The Holy Portolano / Le Portulan sacre : The Sacred Geography of Navigation in the Middle Ages. Fribourg Colloquium 2013 / La geographie religieuse de la navigation au Moyen Age. Colloque Fribourgeois 2013

In the late Middle Ages, a trans-Mediterranean network of holy sites developed, linked to one another by sea routes.

Due to their locations, they stood out as symbolic intersections between the sea, the land, and the heavens.

The essays in this volume describe the specific sacred geography of the sanctuaries situated along medieval sea routes and examine their characteristics from the perspectives of history, religion, and art history.