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Mont Saint-Michel Abbey

Mont Saint-Michel Abbey stands on a dramatic tidal island off the coast of Normandy, France. Constructed beginning in th...

France Medieval Religious Island

9.4 Excellent

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Notre-Dame Cathedral

Notre-Dame Cathedral is a medieval Gothic cathedral located on the Île de la Cité in Paris. Constructed between 1163 and...

Medieval Gothic Paris Cathedral

9.4 Excellent

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Great Zimbabwe

Located in present-day Zimbabwe, Great Zimbabwe is a complex of impressive stone structures built by the Shona people be...

Medieval City Unesco Stone

9.2 Excellent

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St. Mark's Basilica

St Mark’s Basilica is a significant medieval basilica located in Venice, Italy. Constructed primarily in the Byzantine s...

Medieval Byzantine Basilica Venice

9.2 Excellent

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Moai of Easter Island

The Moai are colossal stone statues created by the Rapa Nui inhabitants of Easter Island. These figures, predominantly d...

Medieval Easter Island Statue Polynesian

9.2 Excellent

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Church of Saint George Lalibela

The Church of Saint George in Lalibela represents a remarkable feat of medieval engineering and faith. Constructed betwe...

Medieval Ethiopia Church Orthodox

9.1 Excellent

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Mount Athos Monasteries

Mount Athos is a unique peninsula in Greece home to twenty historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries. Established in the med...

Medieval Byzantine Greece Orthodox

8.9 Great

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Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin is a medieval fortress situated in Moscow, Russia. It’s notable as the historic seat of Russian power...

Medieval Fortress World Heritage Moscow

8.9 Great

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Bruges Historic Centre

The Bruges Historic Centre is a preserved medieval town center in Belgium. A UNESCO site, it is famous for its remarkabl...

Medieval Gothic Belgium World Heritage

8.9 Great

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Carcassonne Citadel

The Carcassonne Citadel stands as a remarkably preserved example of a medieval fortified city within southern France. Co...

France Medieval Stone Fortress

8.8 Great

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Dubrovnik City Walls

Medieval defensive walls encircling the old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia, stretching nearly 2 kilometers and largely intac...

Medieval Fortress Walls 14TH Century

8.8 Great

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Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, distinguished by its surrounding Renaissance architect...

Square Medieval Byzantine Venice

8.8 Great

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Wieliczka Salt Mine

Historic salt mine near Kraków, Poland, continuously operational since the 13th century and featuring underground chapel...

Poland Medieval Underground Salt

8.7 Great

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Cappadocia Rock Churches

The Rock Churches of Cappadocia in Turkey are a network of ancient Byzantine cave structures carved directly into soft v...

Turkey Medieval Byzantine World Heritage

8.7 Great

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Kotor Old Town

A UNESCO-listed medieval walled city on Montenegro's Adriatic coast, featuring well-preserved Venetian-era fortification...

Coastal Medieval Venetian Old Town

8.5 Great

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Tallinn Old Town

Exceptionally well-preserved medieval city center in Estonia, featuring 13th–15th century town hall, fortifications, and...

Medieval Tallinn 14TH Century Old Town

8.4 Great

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Berne Old Town

Berne Old Town is the medieval center of the Swiss capital. A UNESCO World Heritage site, it is celebrated for its well-...

Switzerland Medieval Gothic World Heritage

8.3 Great

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Bryggen (Bergen)

A UNESCO-listed row of reconstructed Hanseatic wharf buildings in Bergen, Norway, originally dating to the 14th century...

Medieval Wooden Bergen Hanseatic

8.1 Great

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Vilnius Old Town

Baroque old town of Lithuania's capital, one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in northern Europe, designated...

Baroque Medieval Gothic Vilnius

8.0 Great

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Zurich Old Town

Zurich Old Town is the historic center of Switzerland's largest city. Situated along the Limmat River, it contains windi...

Switzerland Historic Medieval Landmark

7.8 Good