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Albania
VOSKOPOJË CHURCHES
Voskopojë, AlbaniaTwenty-six churches were built between 1630 and 1780 at Voskopojë, situated along the trade route from Venice to Constantinople in southeastern Albania. (Learn More)
Bahamas
WHYLLY PLANTATION AT CLIFTON POINT
Clifton Point, New Providence, BahamasBelarus
PERVOMAISK CHURCH
near Uzda, Minsk voblast, BelarusBolivia
VALLEGRANDE AREA ROCK ART SITES
Vallegrande and Saipina, BoliviaBosnia and Herzegovina
MOSTAR HISTORIC CENTER
Mostar, Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Ottomans conquered Mostar in 1463 and brought Islamic influences and urban growth to the small town straddling the banks of the Nerevta River. (Learn More)
Brazil
PARANAPIACABA
Santo André, BrazilIn the mid-19th century, the Saõ Paulo Railway Company laid a snaking network of tracks over Brazil’s green mountains. (Learn More)
Cambodia
BANTEAY CHHMAR TEMPLE OF JAYAVARMAN VII
Thmar Puok, CambodiaA complex of eight temples deep in the Cambodian jungle, Banteay Chhmar was commissioned by the twelfth-century Khmer ruler Jayavarman VII in honor of five heroes, including his son, who died defen (Learn More)
Chile
RUEDAS DE AGUA
Larmahue, Pichidegua, ChileChina
DA QIN CHRISTIAN PAGODA AND MONASTERY
near Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, ChinaGREAT WALL OF CHINA CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
ChinaThe “Great Wall” refers to a series of defensive barriers erected between the 5th century B.C. and the mid-17th century to deter invaders from the north. (Learn More)
OHEL RACHEL SYNAGOGUE
Shanghai, ChinaJewish communities have existed in China for over 13 centuries, but today architectural traces are hard to find. (Learn More)
SHAXI MARKET AREA
Yunnan Province , ChinaThe Shaxi Market Area, located in China’s Yunnan Province on the historic Tea and Horse Caravan Trail that links Tibet with Southeast Asia, is the most complete surviving example of a trading (Learn More)
Croatia
MARITIME QUARANTINE-LAZARETI
Dubrovnik, CroatiaBetween the 14th and 16th centuries, Dubrovnik was a key hub in the trade between the Ottoman Empire and the West, and its lazaret, or quarantine station, was built in 1627 to isolate the ill and p (Learn More)
VUKOVAR CITY CENTER
Vukovar, CroatiaCuba
NATIONAL ART SCHOOLS
Havana, CubaCzech Republic
TEREZIN FORTRESS
Terezin, Czech RepublicTerezin Fortress, a vast military complex with a perimeter of over 12 miles (20 kilometers), guards the confluence of the Elbe and Eger rivers in the northwest Czech Republic. (Learn More)
Egypt
CEREMONIAL ENCLOSURE OF KHASEKHEMWY AT HIERAKONPOLIS
Kom el-Ahmar, EgyptHierakonpolis was the Predynastic capital of Upper Egypt, and grew to prominence in the mid-third millennium BC. (Learn More)
SULTAN AL-MUAYYAD HOSPITAL
Cairo, EgyptVALLEY OF THE KINGS
Luxor (Ancient Thebes), EgyptThebes, now the modern city of Luxor in central Egypt, was the royal capital of the Ancient Egyptian civilization during the New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.). (Learn More)
WHITE AND RED MONASTERIES
Sohag, EgyptFrance
CHÂTEAU DE CHANTILLY
Chantilly, FranceThe Château de Chantilly sits at the confluence of the Oise and Seine Rivers in northern France and is a magnificent stone complex surrounded by manicured lawns, farms, ponds, and stables. (Learn More)
Georgia
ART NOUVEAU BUILDINGS
Cities of Tbilisi, Batumi, Kutaisi, Poti, and Dusheti, GeorgiaBODBE CATHEDRAL
Sighnaghi, Kakheti Region, GeorgiaTBILISI HISTORIC DISTRICT
Tbilisi, GeorgiaLocated at a crossroads of Europe and Asia on the famous Silk Road, Tbilisi has faced repeated invasions since its founding in the fifth century as rival powers have sought to control its strategic (Learn More)
Germany
KARL-THEODOR BRIDGE
Heidelberg, GermanyOver more than 700 years, nine bridges were built in succession at a single spot along Europe’s Neckar River, where the waterway weaves through the German city of Heidelberg. (Learn More)
Ghana
LARABANGA MOSQUE
Larabanga, GhanaDating from the 17th century, Larabanga Mosque is the oldest mosque in Ghana, and one of the country’s most revered religious sites. (Learn More)
Greece
PALAIKASTRO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Palaikastro, Crete, GreeceGuatemala
PIEDRAS NEGRAS
