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🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Baengnyeon Temple (Korean: 백련사) is a Buddhist temple located in Doam-myeon, Gangjin county, South Jeolla province, South Korea. Its name means 'White Lotus temple'.
🇰🇷 South Korea · Temple complex
Gamsansa refers to a Korean Buddhist temple established during the country's Unified Silla dynasty. Save for a partially reconstructed pagoda, none of the original temple structures survive.
🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex
Alexander-Svirsky Monastery (Russian: Александро-Свирский монастырь) is a Russian Orthodox monastery situated deep in the woods of the Leningrad Oblast, just south from its border with the Republic…
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Abbey of Saint Bertin was a Benedictine monastic abbey in Saint-Omer, France. The buildings are now in ruins, which are open to the public.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Arabic: جامع القيروان الأكبر), also known as the Mosque of Uqba (جامع عقبة بن نافع), is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan, Tunisia and is…
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Kilwa (Swahili: Msikiti Mkuu wa Kilwa) is a former Friday mosque in a partial ruinous state, located on the island of Kilwa Kisiwani, in Kilwa Masoko in Kilwa District in Lindi…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
The Abbey Mills Mosque, also known as the London Markaz or Masjid-e-Ilyas (Arabic: مسجد إلياس), is a temporary mosque located in Stratford, east London, accommodating around 2,500 people.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Broadwater Farm, often referred to simply as "The Farm", is an area in Tottenham, North London, straddling the River Moselle.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
The Barabar Hill Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Bhaktivedanta Manor is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu temple set in the Hertfordshire countryside of England, in the village of Letchmore Heath near Watford.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Pashto: د باميانو بودايي پژۍ, Dari: تندیسهای بودا در بامیان) were two monumental Buddhist reliefs in the Bamiyan Valley of Afghanistan, carved possibly around the 6th-century.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
The Gal Vihara (Sinhala: ගල් විහාරය, lit. 'rock monastery'), and known originally as the Uttararama (Sinhala: උත්තරාරාමය, lit.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi is a sacred Bo tree (Ficus religiosa) located in the Mahamewuna Garden, within the historic UNESCO World Heritage City of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
The Jivakarama vihara, also Jivaka Amravana vihara (Amra-vana means "mango garden"), Jivakamravana, Jivakamrabana or Jivakavanarama, is an ancient Buddhist monastery, or vihara, established at the…
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Deekshabhoomi, also written as Deeksha Bhoomi, is a sacred monument of Navayana Buddhism located in Nagpur city in the state of Maharashtra in India; where Dr.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Temple complex
Gedong Songo (Indonesian: Candi Gedong Songo) is a group of Hindu temples located near Bandungan, Semarang Regency, in north Central Java, Indonesia.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Temple complex
The Amr ibn al-As Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِد عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ, romanized: Masjid ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ) is a mosque, located in the Fustat neighbourhood of Old Cairo, Egypt.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
The Ghorawadi caves, also known as Ghoradeshwar caves or Shelarwadi caves, are around 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Pune, India, were originally Buddhist caves, and now contain carvings and statues of…