swap_horiz Sistine Chapel 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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Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum in Agra, India, built by Shah Jahan for Mumtaz Mahal, notable as a 17th-centur...

Marble Tomb Mughal Mausoleum

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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Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia is a monumental building in Istanbul, completed in 537 as a Byzantine cathedral and later used as a mosque...

Byzantine Istanbul Dome Mosque

9.7 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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Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial preserves the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp in occupied Poland, with a mu...

Poland Museum Holocaust Camp

9.6 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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Abu Simbel Temples

The Abu Simbel Temples are rock-cut temples in Egypt built by Ramesses II in the 13th century BC and relocated during th...

Rock Cut Ancient Temples Egypt

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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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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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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Rila Monastery

Rila Monastery is Bulgaria's largest Eastern Orthodox monastery, founded in the 10th century and listed by UNESCO for it...

Mountain Religious Monastery Bulgaria

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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Wawel Castle

Wawel Castle is Krakow's historic royal castle, a former seat of Polish kings and a major complex of Gothic and Renaissa...

Renaissance Royal Castle Hilltop

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