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🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Archaeological wonder
The Jetavanarama stupa or Jetavanaramaya (Sinhala: ජේතවනාරාමය, romanized: jētavanārāmaya) is a stupa, or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the UNESCO world…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Birmingham Central Library was the main public library in Birmingham, England, from 1974 until 2013, replacing a library opened in 1865 and rebuilt in 1882.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Herat (Dari: مسجد جامع هرات, Masjid-i Jāmi’i Hirāt), is a Sunni Friday mosque, located in the city of Herat, in the Herat Province of north-western Afghanistan.
🇴🇲 Oman · Archaeological wonder
Khor Rori (Arabic: خور روري, romanized: Khawr Rawrī) is a bar-built estuary at the mouth of Wādī Darbāt in the Dhofar Governorate, Oman, near Taqah.
🇿🇦 South Africa · Archaeological wonder
Border Cave is an archaeological site located in the western Lebombo Mountains in Kwazulu-Natal.
Mandatory Palestine · Fortress
Jiddin (Arabic: جدين), also known as the Jiddin Fortress (Arabic: قلعة جدين, romanized: Qalʾat Jiddīn) or Khirbet Jiddin (Arabic: خربة جدين, lit.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Mleiha Archaeological Centre is a visitor centre and exhibition based around the history and archaeology of the areas surrounding the village of Mileiha in the Emirate of Sharjah, in the United Arab…
🇬🇷 Greece · Archaeological wonder
The Corycian Cave (; Greek: Κωρύκιον ἄντρον, romanized: Kōrykion antron) is located in central Greece on the southern slopes of Mount Parnassus, in Parnassus National Park, which is situated north of…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Tomb
All Saints' Church was a church building in Southampton City Centre, located on the corner of the High Street and East Street, a short distance south of the Bargate.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Temple complex
The Crna Reka Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Црна река, romanized: Manastir Crna reka) is a monastic hermitage located in the mountains of southern Central Serbia, in Ribariće, situated in the gorge of…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of al-Nuri (Arabic: جامع النوري, romanized: Jāmiʿ an-Nūrī), also known as the Nouri Mosque, is a Sunni mosque in Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq, famous for its leaning…
🇩🇰 Denmark · Archaeological wonder
The Jelling stone ship is a stone ship, the longest known to have existed, remains of which lie under the two royal barrows at Jelling, Denmark.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Archaeological wonder
Kultepe-2 (also known as II Kultepe) is an ancient settlement in Nakhchivan. It is located about 1.5 km north of the related ancient site of Kultepe-1, or about 10 km north of Nakhchivan (city) on…
🇭🇳 Honduras · Archaeological wonder
The Peñol de Cerquín (Spanish pronunciation: [peˈɲol de seɾˈkin]): "Rock of Cerquín") was a mountaintop Lenca fortress in southern Honduras during the Contact Period (1520–1540).
🇺🇸 United States · Archaeological wonder
The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts is the foremost structure associated with the history of weather observations in the United States.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Fortress
The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḫra) is an octagonal Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem.