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Teutonic Order · Fortress
Christmemel (Latin: Christi Memela, Kyrsmemel, Kirsmomela) was a frontier fortress (Ordensburg) of the Teutonic Knights on the banks of the Neman River.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro (ICM) is an Islamic community organization located in the town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Temple complex
Albotin Monastery (Bulgarian: Алботински манастир, also: Albutin Monastery, Албутински манастир) is a presently inactive Bulgarian medieval cave monastery on the territory of Kula bishopric of Vidin…
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
The Abbey of St Mary and St Ethelburga, founded in the 7th century and commonly known as Barking Abbey, is a former Roman Catholic, royal monastery located in Barking, in the London Borough of…
🇲🇲 Myanmar · Temple complex
Fushan Temple (Chinese: 福山寺; pinyin: Fúshān Sì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hok-san-sī; Burmese: ကုက္ကိုင်းဘုရားကျောင်း; also called Fu Shan Si or Fu Sun Si), located on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Bahan Township,…
🇦🇹 Austria · Archaeological wonder
The Hofburg (German: [ˈhoːfbʊʁk]) is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Khinnis is an Assyrian archaeological site, also known as Bavian (its neighbouring village), in Duhok Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Archaeological wonder
The Kondoa Rock-Art Sites or Kondoa Irangi Rock Paintings are a series of ancient paintings on rockshelter walls in central Tanzania.
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
The Pazyryk burials are a number of Scythian (Saka) Iron Age tombs found in the Pazyryk Valley and the Ukok plateau in the Altai Mountains, Siberia, south of the modern city of Novosibirsk, Russia;…
🇷🇺 Russia · Temple complex
Saint Alexander Nevsky Lavra or Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter I of Russia in 1710 at the eastern end of the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, in the belief that this was…
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Haifa ( HY-fə; Hebrew: חיפה, romanized: Ḥayfā, IPA: [ˈχajfa]; Arabic: حيفا, romanized: Ḥayfā, IPA: [ħaj.faː]) is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of…
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Lake Turkana () is a saline lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley, predominantly in northern Kenya; the far northern end crosses into Ethiopia.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Machaerus (Μαχαιροῦς, from Ancient Greek: μάχαιρα, lit. 'makhaira' [a sword]; Hebrew: מכוור; Arabic: قلعة مكاور, romanized: Qala'at Mukawir, lit.
🇱🇧 Lebanon · Archaeological wonder
Ard Saouda or Ard es Saoude (Terres Noires) is a Heavy Neolithic archaeological site of the Qaraoun culture that is located in the Wadi al-Taym, between Rashaya and Marjayoun in Lebanon.
🇺🇸 United States · Hydraulic works
The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 32-mile-long (51 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River in Northeast…
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
The Church of the East monastery on Sir Bani Yas is an archaeological site in the United Arab Emirates discovered in 1992.
🇸🇻 El Salvador · Archaeological wonder
The Holy Spirit Grotto (La Gruta del Espíritu Santo in Spanish), also known as Corinto Cave, in Corinto, Morazán, El Salvador, is a registered national monument of petroglyphs.
🇮🇪 Ireland · Temple complex
Hore Abbey (also Hoare Abbey, sometimes known as St Mary's) is a ruined Cistercian monastery near the Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland. 'Hore' is thought to derive from 'iubhair' – yew tree.
Mandatory Palestine · Archaeological wonder
Jaffa (Hebrew: יָפוֹ, romanised: Yāfō, pronounced [jaˈfo]; Arabic: يَافَا, romanised: Yāfā, pronounced [ˈjaːfaː]), also called Japho, Joppa or Joppe in English, is an ancient Levantine port city…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
The Jaromarsburg was a cult site for the Slavic tribe of Rani dedicated to the god Svantovit and used from the 9th to the 12th century.
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Lempa (Greek: Λέμπα, Turkish: Lemba) is a village in Cyprus located approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) north of the town of Paphos.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Tall Sulaymānī (Arabic: تل سليماني) is a hill in Syria. It is located in al-Hasakah province, in the northeastern part of the country, 500 kilometers northeast of the capital Damascus.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
Bidaa Bint Saud (Arabic: بِدَع بِنْت سُعُوْد, romanized: Bidaʿ Bint Suʿūd) is an archaeological site in Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the U.A.E., notable for its Hafit Period tombs,…
🇮🇱 Israel · Fortress
Château Pèlerin (Old French: Chastel Pelerin; Latin: Castrum Perigrinorum, lit. 'Pilgrim Castle'), also known as Atlit and Magdiel, is a Crusader fortress and fortified town located about 2…