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Looking up at the gothic spires on a church.

Historic City of Toledo

A small city where influences from three different world religions are visible in its architecture and art.

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A room with some wall paintings still visible.

Archaeological Areas of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata

The remarkably-preserved remains of ancient Roman cities destroyed in a sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

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A view along a building with two rows of arched porticos on the ground level and the level above that. A tall brick tower in the background.

City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto

A collection of 16th-century architecture designed by Andrea Palladio in what is now known as Palladian style.

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A direct view down a straight garden walkway to the central entrance to the palace.

Palace and Park of Fontainebleau

A magnificent 16th-century royal palace, particularly important for its artwork.

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View of a dry mountainous landscape with, below, two lakes of brilliant aqua blue.

Tongariro National Park

A beautiful park of volcanoes, lakes and waterfalls, perfect for hiking.

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Looking up the central stairway of one of the temples. A doorway in the center in the pointed top of the temple.

Prambanan Temple Compounds

A 9th-century complex of hundreds of Hindu and Buddhist temples with stone carvings that are masterpieces of Siva art.

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A bunch of ghar crocodiles sunning.

Chitwan National Park

A beautiful subtropical nature reserve that is home to hundreds of species, including endangered animals like the Bengal tiger and the one-horned rhinoceros.

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Monastery buildings, striped stone, arched portico, frescoes visible inside the portico.

Rila Monastery

A monastery complex from the Bulgarian Renaissance, important to the spiritual and social life of Bulgaria.

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A big view over mountains and forests with clouds over the sea beyond.

Teide National Park

A geologically complex volcano and the otherworldly landscape around it.

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A very big view over a vast flat landscape.

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

A site used for 6,000 years by Plains people to hunt buffalo by driving them over a cliff.

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A view over a town in the Wachau Cultural Landscape

Wachau Cultural Landscape

A picturesque segment of the Danube Valley with beautiful scenery and charming towns and villages.

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The Royal Exhibition Building with it's high central archway topped by a dome, and a fountain in the foreground.

Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens

An exhibition building and surrounding gardens representing the importance of the 19th-century’s international exhibition movement.

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Looking down at sharks in blue water.

Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

An area of coral reefs, cays, atolls and other features supporting a huge variety of flora and fauna.

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A cobbled street lined with 2-storey white houses.

Historic Centre of Évora

A museum city of architecture of the Portuguese golden age.

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A white building with an ornate doorway, flanked by double pillars in a baroque style.

University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia

Portugal’s oldest university, with centuries of architecture and ancient traditions.

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A large entryway, ornately decorated, symmetrical with a turret on each side.

Agra Fort

A stunning example of Mughal architecture in the form of a fortress containing palaces, audience halls and mosques.

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An ornate bas-relief in stone with a variety of Buddha and god figures.

Ajanta Caves

Thirty ancient caves carved into a cliff wall, many of them filled with Buddhist paintings and sculpture.

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A big landscape of mountains and hills with a town in a valley below and vineyards on the hillsides. In front, a hand holds a glass of Port.

Alto Douro Wine Region

A river valley landscape shaped by centuries of Port wine cultivation and production.

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Several bright red wooden buildings in a row, one of which reads "Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic."

Old Town Lunenburg

A charming 18th-19th-century British colonial fishing settlement with colorful wooden buildings.

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A row of seated Buddha statues against a painted wall.

Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple

Five cave temples decorated with Buddhist paintings and sculpture, a place of pilgrimage for 2000 years.

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View down the length of the aqueduct, seen from the height of the upper row of arches.

Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct

A city with an interesting history of coexisting cultural communities, and with several historic monuments including a wonderfully intact Roman aqueduct.

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Seen across a green field, a classical building with columns and a dome.

Maritime Greenwich

An elegant ensemble of architecturally important buildings from the 17th and early 18th century.

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A motorboat moored at a wooden dock. On the opposite shore mountains rise from the lake, forested below, sheer rock above.

Los Alerces National Park

A stunningly beautiful park with mountains, lakes and forests, and the second-oldest trees in the world.

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View over a neighborhood with lots of traditional mansions.

City of Safranbolu

A medieval caravan stop on the Silk Road that contains many examples of traditional Ottoman architecture.

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A plaza with ornate temples of stone around it.

Group of Monuments at Hampi

Hundreds of ruins of temples and other structures of the vanished Vijayanagara kingdom.

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A huge palace, only a few stories high but very wide, with a huge flat plaza in front of it.

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

Peter the Great’s planned city of stunning Baroque architecture.

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A view down the coastline: rocky outcroppings and a jumble of stone buildings.

City of Valletta

A fortified port city with a long military history and a Renaissance urban plan.

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The main entrance facade of CST with arched entrances and towers framing the entrance.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)

A busy 19th-century Gothic Revival train station in Mumbai that blends Victorian and Indian influences.

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A large half-circular ring of amphitheatre seats in the foreground. In the background, the stage, with pillared structures behind it.

Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida

A large group of very well-preserved Roman buildings.

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A view of a broad stretch of Victoria Falls at is tumbles over a steep cliff.

Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls

A huge and exceedingly beautiful waterfall on the Zambezi River.

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A white castle with many turrets, set on a series of arches over the Loire River.

The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes

A beautiful river valley landscape dotted with stunning castles and charming medieval towns.

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A large square entranceway of very large rough stones, with a carving above it.

Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns

Two sets of ruins from the Mycenaean civilization in the Peloponnese, which preceded the Ancient Greeks.

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Looking down a ruined church with intact walls but no ceiling. Walls in stripes of stone and brick, archways along both sides.

Butrint

A little-known archeological site in southern Albania with ruins from centuries of occupiers.

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High stone walls on two sides, with huge rectangular blocks. People standing at the base of the wall, quite nearby it.

Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

An ancient and disputed city, holy to three major religions.

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The exterior of Selimiye Mosque with two very tall minarets.

Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex

A mosque complex representing the height of Ottoman architectural achievement.

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A view of the Taj Mahal seen from an angle, accentuating how white the building is.

Taj Mahal

The most famous monument in India, a landmark of Mughal-era architecture and a symbol of eternal love.

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