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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">sacred sites</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>tirthas</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>huacas</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>sites</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>sacred site</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sites, sacred</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Sites considered in the past or present as consecrated or important to a deity or a religion; sites include natural features, such as springs and caves, as well as sites upon which built works have been constructed, such as standing stones and pilgrimage churches. ]]></note></mads>