🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Fort Saint-Jean (Marseille)
Fort Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ sɛ̃ʒɑ̃]; Occitan: Fort Sant Joan) is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port.
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🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Fort Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ sɛ̃ʒɑ̃]; Occitan: Fort Sant Joan) is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port.
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Catacomb of Calepodius (also called the Cemetery of Calepodius) is one of the Catacombs of Rome, notable for containing the tombs of Pope Callixtus I (ironically, the creator of the Catacomb of…
🇮🇹 Italy · Tomb
The Commodilla catacomb inscription is found on the cornice of a fresco in the tomb of the Christian martyrs Felix and Adauctus, located in the catacombs of Commodilla in Rome.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Iskuqucha (Quechua isku lime, qucha lake, "lime lake", Hispanicized spelling Izcucocha) is an archaeological site in Peru. It is located in the Junín Region, Yauli Province, La Oroya District.
🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex
The Conception Convent or Zachatyevsky Monastery (Russian: Зачатьевский монастырь, romanized: Zachat'yevskiy monastyr') is a Russian Orthodox stauropegic convent on the northern bank of the Moskva…
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Archaeological wonder
Develtos (Bulgarian: Деултум, Greek: Δεβελτός, Δηβελτός, Δεουελτός, Δεούελτος, Διβηλτóς) or Deultum was an ancient city and bishopric in Thrace.
🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex
Donskoy Monastery (Russian: Донско́й монасты́рь) is a major monastery in Moscow, founded in 1591 in commemoration of Moscow's deliverance from the threat of an invasion by the Crimean Khan Kazy-Girey.
🇮🇳 India · Hydraulic works
The Birkha Bawari is a stepwell located in Jodhpur, India. The structure is to designed to conserve water for use by the city of Jodhpur, and is built in the style traditional Indian stepwells.
Panama · Hydraulic works
The Bayano Dam is a dam on the Bayano River in Darién Province, Panama. The dam was built in 1976; its construction flooded approximately 350 square kilometers of rainforest, displacing thousands of…
🇮🇱 Israel · Rock-cut
The Cave of the Ramban is located in the southern cliff of the Upper Kidron Valley, on a slope descending into the Arab neighborhood of Wadi al-Joz, Jerusalem.
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Chaman-i Hazouri (Dari: چمن حضوری) or Hazoori Chaman (Pashto: حضوري چمن) is a park in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan.
🇧🇷 Brazil · Hydraulic works
The Engineer Sérgio Motta Dam, formerly known as the Porto Primavera Dam, is an embankment dam on the Paraná River near Rosana in São Paulo, Brazil.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Adana (Turkish: Adana Ulu Camii), also known as the Ramazanoglu Mosque (Turkish: Ramazanoğlu Camii), is a 16th century mosque in Adana, Turkey.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Chaneti Buddhist Stupa is a 3rd century BC monument protected by the Government of India. The stupa is located in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana, three kilometers east of Jagadhri, and about…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Heidecksburg is a Baroque palace in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. The palace served as the residence of the princes to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Beni Otsmane is a village of Tunisia which lies on the Cape Bon peninsula near the village of Sidi Rais and Korbous.
🇫🇷 France · Hydraulic works
The Donzère-Mondragon Dam (or André-Blondel dam), located in the French commune of Bollène-Écluse is a hydroelectric dam and lock built in 1952 at the southern end of the Donzère-Mondragon canal, in…
🇮🇳 India · Rock shelter
Anegundi, previously called Kishkindha, is a village in Gangavathi, Koppal district, in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is older than Hampi, situated on the northern bank of the Tungabhadra River.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Knowlton Circles (also known as Knowlton Henges or Knowlton Rings) are a complex of henges and earthworks in Knowlton, Dorset, England.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Al-Rawda (Arabic: الروضة) is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in the Syrian steppe, east of Hama.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
Cambridge Zen Center is an urban meditation center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, close to Harvard University, part of the Kwan Um School of Zen.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Beiteddine Palace (Arabic: قصر بيت الدين, romanized: Qaṣr Bayt ad-Dīn) is an 18th-century palace in Beiteddine, Lebanon, built by Bashir II.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Ashkelon Coal Jetty Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Port Coal Jetty, in the Ashkelon Oil Port operated by the…
🇧🇴 Bolivia · Archaeological wonder
Kuntur Amaya (Spanish: Cóndor Amaya) is an archaeological site in Bolivia. It is located in the La Paz Department, Aroma Province, Umala Municipality, near Wayllani (Huayllani).