Visit Bhaktapur Durbar Square

Rock-cut cave temples in Maharashtra, crowned by the monolithic Kailasa temple.

Towering 9th-century Hindu temple compound near Yogyakarta.

The "citadel of women": pink sandstone carved so finely it is called the jewel of Khmer art.

Fourteen gopuram towers over Madurai, every inch of them crowded with painted gods.

Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara empire along the Tungabhadra river.

The medieval Newar city of potters and pagodas, the best-preserved of the three Kathmandu valley kingdoms.

The world's largest car-free old city.

The largest surviving Romanesque church in Europe, built for pilgrims on the road to Santiago and topped by a five-tier octagonal bell tower.