🇭🇳 Honduras · Archaeological wonder
Peñol de Cerquín
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).
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🇭🇳 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 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 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.
People's Republic of China · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安大清真寺; pinyin: Xī'ān Dà Qīngzhēnsì; Arabic: مسجد شيان), also known as the Huajue Xiang Mosque (化觉巷清真寺; Huàjué Xiàng Qīngzhēnsì) due to its location on 30 Huajue…
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
Huis ter Nieuwburg or Huis ter Nieuburch ("House at New Borough") was a palace in Rijswijk, Holland, Dutch Republic.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Kalkriese is a village now administratively part of the city of Bramsche in the district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Liang Bua is a limestone cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia, slightly north of the town of Ruteng in Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Megalith
The Anta de Adrenunes, located on top of a hill at 426 metres above sea level, in the municipality of Sintra, within Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, Lisbon District, Portugal, is believed to be a Stone…
🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex
The Antoniev Monastery ("St Anthony's Monastery", Russian: Антониев монастырь) rivalled the Yuriev Monastery as the most important monastery of medieval Novgorod the Great.
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Anuradhapura (Sinhala: අනුරාධපුරය, romanised: Anurādhapuraya, IPA: [ənuraːd̪əpurəjə]; Tamil: அனுராதபுரம், romanised: Aṉurātapuram, IPA: [ɐnuɾaːðɐβuɾɐm]) is a major city located in the north central…
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Archaeological wonder
Aramis is a village and archaeological site in north-eastern Ethiopia, where remains of Australopithecus and Ardipithecus (Ardipithecus ramidus) have been found.
🇨🇴 Colombia · Archaeological wonder
Araracuara is a remote settlement (centro poblado) in the municipality of Solano, Caquetá Department, Colombia, situated on the north bank of the Caquetá River in the western Amazon basin.
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Archaeological wonder
The Armenhoef is a monumental farm on the Oirschotseweg 117 in the North Brabantian town Best in the Netherlands. The Armenhoef is the oldest, still in use farm of North Western Europe.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient city
Ayodhya (Hindi: Ayodhyā, pronounced [ɐˈjoːd̪ʱjɐː] ) is a city situated on the banks of the Sarayu river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Temple complex
The BAPS Hindu Mandir Abu Dhabi is a traditional Hindu mandir built by the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Berytus (; Phoenician: 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤕, romanized: Beʾerūt; Ancient Greek: Βηρυτός, romanized: Bērytós; Latin: Bērȳtus; Arabic: بَيرُوتَ), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ…
🇭🇷 Croatia · Archaeological wonder
Bijaći was a medieval Croatian village, some 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of Trogir. The village developed around the church of St.
🇸🇴 Somalia · Archaeological wonder
Buur Heybe, which translates to "The Hill of the Potter's Sand", is a late Pleistocene and Holocene archaeological complex located in the largest granite inselberg in the inter-riverine region of the…
🇬🇷 Greece · Ancient city
Cassandreia or Cassandrea (Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρεια, Kassándreia) was once one of the most important cities in Ancient Macedonia, founded by and named after Cassander in 316 BC.
🇪🇸 Spain · Cave
El Soplao (Cantabrian: El Sopláu) is a cave located in the municipalities of Rionansa, Valdáliga and Herrerías in Cantabria, Spain.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Ancient city
Dalisandus or Dalisandos (Ancient Greek: Δαλισανδός) was an ancient city and bishopric in eastern Pamphylia, in Asia Minor (Anatolia, Asian Turkey) and remains a Latin titular see.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Deriivka (Ukrainian: Деріївка, Russian: Дериевка; the notoriously mistaken notation "Dereivka" was introduced by a translation of D.Ya.
🇮🇷 Iran · Cave
The Do-Ashkaft Cave, being a Middle Paleolithic cave site, is located north of Kermanshah, near Taq-e Bostan, Iran about 1,600 m (5,200 ft) above sea level.