2024
TEMPIO DI CASTORE E POLLUCE
Rome
Temple to visit
5/5
(1 review)
The temple of Castor and Pollux (the Dioscuri) is said to date back to the ...Read more
2024
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA IN COSMEDIN
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4.5/5
(6 reviews)
Santa Maria in Cosmedin has an elegant seven-storey bell tower and a large ...Read more
2024
KHANQA OF SULTAN FARAG IBN BARQUQ
Cairo
Mosque to visit
To find Farag Ibn Barquq Street from the Qurqumas Complexes, take the road ...Read more
2024
EL-NASIR MOHAMMED IBN QALAOUN MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
The only Mamluk building in the Citadel, this superb mosque was erected in ...Read more
2024
THE GREAT MOSQUE OF LYON
Lyon
Mosque to visit
4.7/5
(3 reviews)
Of course, everyone knows Fourvière and visits the Lyon churches, but who ...Read more
2024
MOHAMMED AMIN KHAN MADRASAH
Khiva
Religious buildings
Built in 1851, during the reign of Khan Mohammed Amin, it was one of the ...Read more
2024
ISMAIL SAMANI MAUSOLEUM
Boukhara
Religious buildings
4.7/5
(3 reviews)
Nicknamed "the pearl of the East", the mausoleum of the Samanides has long ...Read more
2024
RÜSTEM MOSQUE PAŞA (RÜSTEM PAŞA CAMII)
Istanbul
Religious buildings
It is one of those modest mosques that look modest but are of great beauty ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DEL GESÙ
Genoa
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4.7/5
(3 reviews)
Often overlooked, wrongly so, the church is a fine example of Genoese ...Read more
2024
ESPLANADE OF THE MOHAMMED ALI MOSQUE
Cairo
Religious buildings
4.5/5
(4 reviews)
A number of Mamluk-era buildings were demolished to clear the esplanade and ...Read more
2024
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE
Venice
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4.4/5
(5 reviews)
One of Venice's most iconic landmarks is the majestic silhouette of the ...Read more
2024
BASILICA MONASTERO DI SANTA CECILIA IN TRASTEVERE
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4.3/5
(6 reviews)
The basilica was built on the remains of the house of Saint Cecilia where ...Read more
2024
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA IN TRASTEVERE
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4.4/5
(5 reviews)
In Piazza Santa Maria, it was founded in the third century A.D. by a small ...Read more
2024
ST. NICHOLAS'S CATHEDRAL
Saint-Petersburg Санкт-Петербург
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4.2/5
(6 reviews)
Contemporary of the one in Smolny, to which it resembles a twin sister, the ...Read more
2024
CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE
Venice
Religious buildings
4.5/5
(2 reviews)
Excellent example of Baroque style, work by Baldassarre Longhena.Read more
2024
THE PALA D'ORO AND THE TREASURE OF SAINT-MARC
Venice
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4/5
(7 reviews)
Gold and gold! You can see with your own eyes that the Repubblica ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DEL GESÙ
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4.3/5
(4 reviews)
The construction of the Church of the Gesù, without being assimilated to ...Read more
2024
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
Karakol
Religious buildings
4.5/5
(2 reviews)
Trinity Church had a rather difficult fate. The original brick building, ...Read more
2024
MADRASAS OULOUGH BEGH AND ABDUL AZIZ KHAN
Boukhara
Religious buildings
4.5/5
(2 reviews)
East of the jewelers' bazaar. "Kosh madrasa" means "two madrasas". This ...Read more
2024
SANTA MARIA DELLE VIGNE
Genoa
Religious buildings
4.5/5
(2 reviews)
It is said that there was a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the ...Read more
2024
GANDAN MONASTERY
Oulan-Bator
Religious buildings
4.3/5
(4 reviews)
This is Mongolia's largest monastery, and therefore one of Ulan Bator's ...Read more
2024
BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA DI CASTELLO
Genoa
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4.5/5
(2 reviews)
One of the oldest and most important places of Christian worship in Genoa, ...Read more
2024
SAINT PETERSBURG MOSQUE
Saint-Petersburg Санкт-Петербург
Religious buildings
4/5
(6 reviews)
The St Petersburg Mosque, which has stood unashamedly since 1720 on the ...Read more
2024
LARGE MOSQUE
Xi'An
Mosque to visit
4.3/5
(3 reviews)
One of the finest examples of the Sino-Arab architecture really deserves a ...Read more
2024
MOHAMMED EL-AMINE MOSQUE
Beirut
Religious buildings
4.3/5
(3 reviews)
At the intersection of Martyrs Square and Emir Bechir Street, one cannot ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DI SANTA AGNESE IN AGONE
