A pilgrimage is a religiously motivated journey to a sacred shrine or holy place. The medieval pilgrimage became a metaphor for the journey of the human person searching for salvation and eternal life with God in the next world while traveling through this world. A labyrinth in many Catholic churches in the Middle Ages often became a symbol of pilgrimage or repentance. Walking the labyrinth made it possible for someone to accomplish a spiritual journey in their local church. A pilgrim followed eleven winding circuits set inside four quadrants ending in a rosette center. When used for repentance, pilgrims often walked on their knees. The labyrinth at Providence College is a replica in miniature of the labyrinth on the floor of the Gothic cathedral at Chartres, near Paris, France, which was built in the year 1200.