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Built in 1367, Carpentras Synagogue is one of the oldest synagogues in France, located in what was once called the Comtat Venaissin, the area surrounding Avignon in southeastern France.

The Historic Castle Townscape of Kumamoto consists of nineteenth century traditional machiya and new buildings, which today are part of the essential character of the town.

The Convent of Santa Catalina de Siena was built in 1579 and is located in the historical center of Arequipa, Peru.

George 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.

The neoclassical design of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette was inspired by the plans of ancient Christian basilicas.

Nepal is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, and its rich heritage would not have survived over the centuries were it not for painstaking reconstruction efforts.

The 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.

The former Huntington Hartford Gallery of Modern Art, known for decades as 2 Columbus Circle, was designed by Edward Durell Stone, one of America's most prolific architects, and built in 1964.

The Mnajdra Prehistoric Temples lie along the southern coast of Malta amidst the blue waters of the central Mediterranean.

In a fertile valley in southeastern Peru, at an elevation of 3,400 meters, the Incas established the important settlement of Cusco in the twelfth century.

The Temple of Zeus was one of the most important monuments in the Roman city of Jerash (Gerasa).