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Way On Cemetery, the first burial place for members of Panama’s Chinese community, was designed in accordance with feng shui and numerology traditions.

19th century colonial settlers to New Zealand constructed government buildings reminiscent of those in London, combining the English Gothic Revival style with local flourishes.

Portuguese Jews settled in Amsterdam after fleeing persecution in Spain in the sixteenth century.

The ancient city of Stobi lies at the confluence of the Crna and Vardar Rivers, and was an important urban, military, administrative, trade, and religious center of the Roman and Byzantine empires.

In a remote, arid, and mountainous area of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, the 450-year-old Colonial Bridge of Tequixtepec stands testament to a once flourishing economic and cultural hub.

The tradition of ancestor worship was practiced by nomadic tribes in Central Asia for over a millennium.

Denchu Hirakushi (1872–1979) was a modern Japanese sculptor who brought renewed vitality to the 1,500-year-old tradition of Japanese woodcarving in the twentieth century.

The walled city of Bikaner is a dense urban settlement with narrow, winding lanes and buildings featuring highly ornamental street facades.

Mumbai’s Royal Opera House is the only remaining opera house in India.

Known today as Aam Khas Bagh, this unique Mughal garden complex was originally named for Hafiz Rakhna, the talented revenue collector of Sirhind.

The archaeological site of Abila is situated in a fertile region in northern Jordan, surrounded by olive and pomegranate groves.

The majestic ruins of the Palace of Sans Souci stand amid verdant mountains in the north of Haiti.