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View over the village of houses with red tile roofs with a church tower looming over them.

Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion

A picturesque area of countryside and villages surrounded by a vineyard landscape; also an important pilgrimage stop.

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View over a low-rise town with river beyond and hills beyond that.

Town of Luang Prabang

Former capital city with an interesting fusion of traditional Lao architecture with European colonial styles.

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A human figure, squatting.

The Ancient Town of Si Thep and its Associated Dvaravati Monuments

Remains of a town and other monuments dating to the Dvaravati Empire, origin of the Si Thep School of Art.

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Rows of large columns with some pieces of the pediment still on top.

Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

A classical temple with many original columns and the oldest Corinthian capital ever found.

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A long room with chandeliers, an arched ceiling and ornate decorations on walls and ceiling.

Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli

A group of private Baroque palaces used by government in the 16th-17th-century to house visiting dignitaries.

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The front facade is almost perfectly triangular, and the small amount of one side that is visible is covered in green growth. The front is symmetrical, with an arched doorway in the center and decorative elements above that and along the roof line.

Baroque Churches of the Philippines

Four churches built in a uniquely Filipino form of Baroque architecture.

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A charming little stone building.

Zagori Cultural Landscape

46 charming traditional villages connected by a network of cobbled paths, arched bridges and stone staircases.

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Notre-Dame Cathedral, towering over neighboring buildings.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai

A 12th-century cathedral with a mix of Romanesque and Gothic elements.

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A wide street that is a staircase, with each stair tread lined with colorful tiles.

Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto

Eight Sicilian towns that were rebuilt in a distinctive Late Baroque style after a 1693 earthquake.

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A peninsula in the sea, with a hill on it and a fortress on the hill.

Old Town of Corfu

A strategically-important port city dominated by two Venetian fortresses and showing influences from later French, British and Greek rule.

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The gilt temple at Preah Vihear UNESCO site in Cambodia.

Temple of Preah Vihear

An 11th-century Hindu temple complex in an isolated and dramatic location, with remarkably well-preserved architecture and art.

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A large stepped pyramid made of stone.

Koh Ker: Archaeological Site of Ancient Lingapura or Chok Gargyar

10th-century temples from a short-lived capital city, origin of the Koh Ker style of sculpture.

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Adobe houses all attached together, some on a second story and accessed by ladder. Brightly-painted doors and small windows.

Taos Pueblo

A centuries-old Puebloan community that still practices the traditional ways, living in distinctive adobe houses.

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Simple buildings with tile roofs and several very tall square towers.

Historic Centre of San Gimignano

A charming medieval town known for its tall towers and Sienese Gothic artworks.

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The side of the cathedral with much decorative stonework.

Aachen Cathedral

A monument of religious architecture from the Carolingian period of European unification under Charlemagne.

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A narrow street lined with houses painted in a range of colors, a church tower in the distance.

Protective Town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco

A colorful colonial-era town of Baroque architecture and its church complex with Mexican Baroque murals.

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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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