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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 (also known as an "expiatory chapel"). 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
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