🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
Crinan Canal
The Crinan Canal is a nine-mile-long (14 km) navigable canal in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
The Exeter Ship Canal, also known as the Exeter Canal, is a canal leading from (and beside) the River Exe to Exeter Quay in the city of Exeter, Devon, England.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Hydraulic works
The Crinan Canal is a nine-mile-long (14 km) navigable canal in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland.
People's Republic of China · Hydraulic works
The Grand Canal (Chinese: 大运河; pinyin: Dà yùnhé) is a system of interconnected canals linking various major rivers and lakes in North and East China, serving as an important waterborne transport…
🇲🇳 Mongolia · Archaeological wonder
The Orkhon inscriptions are bilingual texts in Middle Chinese and Old Turkic, the latter written in the Old Turkic alphabet, carved into two memorial steles erected in the early 8th century by the…
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
The Khan Mirjan (Arabic: خان مرجان) is a building in the souk of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built by the Jalayirid governor of Baghdad, Amin al-Din Mirjan in the 14th century originally as a caravanserai,…
🇾🇪 Yemen · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Sana'a (Arabic: الجامع الكبير بصنعاء, al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr bi-Ṣanʿāʾ) is an ancient mosque in Sana'a, Yemen, and one of the oldest mosques in the world.
🇰🇪 Kenya · Archaeological wonder
Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, which in turn is a part of the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya on the continent of Africa.
🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder
Kashkar, also known as Kaskar, (Classical Syriac: ܟܫܟܪ), was a city in southern Mesopotamia. Its name appears to originate from Syriac ܟܪܟܐ karḵa meaning "citadel" or "town".
🇪🇸 Spain · Archaeological wonder
The Lazarraga Palace (Basque: Lazarragatarren jauregia, Spanish: Palacio Lazarraga) is a palace located in Zalduondo, Álava, Basque Country, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1984.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Grade I listed priory in Hambleton, United Kingdom
🇪🇬 Egypt · Archaeological wonder
Gabal El Haridi is an archaeological site in Egypt approximately 350 kilometers south of Cairo within Sakulta, in Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Rock-cut
Nabataean kingdom
Ed-Deir (Arabic: الدير, lit. 'The Monastery'), also spelled el-Deir and ad-Deir/ad-Dayr, is a monumental building carved out of rock in the ancient city of Petra in southern Jordan.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Temple complex
The Djamaa el Kebir or Great Mosque of Algiers (Arabic: الجامع الكبير, romanized: djama' el-kebir), is a mosque located in the city of Algiers, Algeria.
🇵🇪 Peru · Archaeological wonder
The Inca complex at Pisac is a large Incan complex of agricultural terraces, residences, guard posts, watchtowers and a ceremonial/religious centre located along a mountain ridge above the modern…
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou.
People's Republic of China · Temple complex
The Great Mosque of Xi'an (Chinese: 西安大清真寺; pinyin: Xī'ān Dà Qīngzhēnsì; Arabic: مسجد شيان), also known as the Huajue Xiang Mosque (化觉巷清真寺; Huàjué Xiàng Qīngzhēnsì) due to its location on 30 Huajue…
🇩🇪 Germany · Archaeological wonder
Kalkriese is a village now administratively part of the city of Bramsche in the district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Temple complex
Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey.
🇮🇱 Israel · Archaeological wonder
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is a national park in the Judaean Foothills of central Israel, containing a large network of caves recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
🇬🇪 Georgia · Archaeological wonder
The Katskhi Pillar (Georgian: კაცხის სვეტი, kac'xis svet'i) is a natural limestone monolith located at the village of Katskhi in western Georgian region of Imereti, near the town of Chiatura.
🇱🇾 Libya · Archaeological wonder
Gasr Banat or Gasr Isawi is an archaeological site near Bani Walid in Libya and the location of an Ancient Roman centenarium or "perched" oppidum.
🇮🇳 India · Rock shelter
Gudiyam Caves are rock shelters in South India and known for prehistoric stone tools and culture. They were first identified by British geologist Robert Bruce Foote.
