Visit the iconic Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its floating torii gate on Miyajima Island in Japan
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.
Visit the historic wooden tserkvas (churches) in the Carpathian region of Poland and Ukraine, showcasing unique Eastern Orthodox architecture and cultural heritage.
Visit the Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica, UNESCO World Heritage wooden churches built in the 17th century in Poland
The world's greatest Renaissance church.
Eighth-century Buddhist temple of stone pagodas and painted halls, paired with the Seokguram grotto Buddha above it.
Ancient temple that gave Macau its name.
Mongoliaโs oldest Buddhist monastery, walled by 108 stupas on the site of Genghis Khanโs capital, Karakorum.
Medieval marble monastery, UNESCO-listed.
Serbian Orthodox monastery, UNESCO-listed.
Serbian Orthodox monastery with thousands of medieval frescoes, UNESCO-listed.
Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple.
Ancient city of the Patriarchs.
One of Islamโs oldest and grandest mosques, glittering with gold mosaics.
The basilica over the grotto venerated as Jesusโs birthplace in Bethlehem.
Medieval monastery partly carved into rock.
Ninth-century mosque with the spiralling Malwiya minaret.
15th-century mosque at Bagerhat, UNESCO-listed.
Angkor Thomโs central temple, where 200 giant serene stone faces stare from 54 towers.
Bulgaria's grandest mountain monastery.
One of the worldโs largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.
The "citadel of women": pink sandstone carved so finely it is called the jewel of Khmer art.
Nubian Aswanโs feluccas and islands, plus the Temple of Isis moved stone by stone to escape the rising Nile.
Judaismโs holiest prayer site, the retaining wall of the Second Temple.
Nineteen immaculate garden terraces cascading down Mount Carmel.
Colonnaded temple in the middle of Luxor, best at night when the pharaonic statues and obelisk are floodlit.
Golden-domed monastery complex above catacombs of mummified monks.
Baroque Benedictine abbey on a rock above the Danube, with a gilded library of 100,000 books and frescoed marble hall.
Eleventh-century cathedral with original mosaics, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Istanbul's six-minareted mosque.
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