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{{Use dmy dates, date=April 2022 These buildings and structures are illustrated on banknotes of the listed countries.


Afghanistan

* Blue Mosque,
Mazar-i-Sharif , official_name = , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = , pushpin_map = Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_label = Mazar-i-Sharif , pushpin ...
* Ahmed Shah Durrani mausoleum, Kadahar * Tomb of Mahmud of Ghazni * Shah Do Shamira Mosque * Salang Pass *
Paghman Gardens Paghman (Persian/Pashto: پغمان) is a town in the hills near Afghanistan's capital of Kabul. It is the seat of the Paghman District (in the western part of Kabul Province) which has a population of about 120,000 (2002 official UNHCR est.), ma ...
* Bala Hissar * Arg (Presidential Palace), Kabul * Pul e Khishti Mosque * Arch of Bost * Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Mosque *
Kandahar International Airport Ahmad Shah Baba International Airport, also referred to as Kandahar International Airport ( ps, د کندهار نړيوال هوايي ډګر) and by some military officials as Kandahar Airfield, KAF) , is located about south-east of the city Ka ...
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Shrine of Ali The Hazrat Ali Mazar ( ar, حضرت علی مزار), located in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, is a mosque which Sunni Muslims believe contains the tomb of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Sunnis regard Ali as their Fourth Rightly Guided Caliph and they pay tr ...
* Tomb of Ahmad Shah Durrani Baba


Albania

* First Albanian Parliament building * Birthplace of Frashëri * Vlorë independence building * Church of Vau * Amphitheatre at Butrinto (near Saranda) *
Krujë Castle Krujë ( sq-definite, Kruja; see also the etymology section) is a town and a municipality in north central Albania. Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is only 20 km north from the capital of Albania, Tirana. Kruj ...


Algeria

* Place of the Martyrs, Algiers


Angola

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Serra da Leba Serra da Leba is a mountain range in the province of Namibe, in Angola. Located near the city of Lubango Lubango, formerly known as Sá da Bandeira, is a municipality in Angola, capital of the Huíla Province, with a population of 914,456 in ...
* Headquarters of the
Banco Nacional de Angola The National Bank of Angola ( pt, Banco Nacional de Angola, links=) is the central bank of Angola. It is state-owned and the Government of Angola is the sole shareholder. The bank is based in Luanda, and was created in 1926, but traces its ances ...
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Luanda Luanda () is the capital and largest city in Angola. It is Angola's primary port, and its major industrial, cultural and urban centre. Located on Angola's northern Atlantic coast, Luanda is Angola's administrative centre, its chief seaport ...


Argentina

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Museo Mitre The ''Museo Mitre'' (Spanish) (''Mitre Museum'') in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a museum dedicated to Argentine history, as well as to the legacy of President Bartolomé Mitre. Overview The museum building is a Spanish colonial house built i ...
* Monument to the Army of the Andes * Monument to the National flag of Argentina, Rosario *
Casa Rosada The ''Casa Rosada'' (, eng, Pink House) is the office of the president of Argentina. The palatial mansion is known officially as ''Casa de Gobierno'' ("House of Government" or "Government House"). Normally, the president lives at the Quinta de ...
* Darwin Cemetery, light cruiser '' General Belgrano'', the
Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet ...
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Ara Pacis The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, "Altar of Augustan Peace"; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar in Rome dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of Peace. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4, 13 BC to honour the return of ...


Armenia

* Yerevan Train Station and statue of David of Sasun * Urartian cuneiform tablet and a lion relief from the Erebuni fortress *
National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director o ...
and
History Museum of Armenia The History Museum of Armenia (armenian: Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան) is a museum in Armenia with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics, Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of 40 ...
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Armenian parliament The National Assembly of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի Հանրապետության Ազգային ժողով, ''Hayastani Hanrapetyut'yan Azgayin zhoghov'' or simply Ազգային ժողով, ԱԺ ''Azgayin Zhoghov'', ''AZh''), also infor ...
building *
Mount Ararat Mount Ararat or , ''Ararat''; or is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and th ...
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Zvartnots Cathedral Zvartnots Cathedral ( hy, Զուարթնոց ( classical); (reformed), sometimes rendered in scholarly works as Zuart'nots' or Zuart'noc' ; literally 'celestial angels cathedral') is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin), ...
* Armenian Opera Theater * St. Hripsime Church in Echmiadzin *
Mesrop Mashtots Mesrob or Mesrop ( hy, Մեսրոպ) is an Armenian given name. Mesrob / Mesrop may refer to: *Mesrop Mashtots, also Saint Mesrop, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist. Inventor of the Armenian alphabet **Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manu ...
statue and
Matenadaran The Matenadaran ( hy, Մատենադարան), officially the Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, is a museum, repository of manuscripts, and a research institute in Yerevan, Armenia. It is the world's largest repository of Armenian ...
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Temple of Garni The Temple of Garni ( hy, Գառնիի տաճար, ''Gaṙnii tačar'') is the only standing Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia and the former Soviet Union. Built in the Ionic order, it is located in the village of Garni, in central Armen ...
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Byurakan Observatory The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences. It is located on the slope of Mount Aragats in the village of Byurakan in Armenia. History Fou ...
* Government House in Yerevan *
Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...
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Etchmiadzin Cathedral Etchmiadzin Cathedral) or simply Etchmiadzin. Alternatively spelled as Echmiadzin, Ejmiatsin, and Edjmiadsin. ( hy, Էջմիածնի մայր տաճար, Ēǰmiatsni mayr tačar) is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located i ...


