Golden-domed monastery complex above catacombs of mummified monks.
Freshwater lake ringed by biblical sites and lakeside hot springs.
Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.
Sunken Byzantine reservoir under Istanbul, its columns rising from black water.
Sikhism's radiant golden shrine.
Parisโs 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.
Shrine to the god of learning where students pray before exams, reached along a lane of plum-blossom mochi shops.
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