Visit the site of the Temple of Artemis
Endless vermilion torii gates in Kyoto.
Visit Cologne Cathedral, a masterpiece of High Gothic architecture and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Construction began in 1248 and took over 600 years to complete. It is the tallest twin-spired church in the world, standing at 157 meters, and houses the Shrine of the Three Kings, a reliquary said to contain the bones of the Biblical Magi.
The world's greatest Renaissance church.
The largest church in the world, a marble replica of St Peter’s standing in the African bush.
The gold-covered national stupa of Laos, said to hold a relic of the Buddha, with a November lantern festival.
Cliffside Paro Taktsang monastery hike.
Soaring 1949 basilica with a green-tiled roof and pointed arches inspired by Congolese huts — Brazzaville's landmark.
Vast Mughal-era mosque of red sandstone and marble domes.
One of the world’s largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.
Eighty-two white marble domes, the world’s largest hand-knotted carpet and reflective pools — Abu Dhabi’s masterpiece.
Gilded boulder balanced on a cliff edge, crowned by a small stupa.
Istanbul's six-minareted mosque.
St Petersburg’s onion-domed church, lined inside with 7,000 m² of mosaic.
Sikhism's radiant golden shrine.
Paris’s 850-year-old Gothic cathedral, reopened after the 2019 fire with its spire and oak roof rebuilt by hand.
The largest surviving Romanesque church in Europe, built for pilgrims on the road to Santiago and topped by a five-tier octagonal bell tower.
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