Australia

* Old Parliament House and New Parliament House


Azerbaijan

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Palace of the Shirvanshahs The Palace of the Shirvanshahs ( az, Şirvanşahlar Sarayı, fa, کاخ شروان‌شاهان) is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture". It is located in the ...
* Maiden Tower


Bahamas

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Hope Town Hope Town is one of the districts of the Bahamas, districts of the Bahamas, on the Abaco Islands, Abaco islands as well as a small village on Elbow Cay, located in Abaco. The area had a population of 458 in 2010. Golf carts are the main mode of ...
, Abaco Island


Bahrain

* Old Bahrain Court *
Bahrain International Circuit The Bahrain International Circuit ( ar, حلبة البحرين الدولية, Ḥalba al-Baḥrayn ad-Dawliyya) is a motorsport venue opened in 2004 and used for drag racing, GP2 Series (now FIA Formula 2), and the annual Formula One Bahrai ...
* Al Hedya Al Khalifiya School * Sail and Pearl monument * Shaikh Isa House, Muharraq * Riffa Fort * Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Causeway * Al Fateh Islamic Center


Bangladesh

* Shahid Minar *
Mehrab Mihrab ( ar, محراب, ', pl. ') is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the ''qibla'', the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca towards which Muslims should face when praying. The wall in which a ''mihrab'' appears is thus the "qibla ...
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Baitul Mukarram Baitul Mukarram, also spelled as Baytul Mukarrom ( ar, بيت المكرّم, bn, বায়তুল মোকাররম; ), is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Located at the center of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, the mosque was comple ...
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Jatiyo Sangsad Bhaban Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban or National Parliament House, ( bn, জাতীয় সংসদ ভবন ''Jatiyô Sôngsôd Bhôbôn'') is the house of the Jatiya Sangsad, Parliament of Bangladesh, located at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the Bangladeshi ca ...
* Bagha Mosque *
Jatiyo Smriti Soudho The National Martyrs' Memorial ( bn, জাতীয় স্মৃতিসৌধ ''Jatiyo Sriti Soudho'') is the national monument of Bangladesh, set up in the memory of those who died in the Bangladesh War of Independence of 1971, which bro ...
(National Martyrs' Memorial) *
Bangabandhu Bridge Bangabandhu Bridge, also known as the Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge ( bn, যমুনা বহুমুখী সেতু ''Jomuna Bohumukhi Setu'') is a bridge opened in Bangladesh in June 1998. It connects Bhuapur on the Jamuna River's east b ...
(Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge) *
Curzon Hall The Curzon Hall is a British Raj-era building and home of the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Dhaka. The building was originally intended to be a town hall and is named after Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India who laid its foundation ston ...
* Headquarters of the Security Printing Corporation * Bangladesh National Museum


Barbados

* Morgan Lewis Windmill, St. Andrew * 3Ws Oval cricket facility at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus * Charles Duncan O’Neal Bridge over the Careenage, Bridgetown * Parliament Buildings in Bridgetown * Independence Square with statue of Errol Barrow in Bridgetown * Grantley Adams International Airport