Peten, GuatemalaPiedras Negras (Black Stones) was the capital of a Maya kingdom that stretched along the banks of Central America’s Usumacinta River between the 4th century B.C. and the 9th century A.D. (Learn More)
USUMACINTA RIVER CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Usumacinta River Valley, GuatemalaToday, the Usumacinta River defines the border between Guatemala and the Mexican state of Chiapas, but in antiquity its waters lay between the rival Maya cities of Piedras Negras and Yaxchilán. The two settlements were founded in the 1st millennium B.C., separated by 25 miles (40 kilometers) of dense jungle and the white rapids of the Usumacinta. (Learn More)
India
ANEGUNDI HISTORIC SETTLEMENT
Karnataka, IndiaDWARKA DHEESH MANDIR TEMPLE
Ahmedabad, IndiaDwarka Dheesh Mandir Temple is one of the oldest surviving haveli, or house-temple, complexes in Ahmedabad. (Learn More)
LUTYENS BUNGALOW ZONE
Delhi, IndiaNAKO TEMPLES
Kinnaur Region, Himachal Pradesh, IndiaSituated 3,600 meters above the Spiti River, Nako is one of the most isolated villages on earth. (Learn More)
Indonesia
OMO HADA
Nias, IndonesiaOmo Hada is a rare surviving 18th-century traditional Indonesian village. (Learn More)
Iraq
ERBIL CITADEL
Erbil, IraqNINEVEH AND NIMRUD PALACES
near Mosul, IraqMore than 2,700 years ago, two Assyrian kings, Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.) and Assurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.), recorded their successful military campaigns on the walls of their palaces at the anci (Learn More)
Israel
BET SHE'ARIM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Kiryat Tiv'on, Haifa District, IsraelItaly
CHAINS BRIDGE
Bagni di Lucca, ItalyIl Ponte della Catene, or the Chains Bridge, spans the Lima River in Tuscany, connecting the towns of Fomoli and Chifenti. (Learn More)
CINQUE TERRE
Liguria, ItalyCinque Terre describes the Mediterranean coastline between Genoa and Tuscany, where the hills are carved into green terraces that descend toward the water. (Learn More)
PORT OF TRAJAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK
Fiumicino, ItalyJamaica
FALMOUTH HISTORIC TOWN
Falmouth, JamaicaJapan
TOMO PORT TOWN
Fukuyama, JapanFor over 1,000 years Tomo, in the city of Fukuyama, has existed as a fishing village and an active port along the Seto Nakai, or Inland Sea. (Learn More)
Jordan
PETRA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Wadi Mousa, JordanThe magnificent ruins of ancient Petra occupy a high plateau that rises out of Wadi Mousa, the Valley of Moses, in southwest Jordan. (Learn More)
Kenya
THIMLICH OHINGA CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Migori District, KenyaBuilt in the 14th century on a hill, Thimlich Ohinga is a complex surrounded by stone walls now partially covered under Savannah bush land. (Learn More)
Lebanon
ENFEH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Enfeh, LebanonMalaysia
GEORGE TOWN HISTORIC ENCLAVE
Georgetown, Penang Island, MalaysiaGeorge Town, established as a British trading port in 1786, displays its vivid and varied cultural heritage through the array of buildings and architectural styles found along its streets. (Learn More)
KAMPUNG CINA RIVER FRONTAGE
Kuala Terengganu, MalaysiaA line of modest wooden buildings follows the gently curving waterfront at Kampung Cina, the oldest street in what is now one of Malaysia’s largest cities, Kuala Terengganu. (Learn More)
Mali
MÉDINE FORT
near Kayes, MaliMalta
MNAJDRA PREHISTORIC TEMPLES
Qrendi, MaltaThe Mnajdra Prehistoric Temples lie along the southern coast of Malta amidst the blue waters of the central Mediterranean. (Learn More)
Mexico
SAN JUAN DE ULÚA FORT
Veracruz, MexicoFor nearly 350 years, the San Juan de Ulúa Fort in Veracruz served as the primary military stronghold of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. (Learn More)
YAXCHILÁN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Chiapas, MexicoYaxchilán is located on the border between Guatemala and Mexico, sandwiched between the Usumacinta River and the Lacandon Forest, and across the river from another ancient Maya city, Piedras Negras (Learn More)
Moldova
BARBARY-BOSIA MONASTERY COMPLEX
Butuceni, Orhei, MoldovaMyanmar
SRI-KSETRA TEMPLES
near Pyay, MyanmarNepal
ITUM BAHA MONASTERY
Kathmandu, NepalKathmandu Valley, a fertile bowl nestled among peaks of the Himalayan mountain range, has been a base of religious activity for centuries. (Learn More)
