🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Cēsis Castle
Cēsis Castle (German: Schloß Wenden) is one of the most iconic and best preserved medieval castles in Latvia.
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🇦🇷 Argentina · Hydraulic works
The El Carrizal Dam (in Spanish, Embalse El Carrizal) is a dam on the upper-middle course of the Tunuyán River, in the center-north of the province of Mendoza, Argentina upstream from the city of…
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Cēsis Castle (German: Schloß Wenden) is one of the most iconic and best preserved medieval castles in Latvia.
🇧🇪 Belgium · Temple complex
Ename is a Belgian village in the Flemish province of East Flanders. It stands on the right side of the river Scheldt and it is part of the municipality of Oudenaarde.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
Khapia (possibly from in the Aymara spelling Qhapiya, or Qapiya in Uru language, Hispanicized spellings Capía, Ccapia, Ccapía, Khapia, Khapía, K'apía) is a mountain in Peru, possibly an extinct…
🇨🇾 Cyprus · Archaeological wonder
Archbishop's Palace (Greek: Αρχιεπισκοπικό Μέγαρο, Turkish: Başpiskoposluk Sarayı) is the official residence and office of the archbishop of Cyprus located in Nicosia.
🇶🇦 Qatar · Archaeological wonder
Al Da'asa (Arabic: دعسة) is an archaeological site located on the western coast of Qatar. It is the most extensive Ubaid site in the country. It was excavated by a Danish team in 1961.
🇺🇸 United States · Temple complex
The Chicago Zen Center (CZC) is a Harada-Yasutani Zen practice center located in Evanston, Illinois near Northwestern University currently led by Abbot Shodhin Geiman.
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates · Archaeological wonder
The archaeological site of Al Ashoosh is a third-millennium BC settlement located 70 km (43 mi) south of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Cave
Fa Hien Cave, Faxian Cave, or Pahiyangala Cave is situated in the district of Kalutara, Western Province, Sri Lanka and according to a rural legend, named after an alleged resident during historical…
🇩🇪 Germany · Cave
Hohlenstein-Stadel is a cave located in the Hohlenstein cliff (not to be confused with the Hohle Fels) at the southern rim of the Lonetal (valley of the Lone) in the Swabian Jura in Germany.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Archaeological wonder
Halych (Ukrainian: Галич, IPA: [ˈɦɑlɪtʃ]; Romanian: Halici; Polish: Halicz; Russian: Галич, romanized: Galich; German: Halytsch, Halitsch or Galitsch; Yiddish: העליטש, romanized: Heylitsh) is a…
🇮🇷 Iran · Archaeological wonder
Kenacheh Cave (Persian: کناچه, Kurdish:مرو کناچی) is an archaeological site in the southwest of Kurdistan Province, in west Iran.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Submerged site
Heracleion (Ancient Greek: Ἡράκλειον Hērákleion), also known as Thonis (Ancient Greek: Θῶνις Thônis; from the Ancient Egyptian: Tȝ-ḥn.t; Coptic: Ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ Thōni) and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion,…
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Megalith
Besh Barmag (Azerbaijani: Beşbarmaq) literally translated as Five Fingers, is in Siazan District of Azerbaijan, not far from the Caspian Sea, in the territory of Qalaşıxı village.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Archaeological wonder
Jubail Church (Classical Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ ܕܐܬܘܖ̈ܝܐ, romanized: ʿĒḏtā ḏ-Maḏnḥā ḏ-ʾĀṯūrāyē; Arabic: كنيسة الجبيل) is an ancient church building near Jubail, a city in the Eastern province on the…
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Tall Al-Hamidiya (also Tell Hamidiya, Tell Hamidiye, and Tell Hamidi) is an ancient Near Eastern archeological site the upper Hābūr region of modern-day Syria in the Al-Hasakah Governorate on a loop…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
The Caixa de Rotllan (meaning "Roland's Tomb" in Catalan) is a dolmen in Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrénées-Orientales, southern France, dating back to the Neolithic period, during the second half of 3rd…
🇦🇫 Afghanistan · Archaeological wonder
Bimaran is a locality, 11 km west of Jalalabad in Afghanistan. It is well known for the discovery of the Bimaran casket in one of the stupas (stupa Nb 2) located at Bimaran.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Ixkun (Ixcún or Ixkún in Spanish orthography) is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site, situated in the Petén Basin region of the southern Maya lowlands.
🇬🇹 Guatemala · Ancient city
Ixlu (Mayan pronunciation: [iʃˈluː]) is a small Maya archaeological site that dates to the Classic and Postclassic Periods.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Temple complex
Daunne Devi Temple (Nepali: दाउन्ने देवी मन्दिर) is a Hindu temple of Durga located in, Nawalparasi district of Nepal.
🇸🇾 Syria · Fortress
Chastel Blanc (Arabic: برج صافيتا, Burj Safita or Safita Tower) is a medieval structure in Safita, western Syria. It was built by the Knights Templar during the Crusades upon prior fortifications.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Archaeological wonder
Kaljaja is an archaeological site, which is located southeast of the village of Balovac, in municipality of Podujevo.
🇮🇳 India · Archaeological wonder
The Katra Masjid is a former Shia caravanserai, mosque and tomb, in a partial ruinous state, located in the north eastern side of the city of Murshidabad, in the state of West Bengal, India.
