Old churches of the capital.
The largest church in the world, a marble replica of St Peter’s standing in the African bush.
Coral-stone lanes and the Old Friday Mosque on the Indian Ocean.
Soaring 1949 basilica with a green-tiled roof and pointed arches inspired by Congolese huts — Brazzaville's landmark.
The gold-covered national stupa of Laos, said to hold a relic of the Buddha, with a November lantern festival.
Kuwait’s largest mosque, with a 26-metre dome, Andalusian-style tiling and space for 10,000 worshippers.
Oman's vast, serene grand mosque.
One of the world's largest mosques.
One of Islam’s oldest and grandest mosques, glittering with gold mosaics.
One of the world’s largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.
Church blasted out of solid granite in 1969, lit by a copper dome — Helsinki’s most striking modern building.
Eleventh-century cathedral with original mosaics, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Golden-domed monastery complex above catacombs of mummified monks.
Paris’s 850-year-old Gothic cathedral, reopened after the 2019 fire with its spire and oak roof rebuilt by hand.
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