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🇩🇿 Algeria · Archaeological wonder
Aïn Turk (Arabic: عين ترك) nearby Bouira (Algeria) is a commune in Bouïra Province, Algeria. It is about 100 km from Algiers.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Fontaine-les-Bassets (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn le basɛ]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.
🇯🇵 Japan · Temple complex
Kongōchō-ji is a Shingon Buddhist Temple located in Muroto, Kōchi, Japan. It is the 26th temple of the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
🇾🇪 Yemen · Archaeological wonder
Al-Hawtah, also known as Hawtat al-Faqih Ali, is a village in east-central Yemen. It is located in Shabwah Governorate.
🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient village
village in the administrative district of Gmina Toszek, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland
Kuwait · Archaeological wonder
Bayan Palace (Arabic: قصر بيان Qaṣr Bayān) is the main palace of the Emir of Kuwait. It is located in the Bayan area.
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Dhauli or Dhauligiri is a hill located on the banks of the river Daya, 8 km south of Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India.
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
8 wooden throwing spears from the Palaeolithic, excavated in 1994–1998 in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany
🇵🇱 Poland · Ancient village
Gołczewo [ɡɔu̯ˈt͡ʂɛvɔ] is a village in Gmina Parchowo, Bytów County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
🇸🇪 Sweden · Fortress
Ismantorp Fortress (Swedish: Ismantorps fornborg) is the ruins of a ringfort located on Öland Island in Sweden.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Beauvale Priory (also known as Beauvale Charterhouse) was a Carthusian monastery in Beauvale, Nottinghamshire.
🇷🇸 Serbia · Archaeological wonder
Ancient Rome
Gensis was the Roman settlement vicus in Moesia Superior, now central Serbia, on Cer mountain near Lešnica.
🇨🇱 Chile · Archaeological wonder
street address for a door located on the east side of Palacio de La Moneda, the Chilean presidential palace
🇷🇴 Romania · Archaeological wonder
Limanu (Romanian pronunciation: [liˈmanu]) is a commune in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja, Romania.
🇨🇭 Switzerland · Temple complex
former castle and current correctional facility in Krauchthal in the canton of Bern, Switzerland
🇷🇸 Serbia · Cave
Brežđe (Serbian: Брежђе) is a village in the Mionica municipality, Kolubara District in Serbia.
🇮🇹 Italy · Rock art
cave in the Lao Valley of Pollino National Park, near the town of Papasidero in Calabria, Italy
🇷🇺 Russia · Archaeological wonder
municipal settlement in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith
Neolithic henge monument near Eamont Bridge, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, UK
🇮🇳 India · Temple complex
Buddha Vihara is a Buddhist temple and spiritual center in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India.
🇹🇷 Turkey · Archaeological wonder
Kurtkulağı Kervansarayı is a historical (Ottoman) caravanserai in Adana Province, Turkey
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Hydraulic works
name of water management (irrigation) system for paddy fields on Bali island, Indonesia
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Legio was a Roman military camp south of Tel Megiddo in the Roman province of Galilee.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Ancient city
Meroitic era · Ancient Egypt
ancient city from Nubia along the eastern bank of the Nile River in Northern Sudan