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🇱🇧 Lebanon · Temple complex
Bakka, Bekka or Beka (Arabic: بكّا, romanized: Bakkā) is a village and municipality situated 85 kilometres (53 mi) east of Beirut in the Rashaya District of the Beqaa Governorate in Lebanon.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Agroha, locally known as Ther, is an archaeological site located on NH-9 in Agroha city in the Hisar district of Haryana state of India.
🇦🇱 Albania · Fortress
Buragajet Castle, or Castle Burgajeti, (Albanian: Kalaja e Burgajetit or Sarajet e Burgajetit, also known as the Kështjella e Zogollëve or Saraji i Zogut) was a large fortified house, located in…
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Berber / Roman / Byzantine · Roman / Berber
Veteran colony of Legio III Augusta controlling Hauts Plateaux–Aurès corridor. Tetrapylon Arch of Caracalla (214 CE), amphitheatre, basilica of St Crispina (76 m) with catacombs, Byzantine walls with…
🇩🇪 Germany · Temple complex
All Saints' Abbey (German: Kloster Allerheiligen) was a Premonstratensian monastery near Oppenau in the Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Ancient village
Chotěbuz (Polish:, German: Kotzobendz) is a municipality and village in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,400 inhabitants.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Tell
ED to Ur III (c.3000–2004 BCE; peak Shara temple) · Sumerian (Zabalam, Shara cult) → Akkadian → Ur III
Zabalam (Tell Ibzeikh) is the cult city of goddess Inanna of Zabalam (later Shara). Excavated by Iraqi team revealing Shara temple platform (EB), ED houses and...
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Archaeological wonder
Henchir-Mâtria is an archaeological and prehistoric site in northern Tunisia. Henchir-Mâtria is at 36°31′23.4″N 9°13′11.1″E, between Béja and Dougga and elevation of 407 metres (1,335 feet).
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Temple complex
Ancient Kantharodai Historical Site with some remains of Stupas is situated in Kandarodai village in Chunnakam, Sri Lanka.
🇷🇴 Romania · Archaeological wonder
Cotroceni Palace (Romanian: Palatul Cotroceni) is the official residence of the President of Romania. It is located at Bulevardul Geniului, nr. 1, in Bucharest, Romania.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Ancient city
Kalos Limen (Ancient Greek: Καλός Λιμήν, lit. 'Charming Harbor'; Ukrainian: Калос-Лімен; Russian: Калос Лимен) is an ancient Greek colony on the west coast of the Crimean Peninsula that existed from…
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · Archaeological wonder
Kačina Castle (Czech: zámek Kačina) is an Empire castle in Svatý Mikuláš in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. In 1945, it was designated a national property.
🇳🇵 Nepal · Archaeological wonder
Baluhawa is a village development committee in the Kapilvastu District, of the Lumbini Zone, in Nepal.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
The Brunswick Centre is a grade II listed residential and shopping centre in Bloomsbury, London, England. It is located between Brunswick Square and Russell Square and is administratively in the London Borough of Camden.
🇲🇱 Mali · Ancient city
Trans-Saharan caravan (c. 700–1400 CE; Almoravid market) · Berber–Tuareg (Tadmekka Sanhaja) / Arab caravan
Mysterious stone city in Saharan piedmont, Essouk is Tadmekka the 9th c Arab-described 'Tadmakkat' gold city with 450×250 m stone houses, mosque and 11th c Arabic stelae, on Niger–...
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina · Fortress
Dobor was a medieval town of the Usora Zemlja, in present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, located some 4 km northwest of Modriča, on the left side of the Bosna River, on the Vučjak hill with an average height of 39 meters.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
The abri de Cap Blanc is a prehistoric limestone rock shelter with Magdalenian animal sculptures. It is in the Marquay commune on the right bank of the Beune River, a few kilometers west of Les Eyzies, in Dordogne.
🇵🇱 Poland · Fortress
Gniew Castle is a restored castle in Gniew, in northern Poland. The original building, which served as a defensive structure for the Teutonic Order on the Vistula river, dates back to the late 13th or 14th century.
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan · Cave
Gazma Cave (Azerbaijani: Qazma mağarası) is a Paleolithic dwelling site discovered between Ordubad and Sharur districts in 1983. Gazma Cave is located 3 km northeast of Tananam village, 1450 m above the sea level.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Fortress
The Castle of Monsanto (Portuguese: Castelo de Monsanto) is a medieval castle located in the civil parish of Monsanto e Idanha-a-Velha, in the municipality of Idanha-a-Nova, Portuguese district of Castelo Branco.
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Cave of Archers is a rock art shelter of the Gilf Kebir National Park in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt. It is located on the south-eastern slopes of Gilf Kebir, 40 m to the south of the Cave of Swimmers.
🇱🇻 Latvia · Fortress
Dundaga Castle is a medieval castle in Dundaga, in the Talsi Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia. Latvia considers Dundaga Castle to be a monument of archaeological and of architectural importance.
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Archaeological wonder
Makam Papan Tinggi is a historic funerary complex located at Barus in Central Tapanuli Regency, Indonesia. It contains seven old tombs dating to the 7th or 8th centuries and is located at the top of a hill.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Dodnash Priory was a small Augustinian priory located in Bentley, Suffolk, England, near the village's boundary with East Bergholt. It was situated close to Dodnash brook, which flows into the River Stour.