TEKU THAPATHALI MONUMENT ZONE
Kathmandu, NepalNigeria
BENIN CITY EARTHWORKS
Edo, NigeriaPakistan
UCH MONUMENT COMPLEX
Uch, PakistanThe ancient city of Uch, located west of Lahore on the edge of the Cholistan Desert, was one of several metropolises founded by Alexander the Great on his crusade through Central Asia in the late 4 (Learn More)
Panama
SAN GERÓNIMO FORT
Portobelo, PanamaSan Gerónimo Fort was built in several stages between 1596 and 1779 to protect the transportation of goods from South America to Spain. (Learn More)
SAN LORENZO CASTLE
Portobelo, PanamaThe first fortifications of San Lorenzo castle were built by prominent military engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli in 1595. (Learn More)
Peru
CARAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Supe Valley, Barranca Province, PeruLOS PINCHUDOS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Rio Abiseo National Park, PeruAmong rock shelters, ceremonial structures, houses, terraces, and funerary chambers is the cemetery of Los Pinchudos, a key feature of the National Park of Río Abiseo. (Learn More)
OYÓN VALLEY MISSIONARY CHAPELS
Taucur, Andajes, La Chimba, Nava, Quichas, Mallay, and Rapaz, PeruThe 40 surviving chapels in the Oyón Valley were built in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries as part of a Spanish program to convert Peru’s indigenous population to Christianity. (Learn More)
SAN CRISTÓBAL DE RAPAZ CHURCH
Rapaz, PeruIn the 16th and 17th centuries colonial Catholic missions were established in the Oyón Valley in Peru and built in a style described as Rural Andean Baroque. (Learn More)
SAN PEDRO DE MÓRROPE CHAPEL
Mórrope, PeruThe chapel of San Pedro de Mórrope was constructed in the 16th century during the Colonial period in Peru in an effort to convert the indigenous Mochica people to Christianity. (Learn More)
Poland
WIŚLICA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Wiślica , PolandNow a neglected outpost near Krakow, the village of Wiślica was once a thriving religious and political center of medieval Poland. (Learn More)
Russia
ARKHANGELSKOYE STATE MUSEUM
Moscow, RussiaIn the 18th century, Prince Nikolai Golitsyn commissioned French architects to craft an elaborate palace and grounds on the outskirts of Moscow. (Learn More)
ASSUMPTION CHURCH
Kondopoga, Republic of Karelia, RussiaConstructed in 1774 on a rocky cape overlooking Lake Onega, Assumption Church is an elegant wooden structure with a distinctive nebo, or sky, a highly decorated painted ceiling made up of (Learn More)
CHINESE PALACE AT ORANIENBAUM STATE MUSEUM
Oranienbaum, RussiaThe Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum, an addition to Prince Alexander Menshikov’s estate at Oranienbaum, was the first palace commissioned by Russian empress Catherine the Great following her se (Learn More)
CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR ON THE MARKETPLACE AND ROSTOV VELIKY HISTORIC CENTER
Rostov Veliky, Yaroslavl Oblast, RussiaLocated on the shores of Lake Nero, 210 kilometers northeast of Moscow, Rostov Veliky can trace its origins to the year 862, making it one of Russia's oldest cities. (Learn More)
KARELIAN PETROGLYPHS
Belomorsky and Pudozhsky Districts, Republic of Karelia, RussiaNARKOMFIN BUILDING
Moscow, RussiaNEW JERUSALEM MONASTERY
Istra, RussiaFounded under Patriarch Nikon in the 17th century in Istra on the outskirts of Moscow, the New Jerusalem Monastery was meant to evoke the Holy Land and serve as a pilgrimage site. (Learn More)
VIIPURI LIBRARY
Vyborg, RussiaThe Viipuri Library in Vyborg, Russia, was designed and built by modernist Finnish architect Alvar Aalto between 1927 and 1935. At the time of construction the land was held by Finland. (Learn More)
Serbia
PRIZREN HISTORIC CENTER
Prizren, SerbiaSUBOTICA SYNAGOGUE
Subotica, SerbiaDesigned in the late 1890s and built in 1902, Subotica Synagogue is among the most impressive examples of Art Nouveau ecclesiastical architecture in the region. (Learn More)
Syria
AYYUBID PALACE COMPLEX IN THE CITADEL OF ALEPPO
Aleppo, SyriaAleppo is one of the oldest continuously inhabited centers of human settlement and has flourished for millennia. (Learn More)
CITADEL OF ALEPPO
Aleppo, SyriaOne of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Aleppo preserves remnants of more than four millennia of Near Eastern history. (Learn More)
