<p>This paper develops a conceptual and theological framework for understanding sacred places within the Christian tradition. It begins with phenomenological reflections on the nature of place, highlighting how places are constituted not merely as coordinates in space but as meaningful sites of human experience. Against this background, a typology of places is outlined in order to situate sacred places more precisely. The classical distinction between the sacred and the profane is then revisited, drawing on Durkheim, Eliade, and Nancy, while also identifying its limitations in Christian theology. Finally, the paper sketches some contours of a topology of sacred places by analysing different modalities of divine presence and their degrees of representation, from creation as God’s <i>oikos</i> to the Eucharist as Christ’s real presence.</p>