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The church of Saint-Martin-des-Puits is nestled in the narrow valley of the Orbieu River in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France.

The Vega Alta and the Vega Baja of Toledo are the upper and lower fertile valleys along the banks of the Tagus River where it enters and exits the historic city.

Dotted with church spires and the minaret of a 12th-century mosque, the historic landscape of Sevilla stretches serenely across the horizon.

Between the years AD 820 and 830, a tomb attributed to the apostle St. James was discovered in Iria Flavia (Galicia).

Seemingly defying gravity, the towers of the Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família stretch to the heavens above the Barcelona landscape, and are now synonymous with the city's identity.

Celebrated by Pliny, Livy, and Cicero, the ancient city of Numancia rests atop a commanding promontory near modern Soria.

From its strategic perch of over 3,300 feet (1,000 meters), this austere medieval town protected the Spanish territories from the Moors.

Surveying the endless expanse of deserts of northeastern Egypt, the Old Mosque of Shali Fortress is perched peacefully atop a small hill in Siwa Oasis, a remote village south of the Mediterranean Sea.

Masked by decay and the dense maze of its urban context, the façade of Ujumbe Palace, belies its historical, political, and architectural significance as well as its interior splendor.

Emerging from the steel-blue waters of the Caribbean Sea, the fortresses of San Fernando and San José stand sentinel over Cartagena Bay's inlet.

Deep within the Central Cordillera of the Andes in northeastern Colombia, Santa Fe de Antioquia rises more than 1,650 feet (500 meters) above sea level, between the Cauca and Tonusco rivers.

While traveling with his disciples, Tsangpa Gyare, the Tibetan founder of the Drukpa Kagyud sect of Buddhism, saw nine dragons rise out of the earth and fill the sky with flowers.