlwana || Isandlwana, South Africa
  • Battle of Adwa || Adwa, Ethiopia
  • Battle of Omdurman || Omdurman, Sudan
  • Battle of San Juan Heights || Santiago, Cuba
  • Battle of Mafeking || Mafeking, South Africa

Battles of the 20th Century

  • Battle of Mukden || Shenyang, China
  • Battle of Yangxia || Wuhan, China
  • Battle of Tannenberg || Olsztyn, Poland
  • Battles of Ypres || Ypres, Belgium
  • Battle of Gallipoli || Gallipoli, Turkey
  • Battle of Verdun || Verdun, France
  • Battle of Aqaba || Aqaba, Jordan
  • Battles of Changsha || Changsha, China
  • Battle of Bataan || Manila, Philippines
  • Battle of El Alamein || El Alamein, Egypt
  • Battle of Stalingrad || Volgograd, Russia
  • Battle of Normandy || Bayeux, France
  • Battle of the Bulge || Bastogne, France
  • Battle of Iwo Jima || Iwo Jima, Japan
  • Battle of Huaihai || Xuzhou, China
  • Battle of Inchon || Incheon, South Korea
  • Battle of Dien Bien Phu || Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam
  • Battle of Jadotville || Likasi, East Congo
  • Battle of the Bay of Pigs || Giron, Cuba
  • Battle of Asal Uttar || Khemkaran, India
  • Battle of Hue || Hue, Vietnam

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Welcome to The Complete Pilgrim(TM)! This site, created by Howard Kramer, is a combination travel blog and online guide to the world's greatest sites of religious interest (with some historic and recreational places thrown in for good measure). All written content has been originally researched and produced and is provided free for public research and enjoyment. Thank you for visiting!

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Basilica of St. Denis

Tomb of Clovis

Tomb of Clovis

Tombs of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Tombs of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

Tomb of Louis XIV The Sun King

Tomb of Louis XIV The Sun King

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The Crypt

 

 

 

 

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About the Author

Howard Kramer is the creator and author of The Complete Pilgrim. He first took an interest in religious sites in his early twenties when traveling through Italy after college. In the two decades since he has traveled to more than two dozen countries and almost every state, visiting and photographing hundreds of the world’s greatest churches, synagogues and other places of religious interest. Howard has been writing about religious sites for the better part of the last decade, and The Complete Pilgrim is the culmination of years of his work and passion.

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