🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Cacaxtla-Xochitécatl Archaeological Zone
Epiclassic 650–900 CE · Olmeca-Xicalanca
Epiclassic painted citadel Battle Mural 22 m, 700–800 CE.
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Sacred precincts, sanctuaries and the architecture of ritual.
🇲🇽 Mexico · Temple complex
Late Classic Maya 600–900 CE, Chenes style · Maya (Chenes)
Intact Chenes palace at Tabasqueño with renowned zoomorphic portal: doorway transformed into gaping earth-monster mask with stacked Chaac masks and ear assemblages (INAH).
🇲🇽 Mexico · Ancient city
Epiclassic 650–900 CE · Olmeca-Xicalanca
Epiclassic painted citadel Battle Mural 22 m, 700–800 CE.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Temple complex
Aksumite to Medieval (6th–14th c CE) · Aksumite monastic
Debre Damo Monastery Hill — Aksumite Precursor in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Aksumite to Medieval (6th–14th c CE) temple-complex attributed to Aksumite monastic.
🇮🇳 India · Rock-cut
Late Gupta to Early Chalukya 5th–8th century CE · Hindu (Shaiva) and Buddhist under Kalachuri/Chalukya patronage
Rock-cut Shaiva cave complex on Elephanta Island with colossal Trimurti sculpture, 5th–8th c. CE.
🇩🇪 Germany · Temple complex
Benediktbeuern Abbey (Kloster Benediktbeuern) is an institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco, originally a monastery of the Benedictine Order, in Benediktbeuern in Bavaria, near the Kochelsee, 64 km…
🇩🇪 Germany · Temple complex
Eldena Abbey (German: Kloster Eldena), originally Hilda Abbey (German: Kloster Hilda) is a former Cistercian monastery near the present town of Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Champa Mahayana (875–982 CE) · Cham Buddhist (Indrapura)
Dong Duong Buddhist Monastery — Indrapura in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa Mahayana (875–982 CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham Buddhist (Indrapura).
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
Hellenistic to Roman 283 BCE–3rd c. CE · Greek (Attalid) and Roman
Attalid citadel with world's steepest theater and Altar of Zeus frieze.
🇵🇪 Peru · Temple complex
Late Chavín to Sechin Casma (350–200 BCE) fortress and 13-tower ridge 200 BCE (Ghezzi UNESCO 2021) · Sechin / Casma Late Chavín solar observatory state
Chankillo UNESCO 2021 Ghezzi 2001 fortress with solar riddle.
🇦🇺 Australia · Temple complex
Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) · Classical
Vihara Cell Group West in Kimberley, Australia is a Late Neolithic (4000–3000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Classical culture.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Temple complex
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Rhapta Submerged Harbour in Rift Valley, Kenya is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) temple complex attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇪🇸 Spain · Temple complex
Period Medieval · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Temple Terrace Europe 21 — Spain Region 9 in Spain Region 9, Spain is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Northern Wei to Tang (493 – 750 CE) · Buddhist imperial Luoyang under Empress Dowager Hu
Central Binyang 11 m Buddha of Northern Wei Emperor Xuanwu at Yi Gorge.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Champa (10th–12th c. CE) · Cham art transitional My Son A1 style
My Son Sanctuary Group G — Champa in Quang Nam Province, Vietnam is a Champa (10th–12th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham art transitional My Son A1 style.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Champa late (13th–14th c. CE) · Cham (Panduranga rump state)
Po Klong Garai Central Temple — Panduranga in Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam is a Champa late (13th–14th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Cham (Panduranga rump state).
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan · Temple complex
Kushan to Hepthalite (100–600 CE) · Kushans and Hepthalites (White Huns)
Sangir Tepe is a Kushan–Hepthalite temple–citadel (1st–6th c) with fire temple, Buddhist votive stupas, and 3-m enclosure wall near Termez.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Chikurin-ji (竹林寺) is a Shingon temple in Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. Temple 31 on the Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage, the main image is of Monju Bosatsu.
🇮🇱 Israel · Temple complex
Late Bronze Age Egyptian Timna copper · Egyptian mining under Ramesses III
Timna Valley Site 201 — Hathor Mining Temple Ravine in Southern District, Israel is a Late Bronze Age Egyptian Timna copper temple-complex attributed to Egyptian mining under Ramesses III.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
Kushan (130–230 CE Kanishka) · Kushan (Kanishka)
Surkh Kotal — Baghlan Kushan Fire Temple in Baghlan Province, Afghanistan is a Kushan (130–230 CE Kanishka) temple-complex attributed to Kushan (Kanishka).
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Temple complex
Early-Late Classic 600–650 CE, Holmul dynasty Teotihuacan influence · Maya (Holmul)
Vaulted mural building 1 km west of Holmul Group I containing 7 m-long polychrome mural c.600 CE depicting 8 royal figures with Teotihuacan-linked toponyms and Holmul-Tikal dynastic conflict.
🇦🇲 Armenia · Temple complex
Bagratid (988–1029 Marmashen by Prince Vahram Pahlavuni, main 988–1029) · Bagratid Pahlavuni (Vahram same as Amberd)
Marmashen excavated by Sargsyan, Vahram Pahlavuni 988 family monastery.
🇰🇭 Cambodia · Temple complex
Angkor (11th c. CE) · Khmer (Suryavarman I)
Phnom Chisor — Takeo Hill Temple in Takeo Province, Cambodia is a Angkor (11th c. CE) temple-complex attributed to Khmer (Suryavarman I).
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Ancient city
Polonnaruwa Period 1070–1232 CE (Chola 993–1070 preceding) · Sinhalese / Chola Tamil Buddhist and Hindu
Second Sinhalese capital (1070–1232 CE) after Anuradhapura's sack, 12th c metropolis of Parakramabahu I with 3,400-ha Parakrama Samudra reservoir, Atadage Dalada Maligawa tooth relic temple, and Gal…
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple complex located in Chino Hills, in southwestern San Bernardino County in southern California.
