Votive church
# 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
