Best Monument

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

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

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

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

Paris-Roubaix is a French one-day Monument first run in 1896, famous for rough cobbled sectors and its finish in the Roubaix velodrome.

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

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

Ronde van Vlaanderen is Belgium's Tour of Flanders, a one-day Monument first held in 1913 and famed for short cobbled climbs.

Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial preserves the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp in occupied Poland, with a museum founded in 1947.

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

The Valley of the Kings is a royal burial ground near Luxor, Egypt, used in the New Kingdom and containing Tutankhamun's tomb, found in 1922.

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

Petra Treasury is a rock-cut Nabataean facade in Jordan, likely a 1st-century CE royal tomb and one of Petra's most recognized monuments.

Mont Saint-Michel Abbey is a medieval Benedictine abbey in Normandy, France, built on a tidal island and listed by UNESCO in 1979.

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

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

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

Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba is a mosque-cathedral in Spain, begun in 785 and later converted into a Catholic cathedral after 1236.

Borobudur is a 9th-century Buddhist monument in Central Java, Indonesia, notable for its mandala plan, relief panels, and many stupas.

Chichen Itza is a major Maya archaeological city in Yucatan, Mexico, notable for its Terminal Classic monuments, ballcourt, and El Castillo pyramid.

Westminster Abbey is a Gothic church in London, consecrated in 1065 and used for English and British coronations since 1066.

The Erechtheion is an Ionic temple on the Acropolis of Athens, built in the late 5th century BCE and famed for its Caryatid porch.

Liège-Bastogne-Liège is a Belgian one-day Monument first held in 1892, nicknamed La Doyenne as one of cycling's oldest classics.

Pont du Gard is a Roman aqueduct bridge in southern France, built in the 1st century CE to carry water to Nîmes.

Herculaneum Archaeological Park preserves a Roman town buried by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, with unusually intact houses, wood, and frescoes.

Luxor Temple is an ancient Egyptian temple on the Nile's east bank, begun by Amenhotep III and expanded by Ramesses II in the 13th century BC.

Newgrange is a Neolithic passage tomb in Ireland, built around 3200 BCE and aligned so winter solstice sunrise lights its inner chamber.

The Delphi Temple of Apollo was the sanctuary of Apollo's oracle in central Greece, rebuilt in the 4th century BCE after an earlier temple fell.

The Theatre of Epidaurus is a 4th century BCE Greek theatre in the Peloponnese, renowned for its symmetry and exceptional acoustics.