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4.3/5
(3 reviews)
Built in the 12th century by Calixte II on the so-called site of the ...Read more
2024
MAO SHRINE
Pekin 北京
Places associated with famous people to visit
4/5
(4 reviews)
Built at Mao's death in September 1976, this mausoleum of cubic ...Read more
2024
PAGODA OF THE GREAT WILD GOOSE
Xi'An
Pagoda to visit
4/5
(4 reviews)
Located 4 km south of the city centre, this pagoda is the symbol of the ...Read more
2024
VANK CATHEDRAL (KELISA-E VANK)
Ispahan
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4/5
(3 reviews)
Located in the small Kelisâ street, Vank Cathedral, whose work began in ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DELLA TRINITÀ DEI MONTI
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
3.8/5
(4 reviews)
Before going down the famous staircase of the Trinités-des-Monts, take the ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DI SANT'ANDREA DELLA VALLE
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
3.8/5
(4 reviews)
Mother Church of the Order of Theatins, it is considered to be the ...Read more
2024
MAZAR CHACHMA AYOUB
Boukhara
Religious buildings
4/5
(2 reviews)
The mazar, in fact a chapel, is a place as revered as the Ismail Samani ...Read more
2024
TOMB OF HAFEZ (ARAMGAH-E HAFEZ)
Chiraz
Religious buildings
3.8/5
(4 reviews)
A fragrant garden, between orange and orange trees, it is a good place to ...Read more
2024
FRIDAY MOSQUE (MASJED-E JAMEH)
Yazd
Religious buildings
4/5
(2 reviews)
Founded in the th century, the ensemble will be renovated under the ...Read more
2024
BASILICA DI SAN CLEMENTE
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4/5
(2 reviews)
San Clemente is one of the most representative monuments of early Christian ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DI SAN POLO
Venice
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
Built in 937 and remodeled in the 15th and 19th centuries, San Polo has ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DI SAN ZACCARIA
Venice
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
Founded in the ninth century, the church of San Zaccaria is the result of ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DEL REDENTORE
Venice
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
Between 1575 and 1577, a terrible plague epidemic caused the death of about ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DI SANTA MARIA FORMOSA
Venice
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
Beautiful church whose two facades were completed in 1492. It houses a ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DI SAN MOISÈ
Venice
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
The original church was from the 8th century. It was rebuilt in the 10th ...Read more
2024
CHIESA DI SAN FRANCESCO DELLA VIGNA
Venice
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
" Vigna" in Italian means "vineyard". In fact, vineyards grew here where ...Read more
2024
VALID YENI MOSQUE (VALID YENI CAMII)
Istanbul
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
This imposing mosque, which is so popular to photograph from the Galata ...Read more
2024
NURUOSMANIYE MOSQUE (NURUOSMANIYE CAMII)
Istanbul
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
Baroque inspiration and built by architect Mustafa Ağa assisted by Simon ...Read more
2024
BYZANTINE CHURCHES
Athens
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
Numerous buildings dating from the XI th and th centuries across the city. ...Read more
2024
MODARI KHAN MAUSOLEUM
Kokand
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
In the cemetery, the Modari Khan Mausoleum, built in 1825, houses the ...Read more
2024
DAKHMA-I-SAKHAN MAUSOLEUM
Kokand
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
The Dakhma-i-Chakhan Mausoleum (or Tomb of the Kings) is more imposing and ...Read more
2024
ST ASDVADZADZINE CHURCH
Gyumri
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4/5
(1 review)
The largest church in Gyumri stands out to the north of the central ...Read more
2024
BASILICA DI SANTA MARIA IN ARACOELI
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4/5
(1 review)
Located on the site of the ancient citadel, Santa Maria in Aracoeli ...Read more
2024
BASILICA DI SAN LORENZO FUORI LE MURA
Rome
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
4/5
(1 review)
Saint Laurent was burned alive during the time of Emperor Valerian in 258 ...Read more
2024
CATHEDRAL SOURP GRIGOR LOUSSAVORITCH
Yerevan
Religious buildings
4/5
(1 review)
It was built by order of the Catholicos on the occasion of the 1,700th ...Read more