DAMASCUS OLD CITY & SADDLE SOUK
Damascus, SyriaTEMPLE OF THE STORM GOD IN THE CITADEL OF ALEPPO
Aleppo, SyriaThe storm god is an ancient divinity that manifested itself in awe-inspiring thunderstorms and was important for agriculture. (Learn More)
THRONE HALL FORECOURT IN THE CITADEL OF ALEPPO
Aleppo, SyriaThe Citadel of Aleppo, one of the oldest continuously occupied settlements in the world, richly preserves layers of its occupation from the Hittite, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Zangid, Ayyubid, (Learn More)
Tanzania
BAGAMOYO HISTORIC TOWN
Bagamoyo, TanzaniaTurkey
ANI CATHEDRAL
Ani, TurkeyLocated in modern-day eastern Turkey, Ani Cathedral is one of the most significant architectural structures remaining from the prosperous Armenian Bagratid period in the 10th and 11th centuries A.D (Learn More)
CHURCH OF THE HOLY SAVIOR
Ani, TurkeyLocated in modern-day eastern Turkey, Surp Amenap’rkitch, or the Church of the Holy Savior, is one of the few structures still standing at Ani from the prosperous Armenian Bagratid period in (Learn More)
KÜÇÜK AYASOFYA LITTLE HAGIA SOPHIA MOSQUE
Istanbul, TurkeyTEMPLE OF AUGUSTUS AND ROME
Ankara, TurkeyThe Temple of Augustus and Rome was built between 25 and 20 B.C. following the Roman conquest of central Anatolia and the designation of Ancyra (modern-day Ankara) as the new capital of Galatia. (Learn More)
TEPEBASI DISTRICT
Gaziantep, TurkeyTurkmenistan
ANCIENT MERV ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
Bairam Ali, TurkmenistanThe oasis of Merv is strategically sited in the Karakum desert and formed an essential military headquarters and staging post on major east-west trade routes. (Learn More)
Ukraine
CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR OF BERESTOVE
Kiev, UkraineUnited Kingdom
BRADING ROMAN VILLA
Isle of Wight, United KingdomDiscovered in 1879, Brading Roman Villa is an important Roman country house on the Isle of Wight notable for its mosaics. (Learn More)
CASTLE SINCLAIR GIRNIGOE
Wick, Caithness, Scotland, United KingdomCastle Sinclair Girnigoe is a complex of ruined stone structures built and modified over a 200-year period by the Sinclair earls of Caithness, historically one of northern Scotland’s most pow (Learn More)
GREENOCK SUGAR WAREHOUSES
Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United KingdomSELBY ABBEY
Selby, United KingdomAlthough Selby Abbey is now a parish church, it was one of England’s great monastic churches, built on a grand scale and to a high level of architectural and artistic mastery. (Learn More)
ST. GEORGE’S BLOOMSBURY
London, United KingdomNicholas Hawksmoor, protégé of Sir Christopher Wren, built six churches resulting from the 1711 Act of Parliament, which demanded 50 new churches in London. St. (Learn More)
STOWE HOUSE
Buckinghamshire, United KingdomStowe House was originally the country seat of the Temple-Grenville family. The first house on its footprint was built between 1677 and 1683 for the third baronet, Sir Richard Temple. (Learn More)
United States
A. CONGER GOODYEAR HOUSE
Old Westbury, New York, United StatesWhen the A. Conger Goodyear House was completed in 1938, Edward Durell Stone was already well-known as one of the country’s leading architects working in the International Style. (Learn More)
CHURCH OF ST. ANN AND THE HOLY TRINITY
Brooklyn, New York, United StatesThe Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity is one of the most important monuments of the Gothic Revival in America. (Learn More)
HISTORIC LOWER MANHATTAN
New York, New York, United StatesIn 1625, Dutch settlers founded New Amsterdam on a stretch of land that would eventually grow into one of the world’s most famous and populous cities. (Learn More)
SAN ESTEBAN DEL REY MISSION
Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, United StatesBuilt in 1629, San Esteban del Rey Mission at Acoma Pueblo combines traditional materials and building technology with European Renaissance architectural ideals. (Learn More)
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO MISSION
San Juan Capistrano, California, United StatesThe expansive San Juan Capistrano Mission was initially a small adobe chapel when it was established by Padre Junípero Serra on November 1, 1776. (Learn More)