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The island of Kilwa Kisiwani is located in the south of Tanzania, a short boat ride from the mainland.

Jodensavanne (Jewish Savannah) was settled by a population of Sephardic Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition on mainland Europe in the mid-seventeenth century.

Kizhi Pogost is located on one of the many hundreds of islands on tranquil Lake Onega in the northern region of Karelia.

Alexander Palace housed three generations of Russian monarchs before it was abandoned by the royal family in the months preceding the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.

Conservation of Brancusi’s Endless Column ensemble simultaneously safeguarded a World War I monument and the work of the iconic Romanian sculptor.

Constructed by Father Felipe Neri Alfaro, the Sanctuary of Jesus Nazareno of Atotonilco is famous for its murals reflecting a syncretism of Catholic religious iconography mixed with native beliefs.

Although the archaeological site of Djenné-Djeno is located just three kilometers southeast of the modern village of Djenné, the site was unknown until the 1970s.

The magnificent ruins of ancient Petra occupy a high plateau that rises out of Wadi Mousa, the Valley of Moses, in southwest Jordan.

One of ancient Rome’s oldest structures was restored, preserving generations of history contained in its historic fabric.

The ancient Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum and villas near the Bay of Naples were buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in August A D.

The Bartolomeo Colleoni equestrian statue was erected in fulfillment of a request made by the condotierro before his death in 1475.

Built in 1156 by King Rawal Jaisal, Jaisalmer Fort dominates the countryside in the far northwestern corner of Rajasthan, near the border of India and Pakistan.