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The 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.

For centuries, the Teku Thapathali Monument Zone, has played a critical role in the spiritual lives of both Hindus and Buddhists alike.

Chersonesos, on the Crimean Peninsula on the Black Sea, was founded by Greek settlers in the fifth century BC and was occupied during the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine eras.

First settled in the third millennium BC, the Syrian capital of Damascus is one of the longest continually inhabited cities in the world.

Now a neglected outpost near Krakow, the village of Wiślica was once a thriving religious and political center of medieval Poland.

Established at a time of dramatic cultural development in the Andes, the ancient site Caral, 182 kilometers north of Lima, has been hailed as the oldest city in the Americas.

The first fortifications of San Lorenzo castle were built by prominent military engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli in 1595.

San Jerónimo Fort was built in several stages between 1596 and 1779 to protect the transportation of goods from South America to Spain.

The ancient city of Uch was one of several metropolises founded by Alexander the Great on his crusade through Central Asia in the late 4th century BC.

The Benin City Walls consist of a set of inner and outer interlocking rings originally built to delineate the royal precinct of the Oba, or king, from the surrounding area.

An impressive complex covering more than a hectare, the Fort of Médine was among the first military installations built by the French during their colonization of the vast region of West Africa.

A 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.