10 Most Famous Landmarks and Cultural Monuments in the World
Everybody knows the most famous landmarks in the world, you can name it, or? Anyhow, on the next pages you will find some if not all most famous landmarks and monuments around the world as well as some not everybody knows. Each of these cultural icons is a symbol with various meanings, it may represent an epoch, an area, a belief, a culture, a country or a city. Click on the image to see the monument's description and a satellite view of the site.
The Taj Mahal is a monument of love, and a symbol for India.
the world's most famous prehistoric monument. People around the world consider it as a sacred site and they associate the ceremonial place with the super natural world.
The Long Wall is really an amazing landmark and today the most celebrated symbol of China. In pre modern times the Great Wall was also recognized as a symbol of the futility and cruelty of the first emperor's political and military ambitions.
Angkor was the ancient capital of the Khmer empire, in western Cambodia and one of the world's greatest cultural treasures, today the national symbol of the country,
The Acropolis of Athens can be seen as a symbol for the Ancient Greek World, the classical period of the Hellenic civilization.
The Flavian Amphitheater is an iconic symbol for Rome the 'Eternal City' as well as for the civilization of the Imperial Roman Empire.
The Potala Palace at the peak of Marpo Ri, the "Red Hill" is the symbol of Lhasa (sacred land), a treasure of Tibetan history, religion, culture and arts.
The Statue of Liberty, since 1924 a National Monument, is recognized as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy.
The Cologne Cathedral is the largest Gothic church in northern Europe and the dominant landmark of the city of Cologne.
1. Giza Pyramid and the Great Sphinx near Cairo, Egypt
3. Stonehenge, Wiltshire county, UK
8. Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet
10. Cologne Cathedral (Dom zu Köln), Köln, Germany
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