Belarus

* Belaya Vezha, Kamyanyets * Transfiguration Church, Polatsk * Rumyantsev-Paskevich Residence, Homyel * Mir Castle, Mir * Niasvizh Castle, Nyasvizh * Regional Museum of Art, Mahilyow *
National Library of Belarus The National Library of Belarus ( be, Нацыянальная бібліятэка Беларусі, Natsyyanal'naya bibliyateka Byelarusi, russian: Национальная библиотека Беларуси, Natsional'naya biblioteka Belar ...
, Minsk *
Victory Square, Minsk Victory Square ( be, Пло́шча Перамо́гі, russian: Пло́щадь Побе́ды) is a square in Minsk, Belarus, located at the crossing of Independence Avenue and Zakharau Street. The square is located in the historic centre of ...
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National Academy of Sciences of Belarus The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) ( be, Нацыянальная акадэмія навук Беларусі, russian: Национальная академия наук Беларуси, НАН Беларуси, НАНБ) is ...
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Trinity Hill The Trinity Suburb (''Trinity Hill'', or ''Trajeckaje pradmiescie'') is a historical district of Minsk located in the north-eastern part of the historical centre on the left bank of the Svislach river. It was the trade and administrative centre o ...
* Headquarters of the
National Bank of the Republic of Belarus The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB; be, Нацыянальны банк Рэспублікі Беларусь; rus, Национальный банк Республики Беларусь) is the central bank of Belarus, located ...
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Kholm Gate The Kholm Gate (russian: Холмские ворота, be, Холмская брама) is a gate of the citadel of Brest Fortress in Brest, Belarus. Originally built in the 19th Century during Russian rule, as one of the four fortified gateho ...
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Brest Fortress Brest Fortress ( be, Брэсцкая крэпасць, '; pl, Twierdza brzeska, russian: Брестская крепость), formerly known as Brest-Litoŭsk Fortress, is a 19th-century fortress in Brest, Belarus. In 1965, the title "H ...
Memorial * Opera and Ballet Theatre (Minsk) * Republican Trade Unions'
Palace of Culture Palace of Culture (russian: Дворец культуры, dvorets kultury, , ''wénhuà gōng'', german: Kulturpalast) or House of Culture (Polish: ''dom kultury'') is a common name (generic term) for major Club (organization), club-houses (comm ...
, Minsk * National Museum of Arts of Belarus, Misnk * Minsk Sports Palace * "Raubichy" sports complex * Trayetskaye Pradmyestsye, Minsk * Kholm Gate * Summer amphitheatre, Vitebsk * Mogilev Maslennikov Art Museum


Belize

* Maya ruins of Belize (Altun Ha Temple, Xunantunich) * St. George's Caye, coffin of Thomas Potts * Government House * Court House * St. John's Cathedral * Central Bank of Belize


Bermuda

* St. David's Lighthouse * Camden House * Dockkyard Clock Tower * Somerset Bridge * Commissioner's House *
Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Built in 1844 by Cottam and Hallen of Cornwall Road, Lambeth; in their works within sight of Waterloo Bridge Erected by the Royal Engineers, the Gibb's Hill Lighthouse is the taller of two lighthouses on Bermuda, and one of the first lighthouses ...
* St. Mark's Church * St. Peter's Church *
House of Assembly of Bermuda The House of Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. The house has 36 Members of Parliament (MPs), elected for a term of five years in single seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting ...


Bhutan

* Simtokha Dzong * Taktsang * Paro Rinpung Dzong * Punakha Dzong * Trongsa Dzong * Tashichho Dzong


Denmark

* Great Belt Fixed Link * Knippelsbro * Little Belt Bridge *
Queen Alexandrine Bridge The Queen Alexandrine bridge (Danish, ''Dronning Alexandrines Bro'') is a road arch bridge that crosses Ulv Sund between the islands of Zealand and Møn in Denmark. History The bridge is named after Queen Alexandrine, consort of King Christi ...
* Sallingsund Bridge


Eastern Caribbean States

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Government House, Montserrat Government House is the official residence of the governor of Montserrat, located in Woodlands in Montserrat. The original Government House, located in Plymouth, was abandoned when Plymouth was evacuated in 1995, due to activity from the Soufri ...
* Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, view of the twin peaks of Les Pitons Volcano – Petit Piton and Gros Piton near Soufrière in Saint Lucia * Eastern Caribbean Central Bank headquarters


Falkland Islands

* Christ Church Cathedral * Government House


Guernsey

* Elizabeth College *
Fort Grey Fort Grey, colloquially known as the "cup and saucer", is a Martello tower located on a tidal rock in Rocquaine Bay in Saint Peter, Guernsey on the west coast of the island. Château de Rocquaine The French name of the rock is the ''Château ...


Jersey

* Elizabeth Castle * Government House * La Corbière Lighthouse * La Hougue Bie * Le Hocq Tower *
Les Augrès Manor Les Augrès Manor is a manor house on ''La Profonde Rue'' in the Vingtaine de Rozel in the parish of Trinity in Jersey. The present building mostly dates from the 19th century, although the site has medieval origins. It is a listed building. T ...
* Mont Orgueil *
Parish Church of St Helier The Parish Church of St Helier is the parish church of the parish of Saint Helier, Jersey. It is a Church of England church, one of the twelve 'Ancient Parish Churches' of Jersey, and serves as the Island's civic church and Pro-Cathedral. Hist ...
* Victoria College


Isle of Man

* Castle Rushen * Laxey Wheel * Peel Castle


Malaysia

*
National Mosque This is an incomplete list of some of the more famous mosques around the world. List See also * Islamic architecture * List of largest mosques * List of the oldest mosques in the world ** List of mosques that are mentioned by name in the Q ...
* Malaysian Houses of Parliament


