Holy sites are baronies that are considered sacred by a Faith. If a faith controls a holy site, all characters belonging to that faith will gain a permanent bonus. For most religions, all faiths have the same holy sites. Most religions have 5 holy sites per faith, but a few have 6 or 7.
Uses
All characters belonging to a faith controlling one of its holy sites will receive a bonus unique to that holy site. This bonus will be lost if another faith takes control of the holy site, so different faiths will compete over control over them. Some holy sites, such as Armagh, belong only to a single faith. Others, like Jerusalem, are hotly contested by many faiths. Control of a holy site is determined by the faith of the top liege.
In addition to the bonus provided, holy sites have other effects. For instance, a ruler may choose to pay gold to go on a pilgrimage to one of their faith's holy sites. Several tenets, such as Ecclesiarchy and Armed Pilgrimages, provide additional bonuses to holy sites. Holy sites are used when creating a Head of Faith. If a Head of Faith does not exist, then a ruler can create the title by controlling a holy site and paying gold, if it is a spiritual tile, or by controlling a holy site and paying piety, if it is a temporal title. Reforming an unreformed Faith requires control of three of the faith's holy sites.
When reforming or creating a new faith, the new faith will inherit the holy sites of the old faith.
List of holy sites
Name | Effects | Faiths | Barony | County | Kingdom |
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Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Jerusalem |
Rome |
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Vaticano | Roma | Romagna |
Cologne |
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Cologne | Cologne | Lotharingia |
Santiago |
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Santiago | Santiago | Galicia |
Kent |
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Canterbury | Kent | England |
Constantinople |
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Byzantion | Byzantion | Thessalonika |
Alexandria |
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Alexandria | Alexandria | Egypt |
Antioch |
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Antioch | Antiocheia | Syria |
Aksum |
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Tigre | ||
Napata |
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Meroe | ||
Suenik |
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Suenik | ||
Colonea |
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Colonea | ||
Beirut |
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Beirut | ||
Baghdad |
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Baghdad | ||
Farz |
+1 Diplomacy per Level of Devotion |
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Shiraz | ||
Kerala |
+50% County Conversion Speed |
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Kanara | ||
Armagh |
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Oriel | Ireland | |
Iona |
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Inner Hebrides | Scotland | |
Visoki |
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Rama | ||
Ragusa |
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Ragusa | ||
Esztergom |
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Esztergom | ||
Mecca |
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Mecca | ||
Medina |
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Medina | ||
Cordoba |
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Cordoba | ||
Sinai |
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Sinai | ||
Tinmallal |
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Tinmallal | ||
Fes |
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Fes | ||
Nadjaf |
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An-Najaf | Kufa | |
Damascus |
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Damascus | ||
Siffa |
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Palmyra | ||
Kufa |
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Kufa | ||
Basra |
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Basra | ||
Nizwa |
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Nizwa | ||
Sijilmasa |
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Sijilmasa | ||
Bahrein |
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Qatif | ||
Yamama |
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Yamama | ||
Mosul |
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Mosul | ||
Nishapur |
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Nishapur | ||
Dashtestan |
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Mandestan | ||
Zozan |
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Bakharz | ||
Semien |
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Semien | ||
Sufed |
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Acre | ||
Gerizem |
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Nablus | Jerusalem | Jerusalem |
Ahvaz |
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Ahvaz | ||
Samarkand |
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Samarkand | ||
Udabhanda |
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Udabhanda | ||
Toledo |
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Toledo | ||
Memphis |
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Hulwan-Cairo | Cairo | Egypt |
Bodh Gaya |
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Gaya | ||
Kusinagara |
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Lumbini | ||
Sarnath |
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Varanasi | ||
Sanchi |
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Vidisa | ||
Ajanta |
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Vatsagulma | ||
Sagya |
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Sagya | ||
Dagon |
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Dagon | ||
Pagan |
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Pagan | ||
Atamasthana |
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Phiti | ||
Amaravati |
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Nallamala | ||
Varanasi |
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Varanasi | ||
Ayodhya |
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Ayodhya | ||
Mathura |
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Mathura | ||
Haridwar |
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Sthanisvara | ||
Kanchipuram |
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Kanchipuram | ||
Ujjayini |
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Ujjayini | ||
Dwarka |
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Dvaraka | ||
Palitana |
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Somnath | ||
Shikharj |
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Radha | ||
Ranakpur |
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Naddula | ||
Ellora |
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Vatsagulma | ||
Sittannavasal |
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Kongu | ||
Itanagar |
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Itanagar | ||
Pemako |
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Pemako | ||
Rima |
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Rima | ||
Tezu |
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Tezu | ||
Kathmandu |
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Kathmandu | ||
Ilam |
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Ilam | ||
Garwhal |
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Garwhal | ||
Jumla |
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Jumla | ||
Maowun |
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Maowun | ||
Ngawa |
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Ngawa | ||
Chakla |
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Chakla | ||
Gyaitang |
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Gyaitang | ||
Rebgong |
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Rebgong | ||
Xingqing |
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Xingqing | ||
Yijinai |
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Yijinai | ||
Alxa |
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Alxa | ||
Yazd |
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Yazd | ||
Nok Kundi |
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Riqan | ||
Takht-i-Sangin |
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Balkh | ||
Takht-e Soleyman |
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Urmiya | ||
Ushi-Darena |
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Baduspan | ||
Uppsala |
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Upland | Sweden | |
Lejre |
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Sjaelland | Denmark | |
Paderborn |
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Brunswick | ||
Zeeland |
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Zeeland | ||
Ranaheim |
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Trandheim | Norway | |
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