swap_horiz Rila Monastery Alternatives

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Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the tomb of Pharaoh Khufu in Egypt, notable as the largest Giza pyramid and the only surviv...

Ancient Pyramid Tomb Egypt

9.8 Brilliant

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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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St. Peter's Basilica

St. Peter's Basilica is a major Renaissance church in Vatican City, completed in 1626 and associated with architects inc...

Renaissance Religious Vatican Basilica

9.7 Brilliant

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Sistine Chapel

The Sistine Chapel is the papal chapel in Vatican City, completed in the 1480s and famous for Michelangelo's ceiling fre...

Renaissance Religious Vatican Chapel

9.7 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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St. Basil's Cathedral

St. Basil's Cathedral is a Moscow cathedral on Red Square, built from 1555 to 1561 for Ivan IV after the conquest of Kaz...

Colorful Cathedral Orthodox Moscow

9.5 Brilliant

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Mont Saint-Michel Abbey

Mont Saint-Michel Abbey is a medieval Benedictine abbey in Normandy, France, built on a tidal island and listed by UNESC...

France Medieval Religious Island

9.4 Excellent

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Matterhorn

The Matterhorn is a 4,478-meter Alpine peak on the Swiss-Italian border, first climbed in 1865 and a defining symbol of...

Natural Switzerland Mountain Alpine

9.4 Excellent

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey is a Gothic church in London, consecrated in 1065 and used for English and British coronations since 1...

London Gothic Royal Religious

9.2 Excellent

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Jerónimos Monastery

Jerónimos Monastery is a Manueline monastery in Lisbon, begun in 1501 and linked to Portugal's Age of Discovery.

Religious Monastery Stone Lisbon

9.1 Excellent

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Church of Saint George Lalibela

The Church of Saint George at Lalibela is an Ethiopian Orthodox rock-hewn church, carved in a cross-shaped plan during t...

Medieval Ethiopia Church Orthodox

9.1 Excellent

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St. Stephen's Cathedral

St. Stephen's Cathedral is Vienna's Gothic cathedral, notable for its 136-meter south tower and patterned tiled roof in...

Gothic Religious Tower Cathedral

9.0 Excellent

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Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City is a major Catholic shrine; the current circular basilica was compl...

Modern Religious Pilgrimage Basilica

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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Sacré-Cœur Basilica

Sacré-Cœur Basilica is a Roman Catholic church on Montmartre in Paris, completed in 1914 and known for its prominent whi...

Religious Paris Basilica Romano Byzantine

8.5 Great

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Rock of Cashel

Rock of Cashel is a medieval fortress and ecclesiastical complex in County Tipperary, Ireland, noted for its 12th-centur...

Medieval Ireland Religious Limestone

8.4 Great

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Temppeliaukio Church

Temppeliaukio Church is a Lutheran church in Helsinki, Finland, completed in 1969 and known for being excavated into sol...

Modern Rock Cut Religious Church

8.4 Great

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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Sofia

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia is a Neo-Byzantine Orthodox cathedral completed in 1912 as a memorial to Russian war...

Cathedral Orthodox Sofia Domes

8.1 Great

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Church of Saint Sava

The Church of Saint Sava is a Serbian Orthodox church in Belgrade, begun in 1935 and among the world's largest Orthodox...

Modern Dome Church Orthodox

8.0 Great

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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is an Orthodox cathedral on Toompea Hill in Tallinn, Estonia, completed in 1900 under Russian...

Tallinn Cathedral Stone Orthodox

7.9 Good