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140 buildings
The landmarks themselves, from the first stones to glass towers.
Göbekli TepeŞanlıurfa, Turkey · 9500 BC
Ziggurat of UrTell el-Muqayyar, Iraq · 2100 BC
Temple of Artemis at EphesusSelçuk, Turkey · 550 BC
Lighthouse of AlexandriaAlexandria, Egypt · 247 BC
ColosseumRome, Italy · 80
Mogao CavesDunhuang, China · 366
Shwedagon PagodaYangon, Myanmar · 1775
Umayyad MosqueDamascus, Syria · 715
PrambananYogyakarta, Indonesia · 850
Notre-Dame de ParisParis, France · 1345
Cologne CathedralCologne, Germany · 1880
Kinkaku-jiKyoto, Japan · 1397
Moscow KremlinMoscow, Russia · 1508
Agra FortAgra, India · 1573
Taj MahalAgra, India · 1653
Summer PalaceBeijing, China · 1764
United States CapitolWashington, D.C., United States · 1800
Statue of LibertyNew York City, United States · 1886
Hiroshima Peace MemorialHiroshima, Japan · 1915
Empire State BuildingNew York City, United States · 1931
Yad VashemJerusalem · 2005
Centre PompidouParis, France · 1977
Guggenheim Museum BilbaoBilbao, Spain · 1997
Allianz ArenaMunich, Germany · 2005