Bingling Temple (Chinese: 炳靈寺) is located in Yongjing County of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (臨夏回族自治州) in Gansu (甘肅) province, China. ‘Bingling’ in Tibetan means ‘Thousand Buddha’, so Bingling Temple Grottoes are also called Thousand-Buddha Caves.
Bingling Temple (Chinese: 炳靈寺) is a series of grottoes filled with Buddhist sculpture carved into natural caves and caverns in a canyon along the Yellow River, it is located in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (臨夏回族自治州) in Gansu (甘肅) province, China.
Dafosi Grottoes (Chinese: 大佛寺石窟) is located at the foot of Qingliang (秦嶺) mountain beside Jing River (涇水), ten thousand meters west of Binxian (彬縣) County, Xianyang (咸陽) City, Shaanxi (陝西) Province, is the largest group of Grottoes in Shaanxi Province.
Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City. The four Raphael Rooms (Stanze di Raffaello) are famous for their frescoes painted by Raphael and his workshop, marking the High Renaissance in Rome.
Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani) are the public art and sculpture museums in the Vatican City. Vatican Museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, which were amassed by the Catholic Church and the papacy throughout the centuries.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica, is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, it is the largest church in the world by interior measure.
St. Peter's Square (Italian: Piazza San Pietro) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. The square is named after Saint Peter, an apostle of Jesus considered by Catholics to be the first Pope.
Dambulla Cave Temple (Sinhalese: දඹුල්ල රජමහා විහාරය) also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla is a World Heritage Site (1991) in Sri Lanka, situated in the central part of the country, 72 kilometres north of Kandy (මහ නුවර).
Masjid-i Jehan Numa (Persian: مسجد جهاں نما; literally meaning the ‘World-reflecting Mosque’ or ‘Mosque of the Celestial Sphere’), commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, was completed between 1650 and 1656, during the reign of Shah Jahan (Persian: شاه جهان).
Masjid-i Jehan Numa (Persian: مسجد جهاں نما; literally meaning the ‘World-reflecting Mosque’ or ‘Mosque of the Celestial Sphere’), commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi is the largest mosque in India, about 25,000 people can pray in the courtyard at a time .
Western Xia Mausoleums (Chinese: 西夏王陵) are located at the foot of the Helan Mountains (賀蘭山) in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (寧夏回族自治區) of northwestern China. Since the mausoleums are pyramid shaped, Western Xia Mausoleums earn the name of ‘Oriental Pyramids’.
Western Xia Mausoleum (Chinese: 西夏王陵) is located at the foot of the Helan Mountains (賀蘭山) in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (寧夏回族自治區) of northwestern China. Western Xia was a kingdom that existed between 1038 and 1227, about which little is currently known.
Hassan Tower or Tour Hassan (Arabic: صومعة حسان) is the minaret of an incomplete mosque in Rabat (الرِّبَاط), Morocco. The tower was intended to be the largest minaret in the world, and the mosque, if completed, would have been the largest in the western Muslim world.
The Kasbah of the Udayas (Arabic: قصبة الأوداية) is a kasbah (citadel) in Rabat, Morocco. It is located at the mouth of the Bou Regreg river, adjacent to the old medina of Rabat.
Mukden Palace (Chinese: 盛京宮殿) is located at the center of Shenyang (瀋陽), Liaoning (遼寧) Province, China. It was the former imperial palace of the early Manchu-led Qing (清) dynasty, also known as Shenyang Imperial Palace (瀋陽故宮).
Mukden Palace (Chinese: 盛京宮殿) also known as Shenyang Imperial Palace (瀋陽故宮), which is located at the center of Shenyang (瀋陽), Liaoning (遼寧) Province, China. It was the former imperial palace of the early Manchu-led Qing (清) dynasty.
Tōdai-ji (Japanese: 東大寺, literally meaning Eastern Great Temple) is a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara (奈良), Japan. The temple is over 1,200 years old, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998.
Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Italian: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Rome in the city of Rome, and serves as the seat of the Roman Pontiff, the pope.
Imperial fora (Fora Imperatorum) are a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD. Let’s take a look at the Forum of Nerva and Trajan's Forum.
Imperial fora (Latin: Fora Imperatorum) are a series of monumental fora (public squares), constructed in Rome over a period of one and a half centuries, between 46 BC and 113 AD. Let’s take a look at the Forum of Caesar and the Forum of Augustus.