New Zealand

* New Zealand Parliament Buildings, including
The Beehive The Beehive ( mi, Te Whare Mīere) is the common name for the Executive Wing of New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington. It is so-called because its shape is reminiscent of that ...
* Porourangi Meeting House


Norway

* Akershus Fortress * Borgund Stave Church * Eidsvollsbygningen *
Haakon's Hall Bergenhus fortress ( no, Bergenhus festning) is a fortress located in Bergen, Norway. Located at the entrance of Bergen harbour, the castle is one of the oldest and best preserved stone fortifications in Norway. History The fortress contains ...
* Hylestad Stave Church *
Nidaros Cathedral Nidaros Cathedral ( no, Nidarosdomen / Nidaros Domkirke) is a Church of Norway cathedral located in the city of Trondheim in Trøndelag county. It is built over the burial site of Olav II of Norway, King Olav II (c. 995–1030, reigned 1015–102 ...
* Norwegian National Opera * University of Oslo


Poland

* Rotunda of Saint Nicolas in Cieszyn *
Malbork Castle The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork ( pl, Zamek w Malborku; german: Ordensburg Marienburg) is a 13th-century Teutonic castle and fortress located near the town of Malbork, Poland. It is the largest castle in the world measured by land ...
* Wawel Castle * Wilanów Palace


Philippines

* Barasoain Church * Malacañang Palace * National Museum of Fine Arts * Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas * Aguinaldo Shrine


Turkey

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Anıtkabir Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and the first President of the Republic of Turkey. It is located in Ankara and was designed by architects Professor Emin O ...
* Atatürk Dam * Bosphorus Bridge * Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial *
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, CBRT ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası, TCMB, literally "The Turkish Republic Central Bank") is the central bank of Turkey. Its responsibilities include conducting monetary and exchange rate pol ...
* Dardanelles * Fountain of Ahmed III * Grand National Assembly of Turkey * Hippodrome of Constantinople * Ishak Pasha Palace *
Istanbul University , image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg , image_size = 200px , latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis , motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü , mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future , established = 1453 1846 1933 ...
* İzmir Clock Tower * Kızıl Kule * Maiden's Tower *
Mevlana Museum Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...
* Rumelihisarı * Samsun * Selimiye Mosque * Sivas * Süleymaniye Mosque * Ulus, Ankara


Ukraine

* National Bank of Ukraine (building) * National Opera of Ukraine * Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv * Kyiv Pechersk Lavra * Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet *
Teacher's House The Kyiv City Teacher's House ( uk, Київський міський будинок учителя) also known as the Central Council House ( uk, Будинок Центральної Ради) is a historical building located at 57 Volodymyrs ...
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Red University Building The Red University Building ( uk, Червоний корпус Київського університету; translit.: ''Chervonyi Korpus Kyivskoho Universytetu'') is the principal and oldest 4-story building of the Kyiv University located at ...
* Lubart's Castle * National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy * National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine


United States

* Independence Hall *
Lincoln Memorial The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument, and is in the ...
* Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.) * United States Capitol * White House


United Kingdom

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Newgate Prison Newgate Prison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey Street just inside the City of London, England, originally at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall. Built in the 12th century and demolished in 1904, t ...
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St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...
* Threadneedle Street * Worcester Cathedral


Northern Ireland

* Belfast City Hall * Dunluce Castle * Giant's Causeway * Old Bushmills Distillery * Port of Belfast *
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Scotland

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Antonine Wall The Antonine Wall, known to the Romans as ''Vallum Antonini'', was a turf fortification on stone foundations, built by the Romans across what is now the Central Belt of Scotland, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. Built some twe ...
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Balmoral Castle Balmoral Castle () is a large estate house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and a residence of the British royal family. It is near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and west of Aberdeen. The estate and its original castle were bought ...
* Brig o' Doon *
Brodick Castle Brodick Castle is a castle situated outside the port of Brodick on the Isle of Arran, an island in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. It was previously a seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, but is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. The castle ...
* Culzean Castle *
Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock (Edinburgh), Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age, although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. ...
* Edinburgh International Conference Centre * Falkirk Wheel * Forth Bridge * Glamis Castle * University of Glasgow * Glenfinnan Viaduct * Heart of Neolithic Orkney * Holmwood House * Inverness Castle * Kessock Bridge * The Lighthouse, Glasgow * New Lanark * New Town, Edinburgh *
Old Town, Edinburgh The Old Town ( sco, Auld Toun) is the name popularly given to the oldest part of Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh. The area has preserved much of its medieval street plan and many Reformation-era buildings. Together with the 18th/19th-cent ...
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Stirling Castle Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. The castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological ...


Zimbabwe

* Balancing Rocks * National Heroes Acre (Zimbabwe) *
Kariba Dam The Kariba Dam is a double curvature concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam stands tall and long. The dam forms Lake Kariba, which extends for and holds of water. Construction Th ...
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