Votive church

A votive church (votive from the Latin votum 'vowed sacrifice, vows') is a church that was built as a sign of thanksgiving for salvation from an emergency or with a request for the fulfillment of a specific desire, and sometimes atonement. Often, the builder has previously made a vow to have the church built in the case of the prayer heard (takeover of the construction costs). Votive churches also include so-called thanksgiving churches:


 * Votive Chapel, Nattenhausen
 * Votive Church, Passau
 * Votive Church, Szeged
 * Votivkirche, Vienna
 * Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris
 * Chapelle expiatoire
 * Santa Maria della Salute
 * Sagrada Família
 * Estrela Basilica

Votivkirche