Places of magic
74 places: oracles and sacred sites, magic markets, witch-trial memorials, schools and museums, and towns known for a tradition. Each has a note for a respectful visit.
Europe
Trial site or memorial, Germany, 3 entriesBambergA Franconian city where, between 1626 and 1631, over a thousand people were executed in some of the worst witch trials in Europe.Trial site or memorial, Spain, 3 entriesLogroñoTrial site or memorial, Germany, 3 entriesTrierThe oldest city in Germany, where the Trier witch trials of 1581 to 1593 may have killed over three hundred and fifty people.Trial site or memorial, Spain, 3 entriesZugarramurdiA Basque village with a large cave where a witch trial of 1609 to 1614 began, ending in an Inquisition auto-da-fe in Logrono.Trial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 2 entriesBury St EdmundsTrial site or memorial, Switzerland, 2 entriesGenevaTrial site or memorial, Hungary, 2 entriesSzegedTrial site or memorial, Switzerland, 2 entriesValaisTrial site or memorial, Germany, 2 entriesWürzburgA Franconian city where, between 1626 and 1631, the prince-bishop's court tried hundreds for witchcraft, including children and clergy.Trial site or memorial, Finland, 1 entryÅlandTrial site or memorial, France, 1 entryBeaujolaisTrial site or memorial, Netherlands, 1 entryBredevoortTrial site or memorial, France, 1 entryCarcassonneTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryCastlehillTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryChelmsfordTrial site or memorial, Italy, 1 entryCuneoTrial site or memorial, Greece, 1 entryEphesusTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryExeter AssizesTrial site or memorial, Norway, 1 entryFinnmarkTrial site or memorial, France, 1 entryFranche-ComtéTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryGallow GreenTrial site or memorial, Netherlands, 1 entryGorinchemTrial site or memorial, Poland, 1 entryGostyńTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryHeavitree gallowsTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryHolyrood PalaceTrial site or memorial, Norway, 1 entryHordalandTrial site or memorial, Austria, 1 entryInnsbruckTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryIpswichTrial site or memorial, Poland, 1 entryKasina WielkaTrial site or memorial, Hungary, 1 entryKesmarkTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryKing's LynnTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryLancasterTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryLancaster AssizesTrial site or memorial, France, 1 entryLorraineTrial site or memorial, Sweden, 1 entryMalmöTrial site or memorial, Sweden, 1 entryMoraTrial site or memorial, France, 1 entryNeversTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryNewgate PrisonTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryNorth BerwickThe Scottish seaside town where, in the early 1590s, over a hundred people were accused of plotting with the devil to raise storms against King James VI.Trial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryNorwichTrial site or memorial, Finland, 1 entryOstrobothniaTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryPaisleyTrial site or memorial, Italy, 1 entryPiedmontTrial site or memorial, France, 1 entryPoitiersTrial site or memorial, Norway, 1 entryRogalandTrial site or memorial, France, 1 entryRouenTrial site or memorial, France, 1 entrySaint-Pée-sur-NivelleTrial site or memorial, Netherlands, 1 entrySchiedamTrial site or memorial, Italy, 1 entrySondrinoTrial site or memorial, Norway, 1 entryStavangerTrial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entrySt. OsythTrial site or memorial, Sweden, 1 entryTorsåker parishTrial site or memorial, France, 1 entryToulouseTrial site or memorial, Finland, 1 entryTurkuTrial site or memorial, Norway, 1 entryVardøA fishing town in far north-east Norway with the Steilneset Memorial, built for the ninety-one people killed in witch trials from 1621 to 1692.Trial site or memorial, Norway, 1 entryVardøhus fortressTrial site or memorial, Switzerland, 1 entryVaudTrial site or memorial, Sweden, 1 entryYstadTrial site or memorial, Poland, 1 entryŻaszkówTrial site or memorial, BelgiumAntwerpTrial site or memorial, SwedenBohuslänTrial site or memorial, IrelandCarrickfergusTrial site or memorial, SpainCataloniaTrial site or memorial, SwedenDalarnaTrial site or memorial, United KingdomDornochTrial site or memorial, United KingdomEdinburgh's Witches' WellA small fountain at the foot of Edinburgh Castle that honours the thousands of people tried for witchcraft in Scotland.Trial site or memorial, SpainGranada
North America
Trial site or memorial, United States, 3 entriesSalemThe Massachusetts town where, in 1692 and 1693, twenty people were executed or died after witchcraft accusations, and which now both remembers them and sells witch tourism.Trial site or memorial, United Kingdom, 1 entryLiverpoolTrial site or memorial, United States, 1 entrySalem TownTrial site or memorial, United StatesFairfieldTrial site or memorial, United StatesHartford