swap_horiz Borobudur Alternatives

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Parthenon

The Parthenon is a Doric temple on the Acropolis of Athens, built in the 5th century BCE and dedicated to the goddess At...

Ancient Greek Marble Temple

9.8 Brilliant

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Temple of Karnak

The Temple of Karnak is a vast temple complex at Thebes in Egypt, developed over more than a millennium and centered on...

Ancient Religious Egypt Temple

9.6 Brilliant

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El Castillo

El Castillo is the stepped pyramid at Chichen Itza in Mexico, notable for its feathered serpent imagery and alignment wi...

Maya Pyramid Stone Temple

9.4 Excellent

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Temple of Kukulcan

The Temple of Kukulcan is another name for El Castillo at Chichen Itza, Mexico, notable as a Maya pyramid dedicated to t...

Calendar Maya Pyramid Yucatan

9.4 Excellent

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Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza is a major Maya archaeological city in Yucatan, Mexico, notable for its Terminal Classic monuments, ballcou...

Ancient Maya Pyramid Yucatan

9.3 Excellent

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Mezquita-Catedral de Cordoba

Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba is a mosque-cathedral in Spain, begun in 785 and later converted into a Catholic cathedral...

Cathedral Cordoba Stone Islamic Christian

9.3 Excellent

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Luxor Temple

Luxor Temple is an ancient Egyptian temple on the Nile's east bank, begun by Amenhotep III and expanded by Ramesses II i...

Ancient Stone Pharaonic Egypt

9.2 Excellent

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Brihadisvara Temple

Brihadisvara Temple is an 11th-century Chola temple in Thanjavur, India, notable for its massive granite tower built und...

Hindu Stone Tamil Temple

8.9 Great

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Bayon Temple

Bayon Temple is a state temple at Angkor Thom in Cambodia, built under Jayavarman VII, notable for its towers carved wit...

Stone Khmer Temple Angkor

8.9 Great

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Shwedagon Pagoda

Shwedagon Pagoda is a gilded Buddhist stupa in Yangon, Myanmar, notable as the country's most revered shrine and a landm...

Gold Buddhist Pagoda Stupa

8.8 Great

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Konark Sun Temple

Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Hindu temple in Odisha, India, notable for its stone chariot form dedicated to the s...

Hindu Solar Stone Odisha

8.7 Great

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Kiyomizu-dera

Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, founded in 778 and known for its 1633 wooden main hall projecting ov...

Historic Kyoto Wooden Temple

8.7 Great

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Kinkaku-ji

Kinkaku-ji is a Zen temple in Kyoto, Japan, whose gold-leaf pavilion was rebuilt in 1955 after a fire and became a city...

Gold Zen Kyoto Temple

8.7 Great

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Seokguram Grotto

Seokguram Grotto is an 8th-century Buddhist cave shrine near Gyeongju, South Korea, noted for its granite Buddha and UNE...

Korea Stone Buddhist Grotto

8.7 Great

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Coricancha

Coricancha was the Inca Temple of the Sun in Cusco, Peru, later built over by Santo Domingo and noted as the empire's pr...

Religious Stone Inca Temple

8.7 Great

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Leshan Giant Buddha

Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-meter stone Maitreya carved into a cliff in Sichuan, China, begun in 713 and famed as a monu...

China Statue Stone Buddhist

8.6 Great

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Sanchi Stupa

Sanchi Stupa is a Buddhist monument in Madhya Pradesh, India, begun under Ashoka, notable for its carved gateways and an...

India Ancient Stone Buddhist

8.5 Great

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Bulguksa Temple

Bulguksa Temple is a Buddhist temple near Gyeongju, South Korea, completed in 774 and noted for Silla stone pagodas and...

Korea Stone Temple Buddhist

8.4 Great

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Boudhanath Stupa

Boudhanath Stupa is a major Tibetan Buddhist stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, notable as a vast mandala-shaped shrine and a UN...

Nepal Dome Buddhist Tibetan

8.3 Great

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Swayambhunath Stupa

Swayambhunath Stupa is an ancient Buddhist shrine on a hill in Kathmandu, Nepal, notable for its painted Buddha eyes and...

Nepal Buddhist Hilltop Stupa

8.2 Great